Matt Amodio: Last News

It has been a pretty eventful year for "Jeopardy!" fans thanks to a hosting controversy as well as two record-breaking contestants stealing the show. Amy Schneider, who is currently on a 16-game winning streak as of her win on Wednesday, is now the fourth highest-earning contestant to play the game in regular-season play.The engineering manager from Oakland, Calif.

Amy Schneider is clearly in it to win it all.

Matt King is officially a “Jeopardy!” legend, though maybe not for the most ideal reason.

The Amodio Rodeo is no more.

second spot on the consecutive wins list behind Ken Jennings (with 74 wins). Amodio raked up $1,518,601 in prize money during his time on “Jeopardy!” The Yale grad student broke the $1 million mark during his 28th game in September.

Matt Amodio has wrapped up his time on Jeopardy!

SPOILER ALERT! Jeopardy! contestant Matt Amodio’s 38-game winning streak came to an end tonight when the reigning champ lost out to challenger Jonathan Fisher.

Matt Amodio’s record-breaking winning streak on "Jeopardy!" has officially come to an end after 38 wins and $1,518,601 in overall prize money.  On Monday, the Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut finally lost the game for the first time to Jonathan Fisher, an actor from Coral Gables, Florida.The two were locked for the whole game in an intensely competitive match that ultimately saw Fisher win by a small margin.The game was an all-around difficult one for Amodio thanks in large part to his competition.

Matt Amodio continued his "Jeopardy!" winning streak on Monday, breaking yet another record in the show’s history.  The Ph.D student from New Haven, Conn. closed out last week’s gameplay with a huge milestone when he unseated James Holzhauer as the contestant with the second-most consecutive wins in the show’s history.

student Matt Amodio, 30, is now the quiz show’s second winningest contestant — notching his 33rd consecutive victory on Friday and eclipsing James Holzhauer’s streak.Amodio hauled in $55,400, bringing his winnings to $1,267,801. He still trailed Holzhauer’s total winning by more than $1 million, however, due to his generally more conservative play in the “Double Jeopardy” and “Final Jeopardy” rounds.“I have the chance to remind everybody how much better than me @James_Holzhauer is in literally every way,” Amodio tweeted before the pre-taped contest aired.

Just one week after he became only the third contestant in Jeopardy! history to win more than $1 million, Matt Amodio took ownership of another record. Tonight, he became the player with the second-highest number of consecutive wins in the show’s history.

Matt Amodio kept his "Jeopardy!" hot streak alive Friday — reaching another milestone on the game show with his 33rd victory.That put him in second place on the all-time consecutive wins list after only Ken Jennings, who holds the record at 74. In notching win No.

Matt Amodio’s “Jeopardy!” winning streak continues to be unstoppable.

Jeopardy! perked up in its return to originals during syndication’s premiere week with a 5.1 household rating. The week of Sept. 13 included the five episodes with Mike Richards as a permanent Jeopardy! host that were taped during his first and only day of filming before he stepped down amid multiple controversies.

behind only James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings, who is now slated to guest host in tandem with Mayim Bialik.Amodio’s stunning run comes amid upheaval at the show. Executive producer and anointed full-time host Mike Richards was recently fired after past sexist comments came to light.A revolving door of guest hosts had kept the show afloat following the November death of beloved icon Alex Trebek.Amodio has delighted audiences by getting off to huge leads, finding “Daily Doubles” and betting big, and then protecting his advantage.

Matt Amodio’s relentless “Jeopardy!” winning streak just keeps on going.

Matt Amodio, a Ph.D student from New Haven, Conn., has become the third person in Jeopardy! history to earn more than $1 million in non-tournament play.

third spot for another hall of fame record, the most money won, with his tally now an incredible $775,401.This week he also took the third spot for consecutive wins, having surpassed Julia Collins, who won 20 games in 2014, which at the time had been the second best run.“Jeopardy!” called him a “superchamp” as it noted that only James Holzhauer and Ken Jennings have won more since 1984, when the syndicated show debuted.Despite his incredible winning streak, Amodio still has a way to go to catch them — with Holzhauer having won 32 games in 2019, and GOAT Jennings an incredible 74 games in 2004.The two champs are also the only ones to have won more money than Amodio — with Holzhauer’s $2,462,216 just behind Jennings’ $2,520,700.Amodio had

"Jeopardy!" champion Matt Amodio’s stats continue to rise as he moves up yet another spot on the popular game show’s Hall of Fame.  The 30-year-old PH.d. student out of New Haven, Conn.

“Jeopardy!” season 38 kicked off Monday, but some viewers might have been surprised to see Mike Richards as host.

interview with the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, the New Haven, Connecticut, native revealed he keeps his answers consistent in style so he can concentrate on the root of the clue.“I have a strategy where I form all of my questions with a ‘What’s’ at the beginning, then I can focus on the rest of the clue,” he said. “Other people have been very upset about me being robotic instead of forming a question differently each time.”He continued, “I was glad that ‘Jeopardy!’ said this was perfectly within the rules.