Overview

• Derevjanik solved the Bonus Round puzzle “PACK OF COYOTES” in the Living Things category as Seacrest opened the envelope revealing the $1,000,000 prize, bringing her total to $1,035,155.
• Before the final, she had amassed $35,155 in cash and prizes, including trips to Montana and Tokyo, after securing the million-dollar wedge earlier in the game.
• In post-show interviews, she said she will pay off student loans and hopes to buy a home, and she confirmed she is not quitting her marketing job despite joking about giving notice with her boss in the audience.
• The milestone is the first million-dollar-plus win under Seacrest and is counted as the fourth non-celebrity $1 million winner or fifth overall if Melissa Joan Hart’s 2021 Celebrity Wheel win is included.
• The $1 million wedge, introduced in 2008, requires landing on it, avoiding Bankrupt, reaching the Bonus Round, and solving the puzzle; the episode streams the next day on Peacock, Hulu and Disney+.