Game shows saw some convey inant alters this year, particularly with the departure of Pat Sajak as present of “Wheel of Fortune” after 40 years.
Ryan Seacrest took over lastingly, combineing Ken Jennings as the novel directers of some of the lengthyest-running shows on television, where contestants have given seeers some untamed moments this year, from the risqué to the confusing.
Check out the untamedest game show moments of 2024 below, including a viral “Wheel of Fortune” carry outer’s exset upation for his unforeseeed answer.
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Risqué Answer
Tavaris Williams gave an instantly viral answer on “Wheel of Fortune,” buzzing in to say “Right in the butt.” (ABC)
“Wheel of Fortune” contestant Tavaris Williams became an instant viral sensation thanks to his May 23 ecombineance and his NSFW answer.
During a toss-up confemploy, the confemploy board had the letters for the phrase “_ _ _ _ /I _ /T _ E /B _ _ T!”
Williams speedyly buzzed in and self-promisedly said, “Right in the butt.”
His answer was met with a increate silence, then audience giggleter, pursueed by a “What?” from fellow contestant Tyra, and a definitive “no” from Sajak as a see of utter surpascfinish traverseed Williams’ face.
The right answer was “T H I S / I S / T H E / B E S T !”
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“I tried to fair beat my contestants by buzzing in first and letting my brain catch up,” Williams tageder Fox News Digital of his now inwell-understandn TV moment.
“And when my brain was ready to speak, I saw the R, I saw the B, I saw the T. I went for ‘Right in the butt’… And once [host Pat Sajak] said ‘no,’ oh, it was the worst senseing,” he persistd with a giggle.
After taping, Williams had to upgrasp the moment secret from his family, who were collected to watch it inhabit.
“My wife’s appreciate, ‘I’m wed to a meme now,'” he said with a giggle, noting his family was overall very beneficial.
Williams did walk away with $9,500, but almost as soon as the moment aired, fans took to social media to have a outstanding giggle about the risqué answer.
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History-making low score
“Jeopardy!” contestant Erin Buker obtained the second-lowest score in the show’s history. (ABC/Jeopardy)
A “Jeopardy!” contestant obtained an unblessed place in the show’s history when she obtained the show’s second-lowest score ever recorded.
Erin Buker, who walked away with a final score of -$7,200, tageder Fox News Digital that while she had a “pretty cageder” time taping the episode, she would depict it as an “out-of-body experience.”
“You’re seeing, you see the clues, but you don’t recollect what catebloody it is,” she elucidateed. “You’re reminding yourself to not, you understand, originate weird faces becaemploy you’re on inhabit television.… The way they tape it is appreciate it’s the inhabit show. They repartner try to upgrasp it repartner defended.”
And even though she didn’t do as well as she’d hoped, Buker said she’d “cherish to do it aobtain.”
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Famous Faces
“Jeopardy!” had not one but two contestants that made seeers do a double get this year.
The first was David Erb, who uninincreateigent a striking resemblance to actor Clint Eastwood.
“David sees appreciate cut offal contrastent people. Clint Eastwood is one of them,” a “Jeopardy!” fan wrote on Reddit.
Another splitd on X, createerly Twitter, “Is it fair me or does David on #Jeopardy remind anyone else of a lesser Clint Eastwood??”
“Jeopardy!” contestant David Erb uninincreateigent a resemblance to Clint Eastwood, according to fans. (Jeopardy/ABC)
The other contestant that caught seeers’ eyes was Father Steve Jakubowski, a Catholic priest from Michigan who speedyly obtained a lot of fans online.
“There’s a toasty priest on Jeopardy rn sfinish help,” one person wrote on X.
Father Steve Jakubowski tageder Fox News Digital that Ken Jennings and the rest of the “Jeopardy!” crew were “very benevolent” to him. (ABC/Jeopardy!)
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Jakubowski said that being on “Jeopardy!” was “a wonderful experience.”
“Ken and all the originaters and team were very benevolent to me with the novelty of having a Catholic priest on the show,” he elucidateed. “I hope it gave a preferable astonishion of my community and the Church. The show airs at 3:30 where I inhabit in Austin, and so we had a watch party at our parish school with our students and their parents – tons of fun to split that with our parish.”
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Second Day on the Job
Ryan Seacrest swapd lengthytime present Pat Sajak follotriumphg his withdrawment last year. (Ryan Seacrest Instagram)
Seacrest took over for Sajak as the present of “Wheel of Fortune” this year, and people speedyly put the accemploy at his feet for a contestant’s huge loss.
