Contestant Yumemi Turk needed to preserve calm and carry ham on Tuesday, February 11’s episode of Wheel of Fortune. The Japanese meals lover, whose household owns an okonomiyaki restaurant, was just some scorching canines in need of a picnic when it got here time for the ultimate puzzle.
The Torrance, California native performed towards Chris Wiley from Meridianville, Alabama, and Denise Zinzi from Oakton, Virginia.
Turk had solved a handful of the puzzles with ease all through many of the night time, together with the primary puzzle. She even gained a $7,500 trip bundle, making her have an enormous lead at the start of the sport. After the second industrial break, Wiley solely had $1,000 and Zinzi had but to get on the board, however Turk was hamming it up with over $19,000.
All through the sport, Turk had quite a lot of luck as she almost missed “Lose a Flip” and “Bankrupt” on a number of turns. She had gained a visit to Boston, Massachusetts. After fixing each puzzle on the sport present aside from one toss-up and the ultimate puzzle, Turk wound up with $35,950. Her two opponents had the identical quantity because the final spherical.
By the top of the sport, Wiley ended with $15, 600, Zinzi didn’t get any cash, however host Ryan Seacrest informed her that she would get $1,000. She would have had a bit of cash, however Seacrest informed her she was mistaken after she mispronounced the phrase “resignation.”
Turk gained the sport with the sport with $37,950, incomes her a spot within the Bonus Spherical. She had the selection to choose between “Factor,” “What Are You Doing?” or “Meals and Drink” and he or she selected the latter. And that is the place her luck ran out.
Earlier than spinning the wheel, Turk launched her mother and her faculty sweetheart, who had come to look at her play. Turk landed on the “S” in “America’s” and Seacrest picked the envelope earlier than they walked over to the puzzle. Wheel provides contestants the letters, “R,S,T, L,N, and E” to start with. Turk sadly solely had “E” on the board.
She selected 4 extra letters, which included “D, M, B, and O.” Turk bought a couple of of the letters, leading to her puzzle wanting like B_ _ED _ _ M.
After Seacrest informed her she had 10 seconds to work out the puzzle, Turk saved harping on the final phrase. “One thing rum, one thing gum,” she mentioned, however, they have been each mistaken. The clue was revealed to be “BAKED HAM,” and Turk laughed after being means off. Seacrest revealed that she misplaced out on a further $40,000.
Turk’s loss was posted to YouTube and made followers reacted saying that they couldn’t clear up the puzzle both.
“This was hardy. VERY Laborious,” wrote one person.
“I guessed baked yam,” mentioned one other.
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“This was a tough clear up,” a YouTube person commented.
“I knew the primary phrase was baked, however it took me a bit to get the second,” mentioned one fan.
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