I Love My Country

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

First aired	Country	Local title	Station	Host	Website
March 2008	Netherlands	Ik hou van Holland	RTL4	Linda de Mol	Link
7 October 2012	Albania	Dua Vendin Tim	Top Channel	Xhemi Shehu	Link
6 January 2013	Belarus	Я люблю Беларусь Ya liubliu Bielaruś	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 Danijela Trbović	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
April 2015	Greece	Ελλάδα Σ' Αγαπώ Ellada Sagapo	MegaTV	Doretta Papadimitriou	Link
2 October 2011	Hungary	Magyarország, szeretlek!	M1 (former) Duna (current)	Szente Vajk	Link
December 2010	Italy	I love Italy	Rai 2 (Original) Rai World Premium (Multiple)	Claudio Lippi (2010)	Link
				Massimiliano Ossini & Alessandra Barzaghi (2011)
August 2014	Latvia	Es mīlu Tevi, Latvija!	TV3	Artūrs Skrastiņš	Link
2015 ≌TBA/TBC	Lithuania	Aš tikrai myliu Lietuvą	TV3	Marijonas Mikutavičius	Link
12 September 2015	Nigeria	I love Nigeria		Stephanie Coker	TBA
March 2009-2012, 5 march 2016-	Poland	Kocham Cię, Polsko!	TVP2 & Polonia	Maciej Kurzajewski (2009–2012) Barbara Kurdej-Szatan (2016–)	Link
February 2010	Romania	Iubesc România	Kanal D	Anca Ţurcaşiu	Link
October 2010 October 2016	Serbia	Ja volim Srbiju	Prva RTS	Milorad Mandić Nina Seničar	Link 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	Jednotka	Martin Nikodým	Link
March 2012	Slovenia	Moja Slovenija	RTVSLO	Mario Galunič	Link
1 March 2013	Sweden	Hela Sveriges Fredag	SVT1	Malin Olsson	Link
20 March 2016	Thailand	I Love Thailand	ThaiTV3	Puttachat Pongsuchat	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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