JEOPARDY! star Mattea Roach has nearly beaten James Holzhauer during the second match of the Masters' semifinals on Monday- but just couldn't pull it off. In a shocking sight, Mattea was leading up until Final Jeopardy and lost when they were the only one incorrect.
Fans and even Ken Jennings were going wild - he said Mattea was 'on a tear' Fans and even Ken Jennings were going wild - he said Mattea was 'on a tear'Credit: ABC Mattea almost beat James Holzhauer in Monday's 2nd semis match but 'jagged' it on Final Jeopardy
Mattea almost beat James Holzhauer in Monday's 2nd semis match but 'jagged' it on Final JeopardyCredit: ABC Jeopardy! Masters - the game show's elite-level three-week special - is down to the wire with its last three episodes. The Semifinals kicked off on Monday, May 22.
After two weeks of can't-miss quarterfinals, Andrew He, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, and self-described game show villain James Holzhauer have emerged as the top four titans. Beloved fan-favorite Sam Buttrey and 40-time winner Amy Schneider were sadly eliminated as the two lowest-ranking players who just couldn't "Bring it" in the quarterfinals.
In the first bout of Monday's hour-long semis, James just barely beat Matt and Andrew- the latter sweetly brought his high school Spanish teacher to the audience. Jeopardy Masters' James reveals he's 'going to compete again on show James Holzhauer fights back from 'unusual' low in Jeopardy! Masters semis
But in the second match of the night James faced Mattea and Andrew- things weren't so cut and dry either. While in match 1, James was in 3rd before turning the tables in the Double Jeopardy Round - match 2 went differently.
Mattea put their game face on and got the first Daily Double in the second round, they then got the last remaining one for 8000 points and suddenly had a huge lead.
By Final Jeopardy, Mattea maintained that lead with 26,800 points and James 18,800 points while Andrew had 6400. Even Ken had to remark that the villainous James was a "full 8000" behind Mattea who went "on a tear."
Final Jeopardy was under the category "Historic Ships" and James stretched out seeming like he finished writing early. James knew it was "Golden Hind" but Mattea crushingly didn't and lost the game having bet 10,801 points.
Fans were destroyed as the 24-year-old Canadian writer and podcaster was in fourth place in the quarterfinals and many people wanted an upset W for them.
"Wow.. what an ending on Jeopardy Masters.. Mattea jagged it" another lamented on Twitter. "Mattea came in strong tonight! A shame they didn’t manage to hold onto the win with the FJ, but they still played a great game today" "Well that was pretty anticlimactic," Another wrote "darn."
"Death taxes and James," wrote another and a sixth: "awwww." That said, with one match point for coming in second, Mattea is poised to place in the finals and if so return for next year's Masters as well.
As host Ken Jennings, 48, explained on stage, the semifinals means the four players' standings of checkmarks on their podiums are reset- so all bets are off. Three "match points" go to a match's winner, while one goes to second place. In the two semifinal episodes, one player sits out per match and all four combinations will compete before one more player is eliminated.
Then, Wednesday's finals will be two matches with the three finalists and $500,000 as well as a "Trebek Trophy" for keeps.
Jeopardy! Masters is the brainchild of new executive producer, Michael Davies and is the first champion-based producer-picked tournament since 2020's $1M GOAT tournament. Kim Kardashian's ‘spaceship’ Palm Springs property turns green in new pics
'Timid' Ron DeSantis still trying to 'convince himself to run,' expert says The high-ratings throwdown is set to be annual and be a belt notch higher than the Tournament of Champions (which only features contestants from the prior season). James won all but one of his quarterfinals games emerging as the clear frontrunner.
Post a Comment