Wheel of Fortune followers claimed that the sport present was a “ripoff” after a girl who’s a primary responder missed out on profitable greater than $73,000. This was the seventh episode in a row the place a contestant has misplaced the Bonus Spherical.
Alex Puglisi, from Shelton, Connecticut, performed towards Sam Parker, from Detroit, Michigan, and Dean Bartlett, from Clifford, New Jersey, on Tuesday, Could 6. Puglisi is a primary responder who travels quite a bit and is a volunteer EMT in her hometown.
Puglisi, who has a canine named Ripley after Sigourney Weaver’s character within the film Alien, solved the primary toss-up, giving her $1,000 immediately. Bartlett, a daredevil who loves scuba diving and ziplining, solved the second.
For the primary puzzle, Bartlett had dangerous luck as he stored touchdown on Bankrupt after guessing one letter on every of his turns. Puglisi solved “Partly Breezy Principally Lovely” for $2,950. On the second puzzle, Puglisi solved all however 4 letters earlier than going Bankrupt. Bartlett solved “Occurring a Profitable Streak” to present him $4,100, placing him within the lead.
Puglisi retook the lead when she gained the prize puzzle and a visit on the Alpine rail tour. This gave her $13,649. She additionally solved all three of the Triple Toss-Ups, placing an additional $10,000 in her financial institution.
After solely two letters have been known as within the closing puzzle, Bartlett solved “My Finest Guess.” This gave him a closing whole of $5,700. Parker, a person who went again to high school at 48 and received his diploma at 52, didn’t win any cash, so Wheel of Fortune despatched him dwelling with $1,000. Puglisi gained the sport with $23,469 and superior to the Bonus Spherical.
Puglisi selected “Phrase” for the Bonus Spherical puzzle. She introduced her mother and father, Liz and Jim, along with her to cheer her on.
After Wheel of Fortune gave her an “R,S,T,L,N, and E,” she selected “C,D,P, and O.” Her puzzle then seemed like “ON T_E _ _ _E_O_.” Because the timer counted down, Puglisi guessed “On the Endzone,” “On the Experience out,” however she couldn’t work out the final phrase.
Host Ryan Seacrest instructed her it was “On the Jukebox.” She misplaced out on a further $50,000 to present her $73,000.
After her Bonus Spherical was posted to YouTube, followers stated how a lot of a ripoff it was. “Ripoff puzzle. What sort of phrase is that? Whoever stated that or heard of that of their lifetime, actually?!?” one stated.
“I’ve by no means heard of ‘On The Jukebox’ in my life, and I’m a sucker for 1970’s and 1980’s memorabilia,” stated one other.
“That was robust!! Who would select a j, okay, or an x? If b, possibly an opportunity, however nonetheless robust!!” commented a 3rd.
“That was a troublesome puzzle with some uncommon letters with J, Ok and X,” one other commented.
“That is unfair. What sort of phrase is that this?” requested one fan.
“That puzzle made no sense,” one final Wheel watcher wrote.
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