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Shelton Teacher To Appear On Wheel of Fortune

She will appear on Tuesday's episode.

Pat Sajak and Vanna White
Pat Sajak and Vanna White (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

SHELTON, CT — Elizabeth Shelton School teacher Kristen Zack will appear on Wheel of Fortune Tuesday night.

The show was pre-taped in October and the results are secret until the show airs, according to the New Haven Register. The show will air at 7 p.m. on ABC.

Zack told the Register she first started watching the show about 10 years ago. She got her name into the contestant system last year and sent in an audition video.

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Wheel of Fortune made its debut in 1983 with host Pat Sajak. He is in his 38th year of hosting one of the country's most popular and longest running game shows. Sajak recently underwent surgery to correct a blocked intestine. He said Nov. 15 that he is expected to make a full and quick recovery. Longtime hostess Vanna White is handling hosting duties in his absence.

Read the full Register report here.

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