WHEN Danger! champion Grant DeYoung used a chair during his recent four-day race, spectators stood up and took notice.
However, the Arizona supermarket clerk’s request to sit down while competing has been granted before, and Jeopardy! producers emphasize that there is nothing against asking for a seat.
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During his time on the show, Grant won four contests and took home $81,203.
He also had fans clamoring about how he competed sitting in a chair instead of standing.
Grant sat in a black swivel chair with silver arms and full back support, adjusted to the same height as his standing opponents.
After facing curious questions from fans, Grant decided to share why he was on Reddit.
He explained that he has arthritis and the producers gave him a chair so he could perform to the best of his ability.
“They give it if you ask,” he wrote. “I have some arthritis in my back that makes it very difficult to sit still for so long.”
And he’s not the first to request accommodation due to injury or disability.
“I wouldn’t expect every contestant on Jeopardy! reveal why I need one, but I don’t mind saying mine,” Grant added.
SIT DOWN
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While contestants typically stand throughout the game show, fans may remember 2024 Tournament of Champions finalist Troy Meyer sitting in his games.
It’s a rarely used accommodation, but Jeopardy! bosses previously explained that the choice is given to everyone.
“We would never make people stand, and you will see in the coming weeks that we had a contestant who chose to sit,” the superiors explained.
Referring to Troy, they said, “After the presentation, they felt like this could be a better opportunity for them.
“We’re not saying no, you have to stand up and play, we want you to play at your best.
“Sitting is absolutely an option.”
Danger! Universe
Danger! it first aired in 1964 until 1975. Then, the nighttime version began in 1974. Since then, spinoffs of the game show have appeared. Here are all those
Danger! – (primetime) 1974 to present, weekdays on ABC at 7 p.m.
Tournament of Champions – 1984 to present, features the top champions who have appeared on the show since the last tournament
Celebrity Danger! – From 1992 to the present, celebrities compete against each other to raise money for the chair
Danger! Masters – 2023 to present, features six notable recent Jeopardy! champions competing against each other
Danger! National College Championship – From 2022 to present, undergraduates from 36 colleges and universities across America compete to win $100,000
Other versions of Jeopardy! disappeared over the years
Producer Sarah Whitcomb Foss reiterated this philosophy when she addressed the situation on Inside Jeopardy! podcast.
“This is something we always offer to competitors,” Sarah shared.
“Please know that any contestant has the opportunity to have a seat at any time.”
“We don’t ask why; It’s none of our business,” she added. “If you want a chair, we’ll give it to you.”
BOARD CHAIRMAN
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One of the show’s all-time champions, Amy Schneider, recently took advantage of a seat offer during Jeopardy! Masters Tournament.
The 44-year-old revealed she wasn’t feeling well in the semi-finals, so the producer brought out a chair.
“It’s a fact that I wasn’t feeling well the day we filmed the semi-finals,” she said on represent an entire episode.”
“But I want to make it very clear that this is *not* why I lost,” she made a point of clarifying.
Amy was eliminated in the semi-finals of the recently concluded primetime event.
She said that although she thinks her health issues affected her performance on the game show, she said she didn’t think the other players needed to be at their peak to beat her, and that was the difference between them.
Amy added that it was highly possible that the other contestants also had external circumstances that affected their play, but still played better than her.
“Whether or not my external circumstance was the ‘most’ harmful one is unknowable and irrelevant,” she tweeted. “I just lost and that’s okay.”
This year’s Masters title went to Victoria Groce.
BLIND AMBITION
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Danger! made accommodations with other competitors without affecting gameplay.
Eddie Timanus was the first player to compete on the blind show when he appeared in October 1999.
Some changes were made to assist the professional sports reporter.
Eddie received a special card with the category names printed in Braille before each round.
He was also allowed to use a Braille keyboard for Final Jeopardy!
And Eddie really helped change the flow of the game.
After their presentations, the competitors started the show already on their podiums, instead of the old practice of walking towards them when they were introduced.
Eddie would eventually go on a five-day winning streak and return for different iterations of the show’s champions in the following years.
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