I’ll be honest, I
didn’t think I’d be writing about the 2025 Jeopardy Invitational Tournament
this soon: I’d been told by numerous sources that it had been postponed and I
figured they’d wait a few weeks before we saw it. But apparently the producers
are believers in giving the fans what they want – and not entirely
coincidentally, getting the postseason over
with as quickly possible.
So on Monday the long
anticipated 2025 Jeopardy Invitational Tournament began. Since we only learned
about the participants last week we haven’t had much time to react. That
doesn’t means fans like myself weren’t looking forward to it greatly. So here
are the recaps of the quarterfinals. I’ll add two addendums from both the last
invitational and the postseason so far: I’ll reveal my response for Final
Jeopardy and I’ll let you know who I was rooting for in each quarterfinal.
February 17th
Matt Amodio vs. Hannah
Wilson vs Doug Molitor
Interviews: Hannah mentioned that she
went to Canada and participated in an escape room with Javeria Zaheer and
Mattea Roach – and they lost. Matt said that he was auditioning for James
Holzhauer’s title of game show villain – which we all know Matt couldn’t pull
off and he didn’t really try in this game.
I wasn’t rooting against
Matt, who is one of my favorite players of all time but I was still pulling for
Hannah or at least for her or Doug to make Matt earn his win to move forward. I
kind of got the best of both worlds and a thrilling game to boot.
From the start it was
a back and forth game between Hannah and Matt. Hannah got off to a quicker
start in the Jeopardy round and was already in the lead when she found the
Daily Double in 2-WORD RHYMES. She wagered the $4000 she already had:
“Magic phrase that’s
also a Kurt Vonnegut book title.” She knew it was Hocus Pocus and
doubled her score. Matt closed the distance but she was still ahead with $9600
to Matt’s $6800. Doug trailed with $800.
Doug’s best chance
came when he found the Daily Double on the first clue in ANCIENT TIMES. He bet
the $2000 he was allowed to: “To ancient Greek poli sci, it was rule by the few
and not the best few; the Thirty Tyrants of Athens in 403 B.C. are an example.”
Doug struggled before guessing: “What is meritocracy?” It was closer to the
opposite: an oligarchy. He dropped to -$1200 and never got out of the red.
Hannah held on to her
lead for the first half of Double Jeopardy but then Matt got to the other Daily
Double in PHILOSOPHY. Keeping with the trend of two year’s of Jeopardy Masters
he bet the $13,600 he had:
“Nick Bostrom is known
for his argument that we are living in this, run by posthuman intelligence on
their machines.” It took him a moment to guess: “What is a simulation?” He
jumped into the lead for the first time with $27,200.
Hannah had no
intention of going quietly, which left little room for Doug between these two
juggernauts. He finished at -$3200 and achieved the dubious distinction of
becoming the first player in a Jeopardy Invitational Tournament not to play in
Final Jeopardy. Matt had $30,400 to Hannah’s $22,400.
The Final Jeopardy
category was a strange blend: LITERATURE & SICKNESS. “Still around today,
this strep infection that causes a rash has terrible effects in Little Women
& the Little House on the Prairie books.
Hannah’s response was
revealed first: What is scarlet fever? That was correct. (I guessed that too,
having seen Little Women more than a few times.) She wagered $8001
putting her in front by $1.
It came down to Matt
who also knew it was scarlet fever. He wagered quite a bit more than a dollar: $15,000 in fact. He more than
earned his spot in the semi-finals.
February 18th
Skyler Hornbeck vs
Margaret Shelton vs Jaskaran Singh
This was the first
Jeopardy Invitational game of any kind I had no out-and-out favorite: all three
had made an impact. What I wanted was a good game and it was for a while.
Jaskaran took a lead
early in the Jeopardy round. Skyler had a chance to cut into when he found the
Daily Double in BORDERLINE and indeed could have with $3200 to Jaskaran’s
$5600. He cautiously bet $1500:
“Now a tourist
attraction, the demilitarized zone separating these two countries was
officially demolished in 1976.” Skyler couldn’t come up with it: it was North
and South Vietnam. (My guess was North and South Korea.) At the end of the
round Jaskaran led with $5600 to Margaret’s $2800 and Skyler’s $2700.
