‘The Price Is Right’ Viewers Shocked as Contestant Suddenly Quits Show
The Price Is Right fans were left scratching their heads on June 26 when a contestant left the show partway through. Kathy Young lost out on a car and then disappeared, which caused host Drew Carey to explain her absence.
Young won the third item up for bid, which was workout equipment, costing $749, on the penultimate episode of the season. She bid $625 and got to come to the stage to play Gridlock. Young screamed and then calmly walked to the stage to meet Drew Carey.
The game show contestant thanked the show when they told her she had the chance to win a 2025 Toyota Corolla LE. In Gridlock, The Price Is Right contestant has to correctly guess the price of the car in order to win it. The first number is given, and then they have to pick one blue car and one orange car, which both have two numbers on it. They are the next four numbers in the car. If the numbers are right, they get to take the car home.
Young was given two as the first number. She then turned to the audience for advice on the second. Young picked 41 as the second set. She was right and moved on to the last set of numbers. For the last two numbers, Young picked 20.
This made the price of the car $24,120. Young was wrong, but got one more chance to correct herself. Between 57 and 95, Young chose 95, making the vehicle $24,195. She was wrong, so she did not win the $24,157 car.
Carey said that she was going to spin the wheel when the game show came back from commercial, but she wasn’t there when it returned. “We only have two players for the Showcase Showdown because contestant Kathy had an emergency and she was unable to continue,” the host shared. “She’s not going to be able to continue. We’re going to have two spinners. Good luck to them.”
As Brigit spun the wheel, Carey said, “We hope Kathy is ok!”
Brigit went over, and Tawab wound up winning the Showdown.
At the end of the Showcase, the host said again, “Sending our best to Kathy. We hope she’s ok!” During the closing credits, the following update appeared: “A contestant on this episode could not continue, but will be receiving their prizes.”
“I’ve never in the history of watching this show seen 2 contestants at the wheel. I hope it was just an upset stomach or something,” a Reddit user said.
“That was a first,” said another.
“I hope she’s ok. Unless it was an extreme situation, they could have just brought the wheel out and did the first showcase showdown like they did under the old taping format,” added a third.
“Yeah, I never heard of this before either. hope whatever happened was mild and Kathy’s okay and well,” wrote another.
The Price Is Right released a statement to TV Insider about Young. They didn’t reveal what happened to the contestant, but are inviting her back.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, one of our contestants was unfortunately unable to complete her time on a recent episode of The Price Is Right. We are pleased to share that Kathy has been invited to return as our special member of our audience for a future show taping. We look forward to the opportunity to welcome her back and extend our sincere thanks to Kathy —and to all of our loyal viewers—for being such an incredible part of our television family.
-The Price Is Right Production.”
Young will have to return for an episode on Season 54 as Season 53 wrapped up on Friday, June 27.
The Price Is Right, Season 54, returns this fall, CBS
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I was there in the crowd for this taping. It was a freak accident. She went to pull the big wheel and injured her arm bad when pulling. Show stopped for a little bit. Then they had to take her to a hospital. Then the show continued.
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I have read and watching the show that the wheel is heavy. I can understand.
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Thanks for the clarification. Figured it was an accident or medical emergency of some type.
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Emergency means just that no matter what happened it prevented her from continuing the show. Why do people always want to read more into a situation than called for. This is cruel and if you are part of this spectacle then shame on you. Everyone reacts to situations differently so why should she be mad about not winning and walk off. Have a heart,oh I forgot you don't have one.
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Something like this happened before, not on The Price is Right. It happened on Dog Eat Dog where a contestant cannot continue due to a medical emergency. The stunt was holding your breathe underwater, who can do it the longest is Top Dog. The contestant held is breathe too long. When they cut to commercial, you can see he was breathing very heavily and something was up. Then Brooke Burns said the contestant cannot continue.
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What a misleading headline. She didn't just "quit." She had an emergency, presumably medical, that caused her not to be able to go on.
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Yes it happened we saw the Episode
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So they said that she received all of her prizes because she disappeared out of the studio ? And they never did reveal what actually did happen?
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Would you like to read the article again?
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Is this really true 🤔
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No
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Yes I was watching that day It happen just that way Drew was shocked
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Yes it did, I saw the show
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She crapped her pants.
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She may have bowel problems!
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I enjoy the show.
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Could be a mental heath issue. She might have felt very uneasy and did not know how to handle it. Poor woman. I would be scared to death up there.
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She didn't win the car but it reminded her to go check her extended car warranty ASAP.
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I TOO WATCHED THAT EPISODE AND I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED!!!
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She got explosive diarrhea.
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In the photo ad for this story she looked like she had Crusted Scabies. Then I looked at Drew and so does he. Pic gone buggy! Lol
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TPIR can’t reveal what happened, due to the HIPPI law. If it was you, would you want them telling your business?
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I think that was a waste of my time reading this as it was inconclusive.
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Show me the check Goggle supposedly sent you
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After the wheel spin you can see her sitting where the previous winners sit.
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Keep in mind the first wheel spin takes place after all six games. They just show the first three on TV out of order. So, there very well could be a shot of her waiting during the second half games.
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She was sitting in the audience after this emergency.
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She was mad because she didn't win the car 😄
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I would be mad also, knowing I have a chance to win a car and the last numbers to pick were wrong. I would be so mad at myself. She may have gotten too upset with herself to cause an emergency. People also, don't know what kind of life other people are living. Maybe this was really really important for her to win
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It's a set up Because she didn't win the car. She had NO EMERGECY just a 2nd chance to be back on to get more off the show. So they feel Sorry for her. If they can't give the reason of the EMERGENCY ?? They Not telling the whole truth ????
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If I am not told the person was suffering from diverticulitis, I call shenanigans! Because its my business what their issue was! I am extremely important!
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I'm sure the producers of the show were bound by HIPPA laws if this was a medical emergency.
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HIPPA laws apply only to medical providers.
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Medical problems are personal. A person doesn't have to be precise in their medal problem. Don't call people liars just of your assumptions.
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Well thats a hell of a stretch detective
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You are some kind of special & most definitely a piece of work.
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Were you there? No, so stop assuming and hating and pray that all's well with her
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