{"id":236423,"date":"2025-09-18T13:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/236423\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:17:11","slug":"wheel-of-fortune-holding-auditions-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/236423\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Wheel of Fortune’ holding auditions in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the first time in more than a decade, \u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d<\/a> is to hold in-person auditions in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Auditions are to take place at the Event Center at Rivers Casino Philadelphia on Thursday, Sept. 18 and Friday, Sept. 19. They’re to open from 11 a.m. through 3 p.m. on both days.<\/p>\n

Anyone 21 or older is eligible to audition.<\/p>\n

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What to expect at the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ audition<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the days of auditions, people are welcome to begin lining up at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

The Event Center at Rivers Casino Philadelphia is located at 1001 N. Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19125.<\/p>\n

Parking at Rivers Casino Philadelphia is free. A free shuttle is to run throughout the day from the property’s main entrance and\u00a0Riversuites at The Battery,\u00a0Rivers Casino’s hotel nearby.<\/p>\n

Upon entrance, participants are to be asked to check in with basic information about themselves. Five through 10 people at a time are to meet with a member of the casting team, where they’ll be given 30 seconds to present themselves.<\/p>\n

To use those 30 seconds wisely, the “Wheel of Fortune” website<\/a> recommends being \u201cthe high energy version of yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to get to know YOU in these 30 seconds \u2014 jobs, passions, hobbies, and any fun, interesting facts,\u201d the website reads. \u201cDo not use your time telling us how much you love ‘Wheel of Fortune.’\u201d<\/p>\n

After everyone in the group has their 30 seconds, the process is over. Producers are to contact participants at a later date to go over next steps if they’re selected to move forward.<\/p>\n

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The entire audition process is free.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018Wheel of Fortune\u2019 fan base in and around Philadelphia is incredible, and we’re excited to tap into that passion to find future contestants,\u201d Executive Producer Bellamie Blackstone said in a statement to PhillyVoice<\/a>. \u201cWe hope the fans bring some of that famous Philly spirit to the event so we can welcome those loyal ‘Wheel’ watchers in our studio to spin the wheel!\u201d<\/p>\n

What is Wheel of Fortune?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d is a puzzle-based television game show where contestants guess letters to reveal hidden phrases. Contestants have the opportunity to win money and prizes, as determined by a spin of a wheel for each of the correct letter guesses.<\/p>\n

The show was long-time hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White, before Ryan Seacrest took over for Sajak in 2024. Seacrest and White are the two current hosts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWheel of Fortune\u201d airs on 6ABC from 7:30-8 p.m. every weeknight. For more information visit\u00a0wheeloffortune.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Risha Inaganti writes about trending topics across South Jersey for the Courier-Post. If you have a story she should tell, email her at rinaganti@gannettnj.com. Subscribe to stay up to date on the news you need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Camden County player wins $1 million Powerball jackpot. The second biggest Powerball jackpot was won by one…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":236424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[647,5229,648,126945,171,126944,1910,126950,12356,425,666,942,635,401,50,1539,450,950,1448,126948,79086,2830,1311,3997,3704,25837,126949,126946,3996,3948,27468,173,4004,646,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,126947,126951,126943,79367,3851],"class_list":{"0":"post-236423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arts","11":"tag-auditioning","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-fortune","14":"tag-game","15":"tag-game-shows","16":"tag-jersey","17":"tag-local","18":"tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","19":"tag-neutral","20":"tag-new","21":"tag-new-jersey","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-of","24":"tag-overall","25":"tag-overall-neutral","26":"tag-pa","27":"tag-pat","28":"tag-pat-sajak","29":"tag-pennsylvania","30":"tag-philadelphia","31":"tag-programs","32":"tag-ryan","33":"tag-ryan-seacrest","34":"tag-sajak","35":"tag-seacrest","36":"tag-shows","37":"tag-south","38":"tag-south-jersey","39":"tag-tv","40":"tag-tv-shows-u0026-programs","41":"tag-u0026","42":"tag-united-states","43":"tag-united-states-of-america","44":"tag-unitedstates","45":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","46":"tag-us","47":"tag-usa","48":"tag-vanna","49":"tag-vanna-white","50":"tag-wheel","51":"tag-wheel-of-fortune","52":"tag-white"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}