Seacrest Reveals ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Secret Even Vanna White Didn’t Know

Wheel of Fortune host Ryan Seacrest has revealed how the show produces the iconic clicking sound when contestants spin the wheel. “Do you know the clicking sound, there are rubber bands—like you used to have with orthodontia on your teeth—that’s what makes the clicking,” said Seacrest, 50, in a Sept. 5 interview with ABC News. The revelation even surprised longtime letter-spinner Vanna White, who has been the show’s co-host for 42 years. “Do you know I never knew that?” she said in the same segment with Good Morning America journalist Trevor Ault. The game show is entering its 43rd season this year, marking Seacrest’s second on Wheel of Fortune after replacing longtime host Pat Sajak last year. White, who has been on the show since 1982, said she is enjoying having Seacrest as host. “I’m not ready to retire,” the 68-year-old said. “I’m having too much fun.” The newest season premiered on Monday, Sept. 8.

Ryan Seacrest is spilling secrets ahead of a new season of “Wheel of Fortune.”

The “Wheel” host, who replaced veteran anchor Pat Sajak in 2024, revealed in an interview with ABC News Sept. 5 what makes that signature clicking noise when contestants spin the wheel.

“Do you know the clicking sound, there are rubber bands – like you used to have with orthodontia on your teeth – that’s what makes the clicking,” Seacrest, 50, told “Good Morning America” journalist Trevor Ault.

“Do you know I never knew that?” Vanna White, the show’s longtime letter turner, responded, prompting some amusement from both Seacrest and Ault. While it is only Seacrest’s second season helming the show, it is White’s 43rd.

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White gushed about Seacrest later in the segment, saying he “did his homework” and that the “transition was amazing.”

“He just slipped right in like he’d been doing it forever,” she said, adding that while Sajak stepped back from the big screen, she’s not eager to follow in his footsteps.

“I’m not ready to retire,” White, 68, said. “I’m having too much fun.”

How to watch ‘Wheel of Fortune’

The newest season of “Wheel” premiered Monday, Sept. 8, and will air every weeknight on ABC at 7:30 p.m. local time, and be available for streaming the following day on Peacock and Hulu.