LAST MATTEA STANDING
Jeopardy! fans stunned by champ Mattea Roach’s rare Final Jeopardy move that’s ‘NEVER happened before’ amid historic win
Fans were left STUNNED by Mattea Roach's rare Final Jeopardy! move they've "never seen before."
Her Wednesday win marked a historic 12-day streak, but HOW she won had viewers stumped for words.
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Ken Jennings is hosting this week of Jeopardy! and April 20th saw many fans buzzing over the "wildest episode ever."
It saw 23-year-old Mattea's 12th victory making her tied for 10th on the list of longest-running champions ever.
But even more "rare," as even Ken had to point out on Twitter, was how it all ended.
Because first-time contestants Loni Lewis and Sean Wong entered Final Jeopardy both with negative scores, they didn't even compete.
With the other two left in the red going into Final Jeopardy, the show returned from commercial with Mattea ALONE at her podium.
She and Ken stood there as she answered the category "On The Internet" correctly with "What is: Masterclass."
A shocked Ken noted as they quietly stood alongside two empty podiums, "We don't usually come to you first in Final Jeopardy but we're going to today."
He added as she soon answered correctly, that her wager ";could have been anything" and she still would have won.
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The two contestants who were excused returned as the credits rolled, and simply floored fans had to excuse themselves to tweet.
'HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED?'
"Wow, the other two contestants didn't make it to Final Jeopardy. Never seen that one before," one wrote on the bizarre situation.
"This is the wildest episode of Jeopardy ever. Mattea can bet it all with no consequences for losing!! Wow," wrote another.
"Has that ever happened before?" a third wondered.
Even Ken had to weigh in and tweeted Wednesday: "I’m too late for the East Coast but there’s a real rarity on the show tonight! Plan your evening accordingly!"
Though one fan responded to Ken, calling the scene: "Disappointing."
They added: "Props to Mattea but I like to see close games. It just doesn't seem like the competition is there this year."
"I've been watching over 50 years - since Art Fleming days - and this, by chance, is the first time I've seen it," another, however, tweeted.
Someone else claimed, ";Last time was Oct. 13, 2020 and 2015 before that!"
TAT WAS SOMETHING
Mattea entered this episode with $244,882 before her wild win, ending with $271K.
She has said on the show she has SEVEN tattoos including two LEG tattoos dedicated to the band The Talking Heads, and when she won her first game two weeks ago exclaimed her "student loans are paid off!"
Critics have noted her "wild hand gestures," as one fumed, "Mattea quit with the ad libs and awkward hand gestures."
However, the consensus is the tatted tutor tearing through records deserves a 'hand' for her streak - she's now tied for 10th longest run and on a list that includes legacies like James Holzhauer, Amy Schneider and Ken himself.
'KEN HE JUST TAKE OVER?'
Mayim Bialik and Ken started filling in as temporary hosts after Alex Trebek's tragic death in 2020.
Ken began with an average of 9.2 million views, surpassing Wheel of Fortune and Mayim, who subbed in soon after and averaged her viewers at 5.7million.
Many fans are begging Ken to take over full-time, as one wrote earlier: "I really wish Jeopardy would just say Ken is the new host and get this over with. That's clearly where this is going."
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The Blossom actress announced that she and when the yet-to-be-announced permanent host will take over.
Mattea will attempt her 13th win tomorrow which would firmly place her in the Top 10 of all-time competitors.
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