[Applause] whe of for and now together for the first time here are the stars of our show Ryan Crest and Vanna White there's a new spin to Wheel of Fortune this season here to share some of the surprises we can expect from season 42 we welcome Vanna White and her new co-host Ryan secis good morning you two nice to see you Helen 42 can you believe it Vana can you can you believe that I was 12 when I started and Ryan how does it feel I mean I feel like you were kind of made for this show well thank you I will I'll accept that um it does feel natural I have to say Helen this is something that um is so super exciting for me personally obviously professionally but personally it's a show that I have loved as a viewer I have grown up watching I get to work with my friend of over 20 years here in Vana White so it feels a bit surreal but super super exciting well it's a tradition in a lot of households that people get ready to watch the show and it's become a part of our our family tradition I mean now you're a part of that yeah I mean I remember growing up if I did well on a test my parents would treat me to Mexican food but on a Friday night but we couldn't go till after wheel for and so I remember late dinner at laaz Mexican restaurant in Atlanta after wheel but it has that sort of meaning for people all across the country well I looked on your Instagram and you look like as a kid you were ready to host a talk show or I'm sorry a game show I mean you were like you would wear your suit and tie just like look at this is this not a adorable grab your devices time for the first tossup worth $1,000 that's what I was thinking in that photo right there I mean look this is something I've always wanted to do I used to I didn't told van this I used to read the Atlanta Journal and Constitution news newspaper out loud as a 9 10 year-old to practice just being on the air wow oh gosh okay Vanna how is this transition been for you it's been seamless you know he did his homework he rehearsed he's re rehearsed numerous times and he's so professional and so good um he's doing a great job did anything surprise you when he came on board no it didn't really I mean I expected him to be good and he was good good I mean there's there was nothing there were no surprises for me let's ask her in a year okay do you two have any pre uh show rituals at all I mean look we we we get there and we start it's a busy day we do a lot of in a day so it's a pretty hectic pace but we kind of like that I think we we like the efficiency of the show we have these this new set you can see behind us and there's there's a double door sliding door and when we're behind that door we just quickly say have fun what are you doing this weekend and oh by the way is there anything in my teeth I love that okay Ryan let's talk about your love life it's very important to me I want to find out how your doggies are doing well thank you I'm glad that you are concerned about the the love in my life Georgia yes we're sharing a taco Tuesday night that was um that was actually on a night before American Idol I remember and Georgia she can't eat that but she can C certainly smell it yeah and you do you have two dogs yeah there's oio and Georgia one is uh the Youth of the canine culture and the other is the wiser of Kine culture I I got you and Van I know you're big golf fan I don't know how you have time to do that because golf takes a lot of time but you love to golf right absolutely do here I am at the Myrtle Beach Classic last May it was so much fun um and I I hope to uh go back again next year what are you looking forward to this season because as you mentioned there's a new set but there are other surprises as well for the viewers right we have some we have some great surprises coming up as a matter of fact this week I give away a surprise so you have to watch that some too I've added a few things to certain winners along the way different contestants we had the NFL prize on the premier night um there's a I'm gonna take somebody backstage at the ihart radio music festival in Las Vegas coming up in a couple weeks as an extra prize and I did give away for Thursday night's episode someone won a trip to somewhere in America where Taylor Swift is performing on the same night wow may be getting some upfront tickets to see Taylor and I think that took them by big surprise oh my gosh that's incredible Ryan how do you do it all I mean there's American Idol there's your your radio show there's your charity there's Wheel of Fortune how are there two of you no there's not there's just one sort of average size me um I just you know I I plan I have a pretty efficient schedule but it it all works out you know this this show the production of this and Idol we do work together to make sure that there's no conflicts but somehow it all works out it does keep me busy I will tell you that I'm trying to get on the golf course with van at some point because she wants me to learn with her I do I get it well congratulations on the new season we're very excited for it thank you both so much great to see you thanks so much you take care you too you can watch Wheel of Fortune week nights at 7:30 right here on K2 and we'll be right back with more am Northwest don't go away [Music]