A Wheel of Fortune contestant may have walked away with a large $100,000 on Tuesday’s (January 14) episode if not for a tough Bonus Spherical puzzle that viewers referred to as “borderline unimaginable.”
The contestant in query was Nick Isadori, a New York sports activities obsessive from Emerson, New Jersey. In actual fact, Isadori loves the New York Soccer Giants a lot that he informed host Ryan Seacrest that he lists them above his household and respiration by way of precedence.
“I feel it’s essential lookup the definition of ‘precedence,’” Seacrest quipped.
Isadori went up towards Barbie Swiger, a part-time church HR employee from Overland Park, Kansas, and Dionne Dixon, a former assistant coach of the Lengthy Seashore Poly Cowboys from Spencer, North Carolina.
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It was a scorching begin for Isadori, who answered the primary two puzzles of the episode to provide himself a powerful early lead of $7,500. Nonetheless, Dixon made a comeback within the Thriller Spherical, touchdown the puzzle and taking the lead with $15,050.
Isadori acquired again on observe within the Specific Spherical, nailing one other puzzle for $6,500 and profitable himself a cruise. He additionally landed the primary puzzle within the Triple Toss Up spherical, giving him a complete of $25,000, sufficient to win the episode regardless of Swiger’s late recreation surge (she completed on $14,000, whereas Dixon ended on $15,050).
Heading into the Bonus Spherical, Isadori chosen the “Place” class and launched Seacrest to his girlfriend and father, who have been within the viewers cheering him on.
“So, who’s occurring the cruise?” the American Idol host requested.
Isadori seemed over at his dad and girlfriend and stated, “Properly, they’re gonna must battle it out.”
“I don’t know if that was the correct reply,” Seacrest replied.
Confronted with a two-word puzzle, Isadori picked the extra letters “C, P, G, and A” to go along with the already given “R, S, T, L, N, and E.” This gave him a puzzle board that learn: “C _ _ _ / _ _ _ E A _ A _.”
Because the ten-second timer began, Isadori clenched his jaw and seemed fully clueless as he studied the board. After the time ran out, Vanna White revealed the right reply as “Cozy Hideaway.”
“I had no shot,” Isadori stated upon seeing the reply.
Seacrest then opened the prize envelope to disclose that Isadori misplaced out on an additional $75,000, which might have given him an enormous total complete of $100,000.
Viewers jumped onto social media, with many agreeing the ultimate puzzle was virtually unimaginable to determine.
“No method I may’ve guessed this,” wrote one YouTube commenter.
“This was borderline unimaginable,” stated one other.
“It was a tough puzzle to unravel,” one other added.
One other wrote, “These last puzzles recently seem to be they offer only a few beginning letters.”
“He’s proper. He had no shot,” stated one commenter.
“This was powerful,” added one other.
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