A Wheel of Fortune contestant has left followers shocked at her puzzle-solving abilities. Chelsea Corridor, from San Antonio, Texas, gained $62,950 in money and prizes on the Wednesday, March 5, episode of the sport present. She took half on the present a decade after her sister, Camille, competed on WoF.
Corridor performed in opposition to Sophia Ogden, a superb arts addict from Citadel Rock, Washington, and Demarland Dean, a musician and podcast listener from Ooltewah, Tennessee.
She impressed host Ryan Seacrest when she solved each toss-up within the sport. The John J. Pershing Elementary College counselor solved the primary one with solely two letters on the board. Within the class “Music Title,” Corridor guessed “I’m so excited!” with solely a “C” and “D” solved.
“How did you do this?” Seacrest requested. “That was superb!”
By the second spherical, she was in a considerable lead with $5,750. Nonetheless, within the third spherical, she went bankrupt twice. This put Ogden within the lead with $19,750 and a visit to Cancun.
Corridor solved the following 4 puzzles and wound up within the lead with $21,750. Ogden ended with the identical quantity as above, and Dean solely walked away with $1,000. Corridor superior to the Bonus Spherical, the place she had the prospect to win a automobile.
She introduced her mother, Kathy, and her sisters, Camille and Gabrielle, together with her. This was when Corridor let Seacrest know that Camille was on Wheel 10 years in the past.
“I keep in mind you. I used to be watching. You gained,” Seacrest mentioned. “Congratulations!”
“Chelsea’s going to beat me, although. She’s obtained this,” Camille mentioned.
Corridor selected “What are you doing?” for her class. After the sport present gave her “R,S,T,L,N, and E,” she picked “B,Ok,C, and I.”
“Good selections,” Seacrest mentioned because the letters lit up on the board, which appeared like: “KICKIN_ B_CK _N_ REL_ _IN_.” Earlier than the timer might even begin, Corridor solved, “Kicking again and enjoyable.”
Seacrest revealed that she gained the Mini Cooper valued at $41,200, and her household rushed to her to hug her. This introduced her complete to $62,950.
Followers gushed over her abilities. A YouTube person wrote, “Phenomenal participant!!! So glad she referred to as all the appropriate letters, solved that bonus spherical puzzle, & gained the Cooper!”
“OMG Chelsea! You fought onerous, got here from behind, and blew it out of the water!! Congratulations,” mentioned one other.
“Wonderful participant. Chelsea is the very best participant I’ve ever seen,” mentioned a 3rd.
“I like to see somebody win who’s simply actually good at fixing puzzles and never simply getting fortunate on the wheel. She was so good,” a Reddit person wrote.
“That was so enjoyable to look at!” commented one other.
“WOW… simply WOW! I’ll do not forget that for a very long time,” mentioned one other fan.
Corridor talked about her time on the present, beating her sister’s file, and her love for Wheel together with her native information station, KENS5.
About Camille, she mentioned, “She actually inspired me the previous few years to use. I did. And now, right here we’re.”
“We watch [Wheel] each evening as a household. Sure, each single evening. My entire household lives in the identical neighborhood,” she mentioned. Corridor and her household gathered across the TV to look at her episode, which she had filmed again in January.
Corridor mentioned that her job helped her clear up the puzzles simply. “I’m like that’s what we do all day. Like you’re handed a paper, and you have to have the ability to learn it even with the lacking letters,” the educator shared. “So, I’m wanting on the puzzles, and I’m like, please, I do that for a dwelling. I do know precisely what that claims with none vowels.”
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