‘Jeopardy!’s Amy Schneider Reveals the Show She Wants to Compete on Next
Amy Schneider has already made a name for herself in the world of Jeopardy!, but she has another competition show on her radar. While the Tournament of Champions winner admits that Jeopardy! is what she’s “most suited for,” she said she’s also interested in starring in The Traitors.
“I’m trying to see if I can get my way onto that one,” she tells TV Insider. “That would be fun.”
She also already got to fulfill one of her television goals with a guest spot on Top Chef. Schneider served as a quick-fire guest judge on the cooking competition. “I have no desire to compete as a cook because I’m not very good at all, but I like eating,” she says. “So being part of that is super exciting. But I’m certainly happy to answer trivia questions in any context.”
As TV Insider previously reported, Schneider also said she sees herself returning to Jeopardy! in the future, despite recently losing in the quarterfinals of the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament. “It’s sort of a vicious cycle where it’s either like, I win and want to go back and win again, or I don’t [win] and want to go back and do better the next time,” she said. “Perhaps I will retire at some point, but I don’t think that time is yet, as long as they keep calling me back.”
Schneider famous won 40 consecutive games at the end of 2021 and early 2022. She then returned for the Tournament of Champions later that year and was crowned the champion. The author said that Covid-19 protocols that were implemented at the time worked in her favor.
“There was quarantine and social distancing, and now it’s back to the way it has been for the majority of the history of the show where all the contestants are hanging out together in the green room the whole time,” she explained. “I realized in this past tournament that it kind of changed my sort of mental preparation. I was used to sort of being in a corner by myself on game days because we all had to be sitting in corners by ourselves, so figuring out how to sort of change my mental approach in a different physical environment is part of it.”
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When he is on,I turn the channel. He is not a she in any way, shape or fashion
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Haven’t we seen enough of “him” ??
Can’t bare to watch him on something else !!
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Do you think or feel Amy has gotten cranky and a bit miserable in the last bunch of shows. Amy’s job is to sit or stand and Answer questions. A cranky person Is not fun to watch or cheer for.
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starting to be as annoying as those bugs you hit with a flyswatter to me.
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I love The Traitors, but HE will ruin it for me. ENOUGH of having HIM pushed on us!!
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Amen !! Preach it TXCharley !!
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Wonder what dishes He will cook ? Bet he’ll have a pretty apron.
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Amy is my all-time favorite Jeopardy contestant across all the years I have been watching this marvelous show. I can't wait until she returns! May life bless you at every turn, dear Amy!! Elliott in Manhattan
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Amazing how close minded some people are regarding transgender people. How hard is it to call a person by their preferred pronouns?
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HIS chromosomes say HE’s a HE and all the makeup and wearing dresses won’t change that. But what it Does do is allow His kind to beat up on Females in Their sports and Steal the trophies they should have won. It’s a psychosis and should be treated as a mental health issue.
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