Margaret would briefly
take the lead in Double Jeopardy but Jaskaran then went on a tear of six
consecutive correct answers and eventually getting 9 out of 11 correct. He had
$21,600 when he found the first Daily Double in EARTH SCIENCE. Cautious he just
bet $1000. That turned out to be wise:
“As it name suggests,
this part of the atmosphere that begins about 50 miles up is rich in
electrically charged particles.” Jaskaran struggled and guessed: “What is
the…magnetosphere?” It was the ionosphere which made sense to Jaskaran
when he heard it.
Not long after that
Margaret found the other Daily Double in TRIPLE ‘A’. She had $11,200 to
Jaskaran’s $21,000. She wasn’t that reckless and bet $5000:
“From Sanskrit for
‘great’, it’s a person revered for wisdom and selflessness.” She struggled and
clearly forgot the category when she said: “What is guru?” It was actually
mahatma. She dropped to $6200. The game ended with Jaskaran having a runaway
with $21,800 to Skyler’s $7100 and Margaret’s $6200.
The Final Jeopardy
category was SUPREME COURT DECISION. I thought this would be a category I’d do
well with. I was very wrong. “This landmark case was reported in the New York
Times not on the front page but in ‘News of the Railroads’”. The best I could come
up with was Sherman Anti-Trust act, which wasn’t close.
Margaret couldn’t
write down anything and she lost everything. Skyler was trying to finish: “What
is Pullman vs. United States?” and that was wrong. He lost $3500.
But Jaskaran figured
it out. Writing down: “What is Plessy v. Ferguson?” I had long forgotten, if
indeed I ever knew, that the landmark ‘separate but equal’ originally had to do
with railroad car segregation. Jaskaran bet nothing and he didn’t have too as
he became an automatic semi-finalist.
I should add this was
the first postseason Jeopardy game I’ve seen in a very long time that was
‘old-school’. All three players did a lot of top to bottom method for all
categories, searching for Daily Doubles started in the middle of each category
and all three were relatively conservative in wagers on Daily Doubles (except
Margaret but she had little choice in the matter). Even odder is the fact that
two of the contestants are relatively recent to Jeopardy and the third comes
from the 2010s. Skyler mentioned his appearance on the show from Kids Week
2013, so naturally Ken embarrassed him with a picture of him at 12. To be fair,
it also showed the incredible $66,600 he won that day which no doubt covers up
a lot of teasing.
February 19th
Emily Sands vs.
Rachael Schwartz vs Jonathan Fisher
It was tough trying to
figure out who to root for here. I’ve been watching Rachael play Jeopardy on
and off for the last thirty years so I had my reasons to root for her. When
Matt won I thought it would be great if Jonathan, the man who beat him, got a
chance to go up against him. And as someone who thought Emily Sands had to do a
lot of work just to get to the Tournament of Champions in the first place, I
was inclined to be on her side. The fact that she told us she’d made friendship
bracelets for everyone in every tournament she’s been, well, that just made me
love her more.
In the Jeopardy round
Rachel struck first when she found the Daily Double when she was the only
player with money to wager. She bet $1000 in I’M DRAGO TODAY: “This book’s
title character is ‘Armansky’s star researcher…a pale anorexic young woman who
had hair as short as a fuse.” Rachel knew it was The Girl With Dragon Tattoo
and went up to $2200. From that point on it was a close round and when it
ended Rachael had the barest of leads with $3200 to Jonathan’s $2800 and
Emily’s $2200.
Emily struck first in
the Double Jeopardy round. She found the first Daily Double on the second clue
in THE ELEMENTS. She bet the $2200 she had:
“The Og of elements is
oganesson – though we don’t know for sure it’s a gas, it’s part of group 18,
this septet.” Emily knew it was the noble gases and moved into the lead.
The next set of clues
were a back and forth and by the time Jonathan got to the other Daily Double in
RECEDING HEIR-LINES he was in third with $4400. He wagered $2400:
“This heir, a valuable
pawn after his mom and dad got the guillotine in 1793, was determined to have
died in prison.” I could see Jonathan counting in his head before he guessed:
“Who is Louis XVII?” That was correct. He moved to $6800 and into a tie for the
lead with Emily.
Most of the round was
dominated by Jonathan and Emily with Rachael only ringing in twice, both times
with correct answers. Jonathan gave 19 correct responses but gave six incorrect
ones and Emily gave 20 correct answers but four incorrect ones. So by the end
of Double Jeopardy it was still incredibly close: Emily had $14,000, Jonathan
$12,400 and Rachel was still very much alive with $6000.
