International versions of Wheel of Fortune

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Location of international versions of Wheel of Fortune

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  Former versions

Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show that was created by Merv Griffin and first aired in 1975, with a syndicated version airing since 1983. Since its premiere, the program has been adapted into several international versions. The 1975 version premiered on Australian TV in 1981 and premiered in the UK in 1988. It has also been adapted to numerous countries around the world.

International versions[]

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Region or Country	Local name	Host(s)	Hostess(es)	Network	Dates
Arab World	فالك طيب Falak Tayeb	Yasser Al-Saqqaf	Taima Al-Khateeb Sabine Khaled	MBC 1	January 23, 2022 – present
Argentina	La Rueda De La Fortuna (Segment on Todo al 9)	Berugo Carámbula	María Carámbula	Canal 9	1988–92
	Tiempo Límite	Gerardo Sofovich (2005–06) Alejandro Fantino (2007)	Valeria Urki Agustina Vicoli Ivanna Álvarez	América TV	2005–07
	La Ruleta de tus Sueños	Pamela Davíd	Lucas Loccisano		September 13, 2021 – March 7, 2022
Austria	Glücksrad
Australia	Wheel of Fortune	Ernie Sigley (1981–84) John Burgess (1984–96) Tony Barber (1996) Rob Elliott (1997–2003) Steve Oemcke (2004–05) Larry Emdur (2006)	Adriana Xenides (1981–96, 1997–99) Kerrie Friend (1996–97) Sophie Falkiner (1999–2005) Laura Csortan (2006)	Seven Network	July 21, 1981 – 2004 January 30 – July 28, 2006
	Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune	Tim Campbell	Kelly Landry	Nine Network	May 26, 2008 – June 27, 2008
Belgium ( Flanders)	Het Rad der Fortuin	Mike Verdrengh		BRT	1975
	Rad van Fortuin	Walter Capiau Bart Kaëll Walter Grootaers Koen Wauters Luc Appermont Bart van den Bossche	Aurore Be Els Deborah Valerie & Zoe	VTM	1989–97 2004–06
	Het Rad	Peter Van de Veire		VIER	2020 – present
Brazil	Roletrando Roda a Roda	Silvio Santos Patricia Abravanel Rebecca Abravanel Silvia Abravanel Liminha Luís Ricardo (Silvio was the only host until 2012, since then the program is presented by his daughters (Rebecca, Patrícia and Silvia) and some other presenters of the station.)	Patricia Salvador Cláudia Barone	SBT	August 23, 1981 – September 26, 1993 October 13, 2003 – present
Bulgaria	[bg] Koleloto na kasmeta	Rumen Lukanov	Jasmina Toshkova	Nova TV	January 18, 2010
Canada ( Quebec)	La Roue chanceuse	Donald Lautrec	Lyne Sarrazin	TQS	May 1, 1989 – May 29, 1992
Chile	La Rueda de la Fortuna	Rodolfo Torrealba	Elisa de Larraechea	Canal 13	1979
	La Rueda de la Suerte	Diana Bolocco	Yair Juri		October 19, 2018 – February 16, 2019
China	命运之轮 Mìngyùn zhī lún			—	—
Colombia	La Rueda de La Fortuna	Mauro Urquijo Gonzalo Vivanco	Laura Tobon	Caracól TV RCN	1998–99 2012–13
Croatia	Kolo sreće	Oliver Mlakar (1993–2002) Boris Mirković (2015–)	Tanja Tušek (1993–96) Elena Šuran (1996–98) Maja Vračarić (1998–2002) Iva Jerković (2015–)	HRT1 RTL Televizija	1993–2002 May 18, 2015 – present
Czech Republic	Kolotoč	Pavel Poulicek Dalibor Gondik Honza Musil	Adela Gondikova Radka Ruster	TV Nova	1996 1997–2002
