Jeopardy! contestant Kristen VanBlargan shared two lengthy blog posts about her time on the game show . She detailed the drama it took to get there and how she panicked when she was on stage.

VanBlargan, from New York, New York, played against James Corson from Frederick, Maryland, and Brian Nieves from Gambrills, Maryland, on Wednesday, March 12. Although she ended in second with $18,801, VanBlargan shared that she’d do it all again.

On her personal blog , VanBlogging, the contestant detailed booking a ticket to California on January 6 for her January 27 taping. The California wildfires broke out shortly after that, and she didn’t know if she would get a chance to be on the show, but production carried on.

On January 22, she touched down in Los Angeles, despite the fires still

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