Who are the most famous game show contestants?

Who are the most famous game show contestants?

One of the most popular game show contestants of the modern era is Kent Jennings who won two and a half-million dollars by defeating opponents 74 times in a row on Jeopardy. He is a very very smart individual as you can imagine. He has parlayed his game show success into a variety of other areas. He has written books. He has appeared on other shows. He has a board game out and he happens to be a really nice guy too. Probably the most famous millionaire contestant was John Carpenter. John Carpenter was the first individual to win $1 million on ABC primetime version of the show "Who wants to be a Millionaire". What is notable about John is when he got to the million-dollar question, he had not used any of his lifelines. When Regis asked him the question, John requested to use a lifeline which was to phone a friend, and the friend he phoned was his father just to say, I am about to win $1 million. It was a great moment in game shows.