“You apply online, get on a virtual audition with other candidates and go from there, and then you wait to see if you’re selected. “One day I saw an advertisement posted on social media that they were looking for contestants and I applied from the Baltimore train station,” he said.
Oakes was selected as a contestant after a review of his application and virtual audition. It’s really been a lifelong dream of mine to be on the show,” he said.Ĭoincidentally, “A lifelong dream of mine” was one of the puzzles he solved.
“I’ve been watching the show since I was around 2 or 3 years old. Liam Oakes, an Andover resident and Newton High School Class of 2017 graduate, had a chance to fulfill his dream as he tried to guess hidden phrases one letter at a time. Local viewers may have noticed a familiar face on the television game show “Wheel of Fortune” on Feb.
