YOGESH Raut has delivered the ‘best round’ in Jeopardy! Masters history after he dominated the game against all-time greats Brad Rutter and Victoria Groce.
Host Ken Jennings was nearly stunned speechless after Yogesh answered all 15 clues he buzzed into correctly and informed the contestant it was the “best record” the show’s ever had.
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Tonight’s episode kicked off with game show legend Brad Rutter playing alongside last year’s Masters champion Victoria Groce and the 2024 runner-up, Yogesh.
Actor and producer Brad, who is the biggest winner in the game show’s history, goes way back with host Ken and said his goal of the tournament was to “make fun” of the 74-day champ.
While Brad was presumably a frontrunner, it was Yogesh, who won the 2024 Tournament of Champions and placed second on Masters, who was off to a quick start.
His impressive buzzer play got him locked into an early lead and he didn’t miss a single clue he buzzed into.
After the first Jeopardy! round was completed, Ken, 50, informed the contestants that Yogesh had delivered the “best” performance in the history of the tournament.
To compare to his 15-0 record, Victoria had gotten 11 correct clues and 1 incorrect, while Brad has correctly gotten just 3 clues and missed 2.
The Double Jeopardy! round only proved Yogesh’s capability even more and lengthened his impressive record.
When the game was fully complete, Yogesh had scored 24 correct answers – and missed none.
Victoria impressively buzzed in accurately to 20 clues and missed 2 while Brad, who admitted to having an off game, got just 8 right while guessing wrong on 3.
While the monetary points per game don’t reflect your total earnings within the tournament, Yogesh came out on top with $30, 800.
Victoria placed second with $14,000 despite being the only one to accurately guess the Final Jeopardy! clue.
Brad, who many considered a frontrunner for the tournament, came in third with just $2,178.
Despite Brad’s disappointing performance, his time in the 2025 tournament is not over due to the way the competition’s style is set up.
For tonight’s game, Yogesh got three match points as he came in first while Victoria got 1 point and Brad was left with nothing for his third-place finish.
However, all three players will be returning for another match-up – leaving the results of who will ultimately be crowned champion still up in the air.
The tournament will continue for 9 weeks before the finale in early June crowns the 2025 Jeopardy! Masters champion with a prize of $500,000.
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