The episode featured three players: Michael Soltis of Pittsburgh, Eimi Smith of Austin, and LaShauan Swift of Chicago. Soltis, who has spent more than two decades working as a union carpenter, got off to a slow start as Smith seized control early. The Texas soccer fan swept both toss-ups and then added more to her total by nailing the first full puzzle, \u201cAccidentally on Purpose,\u201d pushing her score to $9,050. She stretched her lead to $10,350 by also grabbing the phrase \u201cSleeping Bag of Tricks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Momentum shifted in the Prize Puzzle round. Soltis picked up a Wild Card and correctly gave the song title \u201cCan You Feel the Love Tonight?\u201d earning himself a trip to Africa and bumping his total to $14,690\u2014suddenly putting him ahead.<\/p>\n
He later locked in two of the three triple toss-ups, showing a surge in confidence and skill as the game progressed.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Swift\u2014a retired Chicago Fire Department paramedic\u2014finally entered the board by solving one of the triple toss-ups, marking her initial breakthrough in the match and signaling that the competition was far from over.READ MORE BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The episode featured three players: Michael Soltis of Pittsburgh, Eimi Smith of Austin, and LaShauan Swift of Chicago. Soltis, who has spent more than two decades working… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n