The Final Jeopardy
category was THE ANCIENTS SPEAK. “He wrote, ‘I must make the founder of lovely
& famous Athens the counterpart…to the father of glorious Rome.” Now for
the first time in almost a month I actually knew the correct answer and none of
the champions did. That’s not entirely their fault as it was a tough one.
Rachael wrote down:
“Who is Herodotus?” It cost her $5000, leaving her with $1000. Jonathan guessed
Virgil. He bet just $399, leaving him with $12,001. (He was betting to be ahead
of Rachael in case he was wrong and she was right and bet everything.)
It came down to Emily.
She wrote a tribute to Doug and Dana. The correct response was: Who is
Plutarch? Long ago I once had a copy of what is known as Plutarch’s Lives in
which he parallels Greek and Roman figures. (I didn’t actually read it,
though.)
It came down to
wagers. Emily bet nothing. That left her with $14,000. Her gamble had paid off
as she became a semi-finalist.
February 20th
Raymond Goslow vs Troy
Meyer vs Jackie Kelly
If I had a preference
it was for Troy because he was so magnificent in last year’s Tournament of
Champions. But what we got is one of the great games of Season 41, period.
It started out as a
back and forth between Troy and Raymond in the Jeopardy round. Raymond got an
early but Troy took it back when he found the Daily Double in SEEMS LIKE OLD
TIMES. He bet the $2800 he had:
“Historians use the
term ‘the long 19th century’ to refer to the 125 year period between
the starts of these 2 European cataclysms.” Troy responded: “What are The
French Revolution and World War I?” and went into the lead with $5600. However
the round ended in a tie with Raymond and Troy at $7400 apiece and Jackie
trailing with $1600.
The Double Jeopardy
round was perfect: all thirty responses were answered correctly by one player. Troy
moved into the lead early in the round but Jackie caught a break when she found
the first Daily Double in SURPRISE! SHAKESPEARE! (As Ken pointed out “Not that
big of a surprise on Jeopardy.” ) Jackie was at $5600 but she was
doing well in the category already so she bet it all:
“The title of this
play is fulfilled in Act V, Scene 3 when Helena finally gets her Bertram.” She
knew it was ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL and jumped into second place.
One clue later Raymond
found the other Daily Double in YOUR CHARITY AWAITS. At that point he was in
third with $10,600. He bet $5000:
“Each year this
organization founded in 1944 awards scholarships worth more than $65 million as
it aids 37 HCBUs” Raymond didn’t sound certain when he said: “What is the
United Negro College Fund?” but he was correct and moved into the lead again
with $15,600.
As you’d expect when
you have a perfect round the scores at the end of Double Jeopardy were
incredibly high: $25,200 for Raymond, $19,800 for Troy and $13,200 for Jackie.
It came down to Final Jeopardy. The category was THE SOUTHWEST:
“The 4-syllable name
of this city is almost identical to its namesake town in Spain, except the
Spanish one has an extra ‘R’.
Jackie couldn’t come
up with anything. It cost her everything she had. Troy wrote down the correct
city: “What is Albuquerque?” (And he even spelled it right which I’m not sure I
did at home.) He bet $7601 putting him in the lead with $27,401.
It came down to
Raymond. He wrote down Albuquerque as well. He bet $14,401. That gave him
$39,601 and made him a semi-finalist with what was the second highest score of
Season 41. He definitely earned it.
(Incidentally Troy was
involved in one other Jeopardy game with a perfect Double Jeopardy round: his
semifinal appearance in the Tournament of Champions which he won. Sometimes the
magic works, sometimes it doesn’t.)
February 21st
Maya Wright vs Roger
Craig vs John Focht
If you’ve been reading
my columns about Jeopardy on and off for the last year, you already know who I
was rooting for. I wanted to see Roger Craig, the man who broke Ken Jennings’
one day record and who nearly beat Ken in the Battle of the Decades Finals win.
And honestly since the moment the first JIT was announced, every
Jeopardy fan wanted this. We wanted to see Roger go head to head with Amy
Schneider and Matt Amodio and make it to the Masters. And today we got the
first part of our wish fulfilled.
