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For now, the show has limited auditions to those within driving distance of the show’s Culver City, California, studio—mostly trivia whizzes from Southern California, with a handful of intrepid souls from places like San Francisco and Las Vegas....

When Jeopardy! suspended production in March, the show still had a month’s worth of taping to go before the annual hiatus. That meant 40 episodes—and 80 new contestants, many of whom were feverishly preparing for their onstage debuts—that never got to tape. Jeopardy! filled the on-air gap by re-airing some of the season’s already completed tournaments and then delving into “vault” episodes...

But that still leaves those 80 contestants, whom Jeopardy! says will get their chance on the show just as soon as it’s safe to travel. In a break with tradition, the reigning champion from the last episode of Season 36, four-day champion Zach Newkirk—an attorney from Alexandria, Virginia—will also not appear until sometime in the future. Also on hold for now: this year’s Tournament of Champions.

triviawayne wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:07 pm Not all of those 80 contestants may be blocked from coming now, some might be close enough to tape now.

Hell--I'll drive the 2700 miles to the studio, no problem.

OntarioQuizzer wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:29 pm

triviawayne wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:07 pm Not all of those 80 contestants may be blocked from coming now, some might be close enough to tape now.

Hell--I'll drive the 2700 miles to the studio, no problem.

You keep saying this, but it's a matter of optics. Jeopardy! is going to come under a lot of public fire if contestants start coming in from out-of-state.