Culver City, CA (January 26, 2011) - Wheel of Fortune and co-host Vanna White today announced the five lucky women who will be vying for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be "Vanna for a Day."  From the more than 1,000 audition videos submitted, the producers have narrowed the field to these finalists:

• Katie C. of Wooster, OH, who currently attends school in Savannah, GA

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• Samantha M. of San Francisco, CA

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• Anna H. of Friendswood, TX

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• Barbara V. of Hermitage, TN

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• Shenette H. of Jacksonville, FL  

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The finalists' videos are posted at www.wheeloffortune.com/vannaforaday, until February 7, where viewers will help choose the winner by voting for their favorite.  Wheel of Fortune's "Vanna for a Day" will be announced on air and online on Thursday, February 24. 

The "Vanna For a Day" grand prize winner and her guest will be flown to Los Angeles to stay in a suite at a luxury hotel, and receive the star treatment from Vanna's own wardrobe mistress, hair stylist, and make-up artist before joining Pat Sajak on the Wheel of Fortune stage at Sony Pictures Studios.

Wheel of Fortune, America's #1 show in syndication, is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company.  It is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Studios International, both units of CBS Corp.

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