{"id":426184,"date":"2024-11-26T13:25:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=426184"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Wheel-of-Fortune-Fans-Beg-Ryan-Seacrest-to-Change-His-Forced-Bonus-Round-Move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Wheel-of-Fortune-Fans-Beg-Ryan-Seacrest-to-Change-His-Forced-Bonus-Round-Move\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Fans Beg Ryan Seacrest to Change His \u2018Forced\u2019 Bonus Round Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/ryan-seacrest\/\"><em>Wheel of Fortune\u2019s<\/em><\/a> most prized tradition is the bonus round, where each episode\u2019s winner is faced with one last puzzle and a mere 10 seconds to come away with an even bigger bundle of cash (or not). But fans want a word with host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/ryan-seacrest\/\">Ryan Seacrest<\/a> about how he\u2019s presenting the prizes after giving a puzzling amount of build-up to a player\u2019s $40,000 win.<\/p>\n<p><p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">On Friday, November 22\u2019s episode, Brittany Brock, a kindergarten teacher from Chicago, Illinois, was the player to proceed to the coveted bonus round. By then she had won $17,300 in cash, a trip to Kauai, and selected \u201cLiving Thing\u201d as her category. With the savvy additional letters of \u201cDPBI\u201d the two-word puzzle read as, \u201c\u2018_ _ DDL_\u2019 \u2018P_PP_&#8217;\u201d. Near-instantly, she correctly solved it as \u201cCuddly Puppy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ex7bBs7kZ9Y?si=cA4_9EoXHXnRx7NT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The broadcast cut to Seacrest and an excited Brock, and it was time to reveal how much she won from the prize wedge she picked. Seacrest opened the gold prize card and glanced at the figure. \u201cAnd\u2026\u201d he told her with a surprised grin (below). After a few seconds he added, \u201cReady?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Broke clasped her hands over her mouth in anticipation as Seacrest then revealed she won an extra $40,000, the least one can win in the bonus round. \u201c$40,000!\u201d he exclaimed. This brought her to a grand total of $57,381 and she was overjoyed nonetheless, embraced her husband.<\/p>\n<p><p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1163722 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_2-959x570.jpg\" alt=\"wheel-of-fortune-11-25\" width=\"959\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_2-959x570.jpg 959w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_2-450x267.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_2-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_2-2048x1217.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_2-570x339.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_2-1014x602.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1163731 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_4-977x570.jpg\" alt=\"wheel-of-fortune-11-25\" width=\"977\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_4-977x570.jpg 977w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_4-450x263.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_4-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_4-570x333.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_4-1014x592.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WOF_11_25_4.jpg 1614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">On Social media, many fans celebrated the big win while left wondering why Seacrest presented the prize with such a prolonged rollout that it seemed like a bigger value and as if the confetti was about to overflow onto the Sony Pictures Studios parking lot.<\/p>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\u201cRyan acting like it\u2019s $75,000 or $100,000 with the slow way he shows the amount,\u201d one fan wrote when the game show shared the clip to YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Over on the <em>WoF<\/em> Reddit, a fan dedicated a discussion thread to the moment titling it, \u201cBonus Reveal\u2026 lolz.\u201d They continued, \u201cI like Seacrest, but gotta admit, I\u2019m not a fan of the dramatic 40K reveals lol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgreed\u2026\u201d a second user wrote, arguing that a contestant in the future could be \u201cdisappointed\u201d it\u2019s not more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mrs. and I commented on that last night. He presents it like it\u2019s something more than the minimum prize amount! One of these days, the contestant is going to react disappointedly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A third wrote, \u201cHe also contorts his body awkwardly and bounces around to just flip the card open. Then says \u2018it was this much\u2019 as if he can\u2019t say the amount. Kind of weird. But the lack of higher amounts lately is noticed. I\u2019m glad it\u2019s been all cash so far. A lot of the cars prior were 30k, which is nice, but they were lowest prize.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-callout\">\n<div class=\"inline-callout-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1163547\/chuck-woolery-dead-wheel-of-fortune-love-connection-host\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"156\" width=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/chuck-woolery-234x155.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Woolery Dies: Former &lsquo;Wheel of Fortune&rsquo; and &lsquo;Love Connection&rsquo; Host Was 83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-callout-label\">Related<\/div>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1163547\/chuck-woolery-dead-wheel-of-fortune-love-connection-host\/\">Chuck Woolery Dies: Former \u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 and \u2018Love Connection\u2019 Host Was 83<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI agree, feels like he\u2019s forcing it,\u201d wrote a fourth.<\/p>\n<p>A fifth was even more critical, \u201cI\u2019m sorry I know a lot of people are going to get mad at me but I just don\u2019t like him. There\u2019s something about him, that I just don\u2019t enjoy watching him in anything at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><p data-skm-boomerang-el-2=\"processed\">Meanwhile<em>,<\/em> Seacrest, of course, had huge shoes to fill replacing the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/pat-sajak\/\">Pat Sajak<\/a> alongside the iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/vanna-white\/\">Vanna White<\/a> after four decades for Season 42. His debut month was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1158413\/wheel-of-fortune-ratings-ryan-seacrest-jeopardy\/\">strongest ratings month for\u00a0<em>WoF<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in the past three years, and viewers were already treated to a viral moment (via a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1161579\/wheel-of-fortune-will-round-of-sausage\/\">round of sausage)<\/a>. That said, there have been some other questionable moments according to fans.<\/p>\n<p><p data-skm-boomerang-el-2=\"processed\">In September, Seacrest suffered what fans dubbed his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1155706\/wheel-of-fortune-ryan-seacrest-first-blooper\/\">\u201cfirst blooper\u201d<\/a>, involving a prolonged reaction to rewarding a bonus round. Fans also called out the host for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1157395\/wheel-of-fortune-ryan-seacrest-tense-bonus-puzzle\/\">ruling against another player before the timer was up.<\/a>\u00a0There have also been a few on-screen\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1157600\/wheel-of-fortune-glitches-ryan-seacrest\/\">\u201cglitches,\u201d<\/a> and a minor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1163347\/wheel-of-fortune-typo-corn-bread-stuffing-ryan-seacrest\/\">spelling error in a Thanksgiving puzzle<\/a>. 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