Purdue professor Adriana Harmeyer earned super champion status in "Jeopardy!" Tournament of Champions game-show history and will play in the finals.

Heading into Final Jeopardy, Adriana had 22,000 against Ryan’s 12,000, which meant this game wasn’t a runaway, but certainly close heading into the final round. The category was “Countries of the World,” with the clue reading, “About 80 miles from Vladivostok, its 11-mile land border with Russia is the shortest of that country’s 14 neighbors.”

The winner and runner-up of the 2025 Champions Wildcard competition, Mehal Shah and Drew Goins, will also compete in the Tournament of Champions. Here is everything you need to know about the 2025 “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions, from the schedule to the prize pot:

Let the 2025 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions begin! The most impressive Jeopardy! contestants of the past year will face-off in the prestigious event beginning on Monday, January 27.

Milwaukee ER doctor Amy Hummel will return to "Jeopardy!" Tuesday for the "Tournament of Champions." Hummel qualified for the tournament after winning five games and nearly $101,000 last year. She told the Journal Sentinel last week that she doesn't want to give an interview until after the new episodes air.

After a historic 15-day run in 2024, Huntington native and Marshall graduate Adriana Harmeyer has returned to the Alex Trebek stage and is just one step away from winning the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.

A Purdue University professor was back to her winning ways Tuesday night on "Jeopardy!" Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist for university history at Purdue, returned to the "Jeopardy!" stage for the Tournament of Champions.