International versions of Wheel of Fortune

Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show that was 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 adaptations. 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.

Location of international versions of Wheel of Fortune
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International versions

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Complete list of international adaptations
Region or Country Local name Host(s) Hostess(es) Network Dates
 Arab World فالك طيب
Falak Tayeb
Yasser Al-Saqqaf Taima Al-Khateeb
Sabine Khaled
MBC 1 January 23, 2022 – present
 Argentina La Rueda De La Fortuna
(Segment on Todo al 9)
Berugo Carámbula María Carámbula Canal 9 1988–92
Tiempo Límite Gerardo Sofovich (2005–06)
Alejandro Fantino (2007)
Valeria Urki
Agustina Vicoli
Ivanna Álvarez
América TV 2005–07
La Ruleta de tus Sueños Pamela Davíd Lucas Loccisano September 13, 2021 – March 7, 2022
 Austria Glücksrad
 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 – July 28, 2006
Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune Tim Campbell Kelly Landry Nine Network May 26, 2008 – June 27, 2008
 Belgium
( Flanders)
Het Rad der Fortuin Mike Verdrengh BRT 1975
Rad van Fortuin Walter Capiau
Bart Kaëll
Walter Grootaers
Koen Wauters
Luc Appermont
Bart van den Bossche
Aurore
Be
Els
Deborah
Valerie & Zoe
VTM 1989–97
2004–06
Het Rad Peter Van de Veire VIER 2020 – present
 Brazil Roletrando
Roda a Roda
Silvio Santos
Patricia Abravanel
Rebecca Abravanel
Silvia Abravanel
Liminha
Luís Ricardo (Silvio was the
only host until 2012,
since then the program is
presented by his daughters
(Rebecca, Patrícia and Silvia)
and some other presenters of the station.)
Patricia Salvador
Cláudia Barone
SBT August 23, 1981 – September 26, 1993
October 13, 2003 – present
 Bulgaria Колелото на късмета
Koleloto na kasmeta
Rumen Lukanov Jasmina Toshkova Nova TV January 18, 2010
 Canada
( Quebec)
La Roue chanceuse Donald Lautrec Lyne Sarrazin TQS May 1, 1989 – May 29, 1992
 Chile La Rueda de la Fortuna Rodolfo Torrealba Elisa de Larraechea Canal 13 1979
La Rueda de la Suerte Diana Bolocco Yair Juri October 19, 2018 – February 16, 2019
 China 命运之轮
Mìngyùn zhī lún
 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 (2015–17)
Tanja Tušek (1993–96)
Elena Šuran (1996–98)
Maja Vračarić (1998–2002)
Iva Jerković (2015–17)
HRT1
RTL Televizija
1993–2002
May 18, 2015 – 2017
 Czech Republic Kolotoč Pavel Poulíček
Dalibor Gondík
Honza Musil
Adéla Gondíková
Radka Rüster
TV Nova 1996
1997–2002
 Denmark Lykkehjulet[1] Michael Meyer Heim (1988)
Bengt Burg (1989–96, 1997–2000)
Keld Heick (1996–97)
Lars Herlow (2000–01)
Mikkel Kryger (2018–)
Pia Dresner (1988)
Carina Johannesson,[2] called Kategorina (1989–94)
Elona Sjøgren
Maria Hirse (1995–2001)
Stephania Potalivo (2018)
Kanya Natasja Rørbech (2020–)
TV2 October 1, 1988 – December 31, 2001
October 2018 – present
 Ecuador La Rueda de la Fortuna Pancho Cabanilla Ecuavisa 2004–05
 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)
Kätlin Piirimäe TV3
Kanal 2
1999–2000
2011–13
 Finland Onnenpyörä (VIP) Kim Floor (1993)
Janne Porkka (1993–2001)
Jethro Rosted (2018–2019)
Cristal Snow (2021–)
Tiina Vierto (1993–95)
Susan Sirén (1995–98)
Kati Jalojärvi (1998–99)
Saija Palin (1999–2001)
Sara Sieppi (2018–19)
Niko Saarinen (2021–)
MTV3
TV5
FOX
January 2, 1993 – August 31, 2001
February 28, 2018 – October 23, 2019
2021–present
 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)
Frédérique Calvez (1995–97)
Victoria Silvstedt (2006–12)
Valérie Bègue (January–March 2012)
TF1 January 5, 1987 – March 28, 1997
August 7, 2006 – March 23, 2012
 Georgia იღბლიანი ბორბალი
Igbliani Borbali
Duta Skhirtladze
Vaniko Tarkhnishvili
Shorena Begashvili Rustavi 2 March 3, 2011 – present
