Danger! star Drew Basile suffers shocking defeat and fans discover the ‘reason’ why his 7-fight winning streak came to an abrupt end

JEOPARDY fans discovered the main reason why Drew didn’t perform well during his recent game.

On Friday’s episode of the popular game show, the Survivor alum was aiming for his eighth win.

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However, his Jeopardy opponents Andrew Fox and Cat Pisacano gave him a run for his money.

With just $200, Drew bet $1,000 on the first Daily Double, but lost.

At the end of the first round, Drew was -$1,400.

Meanwhile, Andrew had $200 and Cat was leading with $3,400.

MISSED OPPORTUNITY

During the Double Jeopardy segment, Drew was the contestant who got both Daily Doubles, only to lose $5,000 when he got both answers wrong.

At the end of the round, Drew was in the lead with $9,600.

Cat wasn’t far behind in second place with $5,800 and Andrew came in last place with $600.

Andrew ended up with $1,200 after getting the Final Jeopardy question right.

Cat also got it right and added an extra $5,700 to her score, bringing it to $11,500.

Drew got the final Jeopardy question wrong and bet $8,399, which dropped him to $1,201.

Cat won her first game on Jeopardy and will continue on Monday’s episode.

WHAT THE FANS THINK

After watching the latest episode, fans shared their theories about why Drew lost his streak on a Jeopardy-themed Reddit forum.

One said: “I suspect Drew was just tired.”

“Seemed like the long day of filming got to him,” said a second, mentioning that he probably knew the answers to the questions he missed during the game.

Danger! Host timeline

Danger! has had a tumultuous history regarding hosts following the death of the iconic Alex Trebek in 2020. Here are every host since the game show’s inception in 1964.

Art Fleming – from 1964 to 1975, he was the original host of the daytime version of Jeopardy! on NBC.

Alex Trebek – From 1984 to 2020, the late, great Alex hosted the modern iteration of Jeopardy! for 36 years until his death from pancreatic cancer.

Guest Hosts – 2020 to 2021, Jeopardy! tested a series of guest hosts for one- or two-week stints, including Anderson Cooper, LaVar Burton and Aaron Rodgers.

Mike Richards – 2021, he was named host for a week before resigning amid controversy. He was the show’s executive producer at the time.

Mayim Bialik – 2021 to 2023, when Mike was announced as the show’s new host, Mayim was chosen to host tournaments and primetime specials.

Mayim and Ken Jennings – 2022 to 2023, 74-time champion Ken (the winningest contestant of all time) joined Mayim as guest host and they shared hosting duties.

Ken Jennings – 2023 to present. Last December, Mayim announced on Instagram that she would “no longer” host Jeopardy! after a long hiatus, having defended the writers’ strike, and Ken was named sole host.

Ken now runs all editions of Jeopardy! including Celebrity Jeopardy!, the late night show and other primetime specials such as Masters.

Someone asked, “Am I the only one who thought [the Final Jeopardy] was the easiest question and he was completely SHOCKED that Drew didn’t notice??”

“I was shocked by his play the whole game,” replied a fourth.

‘SO IMPRESSIVE!’

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Meanwhile, others were sad to see Drew go.

“I’m going to miss Drew so much. I loved him,” one wrote.

Another said: “Congrats to Drew on his impressive seven game streak and being so fun to watch!”

“Great game!” said a third.

During his seven-game appearance, Drew raised a whopping $129,601 and will be a competitor in the next segment of the Tournament of Champions.

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