Jeopardy! contestant Father Steve Jakubowski branded America’s ‘hot priest’ after charming viewers with blue eyes

A JEOPARDY! crippled amusement contestant who dazzled with his bluish eyes and stunning grin has scooped the rubric of America's "hot priest."

Viewers of the US quiz amusement couldn't instrumentality their eyes disconnected the surface arsenic Father Steve Jakubowski prepared to tackle the wide cognition clues.

Yet they were glued to the surface not peculiarly due to the fact that of his quiz skills - which saw him decorativeness successful 3rd spot successful Final Jeopardy - but owed to his appearance.

The Catholic priest, calved successful Michigan, arrived on-set successful his all-black uniform.

He was speedy to flash a grin astatine his co-stars and chopped a astute yet rugged fig with a moustache and stubbly beard.

Father Steve's brunette locks were kept close-cut astatine the sides with measurement astatine the apical - leaving fans online to gush implicit his "very handsome" appearance.

One took to X to remark: "Ummmm…. Hello Father Steve," arsenic a 2nd admitted: "Father Steve is truthful handsome."

A 3rd put: "Omg begetter Steve is truthful enjoyable to ticker he's truthful blessed to beryllium there."

One past joked: "I americium an atheist but I would def see becoming a Catholic for Father Steve."

Another compared him to The Priest connected BBC drama Fleabag, dubbed by fans arsenic The Hot Priest.

In the series, helium is played by histrion Andrew Scott.

Unlike a emblematic Priest, helium drinks and swears, and amusement protagonist Fleabag has a flirty relationship with him.

The Jeopardy! spectator was speedy to earthy parallels with the quality and quiz prima and confessed connected X: "Living for this blistery clergyman connected #Jeopardy that Ken [Jennings, presenter] has to telephone Father Steve each time."

Viewers came to larn however Father Steve graduated from Catholic Central High School earlier heading to Notre Dame.

He entered the seminary aft his graduation.

He past joked however being a Catholic clergyman was much stressful than his stint connected the TV show, which saw him locomotion distant with conscionable £74.