'Jeopardy!' Contestant Violates Rules, Appears Twice

When contestant
Jeff Kirby appeared on '
Jeopardy!' this week, loyal fans poured out to reveal he was cast twice, violating the rules of the game show. He first appeared on 'Jeopardy!' show in 1999, and under the rules, contestants are not permitted to appear again without an invitation. Yet on Monday, Kirby was back on the air. Although he finished third, the show took back his $1,000 consolation prize.
Oddly enough, last month Kirby gave an interview to the
Santa Maria Times about his experience as a contestant and acted as though it had been a new experience.
"I had the joy of having makeup put on for the first time. I'm red-complected, so I got a lot of makeup to try to tone that down," he told the newspaper.
Watch his most recent appearance on the show:
According to
The NY Post, the show failed to notice that he had competed on air before, but fans spotted the repeat appearance and notified the producers.
"'Jeopardy!' has a system to make sure that people who appear on the show have not previously done so," the producers said in a statement. "It has worked well for 26 seasons; however, clearly, that system failed to detect that Mr. Kirby had appeared on the show in 1999."
The NY Post reached out to Kirby, who declined to comment.
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I guess that is called "Double Jeopardy".
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Bah ha ha ha Jim ! Very funny ! Awesome play on words ! Thanks for making me smile while reading the news - that doesn't happen very often :)
good one!
Double Jepordy!!!!!!! Hahahahahaha Too Funny
VERY bad pun, but oh, so appropriate!
Kudos to you, and even more to the Jeopardy fans who caught the cheater.
Nice. XD
Lol.
Ha! Love it!
Double Jeopardy. LOL! Thats a knee slapper.
Jim? I love you..lol
thanks. Its been a very hard day and I needed to laugh!
You know, That is crazy that this would happen. You would figure that the Game Show Contestants would be checked for something like that. It is also funny how someone people have watched jepordy that long to remember one single person that was on the show 10 years ago. That is Hallarious. He probelbly would have never gotten busted for something like that.
Oh! Good one!!!! LOL!
LOL...What time does your show start?
People really need to get a life.
i don't think it's right that he had to return the money.... it was the show's mistake. Also, if he had to return the money then the show in which he appeared shouldn't have aired since they took back his payment for being on the show.
I could not have said it better.
Haha! Too funny!
That's great! I literally Laughed Out Loud!
too funny!