A Wheel of Fortune contestant was not delighted after dropping a automotive within the Bonus Spherical. He did properly a lot of the recreation till the top when many followers thought the puzzle was straightforward to resolve.
Ryan Halsey, from Santa Barbara, California, rung in on the primary tossup – “Hula Dance Teacher” – successful $1,000 to begin the sport off. He performed in opposition to Hawanya Jackson-Elliott, from Detroit, Michigan, and Jo Ann Bomkamp, from Woodstock, Illinois.
Jackson-Elliot, a social employee for developmentally disabled adults, guessed the second toss up- “Inexperienced Sea Turtles” – successful $2,000. Halsey, a self-described resort nerd, solved the primary puzzle – “Margarita, Mojito, Mimosa, Mudslide” – bringing his whole to $8,900.
For the second puzzle, Bomkamp, a retired trainer, landed on “Bankrupt,” however didn’t lose something as she had no cash. Halsey was on a roll, fixing a lot of the puzzle, and selecting up a Wild Card till he additionally landed on “Bankrupt,” ending his flip. Jackson-Elliott guessed a letter, but it surely wasn’t on the board. Bomkamp landed on “Bankrupt” as soon as once more. Halsey solved the puzzle – “Taking a break from social media”- which made his whole $12,400.
Throughout the subsequent puzzle, Halsey landed on an Categorical Strip, which meant that each letter he guessed acquired him $1,000. He acquired $13,050 simply from that spherical and solved the puzzle – “One other excellent day.” The sport present contestant additionally received a visit to Costa Rica for fixing the puzzle.
Within the Triple Tossup spherical, Halsey answered one accurately and so did Jackson-Elliot. They each acquired $2,000 from their guesses. Halsey guessed the third one, successful one other $2,000.
On the ultimate puzzle, Halsey landed on “Bankrupt,” ending his streak of guessing letters. Jackson-Elliot led the spherical, getting virtually $4,000 earlier than the ultimate spin. Bonkamp got here by way of ultimately and guessed “Desires Actually Do Come True,” successful $3,700. Jackson-Elliot took house $4,000. Halsey was the evening’s large winner with $39,450 and a visit to Costa Rica.
For the Bonus Spherical, Halsey selected “Phrase” because the class. He introduced his mother and father, Tim and Jerry, alongside to look at him win.
After Wheel gave him “R,S,T,L,N, and E,” Halsey selected “G,F,H, and O.” After that, his puzzle appeared like “_ _O_L_ _E _EL_GHTE_.”
Halsey tried to guess saying, “I’m delighted.” He muttered a couple of different issues earlier than the timer ran out. “You have been on to it,” host Ryan Seacrest mentioned. “I might be delighted” was the puzzle. Seacrest opened the envelope and advised Halsey that he misplaced out on the Ford Bronco, however nonetheless left with almost $40,000.
The video was posted to YouTube and followers took pity on Halsey’s loss.
“Ouch that damage,” commented one fan.
“Robust resolve,” mentioned one other.
“Ouch,” wrote a 3rd.
“How did he not get that bonus spherical? He was sensible all evening after which bam!” mentioned one consumer.
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