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
March 2008	Netherlands	Ik hou van Holland	RTL4	Linda de Mol
7 October 2012	Albania	Dua Vendin Tim	Top Channel	Xhemi Shehu
6 January 2013	Belarus	Я люблю Беларусь Ya liubliu Bielaruś	ONT	Denis Kurian
October 2010	Belgium (in Dutch)	Zot van Vlaanderen	Vtm	Rani De Coninck
January 2012	Belgium (in French)	J'aime mon Pays	RTL-TVI	Thomas Van Hamme
March 2011	Bulgaria	Аз обичам България Az obicham Bŭlgaria	Nova	Evelina Pavlova
March 2009	China	Wo Ai Wo De Zhu Guo	Sichuan TV	Níng Yuǎn
January 2012		I Love China	HB (Hubei) TV	Wáng Yīnán
				Li Ai
September 2012	Croatia	Volim Hrvatsku	HRT	Mirko Fodor Danijela Trbović 2014
25 October 2008	Czech Republic	I love Česko	TV Nova	Halina Pawlowská
7 April 2013		Máme rádi Česko	Prima family	Libor Bouček
November 2010	Denmark	Hva' så Danmark	DR1	Felix Smith
September 2013	Estonia	Me armastame Eestit	TV3	Eda-Ines Etti
28 July 2012	France	Tout le monde aime la France! Champions du monde 2018-1998 :(☹2× & Uefa National legaue 9-09"'.18	TF1	Sandrine Quetier
December 2009	Georgia	მე მიყვარს საქართველო Me miqvars sakartvelo	1TV	წამყვანები: მაკა ცინცაძე
15 July 2011	Germany	Ich liebe Deutschland	SAT.1	Jürgen von der Lippe
April 2015	Greece	Ελλάδα Σ' Αγαπώ Ellada Sagapo	MegaTV	Doretta Papadimitriou
2 October 2011	Hungary	Magyarország, szeretlek!	M1 (former) Duna (current)	Vajk Szente
December 2010	Italy	I love Italy	Rai 2 (Original) Rai World Premium (Multiple)	Claudio Lippi (2010)
				Massimiliano Ossini & Alessandra Barzaghi (2011)
August 2014	Latvia	Es mīlu Tevi, Latvija!	TV3	Artūrs Skrastiņš
2015	Lithuania	Aš tikrai myliu Lietuvą	TV3	Marijonas Mikutavičius
12 September 2015	Nigeria	I love Nigeria		Stephanie Coker
13 March 2009- 25 November 2012, 5 March 2016-	Poland	Kocham Cię, Polsko!	TVP2 & Polonia	Maciej Kurzajewski (2009–2012) Barbara Kurdej-Szatan (2016–)
February 2010	Romania	Iubesc România	Kanal D	Anca Ţurcaşiu
19 September 2017		Romania, jos palaria!	Pro TV	Florin Busuioc
October 2010 October 2016 February 2018	Serbia	Ja volim Srbiju	Prva (seasons 1 & 3) RTS (season 2)	Milorad Mandić (season 1) Nina Seničar (since season 2)
May 2014 I do not Know...…..¸	South Africa	I Love South Africa Ek is lief vir Suid-Afrika	ETV	Masechaba Lekalake
1 April 2013	Slovakia	Milujem Slovensko	Jednotka	Martin Nikodým
March 2012	Slovenia	Moja Slovenija	RTVSLO	Mario Galunič
1 March 2013	Sweden	Hela Sveriges Fredag	SVT1	Malin Olsson
20 March 2016	Thailand	I Love Thailand	ThaiTV3	Puttachat Pongsuchat
8 October 2009	United Arab Emirates	محلاها بلادي Mahlaha bladi	Abu Dhabi TV	Samah 'Ahmad
3 August 2013	United Kingdom	I Love My Country	BBC One	Gabby Logan
July 2009 2012	Ukraine	Я Люблю Україну Ja Ljublju Ukrajinu	1+1	Lidiia Taran Yury Horbunov

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