‘The Price is Right’ sees two contestants spin their way to the elusive $1 mark — twice!
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Wednesday was an historic day for the long-running CBS game show “The Price is Right,” which saw two contestants spin the money wheel and hit the $1 mark. And they both did it twice, according to Yahoo! news.
The coincidence was made possible by the fact there were two airings of the program Wednesday. During the regular daytime presentation of Drew Carey’s 48-year-old show, previously hosted by Bob Barker, contestant Kiara Thomas stepped up and whirled the Big Wheel, nailing the 20-cent and 80-cent panels in consecutive spins, which won her $1,000.
Thomas was awarded a bonus spin, which she used to hit the $1 panel right on the money, which was good for $25,000.
“The Price is Right” wasn’t finished giving away money just yet.
That evening, a special “The Price is Right at Night” program saw contestant Jack Zager roll 40-cents and 60-cents on the Big Wheel, also totaling $1 and good for $1,000 in prize money.
He, too, followed his winning spins with a turn of the wheel that hit the $1 mark on the nose, which was good for another $25,000.
Fans on Twitter responded in shock, wondering if the phenomenon they’d experienced was without precedent. According to Yahoo!, the answer is sort of.
In 2017, two contestants in the same contest nailed the $1 target twice in one show. But because Wednesday’s double-play was split between the regularly scheduled daytime version of “The Price is Right” and a special evening edition, it was unlike anything fans are likely to see again.
For Thomas, the $25,000 prize was just a start Wednesday. She also claimed nearly $55,000 in prizes including, a newwwww car!