 Germany Glücksrad Frederic Meisner
Peter Bond
Maren Gilzer Sat.1
November 7, 1988 – May 15, 1998
Frederic Meisner (1998–2001)
Thomas Ohrner (2001–02)
Sonya Kraus (1998–2002)
Katrin Wrobel (2002)
kabel eins May 18, 1998 – October 31, 2002
Frederic Meisner Ramona Drews 9Live March 1, 2004 – March 5, 2005
Jan Hahn Isabel Edvardsson RTLplus October 17, 2016 – February 2018
Sonya Kraus
Thomas Hermanns
Sonya Kraus
Thomas Hermanns
RTL Zwei January 26, 2023 – present
Kinder-Glücksrad Petra Hausberg no hostess Sat.1 May 10, 1992 – 1993
Glücksrad-Gala Peter Bond and Frederic Meisner Maren Gilzer and Gundis Zámbó 1993–96
 Greece
 Cyprus
Ο τροχός της τύχης
O trochós tis tíchis
Yiorgos Polychroniou (1990–92)
Danis Katranidis (1992–94)
Pavlos Haikalos (1994–97)
Stella Manola (1990)
Krista (1991–97)
ANT1 January 1, 1990 – 1997
Yiannis Koutrakis Niki Kartsona MEGA 1997–98
Petros Polychronidis Julia Nova (2015–18)
Iosifina Tzouganaki (2018–19)
Valia Hatzitheodwrou (2019–21)
Natasa Kouvela (2021–)
Star Channel March 23, 2015 – present
 Hungary Szerencsekerék Tamás Gajdos
Viktor Klausmann
Dóra Prokopp MTV1 January 2, 1993 – 1997
Viktor Klausmann (1997–2001)
Tamás Gajdos (1997–99)
András Vízy (1999–2001)
Tibor Kasza (2021–)
Györgyi Pataki (1997–2001)
Sydney van den Bosch (2021–)
TV2 1997–2001
July 19, 2021 – present
Viktor Klausmann
Attila Árpa
Andrea Szulák (2012)
Zsuzsa Rácz Story4 September 19, 2011 – 2012
 Iceland Svaraðu Strax Björn Karlsson Bryndís Schram Stöð 2 1988–89
 India Surf Wheel of Fortune Mohan Kapoor Zee TV
Sony TV
1995–97
 Indonesia Roda Impian Charles Bonar Sirait Vicki (2001–02)
Ike (2002)
SCTV August 6, 2001 – August 2, 2002
 Iran چرخ شانس
Charkhe Shans
Arash Estilaf Nasim Arab MBC Persia April 3, 2022 – present
 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 1993–2000
 Italy La Ruota Della Fortuna Casti (1987–88)
Mike Bongiorno (1989–2003)
Enrico Papi (2007–09)
Gerry Scotti (2023)
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)
Odeon TV (1987–88)
Canale 5 (1989–96, 2023)
Rete 4 (1996–2003)
Italia 1 (2007–09)
October 19, 1987 – June 25, 1988
March 5, 1989 – December 20, 2003
December 10, 2007 – June 19, 2009
2023 TBA
 Japan ホイールオブフォーチュン
Hoīru obu Fōchun
 Kurdistan چەرخی بەخت
Charxi Baxt
Kurdmax Show 2017–20
 Lebanon دولاب الحظ
Dulab Al Hazi
Telé Liban 1988
 Lithuania Laimės Ratas 1990s
 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 Canal de las Estrellas 1995–97
La Rueda de la Suerte Rafael Mercadante Curvy Zelma Cherem Azteca Uno July 31, 2023 – present
 Moldova Roata norocului Dan Negru Anastasia Fotachi Prime November 22, 2019 – present
 Mongolia Агшин
Agshin
 ???  ??? MNB April 1992 – ?
 Netherlands Rad van Fortuin Hans van der Togt
Carlo Boszhard
Andre Hazes jr. (2016)
Leontine Borsato
Patricia Rietveld
Cindy Pielstroom
Stephanie Tency
RTL 4
SBS 6
1989–98
2009
August 22, 2016 – July 27, 2017
 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
 North Macedonia Тркало На Среќата
Trkalo Na Srekata
Igor Dzambazov Natali Grubovic A1 Channel 2009–11
 Norway Lykkehjulet Ragnar Otnes
Knut Bjørnsen
Vendela Kirsebom
Ulrika Nilsson
Lise Nilsen
TV3 March 13, 1990 – April 16, 1993
February 26, 2007
 Panama La Rueda de la Fortuna Rassiel Rodríguez
Jorge Ortega
Nadage Herrera TVN
Telemetro
2001
2011
 Peru La Ruleta de la Suerte Christian Rivero Gisela Valcárcel Frecuencia Latina 2011–12
 Philippines Wheel of Fortune Rustom Padilla
Kris Aquino
Victoria London
Zara Aldana and Jasmine Fitzgerald
ABC 5
ABS–CBN
November 19, 2001 – May 31, 2002
January 14, 2008 – July 25, 2008
 Poland Koło Fortuny Wojciech Pijanowski (1992–95)
Paweł Wawrzecki (1995)
Stanisław Mikulski (1995–98)
Krzysztof Tyniec (2007–09)
Rafał Brzozowski (2017–19)
Norbert "Norbi" Dudziuk (2019–present)
Magda Masny (1992–98)
Marta Lewandowska (2007–09)