Denmark	Lykkehjulet[1]	Michael Meyer Heim (1988) Bengt Burg (1989–96, 1997–2000) Keld Heick (1996–97) Lars Herlow (2000–01) Mikkel Kryger (2018–)	Pia Dresner (1988) Carina Johannesson,[2] called Kategorina (1989–94) Elona Sjøgren Maria Hirse (1995–2001) Stephania Potalivo (2018) Kanya Natasja Rørbech (2020–)	TV2	October 1, 1988 – 2001 2018–present
Ecuador	La Rueda de la Fortuna	Pancho Cabanilla		Ecuavisa	2004–05
Egypt	دايرة الحياة Dayret Al Hayat	Kareem Kojak	Heba Sameer Goudah	Hayat 2	August 19, 2012 – 2013
Estonia	Õnneratas Suur lotokolmapäev	Emil Rutiku (1999–2000) Mart Sander (2011–12) Kristjan Jõekalda (2012–13)	Kätlin Piirimäe	TV3 Kanal 2	1999–2000 2011–13
Finland	Onnenpyörä (VIP)	Kim Floor [fi; de] (1993) Janne Porkka (1993–2001) Jethro Rosted (2018–2019) Cristal Snow (2021–)	Tiina Vierto (1993–95) Susan Sirén (1995–98) Kati Jalojärvi (1998–99) Saija Palin (1999–2001) Sara Sieppi (2018–19) Niko Saarinen (2021–)	MTV3 TV5 FOX	January 2, 1993 – August 31, 2001 February 28, 2018 – October 23, 2019 2021–present
France	La Roue de la fortune	Michel Robbe (1987) Christian Morin (1987–92) Alexandre Debanne (1993–94) Olivier Chiabodo (1995–97) Christophe Dechavanne (2006–12) Benjamin Castaldi (January–March 2012)	Annie Pujol (1987–94) Sandra Rossi (1995) Frederique Calvez (1995–97) Victoria Silvstedt (2006–12) Valerie Begue (January–March 2012)	TF1	January 5, 1987 – April 1997 August 7, 2006 – March 23, 2012
Georgia	იღბლიანი ბორბალი Igbliani Borbali	Duta Skhirtladze Vaniko Tarkhnishvili	Shorena Begashvili	Rustavi 2	March 3, 2011 – present
Germany	Glücksrad	Frederic Meisner Peter Bond	Maren Gilzer	Sat.1	November 7, 1988 – May 15, 1998
		Frederic Meisner (1998–2001) Thomas Ohrner (2001–02)	Sonya Kraus (1998–2002) Katrin Wrobel (2002)	kabel eins	May 18, 1998 – October 31, 2002
		Frederic Meisner	Ramona Drews	9Live	March 1, 2004 – March 5, 2005
		Jan Hahn	Isabel Edvardsson	RTLplus	October 17, 2016 – February 2018
	Kinder-Glücksrad	Petra Hausberg	no hostess	Sat.1	May 10, 1992 – 1993
	Glücksrad-Gala	Peter Bond and Frederic Meisner	Maren Gilzer and Gundis Zambo		1993–96
Greece  Cyprus	Ο τροχός της τύχης O trochós tis tíchis	Yiorgos Polychroniou (1990–92) Danis Katranidis (1992–94) Pavlos Haikalos (1994–97)	Stella Manola (1990) Krista (1991–97)	ANT1	January 1, 1990 – 1997
		Yiannis Koutrakis	Niki Kartsona	MEGA	1997–98
		Petros Polychronidis	Julia Nova (2015–18) Iosifina Tzouganaki (2018–19) Valia Hatzitheodwrou (2019–21) Natasa Kouvela (2021–)	Star Channel	March 23, 2015 – present
Hungary	[hu]	[hu]  [hu]	[hu]	MTV1	January 2, 1993 – 1997
		[hu] (1997–2001)  [hu] (1997–99) András Vizy (1999–2001)  [hu] (2021–)	Sydney van den Bosch (2021–)	TV2	1997–2001, 2021–present
		[hu]  [hu]  [hu; de] (2012)	Zsuzsi Rácz	[hu]	2011–12
Iceland	Svaraðu Strax	Björn Karlsson	Bryndís Schram	Stöð 2	1988–89
India	Surf Wheel of Fortune	Mohan Kapoor		Zee TV Sony TV	1995–97
Indonesia	[id]	Charles Bonar Sirait	Vicki (2001–02) Ike (2002)	SCTV	August 6, 2001 – August 2, 2002
Iran	چرخ شانس Charkhe Shans	Arash Estilaf	Nasim Arab	MBC Persia	April 3, 2022 – present
Israel	גלגל המזל Galgal HaMazal	Erez Tal Gil Sassover	Efrat Rotem Meirav Levin Galit Burg Ruth Gonzales Ingrid Feldman Tal Man Sigal Shachmon Anat Elimelech	Channel 2	1993–2000
