Jeopardy! contestant confuses Janet Jackson with Ariana Grande

The blunder was worth $800

A Jeopardy! contestant confused Janet Jackson and Ariana Grande in a recent episode.

The participant, named Alwin, made the mistake in an instalment of the game show that aired on Wednesday.

The question, worth $800, appeared in the category “Billboard Music Awards”.

“As the recipient of the 2018 icon award, the took ‘control’ and took to the stage in her first live TV performance in nearly a decade,” read host Alex Trebek.

Control is the name of an album released in 1986 by Jackson.

A video of her performance at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards was then shown on screen, after which Alwin signalled he wanted to answer Trebek’s question.

“Who’s Ariana Grande?” was his guess, which was met by Trebek with a simple “no”.

Another contestant named Sarah (who suffered a pop culture blunder of her own earlier this week on the show) then gave the correct answer.