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told The Hollywood Reporter.While details of the new game show are unclear, it was reported that several of the challenges will involve physical and comedic challenges that will help contestants earn letters.The Post reached out to “Wheel of Fortune” for comment. “Our mission is straightforward and clear,” D’Ambrosia explained adding that Sony is aiming to become the “premier content creator for kids.” Fans of the game show revealed this is not the first time the syndicated game show has been reincarnated for a younger demographic.“Correction on your Kids’ Wheel of Fortune article,” tweeted one die-hard fan. “There was in fact a kids’ version of WOF before.

reports The Sun. The Force was with Kimberly Laflamme midway through the “Star Wars”-themed show she began racking up hundreds of dollars by guessing correct letters while attempting to solve the “Escape room with a view” puzzle.Luck smiled upon the Arizona resident on her third turn when the wheel landed on the coveted $10,000 marker. Momentarily forgetting to look at the dollar amount, Laflamme asked Vanna White, 66, if there was an “M” in the puzzle which White obligingly turned over.

felt a great disturbance in the force on a special “Star Wars”-themed “Wheel of Fortune” Tuesday night.Contestants were light-years away from solving a rather self-explanatory puzzle in the category of “fun and games” during the Galactic Celebration episode.Word smithers Christopher, Kate and Adura all lacked the wisdom of Master Yoda when it came time to guess the proper response of “camping outside a movie theater” — despite almost every word in the puzzle being nearly spelled out already, according to The Sun.Audra — sporting a bounty hunter style jacket — wrongly guessed it as “gaming outside the movie theater” in a bigger tragedy than that of Darth Plagueis the Wise.“What an interesting group,” Sajak said during the new, hopeless episode.Eventually, it was the Princess Leia bun-wearing Kate who brought balance to the force by correctly solving the puzzle.Regardless, the Internet blasted Audra for missing a mark wider than Beggar’s Canyon.“Adura is having one of those episodes.

according to The Sun. “Taking a nap,” rang in Debbie but was told by Sajak that the answer was incorrect. The puzzle was solved a few minutes later by another contestant calling out “Hailing a cab.” “I like the ‘taking a nap’ one better,” teased Sajak.Debbie and her granddaughter — who appeared to be unsure this time — rang in with the wrong answer a second time claiming it was “catching a fish,” only for Sajak to once again decline the answer.

#Wheeloffortune pic.twitter.com/o7Ql3LOW9w“‘That was a pivotal factor’ no one says that smfh,” one person tweeted.“‘That Was a Pivotal Factor’ is a ‘phrase’ in the same Universe that Bon Jovi is ‘Metal’,” someone quipped.“Yeah, I’m always going around saying ‘That was a pivotal factor!’. It’s so common!!! How could he not get that?!” joked another.This isn’t the first time “Wheel of Fortune” fans have slammed the show: Sajak’s bizarre behavior has been a hot topic lately.All in recent episodes, Sajak has put a contestant in a chokehold; claimed he hides in letter-turner Vanna White’s garden; asked a contestant to remove his shirt and tugged on a contestant’s beard.

White, 66, competed against “Jeopardy!” hosts Jennings, 48, and Bialik, 47, on Wednesday’s episode of “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.”White earned a total of $2,000, which was later bumped to the show’s $30,000 minimum, raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.She guessed letters that had already been called, exclaiming, “That’s been called?!”“What?! Oh my gosh! I’m terrible at this game!” she said.But the hosts of “Jeopardy!” were a good match for their rival game show, with Bialik winning the first round and Jennings taking the second.Neither of them solved the bonus round, but they each won over $60,000 dollars for their charities.

acting quite bizarrely.In the last month or so, Sajak has put a contestant in a chokehold; claimed he hides in letter-turner Vanna White’s garden; asked a contestant to remove his shirt and tugged on a contestant’s beard.On this past Monday night’s show, he even scolded a contestant who grabbed the envelope in the show’s bonus round: “Don’t ever do it again!”One can’t help but wonder if America’s longest-running game show host has finally had enough — or maybe he was always this strange and grumpy.Getting tired of the wordplay grind would be understandable. He’s been hosting “Wheel” for four decades, since 1981.

releasing a compilation video of all his wins. “Remember Christian? He’s still a puzzle-solving extraordinaire,” said the tweet.

