A DANGER! A participant said his TikTok video became viral, and followers immediately found it.When Sam Meehan prepared the beef wellington he had spoken about on stage, viewers went crazy.
On Monday’s edition, returning champion Jake DeArruda competed against Durham, North Carolina, PhD candidate Sarah Howard and Santa Cruz, California, attorney Sam Meehan.
After defeating the most recent multiday champion Troy Meyer, Jake won the game.
But Sam’s on-stage interview portion was what caused Jeopardy to end! Fans clamouring for more.
“You have gone mega-viral on TikTok, I don’t know what any of that sentence means,” host Ken Jennings, 48, prodded him.
Jake replied: “I didn’t either until it happened. I don’t have any social media but my brother who’s a professional chef is insanely talented and kind of famous online”
“Last Christmas when we were home, he decided to make a video of me making beef wellington for Christmas dinner.”
It ended up with like five million views,” Sam added which left Ken laughing out loud and impressed.
“Five million people watching you make beef wellington!” the host applauded to which Sam joked: “I don’t understand it.”
Naturally, it didn’t take long for fans to discover Sam on his brother’s TikTok profile.
“Hello internet bullies! Let’s see how we’re doing” Sam said as he prepared the dish in the video.
Sam donned a red tank top and made the beef wellington-gone viral – viewers absolutely ate it up and dozens admitted they were there because of Jeopardy!.
“Jeopardy brought me” one user commented.
“Almost took me the whole episode of Jeopardy! to find this,” posted another with a cry-laughing emoji.
“Omg, I’m dying. Me too, I thought I was the only one!” commented a third.
“I’m watching you on Jeopardy! Your beef wellington looks amazing!” wrote a fourth.
“Sam is a bit more casual on TikTok,” noted a fifth as the suit he was wearing was not on the board here.
“Watching Jeopardy! and was curious,” admitted a sixth as a seventh joked: “Sorry about the game!”
On a Reddit thread about the episode, eventual winner Jake also said that Ken “really appreciated Sam’s Beef Wellington narrative.”
“During breaks, after the game, etc., I believe he brought it up a total of three more times in the subsequent thirty minutes. Jake composed.
There have been previous Jeopardy! Fans have opened a few new tabs as a result of a contestant anecdote.
Fan-favorite professor Sam Buttery shared when he was a 2022 Tournament of Champions finalist that he had a secret Soundcloud of original “offensive” comedy songs.
Fans found that page in no time as one applauded below his tracks: “He’s pretty good!”