For Erin Booker, her experience On “Jeopardy!” It was not at all as he had dreamed.
Booker, a stay-at-home mom, competed on a recent episode of the popular game show and received a final score of -$7,200, the second-lowest score in “Jeopardy” history.
Booker told Fox News Digital that although she had a “great time” recording the episode, she describes it as an “out of body experience.”
“You’re watching, you’re looking at the clues, but you don’t remember what category it is,” she explained. “You’re reminding yourself not to make weird faces, because you’re on live television. … The way they tape it is like it’s a live show. They really try to keep it very tight.”
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Erin Booker said her appearance on “Jeopardy!” was like an “out of body experience.” (ABC/Jeopardy)
She further added, “So you just, don’t make weird faces, don’t do anything weird, that’s always going on in your mind. And then, you will see the answer in front of you… it’s all so blurry, I can’t explain it.”
“All of this is happening,” he said, “and it’s all happening at once, and there’s a lot of noise in the head, and it’s kind of an out-of-body experience as well.”
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She suggested that playing on “Jeopardy!” at home and actually filming an episode are very different things, but added that she “would love to do it again.”
The contestant told Fox News Digital that when someone aspires to be on “Jeopardy,” they “have this dream that it happens brilliantly, or at least not disappointingly. And, you know, in the back of my mind I was always saying, ‘Well, at least I’ll get to Final Jeopardy.’ Or I would tell people, ‘I just want to get to Final Jeopardy.'”
Booker was up against graduate student and “Survivor” alumnus Drew Basile and lighting designer Graham Hicks.
Due to a low score, Booker did not qualify to compete in Final Jeopardy. Basil ultimately won.
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During the competition, one thing she said “drove her crazy” was the buzzer, which contestants use to answer a question.
“There are so many moments when you think, ‘Okay, I got this,’ but it turns out you don’t get it because somebody else gets there first. And I didn’t anticipate how painful that part would be because it’s like, ‘No, no, but I know it.’ But this other person gets points for it in the score and, you know, the score goes up.”
Erin Booker could not play Final Jeopardy because she had a negative score. (ABC/Jeopardy)
Booker wasn’t the first game show contestant to struggle with her answers or the buzzer.
In the month of May, “wheel of Fortune” A contestant named Tavaris Williams spoke to Fox News Digital about his viral moment on the show.
“I tried to beat my opponents by getting in first and keeping my mind moving,” Williams said.
Host Vanna White was at the puzzle board when the letters of the phrase appeared, which read, “____ I_ T_E B__T!”
An episode of “Wheel of Fortune” went viral after a contestant gave a vulgar answer. (ABC)
Williams came over immediately and confidently said, “Right in the butt.”
Her answer was met with a moment of silence, then the audience laughed, then fellow contestant Tyra exclaimed “What?” and host Pat Sajak clearly said “No”, prompting a surprised look on Williams’ face.
The correct answer was “It’s the best!”
“Something as simple as) ‘Well, there weren’t enough letters for the word “right”‘ (or) ‘It’s a family show’ doesn’t cross your mind. When you have 50 monitors overhead, the lights are bright, there are 100 stagehands, producers, sound guys, none of that stuff crosses your mind,” he said.
“And I was standing next to Pat, so I had to say something. I wasn’t going to get excited without saying something. And the rest is history,” Williams said.
Pat Sajak recently retired from hosting “Wheel of Fortune” for more than 40 years. (Getty Images)
Williams said that she took a break from filming after the puzzle, and that this was the reason she took a break from filming. When the groom, Those he called “brilliant” did their best to support him.
“So, right then and there he tried to make me feel better and move on, but he immediately took a break. And in the break, Pat was very gracious, and he was very supportive and said, ‘Oh, you’ve made a name for yourself. We’ll see how we can edit this tastefully. I don’t know how, but we’ll figure it out.’ He was very accommodating, and he made me feel really good throughout the whole process after that. He’s really wonderful,” she said.
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Williams also said White is “amazing” and praised the producers behind the scenes, though she realized his answer made the day a little difficult for her.
“They’re total professionals. I probably looked at them a couple of times and thought ‘he’s going to make us work today’. But they were great. They were gracious. They’ve seen it all before. They probably weren’t expecting this. But you know, they allowed me to continue with the show and hopefully everyone enjoyed it,” he said.
Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Stanton contributed to this report.
