Kristen Shaw Wheel Of Fortune

THE Wheel of Fortune contestant who was denied $10,000 and a trip to Nashville because of a bizarre rule was gifted a free vacation when the Music City gave her a 'second chance.' After Kristen Shaw, 26, rightly guessed the phrase on the board but accidentally included the word 'and' in her answer, one Tennessee resident gifted her a vacation. 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant Kristen Shaw lost $1,950 and an $8,000 trip to Nashville, simply by saying 'and' when solving a puzzle.WATCH THE FULL EPISODES. Shaw, 26, of Bangor, Maine, was a hopeful on 'Wheel of Fortune' during a scene that was taped back in October. On the show's subsequent riddle, she got an opportunity for a simple success. Almost every letter on the board had.

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Kristen Shaw is being gifted with a trip after a technicality cost her the win.

When the 26-year-old Wheel of Fortune contestant made a guess on a nearly solved board during an episode back in October, she made a critical error costing her a free trip to Nashville, Tenn.

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'Right, football, left and Sally,' she said as the buzzer indicated that she was wrong. Her response was considered incorrect because she said 'and' while listing off the four correct words, and the mistake cost her $1,950 and a trip to Nashville. (In the game, you can only say exactly the words while answering.)

“It was probably one of the most embarrassing experiences of my life. And I knew that in about a month, almost everyone in America would see it,' she revealed of the episode which went on to go viral.

However, she received a message of support from L.J. Whalen, one of the directors of Adventureworks, a Nashville-based tourism company, who presented her with the gift of plane tickets, hotel accommodations and tickets to the Grand Ole Opry.

A slip of the tongue cost a contestant on Wheel of Fortune a small fortune. On Thursday night's show, contestant Kristen Shaw solved a crossword puzzle challenge. But because she inserted the word. 'Wheel of Fortune' contestant Kristen Shaw lost out on a big win after adding an extra word by mistake during a crossword game. $1 for 3 months.

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“Our hospitality community is so close-knit, and we’d love to show Ms. Shaw and the nation that we’re a lot more than boot stomping and beer drinking. This is what we do here in Nashville. We give second chances, AND we are not going to make you solve a puzzle to claim it,' they said in a statement.

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'I was honestly so shocked I was almost speechless. There is a lot of negativity in this world, but this shows me we are all human, we make mistakes, and for someone to want to give me a second chance, it just blew me away,' Kristen said.