{"id":2215823,"date":"2025-12-29T18:47:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T18:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2215823"},"modified":"2025-12-29T18:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T18:47:39","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-contestant-breaks-ryan-seacrests-heart-with-100000-loss-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wheel-of-fortune-contestant-breaks-ryan-seacrests-heart-with-100000-loss-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 Contestant Breaks Ryan Seacrest\u2019s Heart With $100,000 Loss | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" false=\"\">\n                                <meta itemprop=\"isAccessibleForFree\" content=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>It wasn\u2019t a Christmas Day miracle for one <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/wheel-of-fortune\/\"><em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em><\/a> contestant on the December 25 episode, after a brutal loss in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1232671\/wheel-of-fortune-contestant-robbed-62000-amanda-brown\/\">Bonus Round<\/a> left them missing out on the $100,000 prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>The contestant in question was Nathaniel Bush, a poet and certified yoga teacher from Greenville, South Carolina, who was up against Staci Chastain from Visalia, California, and Debra Gorham from Royal Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>Things started a little shaky for Bush after he flubbed on the opening $1K Toss-Up puzzle, but he bounced back in the $2K Toss-Up before taking a sizable lead in the Express Round. After solving the Travel Tips puzzle, he won $3,350 and a trip to New Zealand worth $13,318.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>All three contestants nailed a puzzle in the Triple Toss-Up, but Bush finished strong by answering the final Speed-Up puzzle, giving him an episode-winning total of $33,018 cash (plus the trip to New Zealand).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>Heading into the Bonus Round, Bush selected the \u201cWhat Are You Doing?\u201d category along with the additional letters \u201cH, G, M, and O.\u201d This gave him a four-word puzzle that read: \u201c_ _ L _ _ N G \/ O N \/ _ \/ _ O O T _ R _ _ G E.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>As the ten-second timer began, it looked like Bush had it figured out, quickly answering the first part of the puzzle as \u201cWalking On A Foot\u2026,\u201d but that\u2019s where he became unstuck. He couldn\u2019t figure out those last six letters, instead incorrectly guessing, \u201cFoottrail.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"He Broke Ryan&#039;s Heart!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_6mx2daxg3c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>After the timer ran out, host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/ryan-seacrest\/\">Ryan Seacrest<\/a> said, \u201cIt breaks my heart,\u201d while <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/vanna-white\/\">Vanna White<\/a> revealed the correct answer as \u201cWalking On A Footbridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s a footbridge?\u201d a confused Bush asked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll talk about that later,\u201d Seacrest quipped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>Unfortunately for Bush, things only got worse from there, as Seacrest opened the prize envelope and revealed that he had lost out on the $100,000 bonus prize. It marked the second time this week that a contestant missed the $100K prize (and the third overall this season).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>\u201cI cannot believe he could not get that!,\u201d wrote one YouTube commenter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>\u201cHe was so close!\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>\u201cUgh! Not another $100k loss! And it\u2019s on Christmas Day!\u201d another added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>Another wrote, \u201cOh come on that was too easy. And another 100k loss on Christmas? Are you kidding?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>Still, it wasn\u2019t all bad. Bush still walked away with over $33,000 and a trip to New Zealand, which even includes a guided Lord of the Rings tour!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>Did you solve this puzzle? 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