‘Wheel of Fortune’ fans slam contestant whose infuriating mistake cost her the bonus puzzle: ‘You d–khead’
nypost.comfans are often quick to criticize contestants, and the winner of last night’s episode was no exception.A woman named Tina came out on top at the end of the episode and moved on to attempt to solve the bonus puzzle.
When she was not able to guess the correct answer, viewers immediately took to social media to call her out.When she was allowed to choose the category for the bonus puzzle, Tina chose “Event.” After the six letters the show regularly provides and the four she picked herself, she was left with a puzzle that read, “M__OR _L____RD.”After making a face, her first guess was “minor blizzard.” She looked more and more panicked as time ticked down, repeating “minor” and trailing off.
Before the buzzer went off indicating she had run out of time, she said “I don’t know!”“You’ve got to think bigger! Think bigger!” host Pat Sajak told her as the answer was revealed to be “major blizzard.”“I was close!” she exclaimed, and Sajak agreed, saying, “I feel terrible.
You had exactly the right idea, you just had the wrong key.”He then opened the prize envelope, showing that had she guessed correctly she would have won a $40,000 prize.Tina seemed to remain in good spirits despite the loss.
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