Here’s who fans want to win

Danger! The 2025 postseason, culminating in the coveted Tournament of Champions, is upon us. The quiz show’s most gruesome annual event is the Second Chance competition, with 18 non-winners from last year left with a revenge and a score to settle.

In recent years, the quiz show’s postseason (or tournament season) has consisted of three acts. The starting gun is a two-week Second Chance for players who didn’t win their initial game, but came so close that the producers want them back. The two winners of this event advance to the Champions Wildcard tournament for short champs who did not reach the ToC peak. Finally the two winners from to move on to the main name, 2025 ToC.

Here are the matchups for Second Chance, as in which players are facing each other as of Monday, December 30: