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Wheel of Fortune Crowns Biggest Winner as Christina Derevjanik Takes $1.04 Million

The Stamford marketing manager is the fourth player to hit the show's rare million-dollar Bonus Round since the wedge’s 2008 debut.

Overview

  • Derevjanik won $1,035,155 on the Sept. 30 episode, setting a new single-episode record for the game show.
  • She selected the Bonus Round category of Living Things and solved the puzzle "PACK OF COYOTES."
  • Before the Bonus Round, she amassed $35,155 in cash and prizes, including trips to Montana and Tokyo.
  • Host Ryan Seacrest revealed the $1 million envelope on-air, grew emotional, and Vanna White embraced the winner as confetti fell.
  • Derevjanik is the first million-dollar champion under Seacrest’s tenure, and the episode streams Oct. 1 on Peacock, Hulu, and Disney+.