GAME show contestants are especially enthusiastic on-air, especially when big prizes are at stake.

During a recent episode of The Price is Right, two contestants were especially spirited, shocking the show’s live audience, viewers at home, and even longtime host, Drew Carey.

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Mother-daughter duo Sharol and Tionna managed to win One Bid in contestant’s row, allowing them to move on to play a pricing game.

The duo were ecstatic that their bid – one dollar over a fellow contestant’s – allowed them to secure their spot on the game show.

Sharol and Tionna couldn’t contain their excitement as they jumped up and down.

They briefly hugged Drew Carey who looked on as they danced on-stage, bumping each other’s hips and shaking their hands in the air.

The duo then proceeded to shake, shimmy, and for a brief moment, even grind on Drew Carey.

“Oh, oh, oh!” they exclaimed, cheering and whooping it up.

Drew nervously chuckled, trying hard to contain himself in front of the live audience and viewers at home.

The game show’s Instagram account posted a few clips of the duo, who showed off their sensational dancing skills before proceeding to play the game at hand: the Grand Game.

“These two were fun to watch,” The Price Is Right’s Instagram account wrote in the caption of its post.

“This mother-daughter duo was on *fire*,” the show wrote, over video clips of Sharol and Tionna’s time on stage.

Sharol and Tionna were selected to play the Grand Game, where they had a chance to win up to $10,000 in cash by selecting products under a certain price.

Drew Carey read off the target price, which, for this particular game, was $6.50.

“Now, we have six grocery items here,” he told the duo, adding that “four of them are priced less than $6.50.”

The duo, wearing matching green T-shirts and ripped jeans, nodded, following along as Drew continued to explain the rules.

The Price is Right Hosts

The Price is Right first came on TV in 1972. Fans fell in love with the game show so much that it has been on for over 50 years. Throughout that time, the show has had a few different hosts. Find out who they are below.

Bob Barker – 1972 to June 2007 (also became executive producer in 1988)

Drew Carey – October 2007 to present

Dennis James – filled in for Bob in 1974 when he missed four episodes, also hosted the nighttime version

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“All you have to do is tell me which four [are under that price],” he added.

“Every time you get one right, we’ll add one zero to that board,” Drew said.

The board’s starting price was $1, meaning for each item Sharol and Tionna correctly selected as being under $6.50, they would win $10, $100, $1,000, or the grand prize – $10,000.

The duo were then shown six grocery items, including:

• 16-ounce container of Mom’s Best Cereals Quick Oats
• One Scrub Daddy’s Scrub Mommy Scrubbing Sponge
• Six-count box of Nestlē’s Abuelita Hot Chocolate Tablets
• 25-ounce jar of Yo Mama’s Spicy Marinara Tomato Sauce
• One 0.34-ounce box of Mommy’s Bliss Baby Probiotic Drops
• One 11-ounce package of Grandma’s Frozen Noodles Wide Egg Noodles

“Give me one that you know for sure is less than $6.50,” Drew asked the duo.

The contestants confided in each other before glancing over at the audience, ultimately selecting the noodles.

They were right – the noodles were $4.29, well under the $6.50 maximum.

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“Alright, wow” Drew said, adding that the noodles’ price was, “More than I thought it was going to be.”

Sharol and Tionna then selected the oats, which ended up being $3.29.

“The sponge, the sponge!” the duo shouted before Drew could even ask them what item they had in mind as their next choice.

“That’s a big sponge, man,” Drew quipped, before revealing the price: $4.99.

“There you go,” he added, as the duo’s total moved up to $1,000.

“Hot chocolate, hot chocolate!” Sharol and Tionna yelled as Drew walked towards them.

“You guys have $1,000, you can stop right now if you want, because if you get the next one wrong you lose everything,” Drew chimed in.

“You do get an extra nine grand if you get this next one right,” he added, giving the duo a few seconds to contemplate their decision.

Sharol and Tionna looked at each other before turning to the audience for advice.

The audience agreed with their previous choice, shouting “hot chocolate” at the duo.

“We’re going to go with the hot chocolate,” Sharol told Drew.

Drew slowly walked up to the hot chocolate, before revealing the item’s price: $5.49.

The duo erupted into screams, running around in circles, jumping up and down, and dancing around the stage.

“They bumped up a BIG win…” one user commented, alongside several fire emojis, a bullseye emoji, and an exclamation point emoji.

“Nice one,” they added.

However, not all viewers were as congratulatory towards the pair.

“Hopefully in the future they were learn not to CHEAT to get ahead!! They were ‘dollar up’ bidders. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should…….” one user wrote.

In the contestant’s row, the contestant who bids closest to the retail price of an item – without going over – wins the prize and gets to play a pricing game.

“They didn’t Cheat! It has always been part of the rules. Recently, someone bid $1 over another bidder. Much to everyones surprise, the original bidder was the actual price and won the extra $500,” another user replied.

Contestants who correctly guess the retail price are awarded a $500 cash bonus – or up to $1,000 during the show’s primetime specials.

“That is completely different!! They bid the EXACT price, regardless of how it was done. These two above, bid $1 up from their opponent!! Doesn’t matter if it is allowed, it is still CHEATING!!” the original user exclaimed.

Bidding just $1, or $1 over another contestant, is allowed during One Bid.

“If they would have bid $25 to $50 more, they would have won, but they had to do it this way, which makes them CHEATERS!!” the critic continued.

“KARMA will find them……it always finds their ‘man”!!!!’” they added, clearly upset over the fact the duo managed to make it out of contestant’s row and onto the stage fair and square.

“Quit being a hater !!!!!!” another user commented, defending the duo.

“I will be a ‘hater’, because it isn’t right, & just because you can, doesn’t always mean you should…………KARMA will find them both tenfold!!” the original user replied.

Still, despite the negativity online, Sharol and Tionna are laughing – and grinding – all the way to the bank, as the duo are now $10,000 richer.

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