Jeopardy! fans on Reddit got a shout-out during Tuesday’s (December 30) episode, courtesy of contestant Dondi DeMarco, who went on to cement his spot in the Second Chance tournament finals.
The episode saw DeMarco, an operations executive from New York, taking on Ricky Chandak, a financial insurance senior from Boston, Massachusetts, and Emily Johnson, a dog walker from Honolulu, Hawai’i. All three former contestants were competing for a spot in the finals, hoping to advance to the Tournament of Champions.
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