I Love My Country (Dutch TV series)

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I Love My Country
Created by Talpa Media
Developed byGijs van Dam
Directed bySander Vahle
Country of originNetherlands
Production
Production companies Talpa 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.

Contents

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
CountryLocal titleChannel(s)Host(s)First aired
Flag of Albania.svg Albania [2] Dua Vendin Tim Top Channel Xhemi Shehu2012–2013
2019–2020
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus [3] Я люблю Беларусь
Ya liubliu Belarus
ONT Denis Kurian 6 January 2013
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
(Flag of Flanders.svg Flanders)
Zot van Vlaanderen VTM Rani De Coninck October 2010
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
(Flag of Wallonia.svg Wallonia)
J'aime mon Pays RTL-TVI Thomas Van Hamme January 2012
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria [4] Аз обичам България
Az obicham Bŭlgaria
Nova Evelina Pavlova25 March 2011 – 26 May 2017
bTV Alexandra Sarchadjieva23 February 2024 – present
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 我爱我的祖国
Wǒ ài Wǒ de Zǔ Guó
Sichuan TV Níng YuǎnMarch 2009
I Love China Hubei Television Wáng YīnánJanuary 2012
Li Ai
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia [5] Volim Hrvatsku HRT Mirko Fodor
Daniela Trbović (2014–2015)
24 September 2012 – present
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic [6] [7] I love Česko TV Nova Halina Pawlowská 25 October 2008
Máme rádi Česko Prima Libor Bouček7 April 2013 – present
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark [8] Hva' så Danmark DR1 Felix Smith26 November – 30 December 2010
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia [9] Me armastame Eestit TV3 Eda-Ines Etti 20 September 2013 – present
Flag of France.svg France [10] [11] Tout le monde aime la France ! TF1 Sandrine Quetier 28 July 2012 – 31 May 2013
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia მე მიყვარს საქართველო
Me miqvars sakartvelo
1TV Maka TsintsadzeDecember 2009
Flag of Germany.svg Germany [12] Ich liebe Deutschland Sat.1 Jürgen von der Lippe 15 July – 19 August 2011
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Ελλάδα Σ'Αγαπώ
Ellada S'agapó
Mega Channel Doretta PapadimitriouApril 2015
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary [13] Magyarország, szeretlek! M1 (2 October 2011 – 31 December 2014)
Duna (15 March 2015 – 6 June 2021)
Vajk Szente2 October 2011 – 6 June 2021
Duna Csaba Pindroch30 January 2022 – present
Flag of Italy.svg Italy [14] [15] I Love Italy Rai 2 Claudio Lippi (2010)
Massimiliano Ossini and
Alessandra Barzaghi (2011)
31 December 2010 – 31 May 2011
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia [16] Es mīlu Tevi, Latvija! TV3 Artūrs Skrastiņš 31 August 2014 – 15 May 2021
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania [17] Aš tikrai myliu Lietuvą TV3 Marijonas Mikutavičius 16 February – 14 May 2015
Myliu Lietuvą LRT Ignas Krupavičius7 October 2023 – present
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria I love Nigeria? Stephanie Coker 12 September 2015
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Ik hou van Holland RTL 4 Linda de Mol 2008–2016
SBS6 Linda de Mol
Rob Kemps (2022)
2019–present
Flag of Poland.svg 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
Flag of Portugal (official).svg 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 – 20 August 2023
Flag of Romania.svg Romania Iubesc România Kanal D Anca ȚurcașiuFebruary 2010
România, jos pălăria! Pro TV Florin Busuioc 19 September 2017
Flag of Russia.svg Russia [20] Я люблю свою страну
Ya lyublyu svoyu stranu
Channel One Valdis Pelšs 4 November 2023 – present
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia أحب السعودية
Aheb Assaudia
SBC Mazroa Almazroa26 November 2018
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia [21] Ја волим Србију
Ja volim Srbiju
Prva (23 October 2010
– 26 July 2011; 18 February
– 17 July 2018)

RTS 1
(23 October 2016 – 4 June
2017; 23 September 2019 – present)
Milorad Mandić(2010–2011)
Nina Seničar (2016–2018)
Dragana Kosjerina Perduv (2019–present)
23 October 2010 – present
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa I Love South Africa E.tv Masechaba LekalakeMay 2014
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia [22] Milujem Slovensko Jednotka Martin Nikodým 1 April 2013 – present
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia [23] Moja Slovenija RTVSLO 1 Mario Galunič10 March 2012 – 25 October 2014
Flag of Spain.svg Spain [24] Typical Spanish La 1 Frank Blanco19 June – 24 August 2020
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Hela Sveriges fredag! SVT1 Malin Olsson 1 March 2013
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand I Love Thailand Channel 3 Puttachat Pongsuchat20 March 2016
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates محلاها بلادي
Mahlaha bladi
Abu Dhabi TV Samah Ahmad8 October 2009
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom [25] I Love My Country BBC One Gabby Logan 3 August – 28 September 2013
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Я люблю Україну
Ya ljublju Ukrajinu
1+1 (2009, 2012)
TET (2023–present)
Lidiya Taran (2009)
Yuriy Horbunov (2012)
Kseniya Mishyna (19 March 2023 – 14 February 2025)
Daria Petrozhytska (30 March 2025 – present)
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".