Retired Central NY teacher competes on ‘The Price is Right’: How did she do?

Come on down! A Central New York woman got a chance to win big prizes on “The Price is Right.”

Linda Kennedy, a retired teacher from Oneida, N.Y., competed on the popular game show Thursday. She identified herself as being from “Syracuse,” but later shouted out Clinton Elementary School in Oneida County, where she previously taught.

So how did she do?

Kennedy first made it to Contestants Row, and advanced to the stage alongside host Drew Carey when she successfully bid $1,201 on a telescope. The actual retail price was $1,870, but she was the closest contestant because she bid $1 more than the next highest guess of $1,200.

Upon meeting Carey, he joked about their similarly festive shirts. She said she was a “snowbird” who splits her time between CNY and Myrtle Beach.

Carey then invited Kennedy to play the “Coming or Going” game, where she had to guess the value of a luxury trip to Yellowstone National Park. The choices were $6,358 or $8,536, and Kennedy opted for $6,358 thanks to some encouragement from the crowd — and was correct.

Kennedy got a chance to advance to the Showcase Showdown, spinning the big wheel and trying to get as close to $1 without going over. She didn’t win, but still got to say hi to her husband, two children and “everyone” at Clinton Elementary before leaving with a big smile on her face.

Kennedy told WKTV that she sat in the audience for three tapings of “The Price is Right” before her name was called to “come on down.” She said producers were looking for energy and fun people.

“I’m dancing and chatting with everybody,” Kennedy told the Utica TV station, “and they’re trying to get the crowd going. And then they take you into a room. 10 people at a time, and they interview you. You talk for like 20 to 30 seconds. Where are you from? Why are you here? Do you have a story? …They use that [information] to decide if you’re going to get on.”

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