Danger! champion Isaac Hirsch hugs his girlfriend and reflects on his ‘desperate’ winning streak in new post

DANGER! champion Isaac Hirsch shared a winning photo with his never-before-seen girlfriend and information about his winning streak on Instagram.

Isaac won his seventh game on Thursday’s episode for a total of $161,388, making him one of the top three players of the season.

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Isaac’s new Instagram post to celebrate his ongoing streak consisted of two photos.

One celebrated him doing the Tournament of Champions, the other him with his girlfriend Victoria.

He and his longtime girlfriend — who was in the audience for his Jeopardy! run – it was all smiles at the time.

Isaac donned some facial hair and a Washington Wizards jersey – his favorite team – as they appeared to be at an NBA game.

Victoria wore her long brown hair down with a chic beige sweater and placed her head on her man’s shoulder.

During one of his wins, Isaac shouted out his girlfriend for supporting him in the audience, but the show wasn’t for her.

So he made sure she appeared in his post.

‘UNBELIEVABLE RIDE’

The caption read: “Jeopardy update: with five wins, I have qualified for the Tournament of Champions!

“It’s been an unbelievable journey and I’ve been really lucky with how things have gone so far.

“I want to thank the Jeopardy contestant/production team for making it easy to play the game without getting extremely nervous.”

“Normally I would post some photos about my anecdotes from the last two games, but I don’t have any photos of me lifting weights and I don’t look different enough for a comparison photo to mean anything (unless I’m shirtless, and no one wants to look my sternum).

“The second photo is of the Clippers / Wizards 2 years ago, where I go every year. I really love the Wizards, so I hope I wasn’t too hard on them on Jeopardy.

“Anyway, I’m just trying to enjoy the whole experience while I can.”

Isaac ended by being candid about the difficulties of dealing with sudden TV fame.

“I appreciate everyone’s kind words – just putting yourself out there to be noticed by the world can be a stressful thing, so I’m really glad that people have been really nice for the most part.”

‘INCREDIBLE!’

Fans flooded the comments section rooting for Isaac to continue scoring victories.

“Congratulations!!! I’m really enjoying watching you :),” one person replied.

“I’m your biggest fan man,” wrote another.

“Man, you’re fantastic! You’re really enjoying every win and it’s really funny. Are those your dad’s shirts?” asked another.

“Amazing, congratulations friend!” she wrote a fourth.

Isaac is now tied for wins with Drew Basile and only trails Adriana Harmeyer for most wins this season.

FINAL JOE-PARDY

Isaac’s seventh victory was his fourth total escape, although many viewers were unable to watch the entire thing.

The broadcast was interrupted before host Ken Jennings announced Final Jeopardy! category.

It changed abruptly with three minutes left before ABC’s breaking news of Joe Biden’s press conference, upsetting fans.

Following his triumph, Isaac posted a hilarious statement about the outage on X, formerly Twitter.

“Not to get too political, but I think it was very rude of President Biden to preempt Jeopardy for a press conference,” he posted.

He jokingly added that Biden said, “‘I should be impeached’ as a Jeopardy champion and that he would ‘shave off (my) mustache’ with his bare hands.”

One fan commented on the post: “Isaac, you didn’t bring enough fun shirts and now they’re putting you in the show’s more subdued options?”

“All my other fun t-shirts didn’t pass the Jeopardy camera test, so now let’s move on to my ‘job interview’ t-shirts,” Isaac joked back.

DRESS FOR SUCCESS

Isaac arrived on last Wednesday’s episode and turned heads with his eye-catching wardrobe choices that deliver ’70s menswear.

“That current champion looks like a 70s porn star,” one Facebook user recently scoffed.

“I think Isaac arrived at Studio 54 after recording that show,” scoffed another.

In his latest Instagram post, Isaac blasted his fashion haters, writing, “The Internet is divided on my love for 70s menswear.

“Good news for the haters: I’m almost out of wardrobe-approved vintage shirts. So if I keep winning, the attacks will get a lot more subdued.”

He also shared, “I went into this with little confidence – as a local sub, I watched seven games being filmed before recording.”

STORIES FROM THE KING OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Meanwhile, Isaac has won over fans with his hilarious Q&A stories – no surprise since he’s also a stand-up comedian.

During his fourth win, he recalled a recent fitness journey that left his figure “exactly the same” after “bulking up and gaining 30 pounds.”

During his third win, he shared that not himself, but his car had a cameo on the TV show Brooklyn 99.

During his second victory, he drew laughs when he recalled how “ironically” he was crowned high school homecoming king.

“Protect Isaac at all costs as he is so effortlessly funny,” praised another Instagram user recently.

“I don’t remember any contestant having so many funny and/or charming anecdotes.”

That being said, Isaac’s gameplay is no joke. He shot 197, 30 errors in clues overall, 11/13 in Daily Doubles, and 7/9 in Final Jeopardy – all very good stats.

REVENGE YOUR FATHER

Isaac appeared during his first victory with a Q&A story revealing that his father appeared on Jeopardy! – and lost – 30 years ago.

“My dad was on Jeopardy! in the 80s and one of the first years Alex hosted, and he lost,” Isaac said.

“I used to tease him about it as a kid. Like ‘I Lost On Jeopardy!’ from Weird Al, being like, ‘It’s about you, dad!’”

Ken started laughing as Isaac concluded, “So today we’re going to find out how real karma is.”

Danger! shared a video of the story on Instagram, and Isaac’s father, Steven, chimed in in the comments section, demanding a second chance.

“If Ken Jennings keeps mentioning that I lost on Jeopardy, I want another chance! Bring me back for another chance to win!” Steve wrote.

YOUR GAME SHOW STORY

Isaac is also no stranger to the game show circuit, in addition to the stand-up comedy circuit.

In 2023, he won $140,000 on the ABC game show The Chase, defeating Chaser and nine-day Jeopardy! champion Buzzy Cohen.

In 2017, Isaac also appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, winning $5,000 after getting the $20,000 question wrong.

Fans speculate that Isaac may now be the favorite for the next Tournament of Champions.

So far, the other qualifiers are Survivor alum Drew (7 wins), Adriana (15 wins), Alison Betts (5 wins) and Dr. Amy Hummel (5 wins), and Lisa Ann Walter from Celebrity Jeopardy!

With four wins, Grant DeYoung and Amar Kakirde are also likely to participate.

Isaac will be looking for his eighth win in Friday’s episode, which would give him the second longest winning streak of the entire season.

Danger! airs at 7pm ET – check your local listings.

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