International versions of ''Wheel of Fortune''

Location of international versions of Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show 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	Hosts	Hostesses	Network	Dates
Argentina	Tiempo Límite ATP	Gerardo Sofovich		América TV	2001
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 November 2005 – July 28, 2006
	Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune	Tim Campbell	Kelly Landry	Nine Network	May 26, 2008 – June 27, 2008
Belgium	Rad van Fortuin	Mike Verdrengh Walter Capiau Bart Kaëll Walter Grootaers Koen Wauters Luc Appermont Bart van den Bossche	Aurore Be Els Deborah Valerie & Zoe	BRT VTM Canvas	1975 1989–97 2004–06
Brazil	Roletrando Roda a Roda	Silvio Santos Patricia Abravanel	Patricia Salvador Cláudia Barone	SBT	1980–93 2003–present
Bulgaria	Колелото на късмета Koleloto na kasmeta	Rumen Lukanov	Jasmina Toshkova	Nova TV	January 18, 2010
Canada English	Wheel of Fortune	TBA	TBA		Not aired yet
Canada French	La Roue chanceuse	Donald Lautrec	Lyne Sarrazin	TQS	May 1, 1989 – 1992
Chile	La Rueda de la Fortuna	Rodolfo Torrealba		Canal 13	1978–79
China	命運之輪	TBA	TBA		Not aired yet
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–)	Maja Vracaric (1993–2002) Iva Jerković (2015–)	HRT1 (1993–2002) RTL Televizija (2015–)	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	Michael Meyer Heim (1988) Bengt Burg (1989–96, 1997–2000) Keld Heick (1996–97) Lars Herlow (2000–01)	Pia Dresner (1988) Carina Jensen (1989–94) Maria Millet (1995–2001)	TV2	October 1, 1988 – 2001
Ecuador	La Rueda de la Fortuna	Pancho Cabanilla		Ecuavisa	2004–present
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)		TV3 (1999–2000) Kanal 2 (2011–13)	1999–2000 2011–13
Finland	Onnenpyörä	Kim Floor (1993) Janne Porkka (1993–2001)	Saija Palin	MTV3	1993–2001
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	Shorena Begashvili	Rustavi 2	March 3, 2011 – present
Germany	Glücksrad	Frederic Meisner Peter Bond Thomas Ohrner	Maren Gilzer Sonya Kraus Katrin Wrobel	Sat.1 kabel eins	November 7, 1988 – October 31, 2002
		Frederic Meisner	Ramona Drews	9 Live	March 2004 – March 2005
	Kinder-Glücksrad	Petra Hausberg	no hostess	Sat.1	1992–93
	Glücksrad-Gala	Peter Bond and Frederic Meisner	Maren Gilzer and Gundis Zambo		1993–96
	Glücksrad	Jan Hahn	Isabel Edvardsson	RTLplus	2016–present
Greece	Ο τροχός της τύχης O trokós tis túkis	George Polychroniou Paul Chaikalis Danis Katranidis Yiannis Koutrakis Peter Polychronidis	Krista Niki Kartsona Julia Nova	ANT1 MEGA Star Channel	1990–96 1997–98 2015–present
Hungary	Szerencsekerék	Tamás Gajdos Viktor Klausmann Vizy András Dóra Prokopp Andrea Szulák	Rácz Zsuzsi	MTV1 TV2 Story4TV	1993–97 1997–2001 2011–12
India	Surf Wheel of Fortune	Mohan Kapoor		Zee TV	1995–97
Indonesia	Roda Impian Pilih atau Dia	Charles Bonar Sirait	Vicki (2001–02) Ike (2002)	SCTV antv Indosiar	August 6, 2001 – August 2, 2002 2003 – July 29, 2005 January 2, 2006 – March 3, 2006
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	1994–2000
Italy	La Ruota Della Fortuna	Mike Bongiorno (1985, 1989–2003) Casti (1987–88) 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)	Canale 5 (1985) Odeon TV (1987–88) Rete 4 (1989–2003) Italia 1 (2007–09)	1985 September 1987 – 1988 1989–2003 2007–09
Japan	ホイール・オブ・フォーチュン	TBA	TBA		Not aired yet
Lithuania	Laimės Ratas				1990s
Macedonia	Тркало На Среќата Trkalo Na Srekata	Igor Dzambazov	Natali Grubovic	A1 Channel	2009–11
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	Televisa	1995–97
