Pearce’s score on Monday’s show, which also marked Levar Burton’s debut as guest host, was the lowest ever score in the show’s 37-season history! The product specialist from Fountain View, California was down an astonishing negative $7,400 at the end of Double Jeopardy. This meant that he did not get to participate in Final Jeopardy, but did take home a $1,000 prize for finishing in third place. Prior to his spectacularly low score, the contestant with the biggest loss was Stephanie Hull, who hit negative $6,800 during her appearance March 12, 2015. Hull, then a graduate student of philosophy from Columbia, Missouri and now a professor of philosophy in Sedalia, Missouri, told Slate that her implosion happened so quickly that she doesn’t really remember what happened in the Double Jeopardy! round very well. “It’s kind of a blur in my head in many ways,” she says. “If you’ve ever seen that GIF of Kermit flapping his arms, doing that Kermit flail, that’s kind of what itwas.” It took Hull five years to open about her Jeopardy! flop. We’re guessing Pearce will take a few days, weeks or YEARS before he’s ready to talk about his newly minted record as W.O.A.T. The four-day winner on Monday was Matt Amodio, who has won a total of $122,400. Burton’s hosting gig has been highly anticipated. Over 259,000 people signed a change.org petition requesting the Reading Rainbow star to take over as the next Jeopardy! host. Alex Trebek, who had hosted for 37 seasons died in November 2020. After his debut, he told Good Morning America, “I just went out there and tried to bring as much Levar to the moment as I could.” That’s all we can ask for, Levar! Next, Who Will Be the Next Jeopardy! Host? Here Are Our Top Predictions
