The saddest moment in "Jeopardy" history?

Give him a participtation trophy.

a lot to do about nothing. every contestant, including 10-15 years olds fully know the rules going in , and they know FULL well that a spelling error on Final Jeopardy that changes the pronouciation or meaning of the word will be ruled incorrectly.
and they were not smug at all.
they treated eveyone equaly.

Spelling counts on Final Jeopardy. And other categories which require spelling.
Give kids credit just to be able to appear on JEOPARDY!

THIS FUCKER JUST MISPRONOUNCED PENALIZE!

Alec is in hell because of this alone.

…raised poorly. Spell it correctly…don’t say badly, just wrongly.

People misspelled things in final Jeopardy and win anyway. I agree this was a horrible thing to do to this kid

Well spelling is everything in jeaporday parents and him can get over it good heavens they know the rules

The worst part for me was that Alex said he "misspelled it badly." One misplaced letter in a word like "Emancipation" is not "badly," but "minor."

I saw that show, He would not have won even if he had spelled it right.

i’m sorry but rules are rules… especially when it comes to game shows where real money is involved

He couldn't win anyway.

He was so far behind the other players whether he got the question right wrong he was still last place!!!

He would still have lost. Sorry I do not have empathy. Sounds to me the kid is spoiled and has issues in being corrected. And a soar loser. I believe the rules are there that if you misspell a word wrong and if it alters the pronunciation then it will count against the contestant. In this case what the kid spelled altered the pronunciation of the correct answer. Sounded differently. That is why it was wrong. It is one of their rules. All these people on here saying they should still have given it to him we all know he knew the correct answer. Rules are rules. It’s like laws are laws. If you break a law do you get awarded for it or do you get punished for it? Follow the rules and follow the laws. When a person mispronounces a word they do not get the win so therefore logically speaking you misspell the word and alters pronunciation then logically it will be wrong too.

Yeah…they should have given it to him…but it wouldn’t have mattered.

what the hell? people have lost for the same reason over and over.

😂😂😂😂

No.. Alex Trebek Dying To Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer Is The Saddest Moment In History. We All Love You Alex 😭😭

That’s why I stopped watching jeopardy

How dare the Jeopardy judges not care if a contestant misspells a word! Spoiled kid by the parents. He was wrong, so deal with it.