On This Day: Michelle Made Wheel History

[@DriftGenes]

Her aura, positivity, and genuine charm alone are worth $1M (priceless)!! Love re-living this moment! :)

[@christianramirez3311]

What a feeling she must of had, just emotions rushing through her, all positive vibes. What an awesome win

[@AtortAerials]

It’s nice she hugged everyone too I would have lost my mind kissing everyone! 😅

[@brianjude6789]

What’s her middle name?

[@brianjude6789]

I’m not kidding, ​@@AtortAerials. WHAT’S HER MIDDLE NAME?!

[@fanniehayes9351]

Wow this made tears of joy for her winning the million dollars! ❤

[@trevorlafalce5789]

I remember watching this. I was only 8 at the time. It aired two days after my mother's birthday! Boy that was such an amazing win to watch. My stomach still flips every time someone wins big in the bonus round, and this one almost made me cry when I saw it happen for the first time!

[@alexlautzenheiser5024]

10/14/2008 - I was 6 years old at the time because on Wheel of Fortune, Season 26 premiered 4 days before my 6th birthday (September 8, 2008).

[@HudsonDiTomaso]

I was only 4, and probably fell asleep before this whole thing. I saw Autumn win her million. I was 9, and saw that episode air live!

[@jonathangarcia9617]

@@HudsonDiTomaso nice video

[@brianjude6789]

@@jonathangarcia9617where is the whole episode?

[@jonathangarcia9617]

@@brianjude6789 I have it on my KZbin channel. It is under Saturday May 4th,2024.

[@gregblake2764]

What a sweetheart. So happy for her. Super smart young lady.

[@AWB-Official-u1b]

Hard to believe that was uploaded 10 years after (Oct 14, 2018)

[@winh998]

I still remember this episode. I was probably screaming just as hard as she. This episode just came into my queue today. Happy anniversary.

[@GamingFanactic911]

Happy 10 year anniversary. I remember watching it when aired; I was so happy for her. :D

[@chrisfinch8637]

I sure wish I was tuned in myself- sometimes schoolwork can keep me back or I get very tired. I remember back in 7th Grade, one of my teachers told me about someone who won a million dollars and I was totally stunned that I missed that moment! However, it was great to learn that it was a fantastic start in the 10 years that the million dollar wedge has been introduced to us. And also, it was lucky that Charlie O'Donnell was able to live long enough to announce the first millionaire of this classic game show! Well done, Michelle!

[@heavenawaits8010]

Ok, this made me cry. So happy for her❤❤❤

[@pacificrules]

WOW, well done. She deserves winning a million dollars. YOU GO GURL !!!

[@murrayspiffy2815]

Made me feel like I won a million - just watching her joy! Btw - she's as cute - as cute can be.

[@criticworld874]

Yes cutie pie

[@cynthiaanderson7998]

That's hilarious 😂💀😆😂 dam good one made me laugh 😂💀😆💀😂💀

[@cookiemonster88909]

You're exactly right!!!!!!!!

[@DriftGenes]

Very true, but did we mention how cute she is too though?! 💃👀💯💰 🤑 💸 💲 🪙 💶 💰

[@gurdevkaursandhu5323]

Same here

[@erictheisen3203]

Oh my gosh she just hit the jackpot!!

[@jgn24]

I'm gonna cry. Michelle, you are the best contestant.

[@brianjude6789]

Michelle, you mayn't've won a car, but you DID won SOMETHING even better: $1,000,000!!! 😢😢😢

[@EmilyMDong]

I missed Charlie O’ Donnell’s voice since I was 10 years old I saw this episode in 2008 when she was winning big. Congratulations on her win very proud actually, and great job.

[@AeroBennett855]

I was 7 years old when Michelle won big Shortly before my grandfather’s death at the age of 84

[@WesleyCoughlan]

I remember this episode very well. One of my favorite episodes & one of my favorite moments there! And yes, I was very shocked when she won the $1 Million dollars! My Mom & Dad celebrated their 36th wedding anniversary on this date! Today is they're 46th wedding anniversary!!

[@jerritanner275]

You get a hug & you get a hug & you get a hug... That's awesome!