Izabella Krzan (2017–present)
TVP2 October 2, 1992 – September 1, 1998
October 29, 2007 – October 27, 2009
September 11, 2017 – present
 Portugal A Roda da Sorte Herman José Ruth and Rita Candido Mota
Vanessa Palma
RTP1
SIC
1990 – December 31, 1993
2008
 Puerto Rico Quién Sabe Más Daniela Droz
Carlos Esteban Fonseca
Jose Juan WIPR-TV 2014–16
 Romania Roata norocului Doru Dumitrescu
Mihai Călin (1997–99)
Liviu Vârciu (2012–13)
Adrian "Bursucu" Cristea (2015–present)
Iulia Frățilă
Ana Maria Barnoschi
TVR1
Pro TV
Kanal D
March 1997
December 1997 – May 1999
June 20, 2012 – present
 Russia Поле чудес
Pole Chudes (partly; not a licensed version)
Vladislav Listyev (1990–91)
Leonid Yakubovich (1991–present)
Valdis Pelsh (27 December 2002)
Rimma Agafoshina (1997–present) VID
1TV
October 26, 1990 – present
 Serbia Kolo sreće Milorad Mandić Soraja Vučelić Happy TV December 21, 2015 – June 21, 2016
 Singapore Wheel of Fortune Singapore Bernard Lim Eunice Olsen MediaCorp Channel 5 May 8, 2002 – April 2, 2003
 Slovakia Koleso šťastia Jozef Pročko
Tibor Hlista
Roman Feder
Laco Híveš
Roman Pomajbo
Peter Marcin
Lukáš Adamec
Alžbeta Ferencová STV
VTV
Markíza
TV Doma
1994–97
July 25, 2016 – January 23, 2017
January 7, 2020 – March 20, 2020
 Slovenia Kolo sreče Mito Trefalt Damjana Golavšek TV SLO1 1990s
Klemen Bučan[3] Nataša Naneva[4] Planet TV February 13, 2023 – present
 South Korea 운의 바퀴
Un-Ui Bakwi
 Spain La ruleta de la fortuna (1990–97)
La ruleta de la suerte (2006–present)
Mayra Gómez Kemp (1990)
Ramón García (Summer 1990)
Irma Soriano (1990–91)
Bigote Arrocet (1991–92)
Mabel Lozano (1991–92)
Belén Rueda (1992)
Fernando Esteso (1993)
Jesús Vázquez (1993–94)
Andoni Ferreño (1994–95)
Goyo González (1995–96)
Carlos Lozano (1996–97)
Jorge Fernández (2006–present)
Diana Fernández (1991–97)
Paloma López (2006–15)
Laura Moure (2015–present)
Antena 3
Telecinco
Antena 3
January 25, 1990 – 1992
1993–97
April 17, 2006 – present
 Sweden Lyckohjulet
Miljonlotteriet Lyckohjulet
Ragnar Otnes
Hans Wiklund
Ulrika Nilsson
Hannah Graaf
TV3
TV8
1990–93
2010
 Taiwan 嚦咕嚦咕樂翻天
(not a licensed version)
Lì gū lì gū lè fāntiān 2000s
全民字多星
(not a licensed version)
Quánmín zì duō xīng (The Wise Man of the Chinese Characters) January 1, 2011 – July 1, 2011
 Thailand ลาภติดเลข Triphop Limpapath Channel 5 1983–84
เกมปริศนา
(not a licensed version)
Suttipong Thadpitakkul Channel 3 November 2, 2000 – September 27, 2001
 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
Emre Karayel
Onur Büyüktopçu
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
2018–20
2020
Çark 2000 Ataman Erkul Kanal D 2000
 United Kingdom Wheel of Fortune Nicky Campbell (1988–96)
Bradley Walsh (1997)
John Leslie (1998–2001)
Paul Hendy (2001)
Graham Norton (2024)
Angela Ekaette (1988)
Carol Smillie (1989–94)
Jenny Powell (1995–2001)
Terri Seymour (2001)
TBA (2024)
ITV July 19, 1988 – December 21, 2001
2024
 United States Wheel of Fortune (original version) 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 – January 11, 1991
January 14, 1991 – September 20, 1991
Pat Sajak (1983–2024)
Ryan Seacrest (2024–)
Vanna White Syndication September 19, 1983 – present
Wheel 2000 David Sidoni Tanika Ray (as "Cyber Lucy") CBS September 13, 1997 – February 7, 1998
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Pat Sajak Vanna White ABC January 7, 2021 – present
 Uruguay La Ruleta de la Suerte Rafa Villanueva Roxanne Machin Teledoce August 11, 2020 – present
 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)
Phan Tuấn Tú (2006–13)
Lưu Minh Vũ (2013)
Danh Tùng (2014–15)
Bùi Đức Bảo (2015–16)
Phạm Thu Hằng (2001–03)
Hương Giang (2003–07)
MaiKa (2007–09, similar to Wheel 2000 in the U.S.)
Hồng Nhung (2009–16)
VTV3 March 31, 2001 – December 24, 2016[5]

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