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[[Image:VFTGUSA 10th Anniversatry Competitiontitle card.png|250px|thumb|right|The title card for the ''Vote for the Girls'' 10th Anniversary Competition]]
 
[[Image:VFTGUSA 10th Anniversatry Competitiontitle card.png|250px|thumb|right|The title card for the ''Vote for the Girls'' 10th Anniversary Competition]]
The '''''[[Vote for the Girls (United States)|Vote for the Girls]]'' 10th Anniversary Competition''' is an upcoming special [[wikipedia:single-elimination tournament|single-elimination tournament]] that is scheduled to air during the 10th season of the American adaptation of ''Vote for the Girls'' that is scheduled to air in the Winter of 2018-19<!---, covering 76 shows in total--->.<ref>??</ref>  The competition involved 206 supported contestants, most of whom were supported by the site as "VFTG picks" or "male flex picks", and was designed to produce four supported contestants who would face off in a three-game, cumulative-score final against legendary ''Vote for the Girls'' supported contestant [[wikipedia:Jena Irene|Jena Asciutto]], who had been the longest supported contestant at 14 weeks during her run on the thirteenth season of ''American Idol''.  
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The '''''[[Vote for the Girls (United States)|Vote for the Girls]]'' 10th Anniversary Competition''' is an upcoming special [[wikipedia:single-elimination tournament|single-elimination tournament]] that is scheduled to air during the 10th season of the American adaptation of ''Vote for the Girls'' that is scheduled to air in the Winter of 2018-19<!---, covering 76 shows in total--->.<ref>??</ref>  The competition involved 145 contestants, all of whom were winners of past tournaments or past five-time champions, and was designed to produce three contestants who would face off in a three-game, cumulative-score final against legendary ''Vote for the Girls'' supported contestant [[wikipedia:Jena Irene|Jena Asciutto]], who had been the longest supported contestant duering her run on the thirteenth season of ''American Idol''.  
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the most money in ''Jeopardy!'' regular play history and who (entering the tournament) had set a new all-time television game show winnings record with [[United States Dollar|US]] $2,522,700. Those three contestants would then play in a three-game final for the largest prize the show has ever offered: an unprecedented grand prize of [[United States Dollar|U.S.]] $2,000,000.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|last=Brooks|first=Tim|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle|publisher=[[Random House]]|date=2009|page=696}}</ref>
  
After four rounds, the tournament's field of 206 past supported contestants was winnowed to three {{ndash}} all of them from ''The Voice'' {{ndash}} [[Addison Agen]],  Danielle Bradbery and Christiana Danielle. Bradbery had set the previous all-time ''Vote for the Girls'' records in 2013 after her win on the fourth season of ''The Voice'', while Agen and Danielle (both {{city-state|Fort Wayne|Indiana}}-based supported contestants repecively competed on ''The Voice''{{'}}s thirteenth and fourteenth season), respectively finished runner-up to Chloe Kohanski on ''The Voice 13'' and on ''The Voice 14'' with Bradbery had set a record that stood for twelve months until Christina Grimmie broke it and Asciutto during her time on ''American Idol'', broke the record set by [[wikipedia:Lauren Alaina|Lauren Alaina]] in 2011 and tied by Asciutto's fellow ''American Idol XII'' contestant [[wikipedia:Jesscia Meuse|Jessica Meuse]] at 12 weeks.
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After four rounds, the tournament's field of 144 past champions was winnowed to two: [[Brad Rutter]] and [[Jerome Vered]]. Rutter had set the previous all-time ''Jeopardy!'' prize money record in the 2002 [[List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events#Million Dollar Masters|Million Dollar Masters]] tournament, while Vered had set a single-day winnings record in 1992 that (if adjusted for the doubling of clue values) stood for twelve years until Jennings (in his 38th game) broke it.
  
Bradbery decisively won the three-game final, claiming the tournament title, while Asciutto finished second, with Agen and Danielle, respecively  finishing third and fourth place.<ref>{{Cite news|title=''Vote for the Girls'' Legend Has Plenty of Irons in Fire|date=March 1, 2019|accessdate=December 10, 2018}}</ref>  
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Rutter decisively won the three-game final, claiming the tournament title and the $2,000,000 prize, while Jennings finished second and collected $500,000, with Vered finishing third and taking home $250,000.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jennings Has No Regret Despite Second-Place Finish: Utah's ''Jeopardy!'' Legend Has Plenty of Irons in Fire|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/600136848/Jennings-has-no-regrets-despite-2nd-place-finish.html|publisher=[[Deseret News]]|date=May 26, 2005|accessdate=August 18, 2013}}</ref> All in all, the tournament's contestants won a combined grand total of $5,604,413. --->
  
 
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