Wheel of Fortune is back with another tournament, and this time one contestant will win a luxury car donated by Jay Leno!
What’s going to happen is that the five biggest winners from this week will return on Friday, May 15. After Friday’s Bonus Round, one of the winners will take home the car in a random draw. The vehicle in question is a jaw-dropping $70,000 Corvette donated by beloved late-night star Leno.
On the show which aired Monday, May 11, Petal Reddick, from Ashburn, Virginia, solved the first toss-up. She has been an attorney for 11 years and is married to a man named Ryan, but not Ryan Seacrest, and has two children.
She played against Tammy Krzyzewski, from Wilmington, North Carolina, and Armando Gonzalez, from Winter Haven, Florida. Krzyzewski, a woman who has been married for 12 years, solved the second toss-up.
Reddick solved “The Whole Kit and Caboodle” for $2,000, tying her with Krzyzewski. Gonzalez, a man who is ready to propose to his girlfriend, solved the “Before & After” puzzle — “Periodic Table For Two.” This put him in the lead with $5,100.
He also solved “My Face Turned Beet Red” and a trip to Jamaica. He then had a total of $18,854.
Reddick solved two of the three Triple Toss-ups. She almost solved the third but buzzed in too quickly and got it wrong. Gonzales swooped in to solve the last one.
With only vowels left, Reddick solved the final puzzle — “Deep Pockets.” This gave her a final total of $11,700.
Krzyzewski went home with $2,000. Gonzalez was the winner with $20,854. He advanced to the Bonus Round, where he chose “People” as his category.
Gonzalez was given “R,S,T,L,N, and E,” and chose “M,P,C, and A” to round out the puzzle. It then looked like “CAPT_ _E A_ _ _ENCE.”
“Captive Audience,” he solved before the timer could even start.
“That is correct,” Seacrest said. He added $55,000 to his total, giving him $75,854.
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