Reigning Jeopardy! Will Wallace seems to be stealing the hearts of the game shows fans each night hes been competing.
Will scored another win Friday night after he faced off with fellow contestants Carol Lowe and Olaf Talbert. During his return appearance, fans raved over his trivia skills, and also his striking resemblance to Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings. Jeopardy! fans brought up Will and Kens similarities in a Jeopardy!-themed forum on Reddit.
Is it just me or is Will a little bit of a Ken Jennings doppelganger?, one Redditor asked.
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I thought that too!, another confirmed, agreeing with the first persons observation. Even on other social media sites such as X, formerly Twitter, Jeopardy! fans acknowledged that Will and Ken favored each other.
Is it just me or does the current Jeopardy champion, Will, look a bit like @KenJennings? #jeopardy, one X user wrote on the platform.
Although some brought up how Will and Ken looked alike, others just complimented the Jeopardy! player.
#Jeopardy Will is adorable! I hope he wins his fifth game and makes it into the ToC, one person wrote on X. If Will keeps on the trajectory hes on, there is a strong chance that hell make it to the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. Going into Fridays episode, Will was already a three-day champion who had earned a total of $55,598.
Will started off his fourth game strong, coming out of Jeopardy!s first round with $6,000. In second place was Olaf with $4,000, and Carol was in third with $3,000.
Heading into Final Jeopardy!, Will dominated with $22,200, and behind him was Carol with $3,600. In last place was Olaf, who had $1,200.
Olaf and Will both got the Final Jeopardy! question right, which increased their earnings. Will waged $2,200 in the last round, so his winnings rose to $24,400. Olaf doubled his winnings to $2,400 since he waged all of his earnings.
However, Carol was knocked down to $1,600 since she got the Final Jeopardy! question wrong and lost the $2,000 she waged. Will was able to keep his Jeopardy! champion status, and will go on to compete next week. He now has a total of $79,998 in his Jeopardy! bank.
Jeopardy! fans are already predicting on Reddit that Wills winning streak is going to continue in the future.
Will is crushing it, can easily see him becoming a 10-day champ, one Redditor expressed.