“Danger!” A contestant named Sophia apparently misunderstood a Final Jeopardy clue and lost the match Tuesday night.
Fans of the game show rallied around the young woman after her loss, calling the moment “brutal” and “a heartbreaking way to lose.”
Moving on to the final round, Sophia placed second with a total of $14,600. A man named Michael took first place with $28,800, and a woman named Sharon took third place with $5,800.
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“Danger!” contestant Sophia would have won the game if she hadn't misunderstood a Final Jeopardy clue. (Jeopardy!/Sony Pictures Television)
The category is “Landmarks,” and the final danger clue reads, “During Pope John Paul II's 1987 visit to Los Angeles, pranksters hid this letter in a local landmark.” Ta.
The correct answer was “L,” and the clue was a reference to a story in which the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles was temporarily changed to “Hollywood.” Sharon answered the question correctly and the final prize was up to $6,800.
Sophia was next to reveal her answer, and she was visibly worried when she revealed that she had written the “Hollywood sign.” She appeared to be looking at her host, Ken Jennings, with an expectant look on her face, which many of her fans interpreted as seeming to expect her answer to be accepted.
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When Mr. Jennings said, “It's too bad you found the right landmark and didn't tell us the letter,'' she slumped, clearly disappointed, and scoffed. I heard him say, “No.”
“Danger!” contestant Sophia was visibly disappointed after failing to get the correct answer on Final Jeopardy. (Jeopardy!/Sony Pictures Television)
She bet almost everything, and the final total was $399.
The first place contestant, Michael, guessed “O” and his measly $500 bet dropped to $28,300, making him the winner of the game. If Sofia had given the correct answer, she would have been declared the winner.
Although she did not appear after the revelation, “Danger!” fans discussed the sad event on Reddit.
“Oh my god, Sofia already,” one person wrote, along with a sad face emoji. “She was so sad, she could have won.”
Another wrote: “Absolutely tragic FJ. What a strange double mistake for what seemed like a relatively simple FJ clue when I was really rooting for Sofia.”
Ken Jennings, currently the sole host of “Jeopardy!,” led Sophia's episode. (Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images)
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Someone responded: “Seeing her reaction is cruel. It hurts.”
Another user wrote, “When she was told L was the correct answer, she realized her mistake and hoped people would accept her answer anyway, and then when she realized they weren't, the look on her face… I could see that there was complete pain and a lot of different emotions.” “She had the hardest loss I've ever seen a contestant lose, but I don't blame her at all. She didn't throw a tantrum. She tried to hide her pain, but… I couldn’t do that.”
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A person claiming to be a viewer of Sophia's episode claimed to have been told by Ken Jennings that the answer would have been accepted if Sophia had “circled it or had an arrow pointing to an L.” (Sony Pictures Television Jeopardy Productions)
One viewer speculated that Sophia was trying not to cry when she realized she had given the wrong answer, while another said: “She went through five stages of sadness in about 15 seconds. I've been through it all,'' he said, admitting that he almost cried for her.
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The moment was described as a “heartbreaking loss”, with one Reddit user claiming to have been in the audience at the taping of the episode, writing: “Ken said if she had circled the L or if the arrow had If they had, they told them so.” She could have accepted it. ”
