{"id":2250669,"date":"2026-01-26T08:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2250669"},"modified":"2026-01-26T08:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:42:36","slug":"jan-23-2026-winner-final-scores-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jan-23-2026-winner-final-scores-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 23, 2026 \u2014 Winner, final scores &#038; highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; aired on Jan. 23 featuring Steven Olson, Josh Weikert and Matt Massie. The game included nine triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy!<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<h2>Who played and who won<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Winner: Steven Olson<\/strong>\u2014<strong>$32,917<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2nd: Matt Massie\u2014$11,600<\/li>\n<li>3rd: Josh Weikert\u2014$5,600<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Game snapshot<\/h2>\n<p>Starting Final Jeopardy! scores &amp; wagers:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Steven Olson: Start $25,800\u2014Wager $7,117\u2014<strong>$32,917<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Josh Weikert: Start $5,600\u2014Wager $0\u2014<strong>$5,600<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Matt Massie: Start $5,800\u2014Wager $5,800\u2014<strong>$11,600<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next on &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Season 42 continues on Monday with Steven Olson returning as champion to face two new challengers. Tune in to the next episode to see if the winner will extend the streak or go home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch it here:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/shopping\/best-streaming-deals-bundles-free-trials\/83951337007\/?utm_source=usat&amp;utm_medium=content&amp;utm_campaign=spike\" target=\"_blank\">Stream your favorite shows, the biggest blockbusters and more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Top 5 all-time &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; winners<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Ken Jennings<\/strong>\u2014<strong>74\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$2,520,700<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Amy Schneider<\/strong>\u2014<strong>40\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$1,382,800<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Matt Amodio<\/strong>\u2014<strong>38\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$1,518,601<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>James Holzhauer<\/strong>\u2014<strong>32\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$2,462,216<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mattea Roach<\/strong>\u2014<strong>23\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$560,983<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> <em>This &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; recap was generated automatically using information from &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; through a partnership with USA TODAY. You can send feedback to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gannett-nxuao.formstack.com\/forms\/website_appfeedback_automation\" target=\"_blank\">this form<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-01-26 06:14:10.858677947 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-01-26 06:14:10.858677947 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; aired on Jan. 23 featuring Steven Olson, Josh Weikert and Matt Massie. The game included nine triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy! Who played and who won Winner: Steven Olson\u2014$32,917 2nd: Matt Massie\u2014$11,600 3rd: Josh Weikert\u2014$5,600 Game snapshot Starting Final Jeopardy! scores &amp; wagers: Steven Olson: Start $25,800\u2014Wager $7,117\u2014$32,917 Josh Weikert: Start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2250670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[111443,39915,22220,390504,390507,194083,21751,239390,43013,48378,367459,6297,21741,240269,240272,390509,370985,270959,42645,25031,370984,390505,390508,61678,24215,25850,332681,354659,343401,306826,21739,298114,356395,21738,239343,239347,32987,23759,29945,390506,147314,24431,346506,52779,137882,21913,364017,239471,239344],"class_list":["post-2250669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-not","tag-affiliate","tag-arts","tag-automated","tag-automated-content","tag-autopilot","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-content","tag-do","tag-do-not-syndicate","tag-eamotion","tag-entertainment","tag-exclude","tag-exclude-from-home-front","tag-exclude-from-native","tag-exclude-smart-fronts","tag-exclude-social-autopilot","tag-from","tag-front","tag-fronts","tag-gpi-978","tag-gpi-978-automated-jeopardy-recaps","tag-guides","tag-home","tag-hulu","tag-jennings","tag-jeopardy","tag-ken","tag-ken-jennings","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-native","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-peacock","tag-positive","tag-programs","tag-recaps","tag-reference","tag-shows","tag-smart","tag-social","tag-syndicate","tag-tv","tag-tv-guides-u0026-reference","tag-tv-shows-u0026-programs","tag-u0026"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jan-23-2026-\u2014-Winner-final-scores-highlights.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2250669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2250671,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2250669\/revisions\/2250671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2250670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2250669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2250669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2250669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}