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Wheel of Fortune: Contestants
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For two weeks beginning May 1, Wheel of Fortune contestants and home viewers will have the opportunity to win cash and prizes from some of the most well-known Internet brands. Each night, the EarthLink Premier Partners will sponsor a wedge on the Wheel that will offer on-air contestants gift certificates and cash prizes from Amazon.com, Just Balls, Miadora and EarthLink's popular e-commerce site, The Mall, (http://themall.earthlink.net). Additionally, Amazon.com, E*TRADE, USABancShares.com, and The Mall will be presenting many of the bonus round grand prizes to lucky contestants throughout the two weeks of special "Dot Com" programming.
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Speaking of which, Wheel of Fortune has gone "on the road" all over the country to tape shows. Among the first aired in November 1988, when the show taped from New York\'s Radio City Music Hall (legendary NBC announcer Don Pardo did voiceovers). Other cities have included (but are not limited to) Chicago, Nashville, Phoenix and Honolulu; and many of those episodes were part of special theme weeks (such as Best Friends Week) or have paired contestants with celebrities from a particular genre (e.g., NFL football players, country music stars).
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The show Wheel of Fortune always has actors of ethnicity. They need ethnic people on the show, or it would just be the same white trash week after week. The contestants usually consist of a black person, an Asian, a white person, or an old Jewish person. Usually the Jewish person is a man named Alan Walker.
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The idea for the game show that eventually became Wheel of Fortune grew from a game known as Shopper\'s Bazaar. Two such pilots were produced – one in 1973 with Woolery as host, the other (from 1974) helmed by Edd Byrnes (best known as "Kookie" from the 1958-1964 detective drama, 77 Sunset Strip). The rules for the earlier pilot, hosted by Woolery, was quite different from the game we all came to know and love (e.g., a self-spinning wheel and the host pressing a button at the contestant\'s direction; prize money carried over to subsequent rounds and always "at risk;" etc.).
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In order to get a SPIN ID, which is your ticket to winning the same great prizes as WHEEL OF FORTUNE'S in-show contestants, you must register for the Wheel Watchers Club. Not yet a member? Visit Sony Rewards to join now!
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Wheel of Fortune is a television show that contestants appear on by being too stupid for Jeopardy. Instead of knowing stuff, contestants merely must guess letters at random, and then read what they say.
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