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Ariana Baio
Feb 26, 2023
'Wheel of Fortune' contestant stuns audience with answer fail: 'What!'
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Every now and then there’s a moment on Wheel of Fortune where a contestant cannot figure out the puzzle, sending the audience into groans and facepalms.
But like host Pat Sajak told teen contestant Khushi Talluru on Monday’s episode, “sometimes it’s a word that just doesn’t want to come into focus for you.”
Talluru, a grade 10 student from Colorado Springs, is the latest Wheel of Fortune guest to face mockery from people online for failing to guess the correct letter for a seemingly obvious puzzle.
After correctly guessing the later “H,” Talluru was left with the choice to either solve or spin the wheel for the puzzle.
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It read: “FRE_H TROPICAL FRUIT.”
Under pressure, the teenager decided to spin the wheel and nervously chose the first letter that came to mind.
“I’ll go with a ‘G’” Talluru said.
As soon as the young contestant spoke, audience members groaned hoping Talluru would correctly guess “S.”
In a clip from the show, one audience member could be heard loudly yelling, “What!”
\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever heard a single audience member audibly have such a violent reaction on Wheel of Fortune, as this lady did when a poor contestant called a G in \u201cFresh\u201d.\u201d— Chad Mosher (@Chad Mosher) 1676938824
Sajak passed the puzzle onto another young contestant who correctly solved, “Fresh tropical fruit” and subsequently won $600 as well as a trip to Antigua.
The clip of Talluru missing the puzzle went viral on social media, with many feeling sympathy for the girl.
\u201c@ChadMosher @gtconway3d Well, I can tell you first hand that it\u2019s much different when you\u2019re actually on a game show under pressure vs. thinking comfortably on your couch.\u201d— Chad Mosher (@Chad Mosher) 1676938824
\u201c@ChadMosher Poor Khushi \ud83d\ude16 I'm pretty sure she was nervous and wasn't thinking straight.\u201d— Chad Mosher (@Chad Mosher) 1676938824
Other people, found the little blunder quite humorous.
\u201c@ChadMosher The exact moment when Khushi questioned her own choice...\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\u201d— Chad Mosher (@Chad Mosher) 1676938824
\u201c@ChadMosher I'll remember this day next time I go to the grocery store and I cross "FREGH TROPICAL FRUIT" off my grocery list.\u201d— Chad Mosher (@Chad Mosher) 1676938824
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