Italy	La Ruota Della Fortuna	Casti (1987–88) Mike Bongiorno (1989–2003) Enrico Papi (2007–09)	Raffaella De Riso (1987–88) Michelle Klippenstein (1988) Ylenia Carrisi (1989, 1992) Paola Barale (1989–95) Roberta Capua (1995) Antonella Elia (1995–96) Claudia Grego (1996–97) Ana Laura Ribas (1997) Miriana Trevisan (1997–2002) Nancy Comelli (2002–03) Victoria Silvstedt (2007–09)	Odeon TV (1987–88) Canale 5 (1989–96) Rete 4 (1996–2003) Italia 1 (2007–09)	October 19, 1987 – June 25, 1988 March 5, 1989 – December 20, 2003 December 10, 2007 – June 19, 2009
Japan	ホイールオブフォーチュン Hoīru obu Fōchun	—	—	—	—
Lithuania	Laimės Ratas				1990s
Malaysia	Roda Impian	Halim Othman (1996–2002) Hani Mohsin (2002–06) Kieran (2009)	Zalda Zainal Abby Abadi Spell Liza AF1 Irma Hasmie Fauziah Gous	Astro Ria TV3	1996–2006 2009
Mexico	La rueda de la fortuna	Laura Flores	Anastasia	Canal de las Estrellas	1995–97
Moldova	Roata norocului	Dan Negru	Anastasia Fotachi	Prime	November 22, 2019 – present
Netherlands	Rad van Fortuin	Hans van der Togt Carlo Boszhard Andre Hazes jr. (2016)	Leontine Borsato Patricia Rietveld Cindy Pielstroom Stephanie Tency [fy; nl]	RTL 4 SBS 6	1989–98 2009 August 22, 2016 – July 27, 2017
New Zealand	Wheel of Fortune	Phillip Leishman Jason Gunn	Lana Coc-Kroft Sonia Gray	TV2 TV One	February 1991 – 1996 April 14, 2008 – May 2, 2009
North Macedonia	Тркало На Среќата Trkalo Na Srekata	Igor Dzambazov	Natali Grubovic	A1 Channel	2009–11
Norway	[no; sv]	[no] Knut Bjørnsen Vendela Kirsebom	Ulrika Nilsson Lise Nilsen	TV3	1990–93 February 26, 2007
Panama	La Rueda de la Fortuna	Rassiel Rodriguez Jorge Ortega	Nadage Herrera	TVN Telemetro	2001 2011
Peru	La Ruleta de la Suerte	Christian Rivero	Gisela Valcárcel	Frecuencia Latina	2011–12
Philippines	Wheel of Fortune	Rustom Padilla Kris Aquino	Victoria London Zara Aldana and Jasmine Fitzgerald	ABC 5 ABS–CBN	November 19, 2001 – May 31, 2002 January 14, 2008 – July 25, 2008
Poland	Koło Fortuny	Wojciech Pijanowski (1992–95) Paweł Wawrzecki (1995) Stanisław Mikulski (1995–98) Krzysztof Tyniec (2007–09) Rafał Brzozowski (2017–19) Norbert "Norbi" Dudziuk (2019–present)	Magda Masny (1992–98) Marta Lewandowska (2007–09) Izabella Krzan (2017–present)	TVP2	October 2, 1992 – September 1, 1998 October 29, 2007 – October 27, 2009 September 11, 2017 – present
Portugal	A Roda da Sorte	Herman José	Ruth and Rita Candido Mota Vanessa Palma	RTP1 SIC	1990–94 2008
Puerto Rico	Quién Sabe Más	Daniela Droz Carlos Esteban Fonseca	Jose Juan	WIPR-TV	2014–16
Romania	Roata norocului	Doru Dumitrescu Mihai Călin (1997–99) Liviu Vârciu (2012–13) Adrian "Bursucu" Cristea (2015–present)	Iulia Frățilă Ana Maria Barnoschi	TVR1 Pro TV Kanal D	March 1997 December 1997 – May 1999 June 20, 2012 – present
Russia	Поле чудес Pole Chudes (partly; not a licensed version)	Vladislav Listyev (1990–91) Leonid Yakubovich (1991–present) Valdis Pelsh (27 December 2002)	Rimma Agafoshina (1997–present)	VID 1TV	October 26, 1990 – TBD in December 2021
	Наше Поле Чудес Nashe Pole Chudes (a licensed version[3])	Leonid Yakubovich	TBD	1TV	TBD in January 2022 – future
Serbia	Kolo sreće	Milorad Mandić	Soraja Vučelić	Happy TV	December 21, 2015 – June 21, 2016
