True to Wheel of Fortune’s $1,000 Toss-Up resolution on Friday, Could 16, contestant Wanda Ruff had “STIFF COMPETITION” on that day’s episode, with two of her bowling buddies becoming a member of her on the wheel. However the actual competitors turned out to be the sport itself, as Wheel of Fortune notched its fifteenth straight Bonus Spherical loss, a lot to followers’ dismay.
It was Wanda who made it to Friday’s Bonus Spherical, the class of which was “Factor.” After Vanna White slotted within the free letters — R, S, T, L, N, and E — the puzzle board learn “A _ _ T _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ _.”
And after Wanda’s letter picks — H, C, D, and A — the puzzle board appeared like this: “A _ A T C H _ _ T H _ C _ _ _ _.”
Wanda gave it her all, however she didn’t guess the answer: “A PATCH OF THICK FOG.”
And thus, Wanda missed out on the Bonus Spherical prize, which ended up being a brand new Mercedes-Benz automobile. However she did go dwelling with $21,398, which isn’t unhealthy for a half hour of gameplay, as host Ryan Seacrest identified.
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On YouTube, nevertheless, commenters can’t consider the Wheel contestants’ unhealthy luck these final three weeks.
“15 losses. Tonight marked 15… losses… and it needed to be a FREAKING CAR?!” one wrote.
“Oh, not this once more — a triple-skunking-trombone losses for a three-week bonus spherical dropping streak” one other commenter wrote. “This must a cease. There’s no solution to make it entire month of losses this month!”
A 3rd fan commented, “Fifteen straight [losses] and no Mercedes automobile win tonight. You suppose being in thick fog is unhealthy? Shedding within the Bonus Spherical 15 straight instances is de facto, actually, actually, actually, actually, actually unhealthy. Want I say extra? I mentioned it’s been irritating recently, and am I shocked? Nope. I’m not. Solely 4 extra weeks left this season. One thing has to vary earlier than it will get higher.”
Another person, in the meantime, noticed that Wheel of Fortune has turn out to be “Wheel of Misfortune, the present the place contestants lose potential cash (typically 15 [times] in a row)! If this continues subsequent week, the month of Could is certainly cursed.”
At the very least we had Wanda and her pals to awaken our spirits. One YouTube commenter referred to as them, in all caps, the “finest contestants ever,” including, “They have been so enjoyable, [and] their laughs have been contagious, lol. If WOF does fan favorites once more, they need to positively be thought-about.”
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