Ryan Bilger is a previous Jeopardy winner. He won the competition in 2019 and has participated in the 2021 Jeopardy Tournament of Champions. The Jeopardy Champion from Macungie, Pennsylvania won a whooping 109,049 dollars in 2019 in his journey that lasted for 5 days.
How old is Ryan Bilger
Ryan Bilger was born on 11th August 1997 in Macungie, Pennsylvania to Mr. Bilger andCathy Reinhart Bilger. Ryan Bilger, currently 23 years of age was raised there along with his younger sister who is a huge One Direction fan. Ryan has said that his sister once watched golf because someone from One Direction was caddying for Rory Mcllroy.
Ryan attended Emmaus High School and he was considered a talented student from a young age. His Twitter handle shows that his friend accused him of bullying on their bus in their middle school. Now whether that was just a joke between friends or a serious accusation we do not know. He finished high school in 2015 when he was 17 years old.
Ryan Bilger’s Family
Ryan Bilger’s mother is a teacher and we do not know much about his father at this moment except that he is a loud snorer. As mentioned earlier, he has a little sister who is a huge One Direction fan. She even made Ryan follow One Direction. He even outright said that her sister followed One Direction from his account while he was not looking. But we will never find out the actual truth.
The family resides in a light blue-colored beautiful house in Macungie, Pennsylvania.
Ryan Bilger’s Girlfriend
Ryan Bilger is in a relationship with a wonderful girl named Laurel Wilson. Laurel went to Great Valley High School and studied at Gettysburg College like Ryan. We don’t know when their relationship started but we wish all the best to the lovely couple.
Ryan Bilger Jeopardy 2019
Ryan Bilger won four games over five appearances that aired in July 2019 winning a total of 109,049 dollars in his first outing in Jeopardy. He was 21 years old when his episodes were filmed. He was also an alternate for the show’s Tournament of Champions that fall, but he didn’t get to make an appearance.
In his final appearance, Bilger finished in second place with 23,300 dollars and was beaten by Sam Kavanaugh, a teacher from Minnesota, who won with 38,001 dollars. In the episode Kavanaugh took the lead early and maintained it throughout, hitting all three daily doubles.
Ryan Bilger Jeopardy Tournament of Champions 2021
In the first game of 2021, Ryan Bilger beat another 4 game-winner, Sarah Jett Rayburn, a writer from Texas, and Zuffranieri, a math teacher who was the favorite to win this game having won 19 games in 2019. However, even after winning the match, Ryan faced immense backlash from Jeopardy fans for his behavior. He was criticized for being disrespectful to other contestants. Some even went on to say:
“How about somebody tell the young lad to treat his opponents with respect? Jeopardy contestants should act with nothing but class, Alex would demand no less! “
Another viewer said:
“This Ryan guy is horrible! Terrible sport, and cocky and disrespectful towards his fellow contestants. I know who I’m rooting against in this tournament.
Ryan has since taken to various social media platforms to put his views regarding the matter.
So uh hi there. I see there’s a lot of people out there who are displeased with me after Jeopardy tonight. I wrote this for Reddit, and I’ll reproduce it here. Look, I get it. I had a ton of adrenaline flowing through my veins. I got a daily double on a piece of Pennsylvania history I’ve known since I was a child. I was playing better than I ever expected. Yes, I got pretty loud and excited, I get that that’s not what many people want out of Jeopardy. I’d take back the comment on the second DD if I could. I was just in the moment and so excited to play because I’d been waiting for it for 2 years and had lots of pent-up energy. Not saying it’s a valid excuse, but yeah, I’ve talked with Jason and I’ve talked with Sarah and they’ve been very clear that they have no problems with me, that we were competitors in a competitive space, and that getting excitable is understandable, that I have nothing to apologize to them for. So that’s that with them. For everyone else, hey, sorry that I ruined your Jeopardy watching night. I get it. If you want to make imputations about my character, then fine, but you can do it to my face. I know who I am and this TOC field is an amazing group of people and I’m honored to be a part of it. See you next week through the TV, whether you like me or hate me.
Ryan Bilger Instagram
Ryan Bilger is very active on his Twitter account (@Ryan_Bilger11) and quite active in his Facebook account(ryan.bilger.77) as well. However, we could not find his Instagram handle. He doesn’t have many followers in those platforms.
Ryan Bilger Net Worth
As mentioned earlier, Ryan won a whooping 109,049 dollars in his first outing in Jeopardy when he was only 21 years old. He also won 32,405 dollars in the fist episode of Jeopary Tournament of Champions. That makes his winning from Jeopardy alone to be 141,814 dollars. However, Ryan has said that he used his earnings from first outing to pay for his college. So we estimate that his current net worth is 90,000 dollars.
However, this is just the beginning of his second outing and he has already beaten another 4 game winner, Sarah Jett Rayburn, a writer from Texas and Zuffranieri, a math teacher who was the favorite to win this game having won 19 games in 2019. So if he continues his good run then Ryan Bilger’s net worth will rise exponentially by the time this season finishes.
Ryan Bilger Wiki
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Age |
23 years |
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Birthday |
11th August |
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Country |
United States |
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Location |
Macungie, Pennsylvania |
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Profession |
Student |
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Father |
Mr. Bilger |
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Mother |
Cathy Reinhart Bilger Teacher |
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Siblings |
A sister |
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Relationship |
In a relationship |
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Girlfriend |
Laurel Wilson |
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Ethnicity |
White |
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Net Worth |
About 40 K |
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Social Media |
Twitter, Facebook |
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Eyes |
Brown |
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Hair Color |
Black |
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College |
Gettysburg College, History Major West Virgina University |
