And the show has said the answer was illegal as it was spoken in vernacular. However, former “Wheel” contestants are also speaking out, saying that players are warned before show tapings that answers must be read exactly as they appear on the puzzle board to be ruled correct.

The problems began December 19, when contestant Renee Durette was ruled incorrect when she failed to pronounce the “G” in the phrase “Seven Swans-A-Swimming.” The gaffe cost Durette nearly $4,000, and she went on to lose the game.įans took to Twitter and other social media sites to complain about the ruling and to ask “Wheel” to give Durette a second chance. Nothing much happens on “Wheel” that would get a viewer’s blood boiling, but a pair of pronunciation errors last week has many fans irate and demanding answers.