[@jevarismontgomery]

I was absolutely tuned in I was at my great grandparents house I was not expecting that to happen that day still my #1 favorite episode ever

[@allisonjohnson6399]

When she was running with open arms I thought it was another family member coming to the stage, but no, just Vanna! :) That pure joy was the best thing to watch!

[@tonybidwell2582]

2:41 The moment that cemented Charlie O'Donnell's legacy!

[@TheLilredone]

Considering they make it nearly impossible to win, they had define intervention!!

[@AlexMaxwell2000]

Omg! She was the 1st Million Dollar Winner!

[@tinaradlowski2184]

I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU

[@brianjude6789]

SHE IS OUR FAVORITE FIRST MILLION DOLLAR WINNER!!!

[@jonacme]

2:35: Never gets old!

[@TheoHagigeorges]

2:40 Michelle, it’s our biggest payday yet! One million dollars!!!!!!!!!

[@giarichards8379]

I’m glad Charlie got to say that at least once! 😭😭

[@brianjude6789]

🥹😢 Bless her heart and bless her, (SNIFF!) she’s our first winner!

[@lukekinney4435]

@@brianjude6789 Oct 11 2022

[@patricklilly2520]

Gives me tears of happiness...

[@trainwoody]

This made me have water in my eye! Good for them

[@jessiseaborn7960]

13 years of a wonderful memory so happy for you and your family

[@KeysofIDproductions]

The odds of everything falling into place have to be as high as winning the lottery. Landing on the million, keeping the wedge without going bankrupt, winning the puzzle, winning the game after the final spin, landing on the wedge that had the million, and being able to solve the bonus puzzle. All of that had to be either sheer good luck or divine intervention.

[@jaydenmamane353]

And the face she won $1,000,000 Was LEGENDARY!

[@jonhancock3439]

The 1st 1 Million Dollars winner in wheel of fortune history

[@adavis1881]

This was awesome!! Couldn’t help but tear up a little.

[@lindafurr2404]

Makes me happy to see her happy.

[@joanieLeventis3077]

I genuinely am so happy for her and her husband. That was awesome work! Congrats.

[@rosalindmoore5190]

Gave me the chills !!! Congratulations!!!!

[@coreyhendricks9490]

The tears of joy of this moment of Wheel Of Fortune

[@zanemarte9877]

Totally remember this episode.

[@doublezero7852]

Totally? Not just partially?

[@ayisyen2009]

Wow she’s gorgeous,she’s an amazing player and she has a great personality to go with it too I’m so happy for her; Congrats on winning $1,000,000 🙏🏿🙏🏿 blessings to you & your entire family !!!!!!

[@justinmiddleton8818]

Oh wow, to think it has been ten years since history was made with Michelle being crowned the show's first ever million dollar winner. I was a 14 year old middle school kid at the time and the buzz that this episode caused was huge, i still quite vividly remember the very next day at school when a bunch of other students were grouped together talking excitedly about the win. It was then i realized the full impact of what had just occurred, and even now it remains one of my top favorite all time Wheel moments. I'll never forget the shock on my face that night when Pat opened the envelope to reveal the super big one, my mouth was gaping wide open while my friends were all wildly cheering and screaming in joy.

[@KermitKong24]

It’s been almost 12 years can’t believe that she was the first ever million dollar winner

[@melchardcaranto4675]

2:34 when i saw this the first time, when she screamed, I was like "what did she win?" Then when I saw the one million dollar prize, my jaw dropped

[@trevonpernell0814]

2:40 Charlie O'Donnell: MICHELLE, IT'S OUR BIGGEDT PAYDAY YET! ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

[@vettechmom6056]

I love that winning the million is such a rarity. How exciting. When you think of the odds, it's amazing that anyone wins. The 2nd winner Autumn was the flower girl in my wedding LOL. I think there has only been 3 winners by now?

[@christucker4086]

Last Weekend, I Auditioned for Wheel Of Fortune, and would like to be the 4th Million Dollar Winner!

[@KevinHenry513]

Four, if you count Melissa Joan Hart.

[@chuck6290]

This win makes me happy every time I see it! :D

[@Any-Okra]

Awww shes so adorable. I would have been just like her , running screaming and hugging every person in my path lol. Hope they're still doing well

[@aaronchan1088]

i remember this episode like it was yesterday... after the original letters popped up on the bonus puzzle, it was obvious that it was "leaky faucet" she dominated from start to finish.

