{"id":65134,"date":"2026-09-06T21:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=65134"},"modified":"2026-09-06T21:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:37:35","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-bonus-round-leaves-viewers-talking-after-a-remarkably-close-finish-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ternalnews.info\/?p=65134","title":{"rendered":"Wheel of Fortune Bonus Round Leaves Viewers Talking After a Remarkably Close Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Sarah LaPilusa\u2019s Last-Second <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em> Win<\/h3>\n<p>Sarah LaPilusa turned a closely contested episode of <em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em> into a memorable victory after making a last-second correction during<?marker name=\"assistant-pending-adaeab27-82dd-4fc8-8424-8a4ffab5b04b-pending-tail\"?> the Bonus Round. Competing against Jimmy Holgerson and Yolanda Tillet, she finished the main game with $15,<?marker name=\"assistant-pending-adaeab27-82dd-4fc8-8424-8a4ffab5b04b-pending-tail\"?>050, narrowly ahead of Tillet\u2019s $13,500, making the final puzzle especially important.<\/p>\n<p>The Bonus Round category was People, and LaPilusa had only seconds to identify the phrase. Her initial response was incomplete, but she continued working through the letters instead of giving up. Just as<?marker name=\"assistant-pending-adaeab27-82dd-4fc8-8424-8a4ffab5b04b-pending-tail\"?><?marker name=\"assistant-pending-adaeab27-82dd-4fc8-8424-8a4ffab5b04b-pending-tail\"?> time was expiring, she changed her answer to \u201cFussy babies,\u201d creating an unusually tense finish.<\/p>\n<p>Because the correction came so close to the end of the countdown, the judges reviewed the recording to determine whether the complete answer had been given before time expired. 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