Mattea Roach Becomes Top ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestant With 14th Consecutive Win
Jeopardy! contestants continue to reign supreme in Season 38 as current champion Mattea Roach joins the ranks of the game show’s all-time consecutive wins game list and all-time highest non-tournament cash winnings list.
Roach, who is a 23-year-old tutor from Toronto, Ontario, won her 14th consecutive straight game of Jeopardy! on Friday, April 22, collecting $34,000 in final jeopardy and raising her total earnings to $320,081. She is now the show’s eighth-best all-time consecutive winner and tenth best all-time highest non-tournament cash winnings player.
(Credit: Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)
Along with her stats, Roach is also Jeopardy!‘s winningest Canadian contestant in the history of the game show. Through her run, Roach has answered 93% of clues correctly across the 14 games. Despite her success, Roach never anticipated that she’s be entering the ranks of Jeopardy!‘s top champions when arriving at the Alex Trebek Stage for taping.
“This has been such a crazy season of streaks and I was fully thinking Amy [Schneider] might still be here,” Roach said in a statement following her landmark win. “If it’s not Amy, there’s going to be some other super-champion that’s just going to knock me out Game One. I guess what I didn’t realize is maybe I could become the super-champion I wanted to see in the world.”
Roach will return to the stage for the Monday, April 25 show where she’ll face off against two new challengers: Michael Graff from Eastvale, California, and Marietta, Georgia’s Jessie Francis. As Roach mentioned in the statement, above, Season 28 has been filled with impressive streaks, most notably Amy Schneider’s recent run and Matt Amodio‘s continued gameplay at the beginning of the season which carried a winning streak that began in Season 37.
Stay tuned to see how Mattea Roach does as she continues her run on Jeopardy! and let us know what you think about her run so far in the comments section, below.
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Mattea cracks me up! She is so young and fresh. She seems to amaze herself. I love her!
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Mattea is great! Nice to see someone so young who is so incredibly bright! I watch every day right now because of her.
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Mattea Roach is making it hard for other contestants! She is doing just great and I hope she keeps on going!
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In any game, isn't the object to make it hard on the competition? So, don't let any one, athletes, race car drivers, trivia stars compete if they're too good? Kind of defeats the object of competition doesn't it? Why watch?
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She does let other players guess. There was one other super player though who would guess almost the whole board before before allowing others to guess...do you know who??
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It's counter intuitive to let opponents guess. The whole point of playing is to win.
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I apologize. I posted that rant after reading the first sentence of your post without reading the rest of it. Having read other negative posts, I jumped the gun. Sorry.
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Huge Fan! Mattea continues to surprise even her own self! Very understated and unassuming, you can’t help but cheer for her! I love how animated she is when she talks. I told my Husband, i think I could really enjoy conversations with Mattea. We could just move our hands around and never speak….She’s very grounded and real!!!
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Ken Jennings is doing a great job. I think he has great Chemistry with alot of people and he doesn't give off better than anyone.
When does season 38 end?
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July
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I honestly believe that she is a great player and I enjoy watching how she answered the clues I believe that she will be a fantastic champion
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I think she is wonderful! I hope she continues to win for a long time! She’s really cute, too!
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Maybe she didn't do well enough on the PSAT to become a lawyer, but she is a great strategist! I can almost see her mind working when it comes to betting or which answers to choose. And I loved it when she said that even if she'd lost, she had a lot of fun. Or that she was just happy that she could pay off her student loan. She just seems to be having a good time. And I love her hand flips.
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Mattea is a fun and interesting contestant. Enjoy her gamesmanship’s style.
Keep it up Mattea .You’re great and entertaining.
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Love Mattea! She’s humble, personable and so likable! Best wishes for lots more wins!
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I wonder if this streak of long time winners since Alex passed away isn't a calculated maneuver by the producers to keep ratings high. When they arrange the roster of contestants all they need to do is put qualifiers with lower scores up against one who scored off the charts. Bingo! Long winning streak.
