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Another night, another controversy on \u201cWheel of Fortune.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Viewers were left shaking their heads after the February 14 episode, calling out the bonus round puzzle as unfair\u2014<\/p>\n

and some even questioned whether it was a real phrase at all.<\/p>\n

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The drama unfolded when Conner Kemmsies, a commercial pilot from Lakeside,<\/p>\n

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California, made it to the final round. His impressive gameplay earlier in the show<\/p>\n

had earned him $19,080 in cash and prizes\u2014including a six-day whale-watching cruise to Baja,<\/p>\n

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California, courtesy of National Geographic\u2013Lindblad Expeditions.<\/p>\n

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Show hostess Vanna White in a \u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 episode, Photo Credit:\u00a0Wheel Of Fortune\/Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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