‘Wheel of Fortune’ Audience Groans as Flight Attendance Misses $61,000 Win

Wheel of Fortune contestant Corrina Bain lost out on taking home $61,000 due to a tough bonus puzzle. Even the audience groaned when the flight attendant of nine years missed out on a big payday.

Bain, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, played against Heather Leinen, from Waldo, Wisconsin, and Zack Tedder, from Austin, Texas. Their episode from October 17, 2024, reaired on Thursday, June 26.

Bain started off the game well when she solved the first toss-up. She already had the lead after the first puzzle with $15,050. The brunch lover won the second puzzle, giving herself a huge lead.

Leinen, a cheese tester, won the Prize Puzzle and a trip to Hawaii, giving her $15,044, only $4,000 behind Bain. All three game show contestants solved a Triple Toss Up each. Tedder, a clinical forensic psychologist postdoctoral resident, won the final puzzle, giving him a total of $6,500. Leinen won $17,044. Bain was the night’s winner with $21,800 and advanced to the Bonus Round.

She brought her mom, mother-in-law, and her boyfriend, whom she dubbed her “brunch crew”, with her to cheer her on. For the puzzle, Bain chose “Phrase.”

Wheel of Fortune gave her “R,S,T,L,N, and E” and she picked “H,D,M, and I” to round it out. The puzzle then looked like “_ _ _ _  IN  THE D_ _.”