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Not to mention being able to cherry pick the categories so they cater to the winner's strengths.
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If so, that's a stroke of genius and adding the drama of Ken vs Mayim keeps the show on the hot topics list.
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I won’t be watching until Ken is back.
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Oh no! Is Ms "It's all about me" hosting next week? Bring on the CC, I can't listen to her.
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CC for me as well, she's insufferable. And note to the powers that be, CC rules out me hearing their ads which is counterproductive.
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Relax, it's Ken this coming week.
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Ohhh nooooo! Not ms know-it-all back again! Please! Say it isn't so! I will not watch her, even tho I love watching Mattea win.
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Personally, I can't wait until Mayim is back. She adds so much fun and personality to the show. But I don't watch Jeopardy! just for the host. Jeopardy is a great game and the stars of the show are -- as they should be -- the contestants and not the host who simply reads the answers. Mattea is the most engaging champion in a long, long time and I have loved watching her long run.
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Can't wait to see how far Mattea can go. Love her hand gestures. Hope she becomes a millionaire.
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She is such a good player. I really like how she interacts with the hosts. Hope she goes a long way
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She is such a sweetheart, honest and humble
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Mattea is easily my favorite Jeopardy contestant in a long, long time. She's genuine and a great player.
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Seems a little set up to me. How Mattea always seems to get the double jeopardy picks and questions lean into her expertise. She seems a little put out when she does give a wrong answer or someone else appears to be getting close to her
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Today was the first time she irritated me. She was acting so blas'e that I almost hoped the lady in the middle, who was not a charmer herself, would surpass her.
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Why did they put reruns right in the middle of Mattea's run?
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They didn't in my area.
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Our house would love to see Mattea and Amy play a game together. We wanna see the brain powers at work!
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That's what the Tournament of Champions is for; it will be her Matt Ammodio, Amy etc..
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This Girl is a genius
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Not quite. Extremely intelligent for sure and has a great memory, but her LSAT scores weren't high enough for law school. Locally here we have a 13 year old young man who has graduated college and is entering post grad in the fall. Sheldon Cooper 2.0. That's genius.
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Love her .
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Another week of Mattea? Can't wait!
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Can’t stand watching her! I wish they would tie her hand down on the desk!
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Go Matea!! So great to see how much knowledge she has. Great personality! Congrats on your winnings!
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I love her! Whip-smart and whip-quick. Her gestures and commentary are charming. I also watch daily now for her! Can't wait to see her in the Tournament of Champions.
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I love Mattea and root for her every night. I want to see her continue to succeed and win many more times. You go girl ❤️
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Mattea is doing a great job. She's a joy to watch.
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I live on the west coast and know not to look online (incl. FB) until AFTER my fave shows air to avoid spoilers. I do wish all the TV review sites would wait the 3 hours time difference but then they'd likely be scooped and it is their livelihood. I can wait. P.S. LOVE Ken Jennings, wish he would stay as permanent host!
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I would love to see Ken Jennings get the permanent job. He is doing a great job and is interested in the contestants. Mattea is doing great and is very sweet and personable
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Mattea is brilliant! She is charming and cute not the average brainiac! Being different is a plus for her. I hope she goes on to win,win,win!
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She is fun to watch and so humble. We love her little hand wave and how she sometimes acts surprised when she get the answer right. We also prefer Ken to any other host - he is engaging and so comfortable with everyone.
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I'm enjoying watching Mattea. I love her gestures.
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She’s cute, energetic and fun! I want to hear about her left forearm tattoo. Keep winning, Mattea!
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Mattea has such a pleasant attitude and personality. It’s wonderful to see such a young person so versed and well educated. Continued success Mattea!!
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Matteo adds style and flare along with Ken Jennings as host. Has she considered co-hosting the Jeopardy show ?
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It's time for her to go. She's fake. You can see it plain as day!
