Ryan Seacrest received “manhandled’ by a contestant on Friday’s (July 11) episode of Wheel of Fortune, whereas one other contestant misplaced out on a brand-new Mercedes-Benz.
The episode, which initially aired on December 27 and re-aired on Friday as a part of the summer season reruns, noticed a showdown between Ari Soto from the Bronx, New York, Christine Seminerio from Morristown, New Jersey, and Will McHugh from Tampa, Florida.
Issues received off to a chaotic begin when Seacrest discovered that the muscular McHugh is a daily on the fitness center. “What’s your max? Is that the proper fitness center query?” the American Idol host requested.
“Yeah, my max on bench is 315,” McHugh answered.
A shocked Seacrest responded, “Wait, 315? That’s three of me! 315 kilos?”
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“If I laid down, I might in all probability bench ya,” McHugh replied, and, with out hesitation, Seacrest advised him to “lay down.”
McHugh then lay down on the studio flooring whereas Seacrest received on high of him, and, true to his phrase, the beefy contestant bench pressed the long-time tv host. “Are you okay?” McHugh requested after.
“I’m nice, Will, thanks very a lot,” Seacrest retorted. “I believe you need to win one thing anyway proper now for that.”
Sadly for McHugh, the sport didn’t go fairly so effectively as his bench-pressing expertise. He wound up ending the episode in final place with $2,000, Soto completed in second with $6,700, and Seminerio gained with a large $38,600 money and a visit to Hawaii.
Seminerio then superior to the Bonus Spherical, the place she chosen the “Particular person” class together with the extra letters, “H, P, D, and A.” This left her with a two-word puzzle that learn: “_ H E S S / P R _ D _ _ _.”
With solely 5 letters to fill-in, the puzzle regarded solvable. Nonetheless, Seminerio might solely work out the primary phrase as “Chess” and struggled to unravel the second phrase, guessing “Chess Prowder.”
After the ten-second timer ran out, Seacrest revealed the right reply as “Chess Prodigy.” He then opened the prize envelope to disclose Seminerio misplaced out on the 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLA250.
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Wheel of Fortune, Season 43, airing this fall, examine native listings