Mattea Roach Congratulates Recent ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Ryan Long On Successful Run

Former “Jeopardy!” champion Mattea Roach had some kind words for former champion Ryan Long after his winning streak came to an end on Monday night.

Although the 23-year-old tutor from Toronto, Canada, recently wrapped up her winning streak with 23 games, the 39-year-old rideshare driver only managed to get 16 games under his belt before his winning streak came to an end.

Regardless, they are both going to be squaring off against each other in the 2022 Tournament of Champions later this year, and it sounds like Mattea is looking forward to it!

On Tuesday night - a day after his loss so as to avoid spoilers - Mattea posted about Ryan's successful run on the trivia game show.

"I've only watched Jeopardy sporadically over the past month, but from what I saw of @blirish_charm's run, he's a formidable player and a lovely person. I can't wait to meet him at this fall's Tournament of Champions!" she tweeted.

"I hope the past few months of Jeopardy have put across that this game is for everyone, regardless of age, background, profession, or what areas of trivia you know the most about," she continued. "If you have a thirst for knowledge and a reasonably good memory, you too could be a champion!"

She concluded her Twitter thread, writing, "If you’ve ever found yourself sitting on the couch watching Jeopardy and thinking 'I could maybe do that,' please take the Anytime Test. You’ll never know unless you try, and there’s nothing to lose and everything to gain ✨"

On Monday night, after his winning streak came to an end, Ryan took to Twitter to thank fans for supporting his run.

"So many feelings…I’m going to try and keep this short, but I’ll probably fail," he wrote. "I want to thank everybody who watched and supported me. I want to thank all my fellow contestants who were, to a person, exemplary human beings. I want to thank my momma and everybody who put me in the position to do this."

"I owe them everything," he went on. "Sometimes it seems like society put you in a box, and you are classified as a certain thing with a certain destiny, even though you may feel differently inside. For the longest time, I didn’t believe that a person could really break out of that box."

"But I feel like this thing that just happened is proof that you can," he continued. "Trust yourself, hold on to your dreams, you know who you really are. Take your shot, and don’t let anybody tell you you can’t do this or that, or you should be doing things a certain way."

"As my grandmom would’ve said, never let ANYBODY steal your shine. Much love to everybody," he concluded. "See you in the fall."

There is still no official word of when the 2022 Tournament of Champions will air, but here's everything we know so far!