Vivian Tran was only a few letters away from successful $1 million on Wheel of Fortune, however nerves obtained between her and the large jackpot.
Tran, a competitor on the sport present’s Sept. 16 episode, had secured a spot within the Bonus Spherical after touchdown on the “One Million” wedge throughout the ultimate spherical of normal gameplay.
The Bonus Spherical requested her to resolve the class “What Are You Doing?” Along with the default letters given to all gamers (R, S, T, L, N, E), Tran chosen C, H, M, I and P.
“My coronary heart is racing, this can be a first for me,” host Ryan Seacrest, who took over for Pat Sajak following his retirement, stated of the tense second. “You’re enjoying for $1 million.”
Co-host Vanna White revealed the letters Tran had requested for, leaving “_ _ _ E R I N G S _ M E HELP” as the ultimate puzzle immediate.
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Earlier than she started to guess, Tran stated she was “nervous.”
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“Questioning some assist? Answering some assist? Discovering some assist? Wanting round for some assist? Boundary for assist?” she stated within the 10-second guessing window, her thought course of on show.
Sadly, she by no means obtained to the proper reply of “Providing Some Assist” and folded over when Seacrest opened the envelope to disclose she misplaced out on the $1-million prize.
“You have been so near that million {dollars}. You virtually had it,” Seacrest sympathized. “Are you all proper?”
“I’m OK,” she reassured him whereas within the throes of processing the second.
She did, nonetheless, stroll away with a superb chunk of change — $27,300 — and a visit to Europe.
“It turned out nice,” she advised Wheel of Fortune‘s social correspondent Maggie Sajak after the present. “Just a little bit painful, however I’m grateful for the chance.”
“(Seacrest) sort of introduced me right into a nook and he’s like, ‘Vivian, I don’t know if you wish to see this,’” Vivian recalled of the second she misplaced. “I knew the final two phrases however the first one, I simply couldn’t get the syllables. It was 10 seconds, so by the point I obtained to the eighth second, I missed it.”
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