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Jeopardy! fans go wild over champion Mattea Roach’s ‘Daily Double dance’ during 20th win
JEOPARDY! champion Mattea Roach celebrated her 20th straight win Monday night with a DANCE.
Fans went wild over the Canadian contestant briefly busting a move.
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Mattea, 23, won her 20th straight Jeopardy! game on May 3rd, tying her for the fifth-longest winning streak ever.
Some critics have slammed the tatted tutor for her ";cocky" and "clue-interrupting" gameplay style, frequently talking over first-timers and even Ken Jennings - whom many viewers want to take over hosting for good.
But her casual gameplay style was overcast at one point when she didn't just gyrate her hands - as she's known to do - but her whole body.
Mattea picked a Daily Double, which allows a player to choose their wager amount before responding, and celebrated the advantage by dancing.
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"Screw the haters; Mattea’s obviously just having fun out there,"; one fan gushed as the clip - in which she moved her arms enjoying the stage - hit .
"I turned Mattea's dance into a GIF," the original poster bragged.
"What's Daily Double dance!" wrote another in the style of a Jeopardy! clue.
"Love mattea, hope she keeps her streak going!!!" wrote a fourth.
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Though Mattea did not get the clue correct and responded "Oh well," she victoriously ended with a massive $476K in earnings.
Some fans have, however, have slammed the star on an impressive roll for her interjecting.
"Mattea is a very smart player with a lot of knowledge. She's also incredibly annoying and must be stopped," one Twitter user earlier bashed.
"She adds words to her answers all the time, and they shouldn’t be accepted. Also no one needs to hear your wager reasoning," wrote another.
Mattea often voices her thoughts on her wagers and even "complains" out loud.
However, the consensus is the consistent Canadian contestant deserves a "hand" for her ongoing streak that's making history.
MATTEA SHUFFLES EXPECTATIONS
With SEVEN tattoos including two LEG tattoos, a septum piercing, wire-rimmed glasses and a love of classic rock - often nailing music categories, Mattea has hand-waved her way through records.
The now 'super-champ' - as described - won her first game one MONTH ago and exclaimed her "student loans are paid off!" perhaps setting the tone for her unconventional "quirky" presence which sees her often wave around the buzzer.
As of last week she had a total of 459 correct answers in the competition, per - 93 percent of her attempts.
Mayim and Ken - the latter hosting this week - 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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Often when Mattea gets a question right, Ken - who perhaps sees himself in the rising champ simply replies, "good."
Though some fans have slammed Ken's monologues to open the game as one wrote last night, "Here's Ken's dumb monologue~~waste of my minutes," fans generally favor him to banter-blunder heavy Mayim.
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