Jeopardy! player shares crew's 'special treatment' for Adriana Harmeyer

Jeopardy! player shares crew’s ‘special treatment’ of Adriana Harmeyer behind-the-scenes that ‘caught him off guard’

A RECENT Jeopardy! player has revealed that another contestant got special treatment behind the scenes.

The game show contestant was caught off guard by it.

Jeopardy! player Ty Patton revealed how he noticed one of his opponents received special treatment backstageCredit: ABC

Ty said that 14-time champion, Adriana Harmeyer took a long time with her wardrobe teamCredit: ABC
After the June 17 episode, Jeopardy! fans posted their thoughts to Reddit.

Ty Patton hopped on the thread and told them he was there to answer any questions they had.

He shared a behind the scenes secret after a fan asked if Adriana Harmeyer got special treatment.

“I think they typically film five in a day. So this was the first episode taped, which caught me off guard,” Ty said.

“After rehearsal, I was getting ready to settle into the Green Room and lay siege to the snack table, only to be told I was going on stage immediately.”

“Since it was the first episode taped that day, I had not seen any of Adriana’s run,” Ty said.

“In the Green Room, as the wardrobe staff was going through everyone’s outfits, I noticed how long they were taking with hers as the wardrobe staff was like ‘ok, you’ve worn this, you’ve paired this with that, etc.’ and by my quick math I figured she had worn about 10 different outfits.”

“Outside of that, didn’t know anything. At some point it was mentioned how successful she was in FJ, which definitely played into what I did,” he ended.

SLAY-DRIANA

Ty was not pleased with himself as Adriana scooped up her 14th win on Monday.

He grabbed the first Daily Double immediately, while Adriana pulled ahead after rocking a Bon Jovi category.

Jeopardy! player ‘not pleased’ with himself as Adriana Harmeyer nabs 14th win and fans predict only way she’ll ‘go down’
She finished the round with $7,000, Ty with $2,800, and Kelsey with -$600.

In Double Jeopardy!, Adriana earned $3,000 on the second Daily Double for “Marathon Man,” and Ty found the last Daily Double.

In a game-changing move, the new dad nearly doubled his score from second place to $10,100, responding with “NFL Players Association.”

Host Ken Jennings pointed out that this was a tighter game, with Adriana leading at $16,200, Ty with $13,400, and Kelsey with $2,200.

Jeopardy! Universe

Jeopardy! first aired in 1964 until 1975. Then the nighttime version began in 1974. Since then, many spinoffs of the game show have emerged. Here they all are:

Jeopardy! – (syndicated) 1974 to present, weekdays on ABC at 7 pm ET.

Tournament of Champions – 1984 to present, features the top champions who have appeared on the show since the last tournament.

Second Chance Tournament – 2022 to present features hand-selected non-winners from the season prior, where the prize is entry into Champions Wildcard.

Champions Wildcard – 2023 to present, features all one, two and three-day champions from the season prior worth entry into the Tournament of Champions.

Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (syndication) – 2023 to present, features past greats invited by producers to vie for a slot in Masters.

Jeopardy! Masters (primetime) – 2023 to present, features the six highest-ranked Jeopardy! champions competing against each other.

Celebrity Jeopardy! (primetime) – 1992 to present, has celebrities compete against each other to raise money for charity.

Pop Culture Jeopardy (streaming) – 2024 to present, will feature teams of three tasked with pop culture trivia on Amazon Prime, host and airdate TBD

Jeopardy! has done away with specialized tournaments like its College Tournaments, Kids Week, and Professor’s Tournament to gear towards a more sports-like model, with Masters being the top of the Jeopardy pyramid.

Other versions of Jeopardy! have fizzled out throughout the years as well, like Sports Jeopardy!.

In the Final Jeopardy round, Adriana wound up winning by only $200, after she and TY both answered correctly.

‘GAVE UP ANY CHANCE TO WIN’

Fans on Reddit praised Adriana’s win, but also pointed out Ty’s final wager.

He bet $13,399, but left him with $1 before answering correctly, and bringing his total to $26,799.

“The player in a close second position made a huge bet and gave up any chance to win if incorrect on FJ,” one fan said.

Ty joined the thread and acknowledged his mistake.

“Oh … and my FJ wager … I know. Knew it as I was doing it. I have about 1,000 words typed out about what I was thinking if anyone’s interested. Wrote it the day I taped because I knew future me would not be pleased,” he said.

Other fans said that it will take a “really good challenger” to beat Adriana.