“Every of the opposite three contestants, I am positive, had some sort of exterior circumstance happening that they have been having to struggle towards,” Amy tweeted.
Followers who’ve been following the Jeopardy! Masters event observed one thing completely different about fierce competitor and previous champion Amy Schneider on the Could 20, 2024, present: She was sitting.
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Why was Amy sitting in the course of the semifinals? And did the truth that she wasn’t standing have something to do with the quiz whiz ending her Jeopardy! Masters run? Nicely, Amy took to Twitter to elucidate her scenario and focus on how she felt after leaving the event.
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So, why was Amy sitting on ‘Jeopardy’? It isn’t why she misplaced, in case you have been questioning.
Amy needed to set a number of issues straight contemporary off her final look on Jeopardy! Masters.
“First off: James, Victoria, and Yogesh are unbelievable Jeopardy! gamers (Jeopardy! Masters if you’ll). Competing towards them was a) an honor, and b) an actual wakeup name in regards to the work I have to do if I wish to attain their degree,” the fan-favorite defined on Twitter within the early morning hours of Could 21.
Amy then went on to handle the elephant within the room, or extra particularly, why she was sitting in the course of the taping of the present. As she defined she wasn’t feeling properly. “I used to be experiencing some dizziness, and wasn’t positive I might stand for an entire episode,” she tweeted, happening to make clear, “That is not why I misplaced.”
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“I do suppose that my indisposition impacted my efficiency and that by not being at my peak, I did not have an opportunity towards these three,” Amy then admitted. “However that is sort of the purpose: they did not should be at their absolute peak to have an opportunity towards me. And almost definitely they weren’t!”
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Amy additionally made a extremely good level, that we’d all do properly to bear in mind after we’re singularly targeted on our personal challenges in life. “Every of the opposite three contestants, I am positive, had some sort of exterior circumstance happening that they have been having to struggle towards,” Amy stated in a subsequent tweet. “Whether or not or not my exterior circumstance was the ‘most’ damaging is each unknowable and irrelevant. I simply misplaced, and that is okay.”
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Lastly, Amy mentioned her ideas about her efficiency within the event and hinted she could also be again sooner or later to try to take the highest honors.
In the meantime, it could shock followers to study that anybody can sit as a substitute of stand whereas competing on Jeopardy! which is sweet to know.
The entire contestants on ‘Jeopardy!’ are supplied a seat.
As producer Sarah Whitcomb Foss stated about sitting throughout a Jeopardy! podcast, “That is one thing that we all the time supply to contestants.”
“We don’t ask why; it’s not our enterprise,” she additionally stated. “In order for you a chair, we’ll give it to you.”
So there you’ve got it! If you’re ever a contestant on Jeopardy! and wish a seat for any motive, they will provide one, no questions requested.
As for Amy, we hope she’s feeling higher, and that we see her once more in future exhibits.