JEOPARDY! Tournament Of Champions 2024 made history with the largest ever number of contestants battling to win

The dramatic season of nine quarterfinals and three semifinals was whittled down to three finalists fighting for the staggering prize pot.

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Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions 2024 saw the field whittled down to three in the finalCredit: Jeopardy!

Who was in the Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions final?

Ben Chan, Troy Meyer, and Yogesh Raut faced off in the final showdown on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

Ben, a college professor, and Yogesh, a social and personality psychologist, both entered the final one win away from the title.

Troy came into the final needing two victories to win, with fans “rooting for him” to make a comeback.

Fans were eager for the tournament to see a seventh game, but one contestant brought a swift end to that hope.

What happened in the Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions final?

After the Jeopardy! round, Troy led with $9,400 having aced a True Daily Double, Yogesh had $5,400, and Ben had $3,400.

In Double Jeopardy!, Ben found both Daily Doubles which Ken called a “big break,” but he forgot the category on the third one, dropping to $0 as the audience gasped.

Troy, wearing his late mom’s cardigan, led at every break and carried a small lead into Final Jeopardy with $19,800 while Yogesh had $16,600 and Ben $3,200.

Under, “the human body” the crucial clue read, “This glandular organ that starts to shrink at puberty is known for being where the cells key to adaptive immunity develop”.

Ben was correct with “The thymus,” and Ken applauded him for not missing a single Final Jeopardy clue, doubling to $6,400.

Yogesh incorrectly wrote “Spleen” but dropped just $3,201, leaving him with $13,399.
Jeopardy! champ Yogesh Raut called out for ‘smashing’ the buzzer as fans say ToC finalist is ‘giving them anxiety’
Troy, who had opted for a big bet, incorrectly wrote “pituitary” and dropped all the way to $6,399.

He lowered his head and looked distraught as cries of shock could be heard in the audience.

Who won Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions last night?

After Troy’s incorrect answer, Yogesh sealed a decisive victory.

Host Ken Jennings announced: “That is three wins for Yogesh Raut, the winner of this Tournament Of Champions! What a finals.”

The finalists got up and exchanged hugs and Yogesh stood beside his podium in disbelief.

But it wasn’t all smiles and joy, as some fans of the show were less than happy that the controversial contestant had won.

In 2023, the new winner criticized Jeopardy! as “unimportant” in a fleet of hot-button Facebook posts after his defeat.

One X user wrote: “Loses on Jeopardy after three games -S**t-talks on the show -Goes back to win the Tournament of Champions -Refuses to elaborate.”

A second added: “No cause it’s really upsetting that the guy who went on a days long rant about Jeopardy! being a bad show even got an invitation to come back to the ToC, and now I have to endure him in the Masters tournament too?”

While a third said: “NOO. That was literally the ONLY outcome I didn’t want on this #Jeopardy TOC.”

What does the winner of Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions receive?

Yogesh takes home the big bucks – the $250,000 prize.

While nine-day champ Ben earns $100,000 for second place, and six-day champ and breakout star Troy earns $50,000 for third.

Yogesh will also be returning for Jeopardy! Masters in May 2024 along with James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach, Matt Amodio, the winner of Jeopardy Invitational Tournament (JIT), and a Producer’s Pick.

Fans think if neither Troy or Ben is this years’ Masters Producers Pick, they will be in the 2025 JIT at the very least.

The star-studded new Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament premieres on March 21, 2024, at 7pm ET on ABC.

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Controversial Yogesh Raut was crowned new championCredit: Jeopardy!

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The contestants hug after the shock realisation that Yogesh wonCredit: Jeopardy!