North County Resident To Appear On 'The Price is Right'

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — A woman from San Diego's North County got the chance to "come on down" to "The Price is Right."

Carlsbad resident Colette Garcia is scheduled to appear on Wednesday's episode of television's longest-running game show.

"I love 'The Price is Right,'" Garcia told Patch. "I watch it every day."

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Garcia, a certified massage therapist who has lived in the San Diego area for 15 years, remembers watching "The Price is Right" as a child growing up in California's San Joaquin Valley.

"It was before I was in school, so I must have been 4," she said of when she started watching the Daytime Emmy Award-winning show. "I remember watching 'Sesame Street' and watching 'The Price is Right.'"

Garcia applied to be on the show via the show's website. She had a phone interview and a Zoom interview with the show's producers before she was selected.

"I was ecstatic," she said. "I had a feeling I was going to be picked."

Garcia went to the taping with a friend. It was her first time ever participating in a game show. She could not reveal what game she played and whether or not she won since the episode has not yet aired.

She said the experience was a "blast" and she most enjoyed meeting announcer George Gray and host Drew Carey.

"They are so easy-going and made me feel so comfortable," Garcia said. "It was really fun. I was so happy to have that experience."

The episode featuring Garcia is slated to air at 10 a.m. Wednesday on CBS.