Two players with ties to New Jersey and Pennsylvania will compete in the semifinals of “Jeopardy!” on Tuesday. Championship game.

Past champions Kevin Walsh and Ryan Bilger will stand out in the second of the three semi-finals at 6ABC on Tuesday at 6pm.

Walsh originally came from Williamstown, Gloucestershire, in the five Champions League quarter-final match aired last Thursday, which was the fourth match he won last Thursday. The native and story analyst from New Jersey earned $16,000 in beating the STEM programming coordinator in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the chorus music director in Gross Point, Michigan.

Walsh won more than $113,000 in his “Jeopardy!” five consecutive victories. Last October.

Walsh’s victory came after Bilger, a native of Macungie, Lehigh County, played on the third day of the quarter-finals of the Championship Tournament last Monday. Bilger won the show four times in July 2019 and won more than $109,000 in prize money.

Bilger won a prize of $32,405 in the game last Monday and advanced to the semi-finals. Alumni of Gettysburg College and graduate students of West Virginia University defeated a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a writer and full-time mother from Hutto, Texas.

But Bilger’s victory was overshadowed by some criticisms he received on social media, who were dissatisfied with his response to correctly answering the two clues of “Daily Double Report”. One of his celebrations included hitting him on the chest after getting the correct answer to the clue about Pennsylvania.

Bilger Go to social media to respond to his critics Who thinks he is too arrogant and overconfident. Bilger’s other contestants, including Walsh, came out to support him.

The 10-day championship tournament started last Monday and lasted until Friday, May 28. The tournament consists of 15 top players, including Walsh and Bilger, who will receive a $250,000 prize. The second place received $100,000, and the third place received $50,000.

After last week’s quarter-finals, nine players entered the semi-finals this week. The five quarter-final winners, plus the four non-winners with the highest total prize money, made progress.

The three semi-finals will be held from Monday to Wednesday. The winner of each game will enter the two-day finals on Thursday and Friday.

It’s season 37, “Jeopardy!” After the legendary Alex Trebek, he is currently looking for a permanent host Passed away in November 2020 at the age of 80After nearly two years of fighting with pancreatic cancer. This event is the first “Jeopardy!” competition without a long-time host of the show.

The current host of the show is Buzzy Cohen, the winner of the 2017 “Jeopardy!” Championship.