‘Wheel of Fortune’ Contestant Gifted New Audi After Losing Out on Show

A Wheel of Fortune contestant who skipped out on winning an Audi due to a technicality has been given a model-new established of wheels from the auto maker.

Charlene Rubush been given an outpouring of help from outraged fans previous thirty day period, when she was observed staying denied the Reward Spherical prize, despite properly fixing the puzzle. At the time, host Pat Sajak described that she experienced paused just before finishing the response.

As video footage of the controversial choice circulated on Twitter, Audi United states of america tweeted that the business would be giving her an Audi Q3 soon after all—and the business has discovered weeks later that it has produced superior on its guarantee.

Publishing a image of Rubush smiling as she stood prior to her grey bow-wrapped motor vehicle, the organization said: “You all did it! You aided #GiveHerTheQ3. Charlene, welcome to the Audi relatives! We are so content to see you in the driver seat.”

Former Jeopardy! champ Alex Jacob, who led the contact for Wheel of Fortune bosses to give Rubush the prize in any case, was tagged in the write-up by Audi Usa.

“Could not have completed it without the need of you,” go through a tweet from Audi Usa to Jacob, as he praised the firm for adhering to by on receiving the vehicle to Rubush.

According to TMZ, Rubush picked up the $40,000 motor vehicle on January 17 from an Audi seller in Henderson, Nevada, four weeks just after her episode strike screens.

Rubush advised the outlet: “The car or truck drives so well. I’m loving it. A great deal required since my spouse and I have been sharing a person auto given that we moved here three a long time ago!”

During the episode in question, Rubush was confronted with the category “What are you performing?,” in the course of which she added her possess preference of letters to the customary R, S, T, L, N and E, in advance of incorrectly guessing that the remedy: “Picking the suitable card.”

Toward the finish of the nail-biting 10-2nd countdown, Rubush jumped in with an additional endeavor, effectively answering: “Selecting the ideal… phrase.”

Her accurate response was fulfilled with a muted reaction, as Sajak spelled out that she had paused just before declaring “word.”

“You know, this one’s challenging since you explained all the suitable terms, which include the phrase ‘word,’ but as you know it is received to be additional or a lot less ongoing,” he reported.

“We are going to let for a small pause, but not four or 5 seconds,” he included. “I am sorry, you did a very good position in obtaining it, but we can’t give you the prize and it was an Audi.”

Jeopardy! star Jacob shared a video clip of the instant on the web, prior to sharing screenshots he experienced sent to the official Twitter accounts of Wheel of Fortune and Audi Usa about the condition.

In the midst of Rubush’s instant likely viral, Audi United states tweeted: “You’re a winner in our eyes, Charlene. Now, let’s get you a prize. Time to #GiveHerTheQ3.”

Hours afterwards, a tweet from Audi study: “You can find no local community like the Audi group. With your help, we tracked down Charlene! More to arrive as we help #GiveHerTheQ3.”

At the time, a spokesperson for Audi of The usa verified to Newsweek that Rubush would be the receiver of an “all-new Audi Q3.”

The spokesperson claimed: “[We] observed Charlene’s Wheel of Fortune episode on Monday and were being collectively let down that she missed out on the prospect to choose dwelling an Audi Q3 owing to a technicality. So in the spirit of the holiday seasons, Audi of America will be gifting her with an all-new Audi Q3.”

Newsweek has contacted a agent of Wheel of Fortune for remark.