{"id":2062272,"date":"2025-10-01T15:18:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2062272"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:18:06","slug":"woman-wins-1-million-on-wheel-of-fortune-with-boss-in-the-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/woman-wins-1-million-on-wheel-of-fortune-with-boss-in-the-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman wins $1 million on &#8216;Wheel of Fortune&#8217; with boss in the audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>America watched history on \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Christina Derevjanik won $1 million after solving the bonus round puzzle.<\/p>\n<p>The category was Living Things. After the standard R, S, T, L, N and E were revealed, the board showed: _ _ _ _  _ _  _ _ _ _TES<\/p>\n<p>Derevjanik chose M, C, F and A. The puzzle then displayed: _AC_  _ F  C _ _ _TES<\/p>\n<p>Derevjanik chuckled as the letters appeared, then quickly shouted, \u201cpack of coyotes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/entertainment\/wheel-of-fortune-and-jeopardy-will-be-on-streaming-services-the-day-after-tv\"><b>&#8216;Wheel of Fortune&#8217; and &#8216;Jeopardy&#8217; will be on streaming services the day after TV<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Host Ryan Seacrest opened the envelope, revealing she had won the $1 million prize. Derevjanik was overcome with joy, barely able to contain herself. Seacrest, who has hosted the show for only a year, teared up as well, noting it was the first time a contestant had won the $1 million since he joined.<\/p>\n<p>Derevjanik accomplished the feat while her boss watched from the audience. Seacrest asked if she had a message for her boss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have a discussion once we get back to the office,\u201d she joked.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/wheel-of-fortune-just-had-its-biggest-winner-ever-11822007\">According to People magazine<\/a>, Derevjanik is the biggest winner in Wheel of Fortune history, having earned $35,155 before the bonus round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n        appId : '831625585470146',\n    xfbml : true,\n    version : 'v2.9'\n    });\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n    js.async = true;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scrippsnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America watched history on \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d Tuesday night. 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