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Mattea Roach to appear on “Jeopardy! Masters” spinoff show

Click to play video: 'Jeopardy! champ Mattea Roach beats Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio in friendly game'
Jeopardy! champ Mattea Roach beats Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio in friendly game
Nova Scotian ‘Jeopardy!’ star Mattea Roach is back on television as the show’s Tournament of Champions is set to air this week. She faced off against fellow super-champs Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio in a friendly match before the semi-finals and won. Her parents said watching her was remarkable. – Nov 9, 2022

Canadian “Jeopardy” champion Mattea Roach will face off against other elite players in a new spinoff picked up by ABC.

“Jeopardy! Masters” will pit six recent super-champions against each other.

A different combination of competitors will play two “high-stakes games” in each hour-long episode.

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The first class of “masters” will also include Matt Amodio, Sam Buttrey, Andrew He, James Holzhauer and Amy Schneider.

The show, which ABC greenlit on Wednesday, is set to be hosted by Ken Jennings.

Roach, who hails from Halifax and now lives in Toronto, won 23 consecutive games last year – the fifth-longest streak in “Jeopardy” history.

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