I Love My Country

I Love My Country
Created by Talpa Media
Developed by Gijs van Dam
Directed by Sander Vahle
Country of origin Netherlands
Production company(s) Talpa Productions
Broadcast
Original run 8 March 2008 – present
External links
Production website

I Love My Country (Dutch: Ik hou van Holland) is a Dutch TV program, first aired in the Netherlands on 8 March 2008. A tenth season was aired in late 2012, with an 11th season airing in 2013. Until 2013, two seasons were aired per year on RTL 4.

The show was created by the Dutchman John de Mol (who also created the television formats of Big Brother, Deal or No Deal, and The Voice) and has been sold to at least 25 countries worldwide.

Format

The series is divided into two teams. Each team, led by its captain, has three members, one in each age-category (20–29, 30–39, 40–49). The teams have to answer multiple questions centered on their own home country, like "What is the capital of...", "When did our country end the war with..." etc. At the end of the program the winning team gets a reward typical for their country of origin, like a bicycle in the Netherlands.[1]

International versions

Legend
     Airing
     Cancelled / Ended
     Upcoming
     Original version (Netherlands)
First aired Country Local title Station Host Website
March 2008  Netherlands Ik hou van Holland RTL4 Linda de Mol Link
7 October 2012  Albania E Dua Vendin Tim Top Channel Xhemi Shehu Link
6 January 2013  Belarus Я люблю Беларусь
Ya lublu Belarus
ONT Denis Kurian Link
October 2010  Belgium (Dutch) Zot van Vlaanderen Vtm Rani De Coninck Link
January 2012  Belgium (French) J'aime mon Pays RTL-TVI Thomas Van Hamme Link
March 2011  Bulgaria Az obicham Bŭlgaria
Аз обичам България
Nova Evelina Pavlova Link
March 2009  China Wo Ai Wo De Zhu Guo Sichuan TV Ning Yuan Link
January 2012 I Love China Hubei TV Wang Yinan
Li Ai
September 2012  Croatia Volim Hrvatsku HRT Mirko Fodor Link
October 2008  Czech Republic I love Česko TV Nova Halina Pawlowská Link
7 April 2013 Máme rádi Česko Prima family Libor Bouček Link
November 2010  Denmark Hva' så Danmark DR1 Felix Smith Link
September 2013  Estonia Me armastame Eestit TV3 Eda-Ines Etti Link
28 July 2012  France Tout le monde aime la France! TF1 Sandrine Quetier Link
December 2009  Georgia მე მიყვარს საქართველო
Me miqvars sakartvelo
1TV წამყვანები: მაკა ცინცაძე Link
15 July 2011  Germany Ich liebe Deutschland SAT.1 Jürgen von der Lippe Link
October 2010  Greece Σ'αγαπώ Ελλαδάρα!
S'agapo Elladara!
Alpha TV ? Link
2 October 2011  Hungary Magyarország, szeretlek! m1 Szente Vajk Link
December 2010  Italy I love Italy Rai 2 Claudio Lippi (2010) Link
Massimiliano Ossini &
Alessandra Barzaghi (2011)
March 2009  Poland Kocham Cię Polsko! TVP2 & Polonia Maciej Kurzajewski Link
February 2010  Romania Iubesc România Kanal D Anca Ţurcaşiu Link
October 2010  Serbia Ja volim Srbiju Prva Milorad Mandić Link
May 2014  South Africa I Love South Africa
Ek is lief vir Suid-Afrika
ETV Masechaba Lekalake Link
1 April 2013  Slovakia Milujem Slovensko RTVS Martin Nikodým Link
March 2012  Slovenia Moja Slovenija RTVSLO Mario Galunič Link
1 March 2013  Sweden Hela Sveriges Fredag SVT1 Malin Olsson Link
8 October 2009  United Arab Emirates محلاها بلادي
Mahlaha bladi
Abu Dhabi TV Samah Ahmed Link
3 August 2013  United Kingdom I Love My Country BBC One Gabby Logan Link
July 2009  Ukraine Я Люблю Україну
Ya Lyublyu Ukrayinu
1+1 Yuri Gorbunov Link

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