Since Ryan Seacrest made his Wheel of Fortune debut on the 2024 TV schedule, there’s been loads of dialogue about how he stands as much as his predecessor — one in every of finest sport present hosts in historical past — Pat Sajak. The precise sport, nevertheless, has stayed the identical, and that’s to say it’s remained at occasions brutal and unfeeling for these attempting to win some huge bucks. One latest contestant could also be having the cruelest winter of all, after she missed the bonus puzzle so narrowly that her plight required at the least one rewatch.
On December 10, Brittany made it to the Bonus Spherical and selected “What Are You Doing?” as her class. After getting a bit of assist from the letters she picked, her 10 seconds began, after which approach too shortly resulted in heartbreak. Have a look for your self:
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The reply was “Updating My Software program,” and Brittany guessed it instantly after the buzzer. In case you’re like me (and several other others, who we’ll get to in a minute), you doubtless needed to watch that again a few occasions for 2 causes.
First, did she get her reply in on time? After engaged on the primary a part of the puzzle, she shouts out “Software program” concurrently with the buzzer. Now, if sport reveals have been sports activities (and some would argue they’re), this looks like it could be a “tie goes to the offense” form of state of affairs. Until they invoked the infuriating “lengthy pause” rule, I believe they might have dominated that she mentioned the ultimate phrase in time. (You completely simply rewatched it once more to see how lengthy that pause was, didn’t you?)
Nevertheless, in Brittany’s case, I believe it was the reply to a special query that finally doomed her: Did she even guess the proper first phrase? After working it again once more, you may hear the contestant say “Uplifting” earlier than getting the ultimate two phrases, however she doesn’t put all of it along with “Updating” till after the buzzer.
Ryan Seacrest then revealed the $40,000 she misplaced out on, and whereas her $30,921 in winnings will doubtless make for a fairly Merry Christmas, followers agreed it was a heartbreaker nonetheless. Feedback on the above video included:
- It was razor-thin, however finally not sufficient to safe a victory. Heartbreaking loss, however $30K is nothing to sneeze at. Plus, she had Donald Duck cheering for her and who would not love Donald Duck? ^_^ – Garrison_the_Barbarian
- That hurts. – Mr.Face222
- I hate she was late with it however even after the buzzer, it was a glorious clear up. – bigralph1978
- That…damage. And it was the proper name…Brittany actually mentioned UPLIFTING MY SOFTWARE earlier than the buzzer. This puzzle was tough certainly. – richardhernandez4490
I agree with the fan who mentioned it was a formidable clear up, even when it was a second late. I can’t think about my mind would do me any favors with simply 10 seconds in such a high-pressure state of affairs. If you wish to see how different contestants fare with their very own races in opposition to the clock, verify your native listings to see when Wheel of Fortune airs the place you reside.