It didn’t look like it
early on; Roger spent much of the Jeopardy round in the red and in a distant
third. By the time he found the Daily Double late in the round, he was far
behind John Focht with $800. He wagered the $1000 he was allowed in ASTROLOGY:
“Think of the 4-letter
acronym describing Muhammad Ali & it makes sense this was his sign.” It
took a moment before he said: “What is Capricorn?” (for GOAT) and he moved up
to $1800. He was still in second at the end of the round with $2600 to John’s
$7800 and Maya’s $1200.
For the first half of
Double Jeopardy it seemed like John had the edge even as Roger closed the gap.
Then he found the first Daily Double in MOVING WORDS. He did what we all knew
was coming and bet the $9000:
“12-letter word for
the group of people walking down the aisle at the start of the wedding.” He had
to count on his fingers before he guessed: “What is processional?” He had done
a ‘classic Roger Craig double up’ as Ken himself could appreciate and was not
in the lead.
Three clues later,
still with $18000 he found the other Daily Double in PROLOGUES. This time he
bet $12,000:
“His intro to Nobody
Knows my Name: “in America, the color of my skin had stood between myself
and me; in Europe, that barrier was down.” He knew it was James Baldwin and
went to $30,000. He had not officially locked the game up with that wager but
he very quickly did finishing with $36,000 to John’s $13,800 and Maya’s $1400.
Final Jeopardy was an
exercise but all three players took it seriously. The category was COMPOSERS:
“Yale takes credit for starting a commencement tradition when it gave this
composer an honorary doctorate in 1905.” All three players knew it was Elgar, the
composer of ‘Pomp and Circumstance’. (So did I.) Ken went out of his way to
praise his friend and fellow competitor as he punched his ticket to the
semi-finals.
By the way for those
of you who might have wondered why Julia Collins wasn’t invited? Apparently in
the Jeopardy All-Star Games he and Julia connected and they’re married now! Which
officially makes them the most successful Jeopardy spouses in history. Roger
hinted that Julia will probably be back next year if things worked out.
February 24th
Avi Gupta Vs. Amy
Schneider Vs. Luigi De Guzman
Amy is the only player
from the previous year’s Invitational who is playing in this one. In her first
quarterfinal match back in 2024 she was up against Austin Rogers and Celeste
DiNucci, and she ran away with that game. With respect to Luigi and Avi, I
figured Amy would have an easier time with them. Boy I was wrong – and maybe
Jeopardy will be better for it.
From the start this
was a tight game between Luigi and Amy. Luigi got into the lead early in the
Jeopardy round and managed to add to it when he found the Daily Double in a
category none of the players wanted to go near 21st MOVIE QUOTES. He
was in the lead with $6800 before cautiously betting $1200:
“Alan Arkin: ‘If I’m
doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.” Luigi knew it was Argo and
went up to $8000. He finished the round with $9600 to Amy’s $5200 and Avi’s
$2600.
Amy got a chance to
take the lead back early in Double Jeopardy when she found the first Daily
Double in HISTORY TO A ‘T’. She wagered $5000:
“The forces of
Leonidas and Xerxes faced off at this 480 B.C. battle.” I don’t know if it was
her studies or seeing 300 that helped her know it was Thermopylae but
she moved into the lead with $12,200.
Just four clues later
Avi found the other Daily Double in FORESTS. He was in a distant third with
$4600 so it made sense to go ‘All In.”
“The Bohemian Forest
is mainly along Germany’s border with this country to the east.” He used a term
I hadn’t heard: “What is Czechia?” but apparently that is an acceptable
response for the Czech Republic. He doubled his score and it was much closer.
Luigi pulled ahead a
few clues later and would maintain for the rest of the game. He finished with
$23,600, an impressive score but not nearly enough for a runaway. Amy was next
with $14,200 and Avi was still very much alive at the end of Double Jeopardy
with $11,200.
The Final Jeopardy
category was AMERICAN AUTHORS. The clue was more complex than I thought:
“Enlisting in the Army in 1917, he was sent to Camp Sheridan in Montgomery,
where he met the woman who would become his wife.”
Avi’s response was
revealed first: “Who is Faulkner?” That was my response and like his it was
incorrect. He wagered $7233, dropping him to $4233.
Amy wrote down: “Who
is Faulkner?” crossed it out and put in Hemingway. Hemingway was incorrect as
well. She lost $10,000 putting her at $4200.
It came down to Luigi.
