Australia - Larry & Laura PREMIERE recap

Airdate: January 30, 2006

Australia's favourite game is back! Wheel of Fortune!

With your host, the one and only Larry Emdur!

And your hostess, originally from The Great Outdoors, here's Laura Csortan!

And here are your first contestants of the new series:
Sara: A journalist
Troy: Recently married, "sent for clothes"
Aiki: Married to the best cook
No last names were given by the show.

We begin with a Flip-Up puzzle to see who will take control of the Wheel first:

Go!

Sara solves BORDER COLLIE.

The top-dollar value on the Wheel is 750, and we begin our first round:


Aiki solves TO SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE.

She has the very first pick of a mini Hi-Fi system or a dinnerware package.

Aiki takes the Hi-Fi system.


We still have Puzzlers for the home audience. Can you solve this one?

The answer is THE TAJ MAHAL.

One of our contestants will solve this Prize Puzzle for a bonus.

Go!

Sara solves WATCH THIS SPACE for a men's watch.

It's time for our Mystery Round. We have two wedges on the Wheel. Flip over the other side; it could be a BANKRUPT, or it could be a trip to Vanuatu and stay at Iririki Island Resorts worth $4,195.

And the top-dollar value on the Wheel is upgraded to 1,500!


Sara solves DRINKING STRAW.

Her choice is a sportswear package or a mobile phone.

She picks the sportswear package.


We begin our next round, but we're already short of time:

Larry will give the Wheel his first real spin. Consonants are worth 530. Aiki will begin this round:

Aiki: T (x3)
Sara: S
Troy: R
Aiki: D (x2)
Sara: N (x3)
Troy: G
Aiki: C (x3)
Sara: K

Sara solves YOU CAN'T TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS. The W was the lucky letter.

Quickly now. Decide on a leather baggage pair or a power tool package.

Sara rushes for the power tools.


Here's another Puzzler for the home audience. Can you solve it?

The answer is MICHAEL AND KIRK DOUGLAS.

We play a second Flip-Up for Wheel control:

Go!

Aiki signals just in time and solves FOOL'S GOLD.

The top-dollar is now 2,500!

Larry will give the Wheel another spin. Consonants are worth 375. Aiki's turn:

Aiki: T (x2)
Sara: S
Troy: R (x2)
Aiki: L (x2)

Aiki says BRICK WALL STREET on the buzzer. Did she get it in time?

Yes! Though the W was the lucky letter again.

The last two choices of the premiere are a car navigation system or a bedding package.

Aiki will go with the bedding package.


Not really the best day for Troy. He will take home a DVD player as a consolation prize.





BONUS ROUND:

Prizes, prizes, prizes...but above the rest, a Mitsubishi Colt XLS worth $20,990!

With 4,475, Sara gets four consonants and a vowel. The Golden Wheel spins, and lands on...

Mitsubishi Colt XLS!

But this final puzzle stands in the way...

It's RSTN, and E to start us off:

With three seconds left, she blurts out the correct answer of PRETTY WOMAN to keep the car! She will also return next time.