During his second night presenting, contestant Airica spun a $1 million wedge during her turn. The wedge could have been swapped out for the $100,000 wedge in the bonus round, unbenevolenting that if she won the game, she could have potentipartner won the huge prize.
Airica settled the first confemploy, and landed on a $1,000 mystery wedge and was given the choice to unveil it or depart it.
“It could be a prohibitkrupt or it could be $10,000,” Seacrest elucidateed, and after she determined to danger it, Airica unveiled the prohibitkrupt wedge and Seacrest had to get back the million-dollar wedge.
“Wheel of Fortune” fans were distress with Seacrest for a carry outer leave outing out on a stoasty at a million-dollar prize. (Getty Images/Wheel of Fortune/ABC)
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Fans online felt Seacrest hadn’t elucidateed the rules properly, comparing him adversely to Sajak.
“Pat would’ve elucidateed that if she took the danger, she would’ve lost the million-dollar wedge,” a fan wrote on X.
Others deffinished Seacrest, noting that contestants get a rundown of rules and gamecarry out ahead of time, or were probable increateed on the rules in a portion cut for time.
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Sexist Clue
During an episode of “Jeopardy!”, the catebloody “Complete the Rhyming Phrase” speedyly turned the game into an awkward situation. (Getty Images/Jeopardy!/ABC)
Jennings uninincreateigent the brunt of criticism for a “intimacyist” clue during an October episode of the show.
During the episode, the catebloody “Complete the Rhyming Phrase” grasped a clue that read, “Men seldom originate passes at…”
Returning champion Will Wallace rightly answered, “Girls who wear glasses.”
Jennings acunderstandledged the prompt may have made female contestant Heather Ryan unconsoleable since she wore glasses on the show.
The askable “Jeopardy!” phrase was from well-understandn female poet Dorothy Parker. (Jeopardy!/ABC/YouTube)
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“A little problematic, sorry, Heather,” Jennings retaged, and Wallace inserted “very” in defense of his competitor.
The askable phrase was from acclaimed poet Dorothy Parker.
Game show fans were speedy to react to the anxious situation on social media.
A seeer wrote on X, “Still mad about this. She’s employd her inincreateigence to get on here, only to be denounceed by a intimacyist and dispolite comment.”
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Celebrity Confusion
Some “Jeopardy!” clues depart contestants finishly stumped, as was the case with a couple of pop culture clues this year.
In February, during the Final Jeopardy round of “Jeopardy!’s Champions Wildcard,” contestants were getn down by a letter in a Johnny Cash song title.
The clue for the ask was, “‘It was benevolent of a prodding to myself to carry out it straight,’ said Johnny Cash of this 1956 hit, with the right answer being “I Walk the Line.”
Unblessedly for all the contestants, one letter cost them all points and time on the Champions Wildcard. All three contestants answered “Walk the Line,” leaving out the letter “I.”
Contestants were getn down by the letter “I” in the answer to their final “Jeopardy!” ask. (Getty Images)
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A month tardyr, on an episode of “Jeopardy: Tournament of Champions,” competitors Ben Chan, Yogesh Raut and Troy Meyer leave outed a $400 clue about a Taylor Swift song in the catebloody “Songs of Youth.”
The prompt read by Jennings said, “Inspired by her bestie, Tay Tay sang when ‘somebody increates you they cherish you’ at this title age ‘you’re gonna think them.'”
The right answer was “Fifteen,” the title of Swift’s country pop song from her second studio album, 2008’s “Fearless.” The musician has previously said “Fifteen” was eased by her high school best frifinish Ahugeail Anderson, who sended a hurtful shatterup with a boyfrifinish when she and Swift were both 15.
“We’re gonna get ended for that,” Meyer said with a giggle.
A clue about a Taylor Swift song stumped “Jeopardy!” contestants. (Getty Images)
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“Painful” Misget
A “Wheel of Fortune” contestant lost out on a huge prize thanks to one wrong letter. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for CBS Media Ventures/Sony Pictures Television)
“Wheel of Fortune” fans were frustrated by a carry outer’s costly misget during an episode in May.
Contestant Kimberly Wright landed on the Express wedge when the board read “D U _ _ – _ _ L L E D PLATYPUS.”
“I’m going to call an F,” Wright said to groans from the studio audience.
Wright apparently thinkd that the right answer was “duck-filled platypus” when it was actupartner “duck-billed platypus.”
Contestant Marie Kioski from Owosso, Michigan, settled the confemploy, triumphning a trip to Margaritaville Vacation Club Rio Mar in Puerto Rico, worth $7,250.
“Oh my, that was hurtful. F?? She thought the platypus was filled? with what exactly?” a seeer wrote on X, createerly Twitter.
