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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Wheel of Fortune' Contestant Experiences a 'Million Dollar Heartbreaker' After This Game Mishap
Wheel of Fortune contestant Andrew Leachko was inches away from the show's coveted $1 million prize. On the May 9 episode of the long-running game show, the Cleveland, Ohio native had the chance to become the first man, and fifth contestant, to win the biggest cash prize offered on Wheel of Fortune. After facing off against fellow participants Natalya Batenman, a stay-at-home mom and Audrey Cheatham, a former officer turned high school teacher, Leachko excited fans when he landed on the Million Dollar wedge during the AARP Mystery Round. Related: Wheel of Fortune Fans Left Stunned After Contestant Blows 2 Chances at $1 Million Bonus Per Wheel of Fortune rules, when a contestant lands on the coveted wedge, they must solve the round's puzzle without landing on a bankrupt wedge. If the player is able to win the game without going bankrupt, the $100,000 bonus wheel envelope will be replaced with a $1 million one. At the end of his episode-winning run, Leachko went into the bonus round with $30,228 in his pocket. After spinning the bonus wheel, he landed on the "S" wedge and had to solve a final puzzle in the "Event" category. He was given letters R, S, T, L, N, E before selecting additional letters C, M, D and A. With the puzzle reading, '_ _ R / _ E A R L _ / _ A S _," Leachko correctly guessed the first two words as "Our yearly," but got stuck on the last word in the phrase. Related: Wheel of Fortune Contestant Sends Fans Into a Frenzy After 'Painful' Mishap Costs Her $7K "Our yearly fast? Our yearly past? Our yearly ... case?" he guessed before the 10-second timer ran out and co-hosts Ryan Seacrest and Vanna White revealed the puzzle to be "Our yearly bash." "Close!" Seacrest said before opening the prize envelope to reveal $40,000 written on the card. "And that's the envelope in my hand." The television personality then led Leachko back to the bonus wheel, where he shared that the $1 million prize envelope was just "inches away" from the wedge he landed on. Related: How Do You Become a Contestant on Wheel of Fortune? Over the course of Wheel of Fortune's history, only four players have been able to win the $1 million prize. Winners include Michelle Loewenstein (2008), Autumn Erhard (2013), Sarah Manchester (2014), and Sabrina the Teenage Witch alum Melissa Joan Hart on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (2021). After Leacheko lost, fans reacted to the moment on social media and expressed their shock at his loss. 'OMG!!! Andrew almost land [sic] on the 1 million dollars envelope on Wheel Of Fortune!!! Now that's another 1 million dollar heartbreaker," one user wrote on YouTube, while another added, "Won't lie, since he didn't get the puzzle, I'm happy he didn't land on the million dollar card." 'One space away from what would have been a million-dollar heartbreaker,' someone else commented. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Wheel of Fortune airs weeknights (check local listings). Read the original article on People
Fox News
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Rock star's 'awful' date with Melissa Joan Hart led to finding love with his wife
Blink-182 bassist and singer Mark Hoppus didn't have a magical evening with Melissa Joan Hart. In an excerpt from his new memoir, "Fahrenheit-182," shared with Entertainment Weekly, Hoppus recalled meeting the "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" star at the Teen Choice Awards, "and she must've found me interesting because she had her publicist reach out to my label's publicist to give me her number. Totally normal courtship." Hoppus admitted he tried to be cool and use "Hollywood industry jargon" but realized it probably didn't impress her because she "had been famous for years." The pair went on a date for sushi, but Hoppus didn't feel like they were clicking. "It was an awful date. She was very nice, but we weren't connecting. Everything in her life revolved around acting, and it was hard to relate to her about anything else," he wrote. He said when he asked about what kind of food she liked besides sushi, she said she mostly eats what's available on set. When he asked about what she liked to read, she said she mostly read scripts for work. "And I'm sure from her perspective, all I could talk about was music. We just weren't a great match. It was tough," Hoppus said. After the dinner, Hart invited him back to her home, but he ended up calling it an early night so he could be ready for a music video shoot in the morning. When he got back to his hotel room, he had a voicemail from Skye Everly, an MTV booker, asking him to call her. Hoppus returned the call, and "some light pleasantries quickly turned into deep conversation. We talked about everything." "We talked for so long that the sun came up and we realized we'd talked all night." The "All the Small Things" singer married Everly in 2000, and welcomed their son, Jack, two years later. Hart went on to marry musician Mark Wilkerson in 2003, and welcomed three sons, Mason, Braydon, and Tucker. Representatives for Hart and Hoppus did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment. "Fahrenheit-182" is available April 8.
