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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: brianhenke on April 17, 2023, 02:54:44 PM

Title: Returning J! champ not returning today...
Post by: brianhenke on April 17, 2023, 02:54:44 PM

Three-day Jeopardy! champion Ben Chan will not appear on today or tonight's show.

St. Norbert College, the Minnesota college where he's a professor, says that he suffered an undisclosed illness prior to taping.

He will return to J! on the May 15 episode. According to j-archive.com (http://j-archive.com) it was only the fourth time that the champion hadn't defended (excluding the champs who retired after winning five games).

Brian

Title: Re: Returning J! champ not returning today...
Post by: aaron sica on April 17, 2023, 04:47:24 PM

And also the first time Brian copy and pasted a link!

Title: Re: Returning J! champ not returning today...
Post by: Kevin Prather on April 18, 2023, 02:17:25 AM

For completeness, the previous three champions who temporarily abdicated were:

Priscilla Ball (1-19-09 (https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=2874)) due to illness.
Claudia Corriere (12-21-15 (https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=5134)) due to a new job commitment.
Zach Newkirk (9-14-20 (https://j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=6821)) due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.