He’d also written down Faulkner. Apparently that was where F. Scott Fitzgerald
met the Southern belle Zelda. (I didn’t know it either.) Luigi’s wager was
$4801. It left him with $18,799 and he narrowly prevailed to become a semi-finalist.
Another thrilling game
– and its result will make it much harder for the producers to justify
inviting Amy back to the Masters this year. (After last year’s blowback, they
probably only would have if she’d won but you never know.)
February 25th
Ray LaLonde vs Robin
Carroll vs. Ryan Long
When you have three of
the greatest Jeopardy players in history facing off as we did with the Three
R’s (Ken’s words, not mine) it was hard to choose a favorite. But Ray probably
sealed the deal for me in his interview segment when he revealed that in his
first game he missed a clue about H.M.S. Pinafore and was complaining about to
his daughter afterwards. “I could probably sing the whole score of it,” he
said. “Dad you have,” she told him. As an eternal Gilbert and Sullivan fan (who
had to endure something similar growing up) I was obligated to favor him slightly
more than Ryan and Robin.
The Jeopardy round was
pretty much dead even all the way through. Robin didn’t move ahead until near
the end helped by the Daily Double in TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION. She wagered
$1200:
“In 1942 rails in Utah
were removed as war scrap & this commemorative item (OK, a replica) was
pulled up after 73 years.” Robin knew it was the Golden Spike and moved up to
$4800. She finished the round with $5200 to Ryan’s $3600 and Ray’s $2800.
Ray made his move when
he found the first Daily Double in FASCISM on the second clue of Double
Jeopardy. After the obligatory jokes (Ken: How much does FASCISM appeal to
you?) Ray bet the $4000 he had:
“George Soros survived
the rule of the Arrow Cross Fascist Party in this Country late in World War
II.” Ray knew it was Hungary and went into the lead with $8000. He would
maintain it for the remainder of Double Jeopardy though Robin and Ryan were hot
on his heels the whole round.
To assure it he found
the other Daily Double in GETTING POSSESSIVE. This time he bet $3000:
“Named for a 5th
century Greek philosopher, they’re logical conundrums springing from flawed
assumptions about what we know.” Ray figured out they were Xeno’s Paradoxes and
went up to $15,400. He would finish Double Jeopardy with an impressive lead of
$17,000 but Ryan at $9800 and Robin at $9200 could still take victory from him.
The Final Jeopardy
category was an old standard: WORLD GEOGRAPHY. The clue was a nightmare.
“Located on an island, in 2016 this world capital began following 2 different
time zones.” None of the three players knew this one – and neither did I.
Robin guessed: “What
is Paris?” That was wrong. She only lost $601, leaving her with $8599. Next
came Ryan. He guessed: “What is Bangkok?” Also wrong. He lost $9700. It was up to
Ray. He guessed: “What is Copenhagen?” That was also wrong.
Apparently Cyprus is
divided between Turkey and Greece, so it referred to the capital Nicosia. (I
had no idea what Cyprus’s capital is and I was in the wrong part of the world.
My guess was Jakarta.) Ray’s wager was $2601, which left him with $14,399 and
assured that another super-champion will be competing in the semi-final.
February 26th
Ben Chan vs Claire
Sattler vs Shane Whitlock
In a field that
comprised of the three stages of Jeopardy winner (Shane was a former College
Champion; Claire a Teen Tournament Winner and Ben a Tournament of Champions
runner-up) my heart may have been more with Shane who I have a longer history with then the other two.
(I’ve written about him in my entry on College Champions.) Claire told the more
endearing story as an aspiring stand-up when she made a direct appeal to Colin
Jost asking to star on SNL. (Which for the record, she’d be awesome at.)
Ben found the Daily
Double on the first clue of the game and it went badly. Shane went into the
lead early and maintained it for the rest of the round finishing with $9000 to
Ben’s $3200 and Claire’s $800.
Claire went into the
red early in Double Jeopardy and never got to the positive side. Ben managed to
pull ahead very quickly and he and Shane went back and forth. He was at $19,600
when he found the first Daily Double in ALL ABOUT ANIMALS but was so uncomfortable
with the category he bet $5. This was a very wise decision:
“These pointy denizens
of the ocean were actually named after an earlier word for hedgehogs.” We saw
Ben mentally struggle before guessing: “What are sea anemones?” It was
apparently urchins and he went all the way down to $19,595.
