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Jeopardy! fans shocked after champion Mattea Roach reveals she was in famous singer’s music video with BLUE hair
JEOPARDY! fans have been left shocked as Mattea Roach revealed she was once in a famous singer's music video.
The Canadian champ shared the WILD story on-stage and after, posted the clip of her rocking BLUE hair.
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Mattea won her 22nd consecutive game of Jeopardy! on May 4th with $532K in total earnings - the fifth-longest winning streak on the show ever.
But a secret she shared during the Q&A portion stole the stage.
Even Ken Jennings - hosting this week as many viewers hope he'll score the position for good - couldn't believe what she revealed.
The 23-year-old tutor from Toronto, Canada shared that she once appeared, and sang backup, in a viral music video complete with blue hair and a famous frontman.
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"You once sang backup for who?" Ken asked during the portion of the show where the contestants share an anecdote about themselves.
"Rick Astley?" Mattea responded - as the crowd was audibly surprised.
"There's a choir in Toronto very creatively titled Choir! Choir! Choir! that basically is drop-in," she continued.
"And they invited Rick Astley to come sing with them and he actually came when he had a tour date in Toronto. So I got to sing 'Never Gonna Give You Up' with Rick Astley."
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A flustered Ken responded with a fact-check: "Is this story true or are you 'rickrolling' North America?"
Mattea replied, "There's video of it online I promise," delivering after it aired and on Twitter to the 2018 live rendition .
She could be seen close to Rick belting the classic tune with bold blue hair in the 'Choir! Choir! Choir!.'
'I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'
"Still can’t believe she was a part of this," one wrote on Mattea's moment.
"Now Rick Astley can brag that he once sang with Jeopardy Champion Mattea Roach!" gushed another Twitter user.
"Great video and congrats on number 22. Can't believe you bet 0 on Final Jeopardy though," noted a third on Mattea's sometimes "conservative" and "chatty" though clearly consistent gameplay.
"This is probably one of your coolest stories so far," wrote another.
"This feels on brand for you. Don’t ask me how or why, it just *does*," replied Joey Lavarias - a contestant bested by Mattea who shared during his Q&A he was a sports mascot.
"This may be my favorite anecdote from you so far!" wrote a fifth on the "Rickrolling" revelation.
WHO IS: RICK ASTLEY?
Rick's 1987 single saw a huge resurgence with the viral internet trend of .
"Rickrolling” refers to people who are tricked into clicking on a link that instead leads to his music video for the song - the original clip now has YouTube views.
Mattea explained about her recent stint to Twitter: "If you're wondering why it took me 22 games to bring up this story, it's bc I straight up forgot about it until I asked my mom for help coming up with new stories for my fifth tape day."
Jeopardy! tapes five episodes (or a week's worth) in one day.
MATTEA ON A RICK-ROLL
Mattea, who is one of the three top-five longest streaks in Jeopardy! history to happen (or are happening, in her case) during Season 38 - has had trouble drumming up more anecdotes.
"Especially starting this week, it was getting very difficult for me to come up with stuff,” Mattea told today.
She earlier shared she has SEVEN tattoos including two LEG tattoos dedicated to the band The Talking Heads and that her high school debate coach was a major influence.
She also exclaimed "all my student loans are paid off!" during her first game, though that wasn't during the Q&A portion it certainly set the stage for her run.
The other "super champs" this wild season have been earlier mentioned Matt Amodio, Jonathan Fisher, and then 40-time champion Amy Schneider who recently visited the White House.
In fact, as The Ringer pointed out - only 36 of this season’s 158 non-tournament episodes (22.8 percent) haven’t featured a contestant who reached four-plus victories.
So while November's Tournament of Champions should be something to behold - it's no wonder some champs have become stumped on more stories to share night after night.
New Jeopardy! contestants are asked for five "interesting facts" per The Ringer followed by answers to 32 "leading questions" for the famed gameplay-free segment.
They can involve first languages, weird date stories, and job interviews.
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Mayim and Ken started filling in as temporary hosts after a slew of famous faces took the stage in Season 37 amid Alex Trebek's tragic death in 2020.
Mattea will 'Rick-roll' up her sleeves and attempt her 23rd win Thursday, May 5th.
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