Monday’s (February 3) episode of Wheel of Fortune had its fair proportion of drama, together with a controversial mispronunciation ruling and a Bonus Spherical puzzle that some followers referred to as “unimaginable.”
The episode noticed a three-way showdown between Brian Nelson, a highschool soccer and basketball official from Longview, Texas, Arzice Salonga, a former Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader from Medina, Ohio, and Krystal Adams from Kenosha, Wisconsin, who informed host Ryan Seacrest she has a canine named Buttercup who barks alongside to the present’s puzzles.
Adams proved to be a power from early on within the episode, fixing the $2,000 Tossup and the Spherical 1 puzzles, giving her an early lead with $5,900. In the meantime, Nelson trailed carefully behind with $3,700, and Salonga had but to get on the board.
Salonga made a comeback within the Categorical Spherical, taking the lead with $13,698. Nonetheless, Adams fought again within the Triple Tossup and Pace Up rounds, giving her an episode-winning complete of $17,600.
Heading into the Bonus Spherical, Adams chosen the “Particular person” class, together with the extra letters “C, H, P, and I.”
Sadly, this didn’t give her a lot to work with, leaving her with a two-word puzzle that learn: “_ _ _ _ / _ _ I T _ R I S T.”
Because the ten-second timer counted down, Adams struggled to even provide you with a guess. Vanna White then revealed the reply as “Jazz Guitarist.”
“I don’t know the way you had been gonna get there,” Seacrest added as he opened the prize envelope to disclose Adams missed out on an additional $40,000 and a visit to the Canadian Rockies.
Followers jumped into the feedback to commiserate Adams’ loss, with many noting how the puzzle was almost “unimaginable” to determine.
“Completely unimaginable, at the least for me, with the little assist she had,” wrote one YouTube commenter.
“Wow that’s actually tough,” stated one other.
“I knew Guitarist however didn’t know the primary phrase in any respect. That was a tricky one,” one other added.
One other wrote, “Robust puzzle, however good angle anyway.”
“This was arduous,” stated one fan.
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