I Love My Country (Dutch TV series)

I Love My Country
Created byTalpa Media
Developed byGijs van Dam
Directed bySander Vahle
Country of originNetherlands
Production
Production companiesTalpa Media (2008–2019)
ITV Studios (2019–present)
Original release
Release8 March 2008 (2008-03-08) –
present

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 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 33 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
  Currently airing
  No longer airing
  Upcoming
  Original version
Country Local title Channel(s) Host(s) First aired
 Albania[2] Dua Vendin Tim Top Channel Xhemi Shehu 2012–2013
2019–2020
 Belarus[3] Я люблю Беларусь
Ya liubliu Belarus		 ONT Denis Kurian 6 January 2013
 Belgium
( Flanders)		 Zot van Vlaanderen VTM Rani De Coninck October 2010
 Belgium
( Wallonia)		 J'aime mon Pays RTL-TVI Thomas Van Hamme January 2012
 Bulgaria[4] Аз обичам България
Az obicham Bŭlgaria		 Nova Evelina Pavlova 25 March 2011 – 26 May 2017
bTV Alexandra Sarchadjieva 23 February 2024 – 24 May 2024
 China 我爱我的祖国
Wǒ ài Wǒ de Zǔ Guó		 Sichuan TV Níng Yuǎn March 2009
I Love China Hubei Television Wáng Yīnán January 2012
Li Ai
 Croatia[5] Volim Hrvatsku HRT Mirko Fodor
Daniela Trbović (2014–2015)		 24 September 2012 – present
 Czech Republic[6][7] I love Česko TV Nova Halina Pawlowská 25 October 2008
Máme rádi Česko Prima Libor Bouček 7 April 2013 – present
 Denmark[8] Hva' så Danmark DR1 Felix Smith 26 November – 30 December 2010
 Estonia[9] Me armastame Eestit TV3 Eda-Ines Etti 20 September 2013 – present
 France[10][11] Tout le monde aime la France ! TF1 Sandrine Quetier 28 July 2012 – 31 May 2013
 Georgia მე მიყვარს საქართველო
Me miqvars sakartvelo		 1TV Maka Tsintsadze December 2009
 Germany[12] Ich liebe Deutschland Sat.1 Jürgen von der Lippe 15 July – 19 August 2011
 Greece Ελλάδα Σ'Αγαπώ
Ellada S'agapó		 Mega Channel Doretta Papadimitriou April 2015
 Hungary[13] Magyarország, szeretlek! M1 (2 October 2011 – 31 December 2014)
Duna (15 March 2015 – 6 June 2021)		 Vajk Szente 2 October 2011 – 6 June 2021
Duna Csaba Pindroch 30 January 2022 – present
 Italy[14][15] I Love Italy Rai 2 Claudio Lippi (2010)
Massimiliano Ossini and
Alessandra Barzaghi (2011)		 31 December 2010 – 31 May 2011
 Latvia[16] Es mīlu Tevi, Latvija! TV3 Artūrs Skrastiņš 31 August 2014 – 15 May 2021
 Lithuania[17] Aš tikrai myliu Lietuvą TV3 Marijonas Mikutavičius 16 February – 14 May 2015
Myliu Lietuvą LRT Ignas Krupavičius 7 October 2023 – present
 Nigeria I love Nigeria ? Stephanie Coker 12 September 2015
 Netherlands Ik hou van Holland RTL 4 Linda de Mol 2008–2016
SBS6 Linda de Mol
Rob Kemps (2022) 		2019–present
 Poland[18] Kocham Cię, Polsko! TVP2 Maciej Kurzajewski (2009–2012)
Barbara Kurdej-Szatan (2016–2018)		 13 March 2009 – 25 November 2012
5 March 2016 – 19 May 2018
 Portugal[19] I Love Portugal RTP1 Filomena Cautela and Vasco Palmeirim
Filomena Cautela and João Paulo Rodrigues		 11 August 2019 – 10 October 2021
30 July 2023 – 20 August 2023
 Romania Iubesc România Kanal D Anca Țurcașiu February 2010
România, jos pălăria! Pro TV Florin Busuioc 19 September 2017
 Russia[20] Я люблю свою страну
Ya lyublyu svoyu stranu 		Channel One Valdis Pelšs 4 November 2023 – present
 Saudi Arabia أحب السعودية
Aheb Assaudia		 SBC Mazroa Almazroa 26 November 2018
 Serbia[21] Ја волим Србију
Ja volim Srbiju 		Prva
RTS 1 		Milorad Mandić† (2010–2011)
Nina Seničar (2016–2018)
Dragana Kosjerina (2019–present) 		23 October 2010 – present
 South Africa I Love South Africa E.tv Masechaba Lekalake May 2014
 Slovakia[22] Milujem Slovensko Jednotka Martin Nikodým 1 April 2013 – present
 Slovenia[23] Moja Slovenija RTVSLO 1 Mario Galunič 10 March 2012 – 25 October 2014
 Spain[24] Typical Spanish La 1 Frank Blanco 19 June – 24 August 2020
 Sweden Hela Sveriges fredag! SVT1 Malin Olsson 1 March 2013
 Thailand I Love Thailand Channel 3 Puttachat Pongsuchat 20 March 2016
 United Arab Emirates محلاها بلادي
Mahlaha bladi		 Abu Dhabi TV Samah Ahmad 8 October 2009
 United Kingdom[25] I Love My Country BBC One Gabby Logan 3 August – 28 September 2013
 Ukraine Я люблю Україну
Ya ljublju Ukrajinu		 1+1 (seasons 1-2)
TET (season 3)		 Lidiya Taran (season 1)
Yuriy Horbunov (season 2)
Kseniya Mishyna (season 3)		 27 September – 21 November 2009
22 March – 16 August 2012
19 March 2023 – present

References

  1. ^ "Ik Hou van Holland". Talpa. Archived from the original on 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  2. ^ "Nostalgji: "Dua vendin tim" - Premierë, 17 Dhjetor 2019". YouTube. 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Я люблю Беларусь".
  4. ^ "Аз обичам България - BTV Media Group - BTV".
  5. ^ "Volim Hrvatsku - 11. Sezona".
  6. ^ "I love Česko — kdo je kdo? | TV Nova". June 2014.
  7. ^ "Máme rádi Česko online ke zhlédnutí | prima+".
  8. ^ "Hva' så Danmark". 11 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Me armastame Eestit – TV3".
  10. ^ "Nouveau numéro de Tout le monde aime la France avec Sandrine Quétier". 26 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Assistez à l'émission "Tout le monde aime la France" sur "TF1" avec "Sandrine Quétier"".
  12. ^ "Ich liebe Deutschland". 15 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Magyarország, szeretlek!". 3 October 2012.
  14. ^ "Rai Due - I Love Italy - I Love Italy".
  15. ^ "I love Italy la sfida tra vip condotta da Claudio Lippi su Rai Due".
  16. ^ "Es mīlu Tevi, Latvija!". 21 August 2014.
  17. ^ "Myliu Lietuvą". 7 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Kocham Cię Polsko". Archived from the original on 2017-06-25.
  19. ^ "I Love Portugal - Concursos - RTP".
  20. ^ "ТВ-шоу «Я люблю мою страну» : актеры, время выхода и описание на Первом канале / Channel One Russia".
  21. ^ "Manda domaćin kviza". 29 September 2010.
  22. ^ "Televízny archív – pôvodná tvorba i športové relácie online - STVR".
  23. ^ "Moja Slovenija".
  24. ^ "'Typical Spanish ', el nuevo programa de Frank Blanco para TVE". 28 February 2020.
  25. ^ "BBC One - I Love My Country".