Canadian Jeopardy! star Mattea Roach has defeated two fellow super-champs from the final season in a pleasant match.
Roach had her Tournament of Champions exhibition recreation on Tuesday evening, when she confronted off towards Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio.
The Nova Scotia-born contestant received 23 consecutive video games within the season that aired within the spring, ending up with a complete of US$560,983 in her pocket — that’s simply over $720,000 in Canadian forex. Roach additionally has each the fifth-longest streak within the present’s historical past and the fifth-highest winnings throughout regular-season play. When she misplaced her twenty fourth recreation on May 6, she misplaced by simply $1.
To no shock, she was named to the Tournament of Champions in September.
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Though no cash was at stake in Tuesday’s recreation, in what host Ken Jennings referred to as a “rehearsal of sorts,” Roach beat her opponents by far, ending with $17,600 in comparison with Schneider’s $904 and Amodio’s $3,600.
‘Surreal’ expertise for household
Roach’s mother and father Patti and Phil couldn’t be prouder of their daughter.
“It was remarkable,” Phil Roach stated of Tuesday’s match. The entire household had the chance to attend the dwell taping of the present in Los Angeles.
“Anyone is capable of winning, but when we were watching it live, it was surreal,” he stated.
“These are three of the top five players in Jeopardy! history of all time … And watching our daughter play Matt Amodio and Amy Schneider, it was mind blowing.”
Though they knew the result of the sport, it didn’t uninteresting the thrill of watching the airing of the episode on tv. Roach stated about 20 relations and pals got here to their home in Halifax to observe.
“It’s tremendous fun … No one else in the room knew the outcome of the game, but my wife and I of course. It was a real pleasure,” he stated.
The household even had themed cookies ready by a household buddy, Copper Cookies, for the watch celebration.
Roach stated the previous 12 months has been a wild experience for his daughter.
“She really can’t go anywhere at home, and Toronto, without being recognized. She is a very private person, but she enjoys the support tremendously.”
He stated Mattea has been benefiting from all of the alternatives which have offered themselves in previous months, like beginning a podcast and taking over writing.
But the celebrity hasn’t modified her, the daddy stated.
“I think if anything, she’s more Mattea,” Roach stated with amusing.
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“She has this platform now where she’s able to really seize the opportunity, express her opinion … She’s surrounded by a great group of friends,” he stated. “Her core person, you know, she’s the same person. This hasn’t changed her one bit.”
The household is now trying ahead to Friday’s semi-finals episode the place Mattea will face off towards meteorologist Eric Ahasic and software program developer Andrew He. The winner of that recreation will advance to the finals, to play alongside winners of the opposite two semi-final matches with Amodio and Schneider.
Phil Roach stated “there’s tremendous drama in this tournament,” echoing his daughter’s earlier feedback.
“They are all heavy-hitters. The gameplay is more aggressive in this tournament than it was when we were watching the regular season. And everybody is in it to win it, and everyone is capable,” he stated.
Roach stated the household is happy to rewatch the sport, and is grateful for everybody’s help.
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