Jeopardy! contestant who lost after 3 wins to instant show star Hannah Wilson breaks his silence in |
By James Austin
JEOPARDY! contestant Kevin Bell has broken his silence after losing to now-popular champ Hannah Wilson.
Hannah's recent win over Kevin - also known by his drag persona, "Whisky Ginger" - received attention from Amy Schneider, the winner of Tournament of Champions 2022.
Amy tweeted: "Huge congratulations to Hannah Wilson!
"Welcome to the Guild of Jeopardy Champion Trans Women. One of us will be in contact shortly to explain the secret handshake and so forth."
Kevin re-shared Amy's congratulatory tweet and added: "Having another exceptional trans woman beat me was solace in my loss.
"#TeamQueer continues its domination! Go, Hannah! (And good luck in Masters, Amy!)."
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Hannah then responded on an online thread: "Yeah I’m trans! Amy was kind of acting as my press agent there, haha."
The game show star also received support from Jeopardy! Masters contestant Mattea Roach, 24.
Mattea clapped back on social media at anyone trying to give new star Hannah a hard time.
She wrote: "Lots of people hating from outside the club…"
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SPOTLIGHT ON HANNAH
Jeopardy!'s sudden show star is a transgender woman and data scientist from Chicago, Illinois.
The 18th-ranked crossword puzzle solver in the US found five of six daily doubles and only missed three clues in the past two games.
Hannah's $71,200 in two games is the second-highest two-game total this season.
WINNING STREAK
On May 3rd, Hannah took the win against Kevin, a trail planner from Silver Spring, Maryland, and Dan Czekalski, a project manager from Columbia, South Carolina.
Kevin got outplayed by Hannah, who led with a tremendous lead with $22,800 and was left in the dust with $6,000.
On Cinco de Mayo, Hannah won a hard-fought battle against Brian Alzua, a biocompatibility scientist from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Ashwin Phadnis, an attorney originally from Hillsdale, New Jersey.
Although she missed a seemingly easy Betty White clue and stumbled on a Daily Double question, the returning champ ended up with the second-highest two-day amount this season.
THE HOSTS
Mayim Bialik, 47, has also returned to her hosting duties for the first time in 10 months instead of her co-host Ken Jennings, 48.
Meanwhile, viewers are excited to see if Hannah Wilson will last long enough to beat Ken's iconic record on the game show.
One fan noted on Facebook: "It'll be interesting if Hannah survives long enough to encounter Ben Chan on May 15th."
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Ken is hosting the three-week-long $500K Jeopardy! Masters tournament in primetime on ABC starting May 8th.
He will not be helming regularly airing episodes until next September.
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