Instagram Stories Monday that she’s prepping to take the 66-year-old’s place on Wednesday’s episode of “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.”“Warming up for Wednesday,” she wrote on a clip of herself walking to the iconic electric green game show board. The blond bombshell rocked a bright yellow top and a black leather skirt.

for New Jersey’s Clark public school system, attempted to solve the puzzle during the non-spinning round saying the answer was “In a moment’s notice” but was told by Sajak that the answer was “incorrect.” Fellow contestant, Jeremy Manos managed to solve the riddle by saying it was “at a moment’s notice” and earned $2,000. “Almost got it, but it’s ‘at a moment’s notice,'” said the host to Varshney following Manos’ win. Manos went on to win the game with a whopping $49,618, while Varshney went home with only $1,000 after failing to secure any money during the competition.The Post reached out to Varshney for comment.

A “Wheel of Fortune” contestant lost out on a trip to Hawaii after failing to solve a seemingly simple puzzle in Thursday’s episode of the popular game show.Contestant Antoinette Myers started off the episode’s “Prize Puzzle” strong guessing four “T’s” for $600 each in the “Song Title” category before going on a hot streak and guessing nine correct letters which included the purchase of three vowels.During the streak, Myers had also raked in three large prize wedges of $3,500, $1 million, and the XL wedge which acted as the large wedge number of $3,500 and brought her total puzzle winnings to $13,600.Myers was able to get the first three words and part of the last word to have the board show “TWO TICKETS TO _ _ R_ _ ISE,” before the Englewood native made the fatal mistake of guessing the wrong vowel.“I’d like to buy a vowel, ‘U,'” Myers asks as Vanna White reacts to the crushing fail while the buzzer sounded off.Myers reacted with a playful but disappointing “ahh” as her fellow contestants attempted to hold in their laughs to her misfortune.Contestant Erica Johnsen followed Myers and she was able to easily guess the correct phrase, “TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE.”As Johnsen claimed victory on the puzzle, she was awarded with two tickets of her own to paradise, or in this case Maui, where she won a trip to the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa plus $5,000 in cash, a combined total of $13,200.Myers didn’t keep any of the money she collected during her hot streak, nor did she get to keep the million wedge because of her failure.

his downtime. “Uh, you don’t know this, but it’s actually your garden,” joked Sajak, which prompted nervous laughter from both the crowd and White.

funny.“Jeopardy!” co-hosts Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik, along with “Wheel of Fortune” co-host Vanna White, are competing on “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” for charity.In a sneak peek of the episode airing next month, the trio attempt to solve a puzzle — to hilarious results.“Funny meeting you here?” Bialik, 47, guessed incorrectly, dramatically leaning over in defeat upon realizing her blunder.The wrong answer cued Jennings, 48, to swoop in for a win: “Fancy meeting you here.”“They may be two hosts, but they work together like that,” host Pat Sajak quipped as Jennings took a small bow. “It’s really wonderful to see.”Jennings, Bialik and White, 66, step into the unusual role as contestants in the crossover episode, set to air May 10 on ABC at 9 p.m.

Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik may be tag-teaming hosting duties, but on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, they're friendly rivals.The duo compete for charity in the celebrity edition of the long-running syndicated game show, airing Wednesday, May 10 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. They'll be contestants alongside longtime Wheel of Fortune letter-turner, Vanna White.ET exclusively premieres a sneak peek from the hour-long episode, being billed «Ultimate Host Night» with Jennings raising money for Equal Justice Initiative, Bialik for Mental Wealth Alliance and White for St.

Oyster English claims the idiom “join the fray” means to “participate in a fight or argument that had already started.”While Angela still took home $20,563 in winnings from the show, fans on social media slammed the program for choosing the phrase to begin with. “#Angela on @WheelofFortune got a piece of CRAP bonus round. I have NEVER heard of ‘joining the fray’ before in my ENTIRE life.

“robbing” a college-age contestant of $100,000 in a botched bonus round question.Sajak also made viewers uncomfortable during the show’s WWE week when he asked wrestling star Austin Theory to take off his shirt mid-show.