[@copernicancapital9068]

Lucky guy. She seem legit fun and happy.

[@LelaE34]

I really love seeing others happiness.

[@baracc10]

I remember that day. I've now been watching for ten years

[@Chubby01]

How someone in this game show to win two ‘ONE MILLION DOLLARS’, although it only gave one It is a rarest chance I seen in any game show ever

[@hollyhughes5804]

Wow this is AWESOME 💥👏❤😎 So HAPPY for this Beautiful Lady 😁💃😍

[@brianjude6789]

And the more excited she gets about it, the better she will feel about it WHEN she becomes the FIRST woman to be the FIRST MILLIONAIRE!!! She mayn't've won a car, but she DID won SOMETHING even better: $1,000,000!!!

[@Carlparishhonda]

Seeing this makes me feel very good.

[@TampaTec]

Husband literally stuck it rich when he married her, She got the Looks and brains 🧠.

[@DriftGenes]

I'm sorry we can't give you the solve. It's "struck." 😅🤣🙌

[@DorvellTStewart]

Back when Pat was genuinely excited when contestants won big.

[@candaceferguson8325]

Yes about time someone noticed that I noticed now that when contestants when big he's snarky and shady af

[@DorvellTStewart]

That’s his general demeanor these days. It’s about time for him to go; change my mind.

[@trevonpernell0814]

​@@DorvellTStewart Recant your words NOW.

[@larrykile3190]

Contestant: "I'm a millionaire!!" Government: "Not so fast!!"

[@joshuawaddell6640]

Underrated comment

[@madambutterfly7513]

They take almost half!!!!

[@slayerde440]

It's almost criminal what the government does...oh wait it is

[@xacib09921]

@@slayerde440Yeah, but it's already bad enough with some more wealthy folks witholding money from circulation.

[@slayerde440]

@@xacib09921 lol and how do they do that

[@puppycat58]

I remember this show..this was amazing

[@feebeefranjeffy2253]

2:35 I literally screamed like this when I got an honors class I was worried about not getting my freshman year. It was during band camp and students were everywhere. Low key regret it lol

[@doublezero7852]

This one time, at band camp….

[@indianahoosier6367]

I got tears when she ran to Vanna.

[@lydiatimmons6413]

So happy for her

[@jamespaluch3481]

First Million Dollar Winner very awesome I remembered it so well

[@CTTE06]

OH MY GOD! EVEN THE FIRST MILLION DOLLAR WINNER! NICE JOB MICHELLE!!!! :D

[@mikemanjo2458]

Such a pleasure to watch.

[@juanomarrios1240]

Very very happy for that couple 👍👍

[@braydensweatherquizzingcom4705]

Oh, did not need the 10 seconds to do that, but what a huge effort from Michelle Lowenstein. Our very first millionaire for 2008.

[@lnl3237]

2024 and I still revisit this win to get a bolt of joy! Would love to know how this couple-and their dog-are still doing. They were newlyweds here, but their body language suggests that Michelle and Donald are very compatible. Hope so and hope their windfall made their lives richer in more ways than money!

[@wandacorley2251]

Yes yes that show is one in million. I just got my spinner ID number last year, no luck yet. July Christmas give away starts this week til the 23rd of July 👍🏾✨💰 good luck who ever has a spinner ID number. 🙏🏾✨💞

[@kimberlykelly6110]

AWESOME!!! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BLESSING

[@harperbryant9032]

When Pat opened up the card, Michelle was cheering and screaming with $1,000,000 back in 2008!!!!!!

[@MathewVsSportsMediaandGames]

All I can say is I am glad this happened before Charlie' untimely death.

[@MathewVsSportsMediaandGames]

@@bennettdavis2001 True there.

[@rdr2dgrv99]

Be happy for others, your day will soon come. I am elated for her, and all those whom are in the right place at the right time to receive a gift, or prize.

[@maryannevitale2515]

I'm excited for her!!

[@quinnfields9531]

Happy for her...good job

[@lillianlilo7447]

Awwww. So sweet x

[@ralphhammer2341]

So happy for her !!!!!!!