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Alex would be ashamed of the rigged games they are playing. All of a sudden such streaks after all these years. Gimme a break.
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A. She's a tutor which gives her a broader knowledge.
B. The internet has put more information in everyone's scope compared to decades ago.
C. People auditioning for Jeopardy train for it by studying things they were ignorant of such as the Periodic Table and sports trivia.
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Some people are smarter than others. That’s life! That’s also how many scientific, health and other advances are made. We can focus on our own talents and not demonize the talents of others. The newer format is a winning one for jeopardy or its producers wouldn’t use it. Contestants like Mattea and those with prior winning streaks bring in a larger audience and more advertising dollars.
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True and they also inspire young people who are not enthusiastic about education by showing them how much farther they might get by paying attention in school.
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For decades they had a 5 game limit for any contestant. When they dropped that it opened the door for Ken, James H., Brad R. etc.
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I like Miyam Bialik. Hope she stays on the show. Keep Ken and Miyam both on as they are now doing.
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Wrong article.
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Have lost all respect for the game...format should go back to 5 wins then off.making excess money due to intelligence ...why..? .lotsa other intelligent personable contestants dont stand a chance . Quirky, erratic not an entertaining quality for me SO ..i'm off the "watching"population ....
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That's ridiculous. That's like having a quota system in universities where mediocre students gain admission while a brilliant one loses out. That's just wrong.
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Why can't you just wait until 8pm EST to post these. I live in the Boston market where the show starts at 7:30pm EST and seeing this article spoils the results. Have some diginity and wait until 8pm so others don't get spoiled by the results....On a side note, she's a very likeable champion and happy she's doing well.
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Just a thought, don't check TV Insider before the show airs. That's on you and dignity has nothing to do with it. What's next, wait til midnight so people in LA aren't upset?
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You shouldn't have to avoid the internet. Theres a couple of sites that spoils stuff right after the show ends which viewers on the west coast could easily be spoiled. Should they avoid the internet before there shows air. These sites need to wait until the show airs eveywhere to post these articles. Unfortnately they aren't smart enough to do that.
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And you shouldn't look in Mom's closet 3 days before Christmas. If you do you spoil your surprise.
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What's the difference? It isn't like the site is posting the Q&As. The point of watching is mental exercise.
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Try living on the West coast...
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Exactly; selfish of BOS to ask to wait until 8p Eastern; that would be 5p for us Westies! 🤦🏻♀️ For us, the unwritten rule is to stay away from internet sources before West coast shows air! Voila.
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live in the Boston area and do wait until after 8:00 to check the postings
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Why does it air so late in Boston? It airs at 4:30 P.M. in most of the country.
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I’m tired of watching Mattea Roach win. How can she possibly know all those answers and the other contestants have hardly any money. Ms Roach is snarky and I can’t stand watching her.
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I totally agree. So annoying - especially the way she answers each question with a questioning tone at the end (as if she’s not sure of her answer) rather than stating her answer as a declarative statement. Makes me scream at the TV.
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You realize that answering in the form of a question being a game imperative rules out a declarative statement, right?
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Many times I use the same voice inflection. Because I'm not sure.
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I think many of those she's defeated tended to try to beat her to the buzzer even when they don't know the answer, in effect beating themselves.
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RE: Jeopardy
Mattea Roach's air of superiority really turns me off!
When a contestant, especially her, keeps winning it gets boring knowing she will win every time, so I don't/won't watch.
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Im getting ready to stop watching. Even with my initial post that said she’s a likable champion. It does get boring watching the same person winning all the time. She actually should have lost earlier in the week when a contestant that was in third place should have won but was not smart enough to wager enough to win.
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Maybe, with all of these winning streaks, they'll reinstate the 5 games and done rule that was in place for decades. It makes no difference to me as I play against the board and keep score on myself just for mental exercise.
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Well, that's your prerogative, isn't it?
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She's 23. She's immature and a bit impressed with herself. Give her a break.
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