A passing score doesn't guarantee you an audition, however. Auditions are selected randomly from the pool of passing scores. When you take the test, you're asked to select one of a few cities as your preferred audition venue, and these cities change each year.
If you're selected to audition, contestant coordinators email you with the details. The audition is about two and a half hours long — and no, Alex isn't there. Groups of contestants are gathered into a room and issued a written test with different questions from the online test.
These are graded on the spot again, your score is never revealed to you. From what I understand, these are only issued to identify people who found a way to cheat on the online test somehow. After the test, groups of three contestants play short mock games on camera. This gives the contestant coordinators a chance to see how you might appear on the show.
They encourage you to speak loudly and clearly and to show a little personality and have fun. They also give brief mock interviews like the ones Alex gives after the first commercial break — and no, Alex isn't there. The audition is less about testing your knowledge than seeing your personality.
After that, unless you cheated on the test, you can pretty much consider yourself part of the contestant pool for the next 18 months. In my experience, I auditioned in June of and got the call to be on the show eight months later. Unfortunately, they don't pay for travel expenses except for returning champions, though they do offer a corporate discount at a local hotel it was the Doubletree when I went and offer a shuttle to the studio on tape day.
Lunch is provided in the commissary on tape day, and there are snacks in the green room, but other food and expenses are up to you. The production schedule of Jeopardy!
Since each game is 22 minutes plus commercials, that's pretty easy to do. It means winners have to have stamina, though. Getty Images Contestants on game shows such as The Price Is Right and Wheel of Fortune are demonstrative: they often jump, shout, and clap when they win. But some contestants struggle to find the right balance between showing too much emotion and not showing enough. Although one of the three contestants in each episode almost always wins, several episodes have ended with no winner.
Most recently, in January , all three contestants answered incorrectly in the final round, losing all the money they had earned during the first two rounds.
Because there was no winner, the next episode—with no returning champion—introduced three new players. This lag time means that winners need to stay quiet about how they performed, and it can force repeat winners to habitually lie to their coworkers, family, and friends.
In , Jennings taped 48 shows before his first episode aired, so he had to keep his commute every few weeks from his home in Utah to Los Angeles a secret. You think computer programmers are all geniuses? A contestant's guests have to arrive at the studio separately and are not allowed to converse or make eye contact with the competitor. Technically, the host isn't allowed to speak with the contestants before the show, but during commercial breaks he can pose for photographs with them.
I did get to tell him I was glad he was on the mend, which received a quick thank you," former contestant Shannan Younger told Better. Not only does the winner earn the title of Jeopardy! Champion for life, but they take home the total amount of money that they finished the episode with. Product Reviews. Home Ideas.
United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. The Rise of the Cleanfluencer. Eric McCandless Getty Images. Kris Connor Getty Images. First, you must meet the age requirement. NBC Universal. You have take an online test. David Becker Getty Images. You can only take one Anytime Test per year. You aren't guaranteed an audition. You must pass one more test during the audition.
Then you have to play a fake version of 'Jeopardy! You don't receive much notice beforehand. Being a fan of the show helps your chances. You must answer all questions as a question. You may have to film multiple episodes in a day.
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