Not long after Shane
got two clues correct in ALLITERATION and then Ben missed the $1600 one. Shane
found the other Daily Double with $17,000 to Ben’s $17,995. He bet $3500 to try
and put the lead out of reach of Ben.
“This pair that tests
one’s forbearance sounds redundant; the phrase was used about St. Paul’s
epistle to the Romans.” Shane struggled but couldn’t come up with trials and
tribulations. He dropped to $13,500.
He finished with
$14,700 to Ben’s $18,395. Claire had nothing
but Ken said that he hoped Colin saw her audition:
Claire: “I hope he
wasn’t deterred by the final score.”
(Laughter)
Ken: “I think he tunes
out after the first round. You’re good.
For Shane and Ben it
came down to Final Jeopardy. The category was PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. The clue
was easy if, like me, you know your American political history. As for Shane
and Ben, well:
“The only 2 Democrats
to be elected president between James Buchanan in 1856 and FDR in 1932.”
Shane was first. He
wrote down: “Who are Cleveland and Wilson?” Those were the two. He bet $6000
putting him in the lead with $20,700.
Ben has been a killer
in Final Jeopardy his entire career on the show so I thought he would have
this. He got Wilson, started to write down Benjamin Harrison crossed it out and
put in Garfield. His wagered was $3694 putting him at $14,701. And as a result
Shane won a much deserved slot in the semi-finals.
February 27th
Seth Wilson vs Jackson
Jones vs Juveria Zaheer
My favorite for this
was Seth because as I’ve mentioned before he is one of the most undervalued
super-champions in Jeopardy history. That said, Javeria proved herself to be endearing
in her anecdote when she said her daughter now wants to be Ken Jennings and has
perfecting saying such lines as “We needed more” and “I’m sorry.” (Ken says her
daughter knows how easy his job is.)
Juveria had a chance
to strike first in the Jeopardy round when she found the Daily Double in THE 15TH
CENTURY. She bet the $1400 she had: “The structure called this, after the old city
of Tokyo, was built; over centuries, it expanded greatly, then contracted.” She
said: “What is Edo?” And Ken could not give it to her: They were looking for
the structure which was Edo Castle. Juveria dropped to zero and was unable to
get out of third place the rest of the round. At the end of the round Jackson
led with $5200 to Seth’s $4200 and Juveria’s $2600.
What may have been the
critical moment game when Seth found the first Daily Double in TALES OF
ADVENTURE. He was in the lead and bet the $5800 he had: “Though a cowardly
lech, in India the Hero of Flashman in the Great Game earns this
then-highest British Award for gallantry.” Seth guessed: “What is the Order of
St. George?” It was in fact the Victoria Cross. He dropped to zero but the next
several clues no one was able to gain much of an edge. When Juveria found the
other Daily Double in BODY HUMAN she was in second with $6600. Again she
gambled and bet everything. This time it paid off:
“Head to the end of
the alphabet for this bone that forms an outer wall of the eye socket.” She
named a bone I had never heard of: “the zygomatic bone” and went up to $13,200.
No one came close to her lead but she finished with victory far from assured:
She had $16,000 at the end of Double Jeopardy to Jackson’s $10,800 and Seth’s
$6400.
The category for Final
Jeopardy was ART & ARTISTS. “Born in Amersfoort in 1872, he helped found an
art movement noted for the use of straight lines & primary colors.” For
only the second time in the quarterfinals all three players knew the correct
response (as did I) “Who is Piet Mondrian?” It came down to wagers.
Seth bet $6399, which
put him at $12,799. Jackson bet $5201, which gave him $16,001. Juveria wagered
$5601 to give her $21,601 and make her the ninth and last semi-finalist.
This has already been
a more thrilling JIT then the first one and I suspect it will have even more
potential viewership then last time for at least two reasons:
1.
There’s
no possibility of a hint of the producers setting up a Masters type rematch
this year because we only have one former Jeopardy Master and we’ve already
seen just how hard it was for Matt Amodio to get there.
2.
We’ve
already increased the number of upsets in the semi-finals in this year than
last year because at least three semi-finalists – Emily, Luigi and Juveria have
each already beaten one super-champion who on paper should have been able to
destroy them.
There’s obviously more reasons to love this
lineup and I’ll be back on Tuesday to discuss what will certainly be a
thrilling set of semi-finals.
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