Say what? Jeopardy! viewers had been baffled when a contestant confused a video of Janet Jackson for Ariana Grande.
After Alwin Hui chosen the $800 clue within the Billboard Music Awards class through the Wednesday, April 29, episode, Alex Trebek learn aloud, “Because the recipient of the 2018 Icon Award, she took ‘Management’ and took to the stage in her first dwell TV efficiency in almost a decade.” The host, 79, then performed a 10-second clip of Jackson, 53, performing her 1986 hit “Nasty” on the awards present.
Hui, a marketing consultant from Washington, D.C., rang in first and guessed, “Who's Ariana Grande?”
His competitor Sarah Jett Rayburn then buzzed in and gave the right reply. (She went on to win her fourth consecutive episode, with a complete of $89,300 within the financial institution.)
Viewers had been notably confused as a result of Grande, 26, would have been 14 on the time of the 2018 Billboard ceremony. Nonetheless, Hui’s mix-up was forgivable (considerably) as Jackson had her hair in a ponytail and wore an oversize sweatshirt with thigh-high boots through the efficiency, a glance that has develop into Grande’s signature.
Nonetheless, numerous Twitter customers went wild over the blunder. “Who knew Jeopardy would develop into pandemic must-see TV,” one viewer quipped. One other wrote, “Completely unforgivable lmfao.”
Some Twitter customers in contrast the gaffe to Jett Rayburn’s viral mistake on the Monday, April 27, episode. When Trebek confirmed a photograph of Zulu Kingdom chief Shaka Zulu, the Texas-based author guessed, “Who's Chaka Khan?” She appeared to comprehend her mistake instantly after and threw her palms up within the air.
“Between this and the Chaka Khan second earlier within the week, it’s clear our nation’s nerds are in determined want of performing some music icon homework,” one viewer tweeted on Wednesday after Hui’s error. One other fan referred to as out the contestants who've been “disrespecting the legends this week.”
Jeopardy! quickly suspended manufacturing in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, however beforehand recorded episodes have been airing ever since.
“The well being and well-being of our contestants, workers, and crew are our high precedence, and we are going to proceed to observe the scenario because it develops,” the sport present mentioned in a press release by way of Twitter on the time.
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