Twins Christina and Katie Currie, from Severna Park, Maryland, have shared how Wheel of Fortune asked them to compete together on the show after spending years applying. Their persistence paid off as they took home $88,248 after correctly solving the Bonus Round puzzle.
The twin sisters played against first-time grandparents Tammy and Mike Oluvic from Alpine, California, and unrelated best friends of 15 years, Sharron and Latoya Brown from North Carolina. The episode reaired on August 14 as part of Wheel of Fortune‘s summer reruns. Their episode was first broadcast on January 9. At the time of the episode, they were college seniors. Christina majored in accounting while Katie studied finance and supply chain management.
Katie had applied to be on the game show multiple times, according