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Jeopardy! champ Mattea Roach scores new hosting gig as fans spot hidden connection to Alex Trebek
By Darian Lusk,
4 hours ago
JEOPARDY! champion Mattea Roach has secured their “dream job,” the fan-favorite player announced Tuesday.
Mattea , 24, will host their own CBC Radio show, Bookends With Mattea Roach, which premieres this fall.
Mattea Roach – seen here on Jeopardy! Masters in 2023 – is getting their own CBC Radio Show Getty Mattea Roach will host an interview show called Bookends With Mattea Roach Instagram / cbcbooks Fans spotted how Mattea was ‘Carrying on Alex Trebek’s legacy’ with the role – the late Alex Trebek is seen hosting Jeopardy! here Getty
CBC, Canada’s oldest continually-existing broadcasting network, shared the buzzworthy details on their website .
“Bookends will feature conversations with some of the world’s biggest authors and rising stars,” the outlet wrote.
“Guided by Roach’s thoughtful curiosity and broad knowledge, Bookends will dive deep into each writer’s work and situate it in the broader context of history and the current world.”
“Roach isn’t afraid to ask the tough questions and promises that listeners will walk away with food for thought and exciting new books to read.”
The authors in the first season include Heather O’Neill, Kaveh Akbar, Sloane Crosley, Casey McQuiston, Morgan Talty, Corinna Chong, Teresa Wong, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Alan Hollinghurst, and David Huebert.
Bookends with Mattea Roach will air on CBC Radio One on Sundays and Wednesdays at 1 p.m. ET starting September 8.
It will also be available on CBC Listen as a podcast, replacing the Writers & Company podcast.
‘DREAM JOB’
Mattea re-shared the announcement on their X account, writing, “Some personal news.”
They added: “I’m enough of a cynic that I gave up on the idea of a ‘dream job’ forever ago, but if reading books and interviewing authors for the national public broadcaster isn’t a dream job I don’t know what is. Bookends begins airing September 8, I am so proud and excited!”
‘CARRYING ON ALEX’S LEGACY!’
Fans flooded to social media to celebrate Mattea ‘s big career news.
“Holy moly, great news!” one fan wrote on the CBC’s Instagram.
“Shut the front door!” wrote another, as a third wrote, “Mattea, you will be fabulous!”
Another fan spotted a winning connection to the late Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek ; he got his start hosting a CBC show.
“Mattea becoming a host on CBC Radio is like full circle for Alex Trebek, as he started his broadcast career on CBC Radio. Carrying on his legacy!”
‘NOT JUST SUMMARIZING THE PLOT’
Mattea spoke about their new role with the CBC Books in their announcement.
They shared they’ve dreamt of this since elementary school when they wrote their dream job was: “Any job that involves a lot of reading and writing … I just don’t want to be a doctor.”
“I’m excited to have the opportunity to do more interviews than I’ve been doing, to talk to more authors, to read more and to hopefully learn a lot on the job,” Mattea also told the outlet.
They also shared the show’s title was a play on words as they will go beyond just summarizing the books with the authors.
“We’re not just going to be summarizing the plot […] or giving you stuff that you can read in the book and find out for yourself.
“We’re of course going to touch on that, but we’re hoping that it’s going to be a bit more expansive, go beyond the text.”
Mattea also shared how their Jeopardy! experience tied into this role in terms of perfecting listening skills.
“I have to kind of be able to pick up on, ‘Oh, that’s just like a weird unexpected thing that the guest said. I feel like I want to ask more about that.'”
MATTEA’S MONEY MOVES
Mattea was working as a tutor when they went on a 23-game winning streak on Jeopardy! in 2022.
They were a huge draw for their signature wrist flicks, tattoos , bold outfits , and knowledge base.
They won $560,983 and became the youngest-ever super-champion at a mere 23 and the longest-running Canadian contestant ever.
Mattea took part in Masters Season 1 and Masters Season 2 on ABC.
“I hope to return to the Jeopardy stage someday feeling hungry to win and hopefully in a position to turn in a better performance than I did this time.”
Mattea Roach is seen nearly defeating James Holzhauer in Jeopardy! Masters Season 1 ABC Mattea Roach at CBC Studios Instagram / cbcbooks Mattea with their late father Phillip Henry Roach who died during Masters 2023 Twitter / Mattea Roach
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