People on the Internet are laughing out loud over contestant Alwin Hui's epic fail to recognize the recipient of the 2018 Icon Award in an April 29 episode of the game show.
- May 1, 2020
AceShowbiz - Having a music career that has spanned over four decades and eleven studio albums apparently doesn't make Janet Jackson a household name to all Americans. At least, she's not to a "Jeopardy!" contestant, who has successfully made viewers erupt into laughter with his epic fail to recognize the R&B super star.
In a Wednesday, April 29 episode of the long-running game show, for a question in the Music Awards category, contestants were given this clue, "As the recipient of the 2018 Icon Award, she took 'Control' and took to the stage in her first live TV performance in nearly a decade," as the screen showed the "Together Again" singer's performance at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards.
Alwin Hui, one of the contestants, without a beat rang in with his answer, "Who is Ariana Grande?" before another competitor correctly answered Janet. Alwin's wrong answer sent Twitter abuzz with their confusion over how he could mistake the music icon with the much-younger singer.
"What a FAIL [laughing emoji] Really my guy got Ariana Grande & Janet Jackson mixed you on Jeopardy," one person reacted on the blue bird application. Another confused viewer wrote, "First live performance in nearly a decade' he thought miss grande was old lmfaoooo." Ariana was only 24 years old in 2018, which would make her 14 years old during her supposed last live televised performance.
Someone suggested that Janet's long, high ponytail in the photo confused Alwin as Ariana is also known for the signature hairstyle. "The pony really threw him off," the fan tweeted along with a crying emoji. Another speculated, "I guess the dress and boots are also very Ari-esque. Plus he doesn't seem like he'd know who Janet Jackson is," while someone else added, "Absolutely unforgivable lmfao."
This is not the only epic fail that was seen on "Jeopardy!" this week. In a Monday episode of the show, Sarah Jett Rayburn mistook Zulu warrior leader Shaka Zulu for singer Chaka Khan. Interestingly, two days later Sarah correctly answered Janet on the show.
Weighing in on the double mix-up, pop-culture writer Bradley Stern pointed out that two egregious mistakes in one week meant "our nation's nerds" needed to study up on their music herstory. Seemingly agreeing, one person tweeted, "Jeopardy has been disrespecting the legends this week."
