Jeopardy! champions Drew Basile and Adriana Harmeyer's tragic downfalls chalked up to same reason

Jeopardy! fans watched on as Drew Basile lost his seven-game winning streak.

The champion, who also appeared on Survivor 45, impressed with his knowledge after previously making a bold claim about his intelligence.

However, after his winning run came to an end, he admitted his downfall was due to the same reason as previous champ Adriana Harmeyer - the show is fatiguing.

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Speaking on the Inside Jeopardy! podcast last week, Drew explained his thoughts on his defeat. "I'm really happy you brought that up, because I have to tell you, Jeopardy is fatiguing," he said. "You saw that with Adriana, and you certainly saw with me. By the end of the taping day I was exhausted."

He continued: "I had had a terrible Single Jeopardy round, making all kinds of mistakes. I mean, MSU, Michigan State. I'm from Michigan! I know they're not the Trojans. But your mind's out of it. And then I had a come to Jesus moment in Double Jeopardy, I had really rallied. I felt I was performing better, and I finally had secured a relatively stable position going into Final Jeopardy."

Speaking of his defeat, he said it was "amazing" because he knew the Final Jeopardy answer - Helen Keller - but exhaustion meant he couldn't remember her name at the crucial time.

"I knew I got it wrong," he continued. "I was just so tired, for the life of me I couldn't remember Helen Keller's name. That comes down to a little bit of youth. That comes down to inexperience. And hopefully with a little bit of more practice, that's a correctable mistake."

Drew has also said he has been relishing proving to people just how smart he really is. He claimed his recent loss on show number eight of his Jeopardy! run sees him "knocked down in the ring" but insists it's "not a TKO" as he vows to come back fighting. Opening up on his successful run of answering questions, Drew said: "I think that makes me the second-best performing contestant on this season, so that's really something."

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