Wheel of Fortune revealed another big winner on Wednesday’s show, with a Bonus Round victory that earned the champion a new car… which was quite needed.
A contestant named Kira Tebbe from Washington D.C. was just a few hundred dollars behind Sabrina heading into the final puzzle of the show.
She correctly guessed the Occupation on the board was Artistic Director to win $4,500, bringing her total to $15,892 to beat out Sabrina’s $11,650, which comes just a day after host Ryan Seacrest was knocked down by Tuesday’s winner.
She selected Phrase for the Bonus Round, getting a three-word puzzle with each word containing four letters each.
Kira got some help with the given R S T L N E letters, with the first and third words both starting with T and E and the second word ending in R.
She selected H M C and O, getting just two more letters, the O for the second letter of the second word and the M for the third letter of the third word.
Wheel of Fortune revealed another big winner on Wednesday’s show, with a Bonus Round victory that earned the champion a new car… which was quite needed
A contestant named Kira Tebbe from Washington D.C. was just a few hundred dollars behind Sabrina heading into the final puzzle of the show
She correctly guessed the Occupation on the board was Artistic Director to win $4,500, bringing her total to $15,892 to beat out Sabrina’s $11,650, which comes just a day after host Ryan Seacrest was knocked down by Tuesday’s winner
Kira got some help with the given R S T L N E letters, with the first and third words both starting with T and E and the second word ending in R.
She selected H M C and O, getting just two more letters, the O for the second letter of the second word and the M for the third letter of the third word
‘I think I know it,’ Kira said confidently, which she did, solving the puzzle with “Take Your Time” on her first guess, with Seacrest revealed she won a car worth over $40K.
Kira was all smiles when Vanna White turned over the letters, as Seacrest explained she had 10 seconds to solve the puzzle, but she needed just a fraction of that.
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After she correctly solved with Take Your Time, Seacrest said, ‘You didn’t take any time and you got it. Congratulations!’
He slowly revealed the envelope that read simply ‘FORD,’ as Kira screamed with delight and hugged her brother and sister-in-law.
‘I don’t have a car! I always borrow her car,’ Kira exclaimed, as announcer Jim Thornton announced she won a Ford Bronco Sport Badlands, worth $41,655.
Seacrest then announced her total winnings of $57,547 for the episode as she got in her new vehicle.
When Tebbe was introduced at the start of the show, she revealed one of her hobbies was ‘flying trapeze,’ which clearly stunned Seacrest.
‘Climb up 30 feet in the air, grab the bar, jump off, do a flip, do a twist, do some poses, land in the net again and again,’ she said.
He slowly revealed the envelope that read simply ‘FORD,’ as Kira screamed with delight and hugged her brother and sister-in-law
‘I don’t have a car! I always borrow her car,’ Kira exclaimed, as announcer Jim Thornton announced she won a Ford Bronco Sport Badlands, worth $41,655
Seacrest then announced her total winnings of $57,547 for the episode as she got in her new vehicle
She added that she learned how to code in high school and she prepared for her episode by pulling ‘all the past puzzles from the last decade’ and ‘did a bunch of analysis on common words, common letters,’ with the help of flash cards and pneumonic devices.
All that preparation clearly paid off as she snuck past Sabrina, who earlier had secured the $1 million wedge before losing it by hitting a Bankrupt wedge.
Before tackling the bonus round, she introduced her brother Steve and sister-in-law Annie who were cheering her on.
Seacrest asked if they do the flying trapeze as well, though she said they have watched but not participated.
