Over the summer I got an email from the show saying that they were looking for contestants that were within driving distance from Los Angeles. I also joined the Wheel Watchers Club which put me on their email list. I kept telling myself that now was the time to go ahead and make my audition tape so I was ready when they reopened. I then put “audition for Wheel of Fortune” on my to-do list but then the pandemic hit and taping stopped. I went home that day and set up all future episodes of Wheel to record on my DVR so that I could practice. By the third show, I was saying to my friend that I couldn’t believe that I have never thought about being on the show. When you go to a taping you are the audience for three shows. During the taping, I realized that I was quicker than some of the contestants during the toss-ups and figured out the puzzles quickly too. It had been a long time since I watched the show. But, I had never been to a taping so I decided 2020 was the year to go. I took the Sony Studio Tourand saw the set several years ago. We are working on making it available on more platforms.īack in February, I went to a taping of Wheel, though that taping was not my first time on the set. At the moment you can listen to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, or Podbean. On the LA Dreaming Podcast, my friend Bruno and I talked about our experiences being contestants on Wheel of Fortune. That means if you click on a link and buy something, I will earn a small commission from the advertiser at no additional cost to you. Please note that I was a contestant during COVID so depending on when you read this some things will have changed.

This post is long but I am sharing as much as I can about this incredible experience. In this post, I want to provide helpful information for future contestants and also give fans an idea of what a day in the life of a contestant is. I am so thrilled to finally be able to share that I was a contestant on ‘America’s Game’, Wheel of Fortune.

Wheel of fortune online with friends