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- Married "Jeopardy!" Contestants Hope to Be First Husband and Wife Winners: 'History Is at Stake'</p>
<p>Liza EsquibiasJune 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM</p>
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<p>Ken Jennings on 'Jeopardy!' on March 29, 2024.</p>
<p>Jason Singer shared his excitement to compete on the July 1 episode of Jeopardy! after his wife, Susan McMillan, already won in 2021</p>
<p>He explained that if he also lands a victory, they would become the first-ever husband and wife winners of the hit game show</p>
<p>Jeopardy! airs weeknights on ABC</p>
<p>Two Jeopardy! contestants want to make history.</p>
<p>As Jason Singer prepared to compete in the beloved game show on July 1, he expressed excitement as a massive trivia fan. Singer used to work as a journalist at the Sandusky Register with his wife, Susan McMillan, and he told the outlet that he has high hopes for the episode.</p>
<p>"This has been a multi-year dream in the making, and I'd like to be invited back one day, so please tune in and let's set some viewership records," he said.</p>
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<p>The 'Jeopardy!' set is pictured on April 17, 2010.</p>
<p>If he wins, Singer won't be the first in the family to mark the major achievement — McMillan won on her first run in 2021, taking home a whopping $35,600. Still, his potential victory would give the pair a different title to tout.</p>
<p>"We're also hoping to become the first-ever couple to have been married first and then gone on to both be Jeopardy! champions, so some fun history is at stake," he revealed, later adding, "Tune in, root me on and laugh at some of my almost-certain-to-occur dumb answers. And thank you, as always, for all your love and support."</p>
<p>Singer also spoke with the Portland Press Herald about his headspace going into the game.</p>
<p>The now-real estate agent cited his wife's success as preparation for his own part in the competition during an interview with his local newspaper.</p>
<p>"I've gotten to practice against the Michael Jordan of trivia every day of my life for the last 15 years, and that is an advantage that nobody else in the world has, because I'm the only person who's lucky enough to be married to Susan," he gushed. "I was always a dork. In elementary school, I would memorize the state and world capitals and the arithmetic tables."</p>
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<p>Since the two first began dating, Singer said they bonded over their love for Jeopardy! and hoped to appear on the show once they reached their "peak level of intelligence." They even created flashcards and an online database to store the answers to any questions they didn't know.</p>
<p>They sped up their plans to apply when they found out the late host Alex Trebek was diagnosed with cancer.</p>
<p>"We weren't sure if he would survive, if the show would continue, and even if the show continued, what form that would take," Singer explained.</p>
<p>When McMillan got the go-ahead, Trebek had already died, and Singer couldn't attend in person because of COVID-19 restrictions. But that didn't stop her from giving her all and winning, which she teased gave her husband even more determination now that it's his turn.</p>
<p>"The experience I had made him want to prepare even harder, to have no gaps in his game," McMillan said.</p>
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<p>Jeopardy! airs weeknights on ABC (check local listings).</p>
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