‘Jeopardy!’ Fans Have Mixed Reaction to Player’s Surprising Last-Minute Comeback

Meaghan Darwish
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Jeopardy!‘s June 1 match is causing a stir among fans following one player’s surprising comeback late in the rounds.

After getting off to a rocky start by beginning Double Jeopardy in the negative with – $200, quality control specialist, Jared Watson managed to pull out a win boosting his score with the third Daily Double and some correct responses during Double Jeopardy. Jared discovered all three Daily Doubles, losing the first and second, before scoring $2000 in the third.

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The first loss put him into the negative, and the second dropped him down by $3,000 during the Double Jeopardy round, but Jared managed to win back $2,000 with the third Daily Double. Still, going into Final Jeopardy, he wasn’t leading the board as Eva Thomas, an attorney from Brooklyn held with $16,200. Meanwhile, Ilhana Redzovic, the returning champion trailed with $4,600.

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Both Jared and Ilhana answered the Final Jeopardy correctly, with Eva losing out on her chances after betting too high. Ultimately, Jared’s wager of $2,400 brought him to the winning total of $14,000. The Final Jeopardy round’s category was “Country Names,” with the clue being, “The first current country to include its particular religion in its full name, it also has that religion in the name of its capital.” The answer was “Pakistan.”

Needless to say, Jared made a major comeback, but his win earned mixed reactions of shock from viewers, below, scroll through the fan reactions, and let us know what you thought of Jared’s big win in the comments section.

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    CyanBucket

    Enough with the daily Jeopardy articles now. It never happened for decades with Alex Trebek, but now, the PR people are out in full force, making sure there is some random 'news' story every day. Controversy over a pronunciation; Mayim's hair looks funny; the 18th celebrity tournament; the 118th masters tournament...give it a rest.

    What's next? A play-by-play of today's Plinko results?

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      Jena

      Totally agree. Every little detail is suddenly article-worthy. I think they even had an article about a contestant's ties during his championship run. Ridiculous!!! This venerable show is being bludgeoned to death by the PR machine and the current producers.

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    OliveSword

    Mayim blew it again. Intranet and internet are not the same thing. The contestant clearly said internet. But Bialik accepted intranet as correct, even emphasizing the “a” as she accepted a wrong answer.

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      BlueSailboat

      I caught that too... Not sure if fans are better informed or just sick of Mayim "the pauser". She need to be gone.

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    OrangeWeights

    I think woman is of good for jeopardy

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    GoldWheel

    Seriously? I think she hesitates for dramatic effect. And yes, I do see contestants being uncertain about whether they need to add more or clarify.