JEOPARDY! super-champ Cris Pannullo won his 18th game on Wednesday as many fans want him to do more than just keep crushing it.
Viewers can't stop lusting over the TV star and selfishly wish he was single - having to correct each other that he's not.
The returning champion faced Randall Rayford, a solar project developer from Houston, Texas, and Jeannette Bonjour, a retired English teacher from Kansas City, Missouri.
Cris is an operations success manager and former professional poker player from Ocean City, New Jersey who has the fifth-highest non-tournament winnings ever on Jeopardy!.
15 of his 17 victories have been runaways, meaning by Final Jeopardy no one could even catch him if they bet the house.
Such was the case tonight, as fans were running away with something else - their desire to date Cris.
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Going into Final Jeopardy, the champ had $28,800 to Randall's $12,600 and Jeanette's $3,600.
Final Jeopardy read: "The stars on this country’s flag represent states, 26 of them; unlike the USA’s, its 'federal district' gets its own 27th star."
Though Cris did not correctly guess "Brazil" he played it safe with $1,221 and won with $27,579 for an astounding 18-day total of $637,923.
After the game aired, fans tweeted not about his win but instead: "Is Cris single?"
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Another replied: "No. He’s mentioned his girlfriend many times and her bday being 2-21."
"I don't need this negativity in my life" the first user responded.
Indeed, Cris, like tonight, often wagers numbers ending in 2-21 as an ode to his girlfriend Heather of 10 years.
Even though Cris has made it clear on stage that he's taken, that hasn't stopped hoards of thirsty fans from longing to be with him in another life or asking about his status.
"I have such a crush on this guy. I know he had a girlfriend." tweeted another.
"Cris from Jeopardy!, break up with your GF challenge. Me and any of my roommates are available to hang out," a third fan ridiculously prompted.
A fourth dreampt up: "I JUST WANNA SEE CRIS ANSWER QUESTIONS. THATS IT. NO ONE ELSE."
As a fifth argued: "Cris is too good-looking and too smart. A deadly combo. How do you live with someone like that?
"You can't win an argument with a hot smart person. Smh" - they added and also seemed have an ulterior motive.
Fans have also posted about his "very nice smile" and brooding black eyebrows as he racks up win after win.
CRIS WITH NO 'H'
Cris - who flashes a signature thumbs-up for each of his on-screen intros and "bounces around" to warm up before each game - has no social media presence, so fans are wondering what he's all about.
He's revealed on-stage he has a rabbit named Lentils with his girlfriend Heather, correcting Ken quite sternly earlier that no, you cannot feed rabbits the beans he's named after.
He also shared tonight his favorite movie is "Spaceballs" and is the oldest of five siblings.
He grew up watching the game show he's now dominating not unlike James Holzhauer - so much so that execs are calling losing to him getting "Pannulo'd".
Cris was a contestant on Millionaire in 2018 and went home with $5000.
A former competitor exclusively told The U.S. Sun that before Cris takes the stage, he is not looking to mingle and is indeed a bit of an enigma.
"He was very nice, very polite, but he did sit separately from everyone else. He was quiet and it was hard to get a read on him."
He's batting 37 correct and 41 incorrect on "Daily Double" clues, and is correct on 94 percent of clues total, which is astounding looks aside.
During one win, Ken exclaimed "Woah!" as Cris' totaled up a shocking $71,821 which was a personal record.
Jeopardy! legend Amy Schneider's highest single-day total was $71,400, and Cris beat her - at this point he has also earned more in 18 games than now-host Ken had in 2004.
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Cris now has the ninth-longest streak ever and is only behind Amy, Ken, Matt Amodio, and James in terms of money won.
Worth mentioning that tonight is the anniversary of the night Ken lost his 74-game winning streak all those years back on an infamous "Fed-Ex" Final Jeopardy!.
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