'Jeopardy!' Fans Rally Behind Champ For Missing Easy Final Clue

Carly Silva
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Even Jeopardy! contestant gets themselves tripped up every once in a while.

This week, contestant Taylor Clagett, who had a 2-day total of $31,800, lost his chance to continue his winning streak after making a major blunder during the show's "Final Jeopardy!" segment.

Despite some fans calling the clue one of the "easiest" final round questions ever, others think that Clagett was tricked by how overly-simple the clue was.

During the Tuesday, July 25 episode of the beloved game show, Clagett was competing in "Final Jeopardy!" in the category of "Compound Word Origins," when the contestants were prompted with the clue, "This compound word meant an astronomical object of exceptional brightness in 1910; it was soon applied to actors & athletes."

Seemingly forgetting that the category referred to compound words, Clagett incorrectly guessed, "What is star?" while both of his competitors came up with the right answer, "What is superstar?"

The snafu caused Clagett to lose over $8,500, landing him in last place and giving the victory to Julie Sisson.

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But plenty of fans have been trying to cut Clagett some slack, as some people feel he was tricked over how simple the question was.

"Honestly I almost thought there was some trick in that Final Jeopardy, it seemed too easy," one user rationalized in the comments of a Reddit post about Tuesday's episode.

"Taylor must’ve misunderstood the category," someone else echoed. "That's why it's important to fully understand the category before providing a response."

Others insisted that Clagett still shouldn't have gotten the right answer, considering he didn't guess a compound word at all, despite it being the name of the category.

"And while one might argue that the answer was so easy that Champ overthought it, he came up with an answer which wasn't even a compound word," one person pointed out.

"Losing on one of the easiest final jeopardies ever is brutal," someone else added.

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