Fans Call Out Worst Celebrities To Be On ‘Jeopardy!’

Ken Jennings - Jeopardy!

Undeniably, Jeopardy! can be entertaining especially with the introduction of celebrities in the mix. However, fans call out the worst celebrities to be on Celebrity Jeopardy! Furthermore, some proposed twists pop up as well during the discussion.

Celebrity Jeopardy! At Its Finest

While the original Jeopardy! is full of entertainment, its spinoff series, Celebrity Jeopardy! sports its own fun. Furthermore, it pulls in celebrity contestants to compete for a chance to win money for the charity of their choice. Undeniably, it has been a riot to watch some of their attempts over the first two seasons. Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings have hosted many familiar faces competing for the win. Likewise, SNL has paved the way by showing hilarious sketches of famous faces pretending to play the legendary game. But now, fans are calling out the worst celebrities for the show.

Ken Jennings - Jeopardy!
Ken Jennings – Jeopardy!

Fans Call Out Worst Celebrities To Be On Jeopardy!

On Reddit, one user starts a conversation by saying, “What would the worst celebrities for celebrity Jeopardy! be?” Then, the user adds, “Joke answer: weird al, he’d lose Serious answer: literally anyone whose persona is being a jerk, like Simon Cowell, I don’t want his face anywhere near Jeopardy!” Other fans were happy to oblige with their opinions about who would be terrible on the show. Some of the list includes:

  • “James Corden.”
  • “Jake and Logan Paul.”
  • “Ellen, T-Swift, and Fallon compete together to see who is the least genuine human.”
  • “We already had the worst: Emily Hampshire. She was great on Schitt’s Creek but painfully awful on Celebrity Jeopardy.”
  • “I would like to see Kane (Glenn Jacobs) on Jeopardy. He did pretty well on a WWE edition of Weakest Link years ago while in full Kane persona.”
  • “Jason Statham was my first thought.”
  • “Steven Seagal.”
  • “Russell Brand, Dave Chapelle, Terence Howard, Ricky Gervais, Kanye West, Katy Perry.”
  • “Kevin Spacey, James Corbin, and Elon Musk.”
  • “Gina Carano, Kevin Sorbo, Scott Baio. Rossanne Barr, Randy Quaid, Meat Loaf Kanye West ‘Ye’. Tara Reid, Steven Seagal, Carrot Top.”

Fans Propose A Twist

But one proposed show twist comes out of the suggestions. When thinking of people who would be “terrible” for Celebrity Jeopardy! one big name came up, Steve Harvey. Afterward, the discussion leads to a hilarious suggestion.

  • “I’d like to see a ‘swap’ where Ken does Family Feud and Steve does Jeopardy. They’d both be bad, but it would be humorous.”
  • “Ken could definitely do a better Family Feud than Steve could do Jeopardy.”
  • “I feel like when someone has a braindead answer Ken wouldn’t have any jokes tho. Just move on to the next person. Family Feud isn’t about winning, it’s at the core a comedy show.”
Steve Harvey & Ken Jennings - YouTube
Steve Harvey & Ken Jennings – YouTube
  • “Ken is incredibly quick-witted, much more so than Steve. Ken would actually have something to say instead of just going 😮.”
  • “Ken would do a better Family Feud than Steve Harvey does Family Feud.”
  • “That actually would be pretty funny, they’d both be so our of place lol.”
  • “Taking this opportunity to post a clip compilation of Steve Harvey guest hosting Who Wants to be a Millionaire in 2009 or so for an insight into what him hosting Jeopardy! might be like https://youtu.be/nOM6eThIBTY.”
  • “Ken’s talked about being obsessed with Family Feud as a kid so I think he’d probably do a good job.”
  • “The hamming it up is bad with almost all the celebrities but I think Steve would be exceptional at it.”
  • “Exceptional-ly bad?” someone else adds.

Fans Suggest Some ‘Bad’ Options

Although the forum was in good spirits, there were some funny suggestions of who the “worst” celebrities would be for Celebrity Jeopardy! While others point out that politics need to stay out of the show.

  • “My mind initially went to Jersey Shore. But a tourney with them would actually be pretty entertaining.”
  • “Oh lawd, I’d love to see Snooki.”
  • “Tom Cruise would probably do terrible. Even setting aside the weird Scientology stuff the guy seems to genuinely live in a bubble, oblivious to most of the rest of the world, and I doubt he’d know much of any trivia outside of movie stuff.”
  • The Kardashians.” Someone else says, “They would make Turd Ferguson look like a genius.”
  • “Donald Trump?” Another person says, “This. He’d argue that all his wrong answers were judged unfairly and that the buzzers were rigged against him.”
  • “Politicians shouldn’t be there, period, but I have a feeling Kamala Harris would do well.”

Jeopardy! Makes For Great TV

While the spinoff series for Jeopardy! can be fun to watch, some fans couldn’t help but think of the spoof episodes on SNL.

  • “I can’t help thinking about Burt Reynolds and Sean Connery on SNL.”
  • “Those are the best celebrities.”
  • “My head immediately went there!!”
  • “This is what I came here for.”
  • “Turd Ferguson!!”
Bert Reynolds played by Norm Macdonald - SNL
Bert Reynolds played by Norm Macdonald – SNL

 

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Who do you think would be the best or worst celebrities for Jeopardy!? Do you agree with the suggestions? Do you want to see a host swap between Ken Jennings and Steve Harvey? Drop your comments below.

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