JEOPARDY! fans fumed over now 17-day champ Mattea Roach’s “poor attitude” on Wednesday.

But the Canadian’s “complaining” was overcast by her WILD Final Jeopardy win that left viewers “unable to exhale.”

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Mattea Roach won her 17th straight Jeopardy! game in a wild wayCredit: ABC

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Final Jeopardy came down to a TIE before she revealed her response – and what she had wageredCredit: ABC
Tutor Mattea continued her Jeopardy! tear on Wednesday, though some fans tore into her online.

During tonight’s episode, helmed by Ken Jennings – whom many fans want to take over for good – Mattea “complained” during a Daily Double.

In the close game, she stated when she got the clue that allows a player to choose their wager amount: “You know what? If I wager a lot and lose today whatever I had such a great run, so let’s try and do, honestly $8000.”

She then added when she got it correct: “I should have wagered more.”

“’I should’ve wagered more.’ Ew,” one user wrote.

“Mattea just got on my nerves with her ridiculous attitude. You bet what you think is right. Spare us the extra ad Lib,” wrote another.

However, something truly rare happened in Final Jeopardy soon after.

Neck-and-neck with Ben Hsia, the California engineer at the center podium got “What is: Yeates” the poet, correct, tying the game.

Suddenly, Ben – who bet ALL his earnings – $13,600 – was TIED with Mattea at $27,200 – but what she wrote down hadn’t yet been revealed.

Ken noted that the tutor was toying with the clue “with just seconds to spare.”

Mattea then revealed her correct response and that she bet, and won by – one dollar.

A DOLLAR DOES IT

Fans flooded Twitter over the “amazing” move that resulted in a simply “great” episode.

“This is the most exciting game of Jeopardy in weeks,” one fan wrote.

“What a finish,” wrote another.

“Oh em geeee!!! This was a great Jeopardy episode. I can finally exhale. Wow!” wrote a third.

“A dollar. She won final jeopardy with a f**king dollar,” wrote a fourth.

“Whoa! A dollar! What a game!” gushed a fifth.

Mattea’s earlier large Daily Double bet in the second act of the game may have been a response to her “conservative betting strategy.”

“lmao holy s**t Mattea’s big wager today, was incredible,” one Twitter user wrote tonight as she surprised many.

As a Twitter user earlier pointed out on her gameplay, “You’ve now won ~$320K in 14 matches, ~$22.9K/ match. By comparison, Amy Schneider won $687.4K in 17 matches, avg. of $40.4K.”

Even Ken has playfully pointed out her strategy online – but fans were surely satiated by the bet – if not the way it all ended.

Perhaps Mattea had done the money math and realized $1 would have been enough to secure the win in Final Jeopardy, but either way, fans loved it.

“That was a heart pounding final jeopardy for sure!” another wrote.

MATTEA MADNESS

With SEVEN tattoos including two LEG tattoos, a septum piercing and wire-rimmed glasses, Mattea is a hand-wave away from being a household name.

The ‘super-champ’ as Jeopardy! described – won her first game nearly three weeks ago now and exclaimed her “student loans are paid off!”

Mayim and Ken started filling in as temporary hosts after Alex Trebek’s tragic death in 2020.

Ken began with an average of 9.2 million views, surpassing Wheel of Fortune and Mayim, who subbed in soon after and averaged her viewers at 5.7million.

Many fans are begging Ken to take over full-time, as one wrote earlier: “I really wish Jeopardy would just say Ken is the new host and get this over with. That’s clearly where this is going.”

Mattea will attempt her 18th win tomorrow night – 19 wins would bring her into the top seven longest-winning Jeopardy! contestants ever.

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Mattea Roach won Jeopardy! by $1 Tuesday night in a game that fans couldn’t believeCredit: ABC

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Ken Jennings – hosting this week – was equally stunned as she barely pulled ahead, breaking a tie with one buckCredit: ABC

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Mattea now has nearly $400K in earnings in a game that saw fans slam her ‘complaining’ before the ‘well-earned’ winCredit: ABC