Chirelle J.

I MUST start by saying I was SOO EXCITED to have actually had this MIND BLOWING 🤯 experience! I've been a WOF fan for about 40 years! I submitted my video audition via my phone and had forgotten about it because a year had passed. When I received the email with an invitation to a Zoom audition, that alone blew my mind! I was more excited than nervous. The zoom audition was like playing rounds of WOF with other contestants. It was LOADS OF FUN! We were told if you don't hear anything within a month, you can always submit another application. A month passed so I was thinking.... Maybe next time 😔.

8 DAYS after a month passed, I was at work and received an email inviting me out to a WOF taping!!! WOOHOO😀 !! I'm rarely short on words but with my mouth WIDE OPEN... I was SPEECHLESS!! 😲. I played WOF on my phone, of course I continued watching WOF, however, I was paying a little more attention than I ever had before!!

Upon arrival to [Sony] for the taping, the experience from beginning to end was PRICELESS!! The other contestants were awesome! Everyone was so friendly! We became connected in ONE day. A few of us exchanged numbers, took pictures together and STILL CHAT! The contestant managers/assistants/hair and make-up were all AWESOME! They made us feel SO COMFORTABLE! I will always remember them saying. "It's you guys against the wheel.. NOT each other". That is SO TRUE!! EVERYONE IS A WINNER!

This may sound crazy but it didn't seem real to me until they clipped the microphone to my blouse! I was like OMG! THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING!! I AM ABOUT TO CALL OUT LETTERS ON WOF!!!! Minutes after that, I'm walking out on the set! My position was closest to Pat! Still in AWE! Pat and Vanna are the sweetest!! I got to chat and give each of them a hug after the show. It was so special sharing Pat's last season with him!

My local family will join us for a viewing party! YES! A party for a 30 minute show!☺️ I know I've probably missed some highlights but I will be FOREVER GRATEFUL for the SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE!! AMERICA'S GAME!!!!