Netherlands	Rad van Fortuin	Hans van der Togt Carlo Boszhard Andre Hazes jr. (2016)	Leontine Borsato Patricia Rietveld Cindy Pielstroom Stephanie Tency (2016)	RTL 4 SBS 6	1989 - 1998 2009 August 22, 2016 – present
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
Norway	Lykkehjulet	Ragnar Otnes 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	Telemetro	2001 2011
Peru	La Ruleta de la Suerte	Christian Rivero	Gisela Valcarcel	Frecuencia Latina	2011–12
Philippines	Wheel of Fortune	Rustom Padilla Kris Aquino	Victoria London Zara Aldana & Jasmine Fitzgerald	ABC 5 ABS–CBN	November 19, 2001 – October 2002 January 14 – July 25, 2008
Poland	Koło Fortuny	Wojciech Pijanowski (1992–95) Paweł Wawrzecki (1995) Stanisław Mikulski (1995–98) Krzysztof Tyniec (2007–09) Rafal Brzozowski (2017–present)	Magda Masny (1992–98) Marta Lewandowska (2007–09)	TVP2	October 2, 1992 – September 1, 1998 October 29, 2007 – October 27, 2009 September, 2017 -
Portugal	A Roda da Sorte	Herman José	Ruth & Rita Candido Mota Vanessa Palma	RTP1 SIC	1990–94 2008
Romania	Roata Norocului	Doru Dumitrescu Mihai Calin (1997–99) Liviu Varciu (2012–13) (Adrian Cristea) Bursucu (2015–present)	Cristiana Ruduta Ana Maria Barnoschi	TVR1 Pro TV Kanal D	March 1997 December 1997 – May 1999 June 20, 2012 – present
Russia	Поле чудес Pole Chudes	Vladislav Listyev (1990–91) Leonid Yakubovich (1991–present) Valdis Pelsh (25 December 2002)	Rimma Agafoshina (1991–present)	VID 1TV	October 25, 1990 – present
Serbia	Kolo sreće	Milorad Mandić	Soraja Vučelić	Happy TV	December 2015 – present
Singapore	Wheel of Fortune Singapore	Bernard Lim	Eunice Olsen	MediaCorp Channel 5	May 8, 2002
Slovakia	Koleso šťastia	Jozef Pročko Tibor Hlista Roman Feder Laco Híveš Roman Pomajbo Peter Marcin Lukáš Adamec	Alžbeta Ferencová	STV VTV Markíza	1994–97 July 25, 2016 – January 23, 2017
Slovenia	Kolo sreče	Mito Trefalt	Damjana Golavšek	TV SLO1	1990s
South Africa	Wheel of Fortune	TBA	TBA		Not aired yet
South Korea	행운의 바퀴	TBA	TBA		Not aired yet
Spain	La ruleta de la fortuna La ruleta de la suerte	Mayra Gómez Kemp Ramón García Irma Soriano Bigote Arrocet Mabel Lozano Belén Rueda Fernando Esteso Jesús Vázquez Andoni Ferreño Goyo González Carlos Lozano Jorge Hernandez	Diana Fernandez (1991–97) Paloma Lopez (2006–15) Laura Moure (2015 – present)	Antena 3 Telecinco Antena 3	1990–92 1993–97 2006–present
Sweden	Lykkehjulet Miljonlotteriet Lyckohjulet	Ragnar Otnes Hans Wiklund	Ulrika Nilsson Hannah Graaf	TV3 TV8	1990s 2010
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 Arab Emirates	عجلة الحظ	TBA	TBA		Not aired yet
United Kingdom	Wheel of Fortune	Nicky Campbell (1988–96) Bradley Walsh (1997) John Leslie (1998–2000) Paul Hendy (2001)	Angela Ekaette (1988) Carol Smillie (1989–94) Jenny Powell (1995–2000) 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 July 17, 1989 – September 20, 1991
		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
Venezuela	La Estrella de la Fortuna	Orlando Urdaneta Corina Azopardo Luis Velazco Juan Manuel Montesinos	Maru Winklemann	Venevisión	1984–89
Vietnam	Chiếc nón kỳ diệu	Lại Văn Sâm (first show in 2001) Trịnh Long Vũ (2001–06) Tuấn Tú (2006–13) Danh Tùng (2014-15) Bùi Đức Bảo (2015–2016)	Phạm Thu Hằng (2001–03) Hương Giang (2003–06) MaiKa (2007–09, similar to Wheel 2000 in the U.S.) Hồng Nhung (2009–2016)	VTV3	March 31, 2001 – December 24, 2016[1]

International links

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

References