Culver City (October 20, 2008) - Wheel of Fortune, America's #1 game show,  packed up and went across the ocean to Hawaii's Big Island to tape 20 shows from the beautiful Hilton Waikoloa Village. 

All of the shows, which were shot outdoors at sunset through the evening hours, will feature contestants from the islands (a full list of contestants and hometowns is below) and will air in November. 

This most recent shoot in Hawaii, marks the 55^th location shoot and the 25^th city for Wheel of Fortune.  For these 20 shows, Wheel of Fortune gave away a grand total of $1,029,790 in cash and prizes.

Over 200 staff and Los Angeles-based crew went to Hawaii.  The show employed an additional 200 local crew that included stage crew, production managers, drivers, teamsters, electricians, greensmen, security, heavy equipment operators and production assistants. 

The crew and staff worked from August 20-September 23 to assemble the stage, load in the set and tape the shows. Immediately following the tapings, the set was removed and shipped back to Los Angeles. 

The first week of shows, "Hawaii's Big Island" (airing November 5-7 and November 10-11).  These five shows will feature all Hawaiian residents.  A full list of the contestants and their hometowns are below.

The festivities continue with "Best Friends Week" (airing November 12-14 and November 17-18).  These five shows will feature island buddies playing together.  A full list of the contestants and their hometowns are below.

The third week is "Wheel Goes Waikoloa" (airing November 19-21 and November 24-25).  A full list of the contestants and their hometowns are below.

The fourth week of shows, "Second Honeymoon" will air in February 2009.

Wheel of Fortune is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company.  It is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Paramount International Television, both units of CBS Corp.  

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