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pic.twitter.com/ftd53zxnzFThe news comes less than a month after Schneider announced she was leaving her day job following her amazing run on Her streak on the iconic game show came to an end in January after 40 games. She first made headlines in December after setting the record for the most consecutive wins by a woman at 21, beating Julia Collins' 20 wins. The next month, Schneider made history when she surpassed Matt Amodio as the second-most winning contestant on the long-running game show.

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came to an end last month after 40 games. She first made headlines in December after setting the record for the most consecutive wins by a woman at 21, beating Julia Collins' 20 wins. The next month, Schneider made history when she surpassed Matt Amodio as the second-most winning contestant on the long-running game show.

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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticAmerica is no longer leading on the world stage in one crucial metric.We’ve lost game-show-host supremacy.On “Jeopardy!,” the standard-bearer for American quiz shows, star power has been outsourced to the contestants. And recent long-running champions Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio lent energy that had otherwise been missing. The recent endless cycling through “Jeopardy!” guest hosts having ended in a fiasco and then a compromise has left Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik, dividing the role, adrift.

Just one day after her amazing 40-game winning streak was snapped, Jeopardy champion Amy Schneider has signed with talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA).The 42-year-old engineering manager from Oakland, California amassed a whopping $1,382,800 over her 40-game run, which ended on Wednesday when she lost to Chicago librarian Rhone Talsma.While it's unclear what the future holds for Schneider, she has certainly cemented her place in Jeopardy history after her epic run. Signed: Just one day after her amazing 40-game winning streak was snapped, Jeopardy champion Amy Schneider has signed with talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Future:While it's unclear what the future holds for Schneider, she has certainly cemented her place in Jeopardy history after her epic runSchneider has become the most successful woman contestant in Jeopardy history, with her 40-game win streak behind only now-host Ken Jennings and his 74-game streak.Her $1,382,000 in winnings is the highest ever for a female contestant and fourth all time, behind Jennings($2,520,700), James Holzhauer ($2,462,216) and Matt Amodio ($1,518,601), whose 39-game streak she bested for the #2 spot.

Amy Schneider has been dethroned on Jeopardy!

Amy Schneider's winning streak on has come to an end.The software engineering manager lost to Rhone Talsma, a librarian from Chicago, during Wednesday's episode. Schneider finished in second place with $19,600, while Talsma came in first with $29,600.At the end of her history-making run, Schneider's total winnings add up to $1,382,800.

Amy Schneider will always be a champion in our eyes.

made history when she won her 39th game and became No. 2 on the game show’s consecutive wins list — and the winningest woman.

Forty-game Jeopardy! champ Amy Schneider brought her winning streak to a close tonight, losing to challenger Rhone Talsma and taking home a total $1,382,800 in winnings.

Jeopardy!, just added another title to her name: second-longest winner in the game show's history since it lifted the cap on consecutive wins in 2003.In case you're not in yet, here's a quick recap: Amy Schneider is an engineering manager from Dayton, Ohio, shattering glass ceilings everywhere she goes. She's the first woman contestant to win over $1 million, the most successful woman, and the most successful openly trans person to ever compete on  Her winning streak began on November 11, 2021.

Amy Schneider has done it!

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterReigning “Jeopardy” champion Amy Schneider is coming for Ken Jennings’ hall-of-fame spot.She may have a long way to go, but on Monday, Schneider claimed her 39th victory, making her the contestant with the second-most consecutive wins in the game show’s history. Only Jennings, who newly took over hosting duties from the late Alex Trebek, has a longer winning streak. Jennings became a household name in 2004 after notching an unprecedented 74 back-to-back triumphs.In the 39 games she has conquered so far, Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., has collected a casual $1,319,800.“It still feels unreal,” Schneider said in a statement.

has been hosting the show during Schneider’s winning streak. Schneider makes history as the most successful woman in the show’s history, the show’s first transgender contestant to qualify for the Tournament of Champions and the highest-performing transgender person in the show’s history. “I think that the best part for me has been being on TV, you know, as my true self, expressing myself and representing the entire community of trans people,” she told “Good Morning America.” “Just being, you know, a smart, confident woman and doing something super normal like being on ‘Jeopardy!’”Schneider, who has also said that said her classmates voted her most likely to be a “Jeopardy!” contestant when she was in eighth grade, will now face off against Matt Amodio, who is No.

Watch out Ken Jennings, Amy Schneider is coming for your record.

Amy Schneider continued her Jeopardy! winning streak tonight with her 39th game, becoming the second winningest contestant in the show’s history behind Ken Jennings.

She looks like a million bucks — and her jackpot is only growing. Jeopardy! contestant Amy Schneider passed the $1 million mark on Friday, January 7, episode of the game show.

Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, Calif., has became the fourth person in the 38-year history of Jeopardy! to earn more than $1 million in non-tournament play. She moved past that milestone in today’s episode of the show.

It takes a certain mind to be able to compete on Jeopardy!, but only the best of the best land in this winner’s circle. These are the highest-earning winners from the game show — and they’ve won millions.

Amy Schneider is the latest “Jeopardy!” phenom, recently winning her 17th consecutive game.