[@GamesbyArtemise]

She has definitely been a great person in her life!! Everything good she's ever done for others and in general just. Ame back to her 1000000x over

[@BabyMario1130]

I just want this full episode (Which includes "Tonight's mystery price offers cash courtesy of IHOP.") uploaded so I can watch this over and over again!

[@debbiesanderson9179]

I was like that winning $7000 such a nice feeling to win money when you struggle all your life congrats!

[@philollenberg]

Made me happy that Vanna came down from the puzzleboard to celebrate with them. I feel like she's always treated "second fiddle" to Pat when they're very much equals in the audience's eyes. (Totally possible Vanna wants to be the lower-key co-host, we might never know.)

[@aredeemable1]

I believe that Vanna has been there since Chuck Woolery. so she should be getting a bonus royalty check on top of the check that should be bigger than Pat's. I even thought she would have her own show by now...........Now? I can't even imagine how late I am just saying that.

[@Rlotpir1972]

@@aredeemable1 Vanna DID NOT appear until after Pat debut months ago.

[@najafa3520]

@@aredeemable1 yeah, vanna came with pat. Chuck Woolery had SUSAN STAFFORD!

[@moaningpheromones]

@@aredeemable1 step away from the reply function . . . easy now

[@deejayg1632]

Still LOVE watching this!!

[@WarioBarker]

You left in Charlie O'Donnell's voice without dubbing him over or editing him out? You get a Like from me just for that. :)

[@zanemarte9877]

He is a legend that no one can replace.

[@tonybidwell2582]

He didn't die until 11/1/2010!

[@AlexMaxwell2000]

I miss Charlie O'donnell

[@garryjohnson4578]

WarioBarker88 Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeel of Fortune

[@jonathanashbeck3740]

Johnny Gilbert is the only legendary announcer left out of names Charlie O'Donnell, Johnny Olson, Rod Roddy, Jack Clark, Gene Wood, and Don Pardo

[@mkb9464]

That was AWESOME!

[@DDELE7]

Has it been ten years already?!!! WOW!!!!

[@CShannon1991]

I remember seeing this episode on that very day.

[@skahler]

That husband's like "oh shit, I've just lost all the power around the house" He's happy, but he's also kind of crying a little inside

[@cuteguy9358]

That's awesome! :-) She was so happy. :-)

[@brianjude6789]

2:35 In 5, 4, 3, 2… (screams of excitement)

[@bready226]

🙌🙌👐CONGRATULATIONS &.I.LOVE EVERY MOMENT #PROUD DAY IN HISTORY

[@tammiewinter800]

I cried , so proud for her!!!

[@kinettobinetto398]

Congrats to everyone.

[@j3videogames443]

Confetti 🎉 2:43

[@TanyaP822]

Im cryin ..Way too go

[@dakotareeves3939]

Pat was like, "Wow! How did this happen?!"

[@Jackson-kb2xs]

This was 10 years ago already?

[@GamingFanactic911]

Yep; 10 years man. :)

[@alexlautzenheiser5024]

Yep. 10/14/2008 was the airdate and I was 6 at the time because Season 26 premiered 4 days before my 6th birthday (September 8, 2008).

[@karamabboud3182]

Jackson 3303 you mean 12

[@billrahn8723]

What a beautiful woman.

[@tommydurr6075]

Crushed my soul when brad walked out.

[@cathrynowens4876]

That's so great 🎉❤ Happy Birthday Vanna we share Feb 18_

[@tristangardner3889]

I would imagine that was the happiest, most exciting, and most booming voice that Charlie O'Donnell ever did on Wheel when Michelle won that million-dollar bonus prize. I'd have to agree, at the time, that was definitely Wheel of Fortune's biggest payday.

[@arielgonzalez5296]

10 year anniversary that will never forget to win 1 million dollars.

[@queenofthebronx]

I'd like to see an interview with her, to find out what she did with the money.

[@Netstryke]

This was on the debut week of Wheel on CBC (i don't know if the Canada week was coincidence but it was cool it happened)

[@dakotareeves3939]

This is from the 2008 episode of Canada Week.

[@joshyboy1983]

First week that CBC picked up the show & Jeopardy. Didn't dissapoint.