Wheel of Fortune contestant Kylene Foster missed out on taking dwelling $60,000 after getting a “uncooked deal” throughout the Bonus Spherical. The Tiffin, Ohio, native gained the sport present after detailing her time on present earlier than her episode aired.
She performed in opposition to Buffy Davis, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Jimmy Bryant, from Petal, Mississippi, on Wednesday, Could 28. Foster is a mom to a son named Riley and she or he needs to convey extra enjoyable into her life.
Davis, an avid Taylor Swift fan, solved the primary two toss-ups, placing her within the lead with $2,000. Nevertheless, Foster rapidly took the lead after fixing the primary puzzle — “Thrilling Improvements” — placing $3,450 in her financial institution.
For the Thriller Spherical, Bryant, a gold panner, solved half of the puzzle earlier than going Bankrupt. The identical occurred with Davis. In the end, Foster solved the “Periodic & Ping-Ping Desk” sustaining the lead with $6,150.
She additionally solved the prize puzzle — “Some Individuals Have All The Luck” — and gained a visit to the Canadian Rockies, giving her $18,950. Bryant lastly obtained on the board when he solved one of many three Triple Toss-Ups. The opposite two opponents solved the remaining toss-ups. Davis solved the ultimate puzzle, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to take her to the Bonus Spherical.
Davis left with $11,400. Bryant took dwelling $2,000. Foster was the evening’s huge winner with $20,950.
In the course of the Bonus Spherical, Foster introduced her 17-year-old son Riley who was celebrating his birthday, along with her. She additionally introduced her mother, Robin, alongside.
Foster selected “What are you doing?” for the class. After Wheel of Fortune gave her “R,S,T,L,N, and E,” she rapidly selected “C,H,B, and O.” She didn’t have a lot to work with as her puzzle seemed like “_O_ _N_ O_ _.”
“Boxing Outdated,” she guessed. “Boring Outdated.” Neither of these guesses had been proper because the puzzle was “Dozing Off.” Host Ryan Seacrest revealed that $40,000 was within the envelope.
Foster appeared to maintain a great perspective regardless of dropping the Bonus Spherical. She shook Seacrest’s hand and mentioned it was good to satisfy him earlier than the present ended. In her pre-show interview, Foster revealed that she was an enormous fan of Ryan Seacrest and was starstruck when she first met him on set.
“Kylene had the RAW DEAL listing,” a YouTube person mentioned. “Kylee selecting ‘What Are You Doing?’ was a nasty choice.”
“One other borderline not possible puzzle,” mentioned one fan.
“That remaining puzzle was robust,” a Reddit person commented.
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