Singapore	Wheel of Fortune Singapore	Bernard Lim	Eunice Olsen	MediaCorp Channel 5	May 2002
Slovakia	Koleso šťastia	Jozef Pročko Tibor Hlista Roman Feder Laco Híveš Roman Pomajbo Peter Marcin Lukáš Adamec	Alžbeta Ferencová	STV VTV Markíza TV Doma	1994–97 July 25, 2016 – January 23, 2017 January 7, 2020 – March 20, 2020
Slovenia	Kolo sreče	Mito Trefalt	Damjana Golavšek	TV SLO1	1990s
South Korea	운의 바퀴 Un-Ui Bakwi
Spain	La ruleta de la fortuna (1990–97) La ruleta de la suerte (2006–present)	Mayra Gómez Kemp (1990) Ramón García (Summer 1990) Irma Soriano (1990–91) Bigote Arrocet (1991–92) Mabel Lozano (1991–92) Belén Rueda (1992) Fernando Esteso Jesús Vázquez (1993–94) Andoni Ferreño (1994–95) Goyo González (1995–96) Carlos Lozano (1996–97) Jorge Fernández (2006–present)	Diana Fernández (1991–97) Paloma López (2006–15) Laura Moure (2015–present)	Antena 3 Telecinco Antena 3	January 25, 1990 – 1992 1993–97 2006–present
Sweden	[sv; no] Miljonlotteriet Lyckohjulet	Ragnar Otnes Hans Wiklund	Ulrika Nilsson Hannah Graaf	TV3 TV8	1990s 2010
Thailand	ลาภติดเลข			Channel 5	1982–84
	เกมปริศนา (not a licensed version)	Suttipong Thadpitakkul		Channel 3	November 2, 2000 - September 27, 2001
	สามเหลี่ยมทอง
Turkey	Çarkıfelek	Ümit Güner Tarık Tarcan Halit Kıvanç Yıldo Mehmet Ali Erbil Ata Demirer Muazzez Ersoy Tuğba Özay Deniz Seki and Emel Müftüoğlu Arto Hamdi Alkan Petek Dinçöz İlker Ayrık		TRT TRT 2 Show TV Cine5 Kanal D Eko Tv Super Kanal TGRT atv Kanal 1 FOX Türkiye Star TV TNT Türkiye Kanal D	1975–92 1986–92 1992–96, 2005–06 1993–96 1997–2003 1997–2000 2002–03 2003–04 2004 2007–08 2008–09 2010 2011–12 2014–present
	Çark 2000	Ataman Erkul		Kanal D	2000
United Kingdom	Wheel of Fortune	Nicky Campbell (1988–96) Bradley Walsh (1997) John Leslie (1998–2001) Paul Hendy (2001)	Angela Ekaette (1988) Carol Smillie (1989–94) Jenny Powell (1995–2001) Terri Seymour (2001)	ITV	July 19, 1988 – December 21, 2001
United States	Wheel of Fortune	Chuck Woolery (1975–81) Pat Sajak (1981–89) Rolf Benirschke (1989) Bob Goen (1989–91)	Susan Stafford (1975–82) Vanna White (1982–91)	NBC (1975–89, 1991) CBS (1989–91)	January 6, 1975 – June 30, 1989; First Run July 17, 1989 - January 11 1991 January 14, 1991 - September 20, 1991; Second Run
		Pat Sajak	Vanna White	Syndication	September 19, 1983 – present
	Wheel 2000	David Sidoni	Tanika Ray (as "Cyber Lucy")	CBS	September 13, 1997 – February 7, 1998
	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Pat Sajak	Vanna White	ABC	January 7, 2021 – present
Uruguay	La Ruleta de la Suerte	Rafa Villanueva	Roxanne Machin	Teledoce	August 11, 2020 – present
Venezuela	La Estrella de la Fortuna	Orlando Urdaneta Corina Azopardo Luis Velazco Juan Manuel Montesinos	Maru Winklemann	Venevisión	1984–89
Vietnam	[vi]	Lại Văn Sâm (first show in 2001) Trịnh Long Vũ (2001–06) Phan Tuấn Tú (2006–13) Lưu Minh Vũ (2013) Danh Tùng (2014–15) Bùi Đức Bảo (2015–16)	Phạm Thu Hằng (2001–03) Hương Giang (2003–07) MaiKa (2007–09, similar to Wheel 2000 in the U.S.) Hồng Nhung (2009–16)	VTV3	March 31, 2001 – December 24, 2016[4]

See also[]

• List of television show franchises

References[]

External links[]

• Official site of the Singapore edition (via internet Archive)