Teen tournament dates set

[Bamaman]

A 16-year-old junior at Spain Park High School in Hoover has been selected to participate in the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament next week in Culver City, Calif.

Jeopardy! officials announced today that Kevin Yang is one of 15 teens chosen from among 20,000 contestants to participate in the tournament at Sony Pictures Studios.

Yang's family plans to leave for California on Sunday. The tournament is scheduled to air on TV April 30-May 11.

This was in the local paper Friday so I guess they are taping the teen tourney this week. A nice plug for the archive in the article as well.

Glad to have a local rooting interest in the tournament this year. I live maybe 20 miles or so from where he does.


http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/02/spa ... for_j.html

[legendneverdies]

I think the second week of the Teen tourney(and a DC Power Players celeb week) is to be taped in Washington DC. Presumably the Teen second week and the DC Power PLayers week will be taped in late March or APril.

[bpmod]

I think the second week of the Teen tourney(and a DC Power Players celeb week) is to be taped in Washington DC. Presumably the Teen second week and the DC Power PLayers week will be taped in late March or APril.

Considering the Teen Tournament is airing starting April 30, I would think that the April 20-something tape dates would be too late. Although it is technically possible...

I have heard that the Kids' Week games are being taped in DC along with the Power Players.

Brian

[jeff6286]

I thought the DC thing seemed strange when the airdates were posted way back in September in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=237. Why would they have all 15 Teen contestants fly out to LA for a single day of taping, then have 9 of them have to fly to DC at a later date for one more day of taping? It would make much more sense the way bpmod proposed, to tape the single-week Power Players shows and the single-week Kids shows in DC, although if the kids aren't airing until July/August as listed, it would seem odd to have the airdates for the two weeks of DC shows separated by more than two months.

Also, if they think that Wednesday through Tuesday is the ideal schedule for the TOC, College, and Teachers, then why do they go back to Monday-Friday for the Teen Tournament, and presumably Power Players and Kids as well? Why not just pick a format and stick with it?

[econgator]

Also, if they think that Wednesday through Tuesday is the ideal schedule for the TOC, College, and Teachers, then why do they go back to Monday-Friday for the Teen Tournament, and presumably Power Players and Kids as well? Why not just pick a format and stick with it?

Not sure about why they do that for the teens, but the Kids is only a 5-game tourney, so that makes perfect sense to make it M-F.

[seaborgium]

Why would they have all 15 Teen contestants fly out to LA for a single day of taping, then have 9 of them have to fly to DC at a later date for one more day of taping?

It's been done before. Sahir Islam's tournament was half in LA, half in DC.

[Miss Mellie]

Ugh! Did Sony pick up the tab for all those travel expenses? Especially since we're talking about kids who are most likely traveling with at least one parent or guardian. That can add up to a lot of airfare, hotels, meals, etc!

[jeff6286]

Ugh! Did Sony pick up the tab for all those travel expenses? Especially since we're talking about kids who are most likely traveling with at least one parent or guardian. That can add up to a lot of airfare, hotels, meals, etc!

I was wondering the same thing, and I figured at the very least that they would pick up the second set of travel expenses, with the contestants' paying their own way to LA and the show later getting them to DC. But that also made me wonder, I'm pretty sure that the show pays for travel to the TOC, and for a defending champion making repeated trips out west, but for other tournaments, like College, Teen, Teachers, etc., are those contestants on their own as far as getting to LA and paying for their own hotels, similar to regular contestants? It seems like I've seen this addressed before, but I can't seem to remember the answer.

[trainman]

But that also made me wonder, I'm pretty sure that the show pays for travel to the TOC, and for a defending champion making repeated trips out west, but for other tournaments, like College, Teen, Teachers, etc., are those contestants on their own as far as getting to LA and paying for their own hotels, similar to regular contestants? It seems like I've seen this addressed before, but I can't seem to remember the answer.

Bumping this thread so any actual tournament participants can correct this, but I believe participants in all tournaments get airfare and hotel provided, plus a per diem that's intended to cover breakfast and dinner (since lunch is provided at the studio) -- for tournaments where the participants aren't adults, a parent/guardian gets those paid for as well.

[saintanthony]

For my teen tournament appearance (Fall 08) I received airplane tickets for me and both of my parents, a hotel room at the Universal Hilton, three tickets to Universal Studios, a $1000 per diem ($1000 total for all days, not literally each day), transportation to the studio, and lunch at the studio.

Also, they'll have to fly an alternate to DC, so they'll have to send ten players down.

[stephgage09]

I was on the Fall 2010 College Championship, and they paid for a plane ticket to LA, hotel stay, around $600 total per diem, travel to the studio, and lunch at the studio. My mom came with but she had to pay for her own plane ticket and such.

[econgator]

I was on the Fall 2010 College Championship, and they paid for a plane ticket to LA, hotel stay, around $600 total per diem, travel to the studio, and lunch at the studio. My mom came with but she had to pay for her own plane ticket and such.

So, it seems that if you are not yet an adult, then your parents get the tickets to come with. Makes sense.

[BigDaddyJ]

Also, if they think that Wednesday through Tuesday is the ideal schedule for the TOC, College, and Teachers,

Just out of curiosity, why have they started using the Wed-Tues schedule for some tournaments? I personally prefer M-F. Does this have something to do with ratings and/or advertising? Or some other logistical reason I can't think of?

[econgator]

Also, if they think that Wednesday through Tuesday is the ideal schedule for the TOC, College, and Teachers,

Just out of curiosity, why have they started using the Wed-Tues schedule for some tournaments? I personally prefer M-F. Does this have something to do with ratings and/or advertising? Or some other logistical reason I can't think of?

I asked that earlier and general consensus is ratings.

[bpmod]

I asked that earlier and general consensus is ratings.

Yes. Apparently, nobody watches Jeopardy! on Friday, so they would want the (theoretically) most exciting game of the tournament to happen on a day when people would be watching anyway.

Brian

[Bamaman]

If ratings are bad ion Friday, why not do something to boost those ratings, like having the finals of a tournament?

[bpmod]

If ratings are bad ion Friday, why not do something to boost those ratings, like having the finals of a tournament?

I was going to follow through to that idea, but I couldn't word it quite right.

That would make much more sense, in my opinion.

Brian

[dhkendall]

If ratings are bad ion Friday, why not do something to boost those ratings, like having the finals of a tournament?

Or, you know, improve the show since the typical Friday show is indistinguishable from a typical Wednesday show (which presumably has better ratings).

[Bamaman]

Well, if you keep having good looking young teachers talking about drawing phallic symbols on Friday episodes, perhaps ratings will increase.

[bpmod]

Well, if you keep having good looking young teachers talking about drawing phallic symbols on Friday episodes, perhaps ratings will increase.

This.

Brian