{"id":442716,"date":"2022-05-06T01:39:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T22:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jeopardy-champ-mattea-roach-announces-who-should-be-host\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T01:39:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T22:39:54","slug":"jeopardy-champ-mattea-roach-announces-who-should-be-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jeopardy-champ-mattea-roach-announces-who-should-be-host\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Jeopardy!&#8217; champ Mattea Roach announces who should be host"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29bbc6a804c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29bbc6a804c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jeopardy-champ-mattea-roach-announces-who-should-be-host\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Jeopardy_champ_Mattea_Roach_announces_who_should_be_host%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; champ Mattea Roach announces who should be host&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Jeopardy_champ_Mattea_Roach_announces_who_should_be_host%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; champ Mattea Roach announces who should be host&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Who is: the better host?<\/p>\n<p>Mattea Roach, who sprung to \u201cJeopardy!\u201d stardom by becoming the first Gen Z megachampion, has cast her vote for who should be the show\u2019s permanent host between Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. She\u2019s also weighing in on criticism she\u2019s received about the way she plays the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say Ken because of his history with the show,\u201d the 23-year-old contestant from Toronto <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/article\/jeopardy-champion-mattea-roach-interview.html?utm_campaign=vulture&amp;utm_medium=s1&amp;utm_source=tw\">told Vulture<\/a> of her pick to replace longtime host Alex Trebek, who died in 2020. \u201cAs a contestant, there\u2019s something really special about being onstage with the greatest player of all time. Someone who understands in a very visceral way what it\u2019s like to be in your position. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayim is fantastic, but she doesn\u2019t have that same experience,\u201d Roach concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/newspress-collage-22153708-1651789345213.jpg?1651775684&amp;w=1024&amp;1651775684\" alt=\"Mattea Roach (center) has weighed in on who she thinks should become the permanent &quot;Jeopardy!&quot; host: Mayim Bialik (left) or Ken Jennings (right).\" class=\"wp-image-22160479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/newspress-collage-22153708-1651789345213.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1651775684&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/newspress-collage-22153708-1651789345213.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1651775684 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/newspress-collage-22153708-1651789345213.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;1651775684&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mattea Roach (center) has weighed in on who she thinks should become the permanent \u201cJeopardy!\u201d host: Mayim Bialik (left) or Ken Jennings (right).<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221;; AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Because of Roach\u2019s unique facial expressions and thinking aloud during the game show, devout \u201cJeopardy!\u201d fans have also speculated that she\u2019s doing that to distract other contestants. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe notion of my comments being distracting either to the viewers or the players, I was like,\u00a0\u2018Huh?\u2019\u00a0You don\u2019t have time to think about weird mind games,\u201d she said. \u201cI would never want to be deliberately distracting to another player because it\u2019s so unsportsmanlike. I like to think it didn\u2019t have that impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People, according to Roach, have deemed her strategy too casual and have said, \u201cShe\u2019s playing the same way she\u2019d play along while at home on the couch.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Mattea_Roach_Jeopardy3-copy.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mattea Roach on Jeopardy\" class=\"wp-image-22154948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Mattea_Roach_Jeopardy3-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Mattea_Roach_Jeopardy3-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Mattea_Roach_Jeopardy3-copy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Roach rose to megachampion status after 22 consecutive wins.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221;<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI remember saying to a friend, \u2018I\u2019m not going to court. I\u2019m not going to a job interview. I\u2019m going to a game show,&#8217;\u201d she said. \u201cYes, it\u2019s intellectual and that\u2019s one of the most special things about it. But I respected the institution by playing the game really well. I\u2019m enjoying myself a lot and that\u2019s why I played the game that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roach has now made history in the show\u2019s Hall of Fame after winning 22 consecutive games \u2014 making her the fifth-best player in history.<\/p>\n<p>But even as an esteemed champion, her \u201cstrategy was bad,\u201d she still admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably should\u2019ve played a lot more strategically,\u201d she added, saying she played with a \u201crisk aversion\u201d tactic. \u201cI would describe my strategy as loss minimization rather than gain maximization. I was never somebody who would buzz in on clues and then think of the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, clearly, something is working. She\u2019s won $534,984 in prize money, which she will be putting toward her student loan payments. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to continue being really boring with money,\u201d she said. \u201cMost of it I\u2019m going to sit on for a couple of years, and hopefully when I\u2019m more settled in the longer term, I imagine it\u2019ll help me buy a house.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Mattea_Roach_Jeopardy.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mattea Roach\" class=\"wp-image-22154953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Mattea_Roach_Jeopardy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Mattea_Roach_Jeopardy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Mattea_Roach_Jeopardy.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Roach said that her competing techniques aren\u2019t meant to distract other contestants \u2014 it\u2019s just how she thinks.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221;<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her on-screen behavior, which has brought her both wins and negativity, is something she attributes to her youthful age, admitting she plays \u201cquite different than what\u2019s been seen before\u201d from past contestants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnytime you have a generational shift of new people coming of age, conversations h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en about how they\u2019re shifting professional norms. It\u2019s not entirely negative,\u201d she said, adding that something new or different will take time to get used to. \u201cBut a critical conversation about how I present myself on the show alludes to the fact that the way I behave is somehow unprofessional or not respecting the institution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As valiant as her efforts are, she still has to defend her abilities online, even taking to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> to debunk viewer critiques.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany have made note of my colorful facial expressions while playing Jeopardy,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattearoach\/status\/1519311016869482497?s=20&amp;t=TzXuOAAqCsuYT8EGoMeziw\">she tweeted last week,<\/a> along with a photo of her younger self at a spelling bee. \u201cHere is proof that I come by it honestly\/have been making weird faces for a long time!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many have made note of my colorful facial expressions while playing Jeopardy \u2013 here is proof that I come by it honestly\/have been making weird faces for a long time! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/47YMp7s9Xq\">https:\/\/t.co\/47YMp7s9Xq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mattea Roach (@mattearoach) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattearoach\/status\/1519311016869482497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In fact, her colorful expressions and gestures have attracted fans, too. While they have received more hate than love, she revealed to Vulture that her \u201cwrist has received fan mail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of queer people specifically who have been fans of the way I move my hands and body,\u201d said Roach, who is part of the LGBTQ+ community. \u201cIt\u2019s not something I thought about at the time I was taping, but it\u2019s fun to see the support from that community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of how she\u2019s perceived or plays the game, there\u2019s one thing of which Roach is certain: She just wants to have fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy experience taping the show is some of the most fun I\u2019ve had in my entire life,\u201d she gushed. \u201cWhen I was actually onstage, I was having the time of my life. I didn\u2019t play differently as my run went along. 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