ABC revealed.The much-anticipated crossover will air on ABC at 9 p.m. following the “Jeopardy! Masters” tournament, which will see the return of some of the game’s top contestants, including Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, Andrew He, Sam Buttrey and James Holzhauer. Fans are thrilled to get to see Jennings, 48, Bialik, 47, and White, 66, face off in the game show, solving puzzles to win $1 million for charity.A thread on the “Jeopardy!” Reddit forum even has people making predictions.“Watch Vanna absolutely smoke both of them and leave us all confused,” one person said, to which another quipped in response, “She does have all the answers.”Someone said seeing White win wouldn’t be surprising considering “she’s spent decades studying by way of being on the show.”“Vanna knows the writers’ thought processes when creating puzzles. Pat [Sajak] has said she even submits puzzles of her own for possible use on the show.

“Wheel of Fortune”host leaped to the defense of a contestant during Friday’s episode after she was mocked by a fellow player.A woman vying for the top spot named Alex was playing against Matthew, a forensic psychologist, and Mary Jane, a retired teacher, on April 14.When Alex incorrectly guessed an answer in the “Fun and Games” category, Matthew made a snide comment which caused Sajak to chime in to ease the tension.The clue read, “MIN_ _ _ _ RE G _ _ _,” with Alex answering, “Miniature goat?”Sajak declared the answer wrong, and Matthew guessed the correct answer, which was “miniature golf.”The forensic psychologist then turned to his fellow contestant, mocking her by saying: “Goats are small!”Alex started laughing at her answer, jokingly saying: “It’s like, fun and games, right!?”That’s when Sajak chimed in with: “What’s more fun than a little tiny goat?”“At least you can laugh at yourself,” he added.Viewers flocked to Twitter to voice their support for the Santa Monica native.Oh wheel of fortune…you never cease to amaze me.#MiniatureGoat pic.twitter.com/FWIcvm2CZO“Alex on #WheelOfFortune is a bada-s.

at Eagle Heights Elementary School outside of Kansas City, Missouri, was dressed to the nines in a stylish burgundy tux for the episode. He started the game on a high, but that eventually all came crashing down.“The first bankruptcy or two didn’t bother me — it’s all part of the game,” Orscheln told The Post.

tweeted.“The girl definitely said just winging it and then lost 100k. Rewatch the tapes.

ab-out it, Pat.During Friday’s “Wheel of Fortune” episode, host Pat Sajak told WWE star Austin Theory to take off his shirt in a moment that left fans reeling. The episode concluded the WWE-themed week on the show, where contestants were partnered with pro wrestlers.

dolls to say that answer out loud.During Monday night’s episode of “Wheel of Fortune,” player Tracina Jones made an NSFW guess that had host Pat Sajak grimacing on-screen.The episode kicked off the beginning of the show’s WWE tournament week, during which each contestant is paired with a pro wrestler, with Monday’s show featuring grapplers Xavier Woods, Carmella and Drew McIntyre.During the game, Jones and McIntyre spun for a puzzle under the “Fun and Games” category when Jones yelled out her incorrect answer: “Playing with balls?!”“Nope — still time,” Sajak responded, as the camera cut to Woods trying to stifle a laugh alongside his playing partner, Mike Bozzuffi.A post shared by Wheel of Fortune (@wheeloffortune)Woods andBozzuffi were the ones who ended up guessing correctly, with the answer, “Playing with dolls.”In the meantime, Sajak had made his way toward the winning partners, telling Woods, “You’re trouble,” with a quick laugh.Woods chuckled at the host, asking, “What did I do?”The answer may have been a little out there for “Wheel of Fortune” fans, too, as many of them seemed to get a good laugh of out it and shared so on the show’s Instagram page.

posted Braxton’s highlight reel. “Brb setting up a Kickstarter for Pat & Henry’s tour,” reads the caption. Several Twitter users also complimented the trucker’s voice.

shockingly wrestled with contestant Fred Jackson on Tuesday’s episode of the long-running game show.During the wild moment, Sajak jokingly put Johnson, who is a pro wrestler and a drama teacher, in a chokehold and twisted his arm behind his back.While the move shocked fans of the game show, Jackson defended Sajak’s actions and blasted trolls for hating on him.“I loved that moment,” the player told TMZ on Friday. “That was one of the biggest highlights of the show.”Jackson, who won the Hawaiian-themed episode, said that critics were too harsh on Sajak, who has hosted the show since 1981.“To see the criticism [Sajak] gets online is a little unfair.

