{"id":2026568,"date":"2025-09-16T16:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2026568"},"modified":"2025-09-16T16:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:10:05","slug":"ryan-seacrest-almost-gets-knocked-over-after-teachers-73000-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ryan-seacrest-almost-gets-knocked-over-after-teachers-73000-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Seacrest Almost Gets Knocked Over After Teacher\u2019s $73,000 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A\u00a0Wheel of Fortune\u00a0<\/em><\/a>contestant shocked host Ryan Seacrest<\/a> when he jumped on him during the Bonus Round, almost causing the host to fall to the floor. The music teacher won $73,000 after guessing the Bonus Round puzzle at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Ryan Richmond, from Alhambra, California, played against Lillie Douglas, from Chauncey, Georgia, and Dina Altwam, from Greer, South Carolina, on Monday, September 15.<\/p>\n

The game didn\u2019t start off too well for Richmond, who didn\u2019t get any money on the first puzzle. Altwam, a middle school math teacher, solved the second Toss Up and \u201cManual Pencil Sharpener\u201d for the puzzle.<\/p>\n

However, during the \u201cMystery Round\u201d Richmond spun a $3,500 letter, and two for $7,000. His guesses gave him $13,400 when he solved \u201cHomecoming Queen<\/a> Latifah.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richmond then solved the Prize Puzzle \u2014 \u201cHalf Price Appetizers\u201d \u2014 for $8,973 and a trip to Montenegro, giving him a total of $24,473.<\/p>\n

Then he put $4,000 in his bank by solving two of the three Triple Toss Ups with Douglas, a high school English and literature teacher, solving the third.<\/p>\n

Altwam solved the final puzzle \u2013 \u201cSeriously Funny\u201d- giving her a final total of $2,000. Douglas ended with $3,500. Richmond advanced to the Bonus Round with $28,473.<\/p>\n

He brought his friend, Ivan, with him to the Bonus Round to see him solve the \u201cWhat Are You Doing?\u201d puzzle.<\/p>\n

After Wheel of Fortune<\/em> gave him \u201cR,S,T,L,N, and E,\u201d he chose \u201cD,F,C, and A.\u201d<\/p>\n

His puzzle then looked like \u201cFLE_ _N_\u00a0 \u00a0_ _ _\u00a0 _CE_S.\u201d As the clock counted down, Richmond shouted out nonsense. A few seconds before time was about the run out, he guessed \u201cFlexing My Biceps.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes! That\u2019s it. You did it!\u201d host Ryan Seacrest said. Richmond shocked the host by scooping him up in a big hug. The contestant threw his hands on his head and shouted, \u201cWoohoo!\u201d<\/p>\n

He added $45,000 to his total, giving him $73,473. Richmond almost knocked Seacrest over when he went to put his arm around him. The host looked a little ruffled for a moment, but soon recovered his composure.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s how you do it!\u201d Seacrest said. \u201cYou talk it out until you know it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wheel of Fortune<\/em>, weekdays, check local listings, stream next day on Hulu and Peacock<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the latest entertainment news on TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0Wheel of Fortune\u00a0contestant shocked host Ryan Seacrest when he jumped on him during the Bonus Round, almost causing the host to fall to the floor. The music teacher won $73,000 after guessing the Bonus Round puzzle at the last minute. Ryan Richmond, from Alhambra, California, played against Lillie Douglas, from Chauncey, Georgia, and Dina Altwam, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2026569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[373234,373233,21872,39864],"class_list":["post-2026568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-lillie-douglas","tag-ryan-richmond","tag-ryan-seacrest","tag-wheel-of-fortune"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ryan-Seacrest-Almost-Gets-Knocked-Over-After-Teachers-73000-Win.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}