{"id":2383885,"date":"2026-04-22T06:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2383885"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:07:06","slug":"jeopardy-recap-april-21-2026-winner-final-scores-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jeopardy-recap-april-21-2026-winner-final-scores-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; recap: April 21, 2026 \u2014 Winner, final scores &#038; highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; aired on April 21 featuring Jamie Ding, Lydia Sekscenski and Max Ernst. The game included seven 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: Jamie Ding<\/strong>\u2014<strong>$21,601<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2nd: Max Ernst\u2014$19,800<\/li>\n<li>3rd: Lydia Sekscenski\u2014$400<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Game snapshot<\/h2>\n<p>Starting Final Jeopardy! scores &amp; wagers:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Jamie Ding: Start $17,600\u2014Wager $4,001\u2014<strong>$21,601<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Lydia Sekscenski: Start $400\u2014Wager $0\u2014<strong>$400<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Max Ernst: Start $10,800\u2014Wager $9,000\u2014<strong>$19,800<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next on &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Season 42 continues on Wednesday with Jamie Ding 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=\"2026-04-22 05:12:34.98947418 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-04-22 05:12:34.98947418 +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 April 21 featuring Jamie Ding, Lydia Sekscenski and Max Ernst. The game included seven triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy! Who played and who won Winner: Jamie Ding\u2014$21,601 2nd: Max Ernst\u2014$19,800 3rd: Lydia Sekscenski\u2014$400 Game snapshot Starting Final Jeopardy! scores &amp; wagers: Jamie Ding: Start $17,600\u2014Wager $4,001\u2014$21,601 Lydia Sekscenski: Start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2383886,"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-2383885","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\/04\/Jeopardy-recap-April-21-2026-\u2014-Winner-final-scores.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383885","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=2383885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383887,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383885\/revisions\/2383887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}