Cube of Fortune.A graduate student and barista had an interesting flex to show off at a bizarre request from “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak.“Take something out of your pocket,” Nathan Benson from Plano, Texas, was told by Sajak.The accounting student nonchalantly pulled a jumbled Rubik’s Cube out of his jacket pocket and started solving the colorful square while continuing his conversation with Sajak.An eager Sajak asked Benson what the record was for the fast-solving of the cube, to which the barista says, “Like three and a half seconds,” revealing that he’s much slower at solving the Rubik’s cube with his eyes opened.“I’m really good at solving it blindfolded, and I actually have a Texas state record for solving it blindfolded,” Benson humbly bragged to the host.Before Sajak could ask another question, the contestant solved the puzzle.Benson solved the brain game live on air in about 15 seconds and proudly held up the speed feat for the audience to notice.After solving his pocket puzzle, Benson went to unscramble the remaining puzzles in the game and was crowned victor of the episode — winning nearly $30K.Benson was then sent to the bonus round, where he could not solve the puzzle after selecting the four letters “DBCO.”The puzzle ended up being “Qualified Judge” — and to Benson’s credit, he did guess the word “judge.”Sajak, 76, who’s been hosting “Wheel of Fortune” since 1981, gave fans of the game show pause on two different occasions earlier this week.On Tuesday, the host put contestant Fred Jackson in a playful chokehold after he completed a perfect game.Before Jackson took home $75,800 in total from the game and bonus round and was grappled by Sajak, he did mention to the host that he’s a professional wrestler

Wednesday evening’s show.Nicole whirled the wheel too many times for Sajak, and it seemingly made his head spin. The Georgia native was trying to solve the puzzle under the category “Same Name.”While she guessed most of the letters and every vowel needed, Sajak seemingly urged her to say the answer in full rather than to spin the disk again.

named Fred Jackson in a chokehold after he played a perfect game.Jackson had told Sajak that he’s a professional wrestler who does the sport “for fun.” He’s also a drama teacher, bar trivia host — and a “Wheel of Fortune” winner on the Hawaii-themed episode.In a clip posted on the game show’s Instagram, Jackson solves the puzzle phrase “His mind is wandering” for an additional $40,000 — making his grand total $75,800. Jackson is overcome with emotion from his massive win, hugs someone else onstage and then is tackled by the 76-year-old host.Fans of the show were quick to comment on the awkward moment. “Not only another Perfect Game, but another showdown with Pat vs.

PsychCentral describes ichthyophobia as “a persistent and irrational fear of fish” in which people “might fear seeing, smelling, touching or eating fish.”Sajak asked the contestant if the phobia came from a childhood experience, to which Laumb replied, “It’s a long story, Pat. We don’t have time.”Sajak however didn’t take the bait.Later on, Laumb moved on to the bonus round of the game show and as Sajak was coming over to congratulate the winner, he turned to another contestant and drew out a plastic fish.“Can you do me a favor? I don’t want her to see this, just hold onto this,” said Sajak handing the fish to the contestant.Laumb was then spotted groaning and covering her eyes but was seemingly laughing.That’s when Sajak decided to concede and say sorry. “Ashley, you all right,” asked Sajak.

awkward moment with a contestant after he tugged on his facial hair — something he said he’ll “never do again.”Contestant Greg Weichert, from Florida, sported a big, bushy gray beard as he revealed that he’s been “helping out” Santa Claus for 25 years. He has a big, blended family of six children, 14 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.“I started a real beard about six years ago, it made all the difference in the world,” Weichert explained.

surveyed the internet, referring to an incorrect guess during Teen Week. “A) Fregh…B) Fireplace… I’d go B since it changed the entire game.”On that episode, contestant Khushi was one letter away from a trip to Antigua when she incorrectly solved the board that read “FRE_H TROPICAL FRUIT.”Twitter users accused the teen of “zoning out” and missing the seemingly obvious “FRESH.”“The fregh tropical fruit one also changed the game.