DANGER! Masters viewers are only now realizing a connection between James Holzhauer and Victoria Groce outside of the beloved game show.
Fans think this connection between the two competitors is making James feel even more frustrated about being in third place in the tournament.
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Six of the top contestants from Jeopardy! They will face each other in the 2nd season of the program’s Masters tournament.
The competition began last month and features James, Victoria, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach and Yogesh Raut.
A few weeks later, only four players remain as they prepare to battle in the semi-finals on Friday.
Mattea and Matt did not qualify to advance in the tournament, with the former placing fifth and the latter placing sixth.
Going into the next round, Victoria is currently in first place with 16 match points, Yogesh in second with 10 points, James next with nine points and Amy in fourth with 6 points.
In the early rounds, each hour-long episode of the Ken Jennings-hosted special featured two games with different combinations of contestants.
Fans have speculated that James thought the competition would be an easy win, as the announcer revealed on the show that James’ occupation was “the self-appointed Final Boss of Jeopardy!”
After placing third for most of the tournament, viewers noticed that the player looked disappointed.
Some people on social media are now realizing that he is probably feeling even more defeated because of his connection to rival Victoria outside of this game show.
FEELING FRUSTRATED
“I’m a fan of James but he’s fighting Victoria,” said one fan on Facebook. “He is clearly frustrated.”
“Since he knows her outside of Jeopardy, it probably affects him in a different way,” another viewer suggested, referencing how they are both Chasers on ABC’s The Chase.
The show sees a group of contestants try to win money by defeating a trivia expert known as the Chaser.
WHAT IS IT: THE MASTERS AGENDA?
Six of the best Jeopardy! They are facing each other in the Masters tournament. Check out the competition calendar:
Wednesday, May 1 at 8pm ET on ABC
Monday, May 6th at 8pm ET on ABC
Wednesday, May 8th at 8pm ET on ABC
Friday, May 10 at 8pm ET on ABC
Monday, May 13th at 8pm ET on ABC
Wednesday, May 15 at 8pm ET on ABC
Friday, May 17th at 8pm ET on ABC
Monday, May 20 – SEMI-FINALS at 8pm ET on ABC
Wednesday, May 22 – FINALS at 8pm ET on ABC
Along with James and Victoria being top scorers on the show, Jeopardy! host Ken also took on this role.
Brad Rutter, Brandon Blackwell, Buzzy Cohen and Mark Labbett also took turns as scorers on the game show.
“I think [James] met his match in Victoria”, insisted a fan on social media.
“I thought that too, but now I think Queen Victoria is too much for him,” admitted a second.
MAKING CHANGES
Viewers also recently theorized that James’ third-place finish was the reason behind the game show’s mid-tournament change.
Typically, Jeopardy! The Masters would share each competitor’s profession by introducing them before each game.
In early episodes, the announcer would share that James’ job is simply to be the “self-appointed Final Boss of Jeopardy!”
When the third episode arrived, they started just saying the players’ names, and fans speculated that they dropped the occupation part because of James.
Viewers believed that since he wasn’t in first or even second place, his occupation no longer felt true and the show probably wanted to cut that part.
“I wonder if this has anything to do with James’ less-than-dominant (so far) performance and his ‘Final Boss’ line,” guessed one fan on an online forum.
“That line doesn’t seem all that funny under the circumstances and could even be interpreted as a little embarrassing,” they continued.
The danger! The Masters semi-finals will air on Friday and Monday, before the finals on May 22.
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