A former Jeopardy contestant has voiced his demands to return to the iconic show. Three-day Jeopardy champ Isaac Hirsch revealed that a family member was on the game show in the mid-1980s. Isaac has been featured on Jeopardy since Wednesday, July 3, and will continue his reign on Monday's game.
Since his start, Isaac has raked in a whopping $70,186. On Wednesday night's game, Isaac revealed that his father , Steven, was a contestant during Season 2 in 1985 with former host Alex Trebek . Unfortunately for Steven, he lost his first game.
Isaac revealed that he and his family still joke about it, "I play him Weird Al's 'I Lost on Jeopardy!' [and say] 'It's about you, dad!'" On Jeopardy's recent Instagram post, they shared the video of Isaac and host Ken Jennings , 50, talking about Steven's loss. In a turn of events, Steven shared a comment. He said, "If Ken Jennings is going to keep mentioning that I lost on Jeopardy, I want another chance! "Bring me back for another shot at winning!" In the replies, one fan chanted, "Second chance! Second chance!" Jeopardy champ Isaac is no stranger to the game show universe as he was previously featured on other fan-favorite shows.
In 2023, he appeared - and won - on The Chase . He also appeared on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in 2017. Since Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek died in November 2020, the beloved game show has continued with various guest hosts in 2021 to present day: However, one of the past shows had a strict dress code , according t.
