Mike Richards was named permanent host on August 11, 2021, but lasted only one taping day (first week of season 38), and was replaced by interim host Mayim Bialik (who rotated the rest of season 38 with Ken Jennings, but Amodio's reign ended before Jennings' official term as host, as Jennings was the first host of the interregnum). Amodio's streak spanned episodes hosted by Robin Roberts, LeVar Burton, David Faber, and Joe Buck. Īmodio's winning streak came during an interregnum in the show's hosting position after longtime host Alex Trebek died in November 2020, during which the show was helmed by guest hosts. In addition to the test results, the producers consider the personality of the prospective contestant as an introvert, Amodio was concerned that he would not be interesting enough for the show. After taking the online test twice, Amodio was invited to personally audition for the show. Amodio was repeatedly encouraged by his father to take the online test. To become a contestant on Jeopardy!, a prospect must successfully pass a test prepared by the production team as a first step in the audition process.
Buttrey was eliminated in the first round, while Amodio was a finalist and finished third. Later, Amodio and Buttrey (who was the Professors Tournament champion in Season 38) were invited to the Jeopardy! Masters tournament. Both appeared in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions that aired in November 2022 but did not play each other. The episode originally aired October 11, 2021. Īctor Jonathan Fisher, originally from Coral Gables, Florida, who would himself amass an eleven-game winning streak, defeated Amodio in his 39th and final game. He responded to 1,299 clues-54.6% of all of the clues given-correctly over the course of his run. During season 37, Amodio qualified as the first seed in the next Tournament of Champions. Amodio averaged $39,963 per victory, second highest all-time to James Holzhauer at $76,944. Jeopardy! Īmodio is the third-highest earner of all time in regular-season play, third-most successful in consecutive games won and fourth-biggest all-time winner. Participating with two fellow students against two competing high schools, his Medina team finished in second place.
Īfter receiving degrees from The Ohio State University, Amodio worked for NSA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton from January 2014 until July 2015 "design and programm algorithms for machine learning applications," "construct interpretable network graph models from massive social media data," and "research algorithmic models and frameworks for graph analysis of IP networks." Game show appearances Academic Challenge Īmodio was a contestant on the quiz show Academic Challenge on WEWS in Cleveland, Ohio, while studying at Medina High School in 2009. He received a PhD in Computer Science from Yale University. He also earned a Master's of Science (MS) degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2017. He graduated from The Ohio State University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Actuarial Science from the Department of Mathematics, while also earning a master's degree in Statistics. He attended Medina High School where he graduated as valedictorian of the class of 2009. Early life and education īorn on December 4, 1990, Amodio is a native of Medina County, Ohio. His run on the show has been called the "Amodio Rodeo". Across all American game shows, he is the eleventh highest-earning contestant of all time. A PhD student in computer science at Yale University, he won $1,519,601 in 39 appearances on Jeopardy!, making him the third millionaire contestant on the show in regular-season play. Matthew Benjamin Amodio (born December 4, 1990) is an American game show contestant who won 38 consecutive games on the game show Jeopardy! in 2021, the third-longest streak in the show's history, behind Ken Jennings and Amy Schneider.
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