A contestant on The Price Is Right won a segment in an incredibly impressive fashion, but host Drew Carey slightly fudged the numbers while announcing her big victory. In a clip shared by the game show on Tuesday, October 29, Marchelle took on the Check Out Game. One by one, the contestant is asked to give a price for five grocery items.
After all five prices are guessed, the contestant’s guesses are totaled. The actual prices for the five grocery items are then revealed, one at a time. If the contestant’s total is within $2 of the actual total (either above or below), they win a prize.
The prize was announced as a trip to Portugal, and with that, Marchelle began guessing. She guessed a tub of Morton’s Salt was $2, a can of instant ramen was $2.50, a can of nacho sauce was $3, an herbal tea box was $8, and a box of pine tar soap was $4.
Carey revealed the total of the grocery items was $19.50, and it was time to see if Marchelle was on the money with her estimations. The host totaled up her guesses, with the soap becoming the make-or-break.
Carey revealed the soap was valued at $6.99, putting Marchelle at $19.15, a mere 35 cents from the total price.
Marchelle burst into joy upon her near-exact win, and Carey had to remark how close she was. However, he wasn’t quite correct when he did so. “Only off by $45 cents!” he said, instead of the right figure, 35 cents.
The flub was made more apparent since the correct figure was also flashing on the set piece behind him. .
