Did a Wheel of Fortune contestant lastly win $1 million after a string of Bonus Spherical losses? No, however host Ryan Seacrest certain made it seem like it was about to occur together with his antics through the recreation present on the Monday, June 2, episode. Now followers are reacting on-line after Seacrest teased and teased once more that the present would possibly simply be about to offer away one million bucks!
Latanya Watkins, from Beaumont, California, made it to the Bonus Spherical on however not earlier than she snatched up a Wild Card and the One Million Greenback wedge. The contestant, who has been in legislation enforcement for years, performed towards Sunny Nguyen, from Cincinnati, Ohio, and Sam Smith from Northglenn, Colorado.
Nevertheless, the sport didn’t begin out nicely for Watkins as Nguyen, a die-hard Backstreet Boys fan, and Smith, who went to the identical highschool as Ryan Seacrest, solved the primary two toss-ups. Watkins did remedy the primary puzzle — “You Are the Apple of My Eye” — for $2,250, placing her within the lead.
Through the Thriller Spherical, she picked up the Wild Card and the One Million Greenback Wedge one after the opposite. Watkins saved each of them as she solved “Sitting For my Caricature.” She gained much more of the lead when she gained the Prize Puzzle and a visit to St. Lucia, giving her $15,300.
The Toss-Ups weren’t Watkins’ sturdy swimsuit as Smith solved all three of the Triple Toss-Ups, placing $10,000 in his financial institution. He was solely $3,000 behind Watkins however landed on Bankrupt through the subsequent puzzle. Nguyen lastly solved the final two puzzles, giving her a last complete of $8,100. Smith went house with $12,000. Watkins was the evening’s huge winner with $15,300. She superior to the Bonus Spherical.
“She would possibly win $1 million,” Ryan Seacrest mentioned after Watkins picked “Occasion” for her class.
He mentioned it once more earlier than she spun the wheel. “I feel we’re prepared to offer away $1 million. Are you able to win that?” Ryan Seacrest requested the Wheel of Fortune contestant.
“Oh sure!” she mentioned.
“It is perhaps my first million-dollar winner,” Seacrest mentioned but once more as Watkins spun the wheel.
After Wheel of Fortune gave her “R,S,T,L,N, and E,” Watkins selected “C,D,H,M, and A.” Her puzzle then regarded like “_L_ _ _ _N_ A H_ _SE.”
Watkins shouted out completely different phrases that led to “a home.” She couldn’t work out “Flipping a Home.” Ryan Seacrest confirmed her that her envelope didn’t really comprise $1 million, however the prize of a BMW, which she didn’t win.
“It’s gotta occur quickly proper?” the host requested as he confirmed her the place the One Million Greenback envelope was.
After the Bonus Spherical was posted to YouTube, followers expressed their outrage for Seacrest teasing them and the contestant not successful the $1 million.
“Ryan obtained us scared for a second proper there,” one fan mentioned.
“Dude, Ryan had me for a minute! Even when it’s not as dangerous as a million-dollar loss, touchdown on the automobile and never successful it’s nonetheless reasonably disappointing,” mentioned one other.
“That damage pondering she landed on it,” a 3rd added.
“Thank god it was not the million! Ryan had me a scaredy cat!” a YouTuber person wrote.
“When he opened the envelope, I seen the look on his face,” a fan mentioned.
“Woah, that was shut, I practically had a coronary heart assault after I checked out Ryan’s face, however gladly it’s not one million as soon as once more,” one final fan mentioned.
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