International versions of Wheel of Fortune

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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.

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Complete list of licensed international adaptations

Region or Country	Local name	Host(s)	Hostess(es) or Co-host(s)	Network	Broadcast 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 (aired as a 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
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
	Wheel of Fortune Australia	Graham Norton	No hostess	Network 10[1]	2024
Belgium ( Flanders)	Het Rad der Fortuin	Mike Verdrengh	Un­known	BRT	1976[2]
	Rad van Fortuin	Walter Capiau (1989–94) Bart Kaëll (1994–97)	Aurore Dobbelaere (1989) Bé De Meyere Els Van Dyck (1995) Deborah Ostrega Valerie Raymakers	VTM	1989–97
		Walter Grootaers Koen Wauters Luc Appermont (2004–06) Bart van den Bossche	Zoë van Gastel		2004–06
	Het Rad	Peter Van de Veire	No permanent assistant[a]	VIER	2020 – present
Brazil	Roletrando	Silvio Santos	Marisa Teixeira (1982–91) Cláudia Barone (1991–2003)	SBT	August 23, 1981 – September 26, 2003
	Roda a Roda	Silvio Santos (2003–11, 2013–19, 2021) Patrícia Abravanel (2012–17, 2021–24) Rebeca Abravanel (2017–20, 2022–present) Luís Ricardo (2008–17, 2019, 2021) Silvia Abravanel (2016–17)	Patrícia Salvador (2003–11) Daiane Amêndola (2012–14) Liminha (2005, 2012) Patrícia Abravanel (2013)		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
Cambodia	Un­known			CTN	2009
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
Colombia	La Rueda de La Fortuna	Mauro Urquijo	Laura Tobon	Caracól TV	1998–99
		Gonzalo Vivanco		RCN	2012–13
Croatia	Kolo sreće	Oliver Mlakar	Tanja Tušek (1993–96) Elena Šuran (1996–98) Maja Vračarić (1998–2002)	HRT1	October 25, 1993 – June 21, 2002
		Boris Mirković	Iva Jerković	RTL Televizija	May 18, 2015 – 2017
Czech Republic	Kolotoč	Pavel Poulíček Dalibor Gondík Honza Musil	Adéla Gondíková Radka Rüster	TV Nova	1996 1997–2002
Denmark	Lykkehjulet[3]	Michael Meyer Heim (1988) Bengt Burg (1989–96, 1997–2000) Keld Heick (1996–97) Lars Herlow (2000–01)	Pia Dresner (1988) Carina "Kategorina" Johannesson[4] (1989–94) Elona Sjøgren Maria Hirse (1995–2001)	TV2	October 1, 1988 – December 31, 2001
		Mikkel Kryger	Stephania Potalivo		October 2018
			Kanya Natasja Rørbech	TV 2 Charlie	January 2020 – present
Ecuador	La Rueda de la Fortuna	Pancho Cabanilla	Un­known	Ecuavisa	2004–05
Egypt	دايرة الحياة Dayret Al Hayat	Kareem Kojak	Heba Sameer Goudah	Hayat 2	August 19, 2012 – 2013
Estonia	Õnneratas	Emil Rutiku	Kätlin Piirimäe	TV3	1999–2000
	Suur lotokolmapäev	Mart Sander (2011–12) Kristjan Jõekalda (2012–13)		Kanal 2	2011–13
Finland	Onnenpyörä Onnenpyörä VIP	Kim Floor [fi; de] (1993) Janne Porkka (1993–2001)	Tiina Vierto (1993–95) Susan Sirén (1995–98) Kati Jalojärvi (1998–99) Saija Palin (1999–2001)	MTV3	January 2, 1993 – August 31, 2001
		Jethro Rosted	Sara Sieppi	TV5	February 28, 2018 – October 23, 2019
		Cristal Snow	Niko Saarinen	FOX	2021–present
France	La Roue de la fortune	Michel Robbe (1987) Christian Morin (1987–92) Alexandre Debanne (1993–94) Olivier Chiabodo (1995–97)	Annie Pujol (1987–94) Sandra Rossi (1995) Frédérique Calvez (1995–97)	TF1	January 5, 1987 – March 28, 1997
		Christophe Dechavanne Benjamin Castaldi (January–March 2012)	Victoria Silvstedt Valérie Bègue (January–March 2012)		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 (2023) and Guido Cantz (2024)		RTL Zwei	January 26, 2023 – present
	Kinder-Glücksrad	Petra Hausberg	—	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 Tamás Gajdos (1997–99) András Vízy (1999–2001)	Györgyi Pataki	TV2	1997–2001
		Viktor Klausmann Attila Árpa Andrea Szulák (2012)	Zsuzsa Rácz	Story4	September 19, 2011 – December 31, 2012
		Tibor Kasza	Sydney van den Bosch	TV2	July 19, 2021 – present
Iceland	Svaraðu Strax	Björn Karlsson	Bryndís Schram	Stöð 2	1988–89
India	Surf Wheel of Fortune	Mohan Kapoor	Un­known	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	Augusto "Casti" Mondelli	Raffaella De Riso (1987–88) Michelle Klippstein (1988)	Odeon TV	October 19, 1987 – June 25, 1988
		Mike Bongiorno	Ylenia Carrisi (1989) Paola Barale (1989–95) Roberta Capua (1995) Antonella Elia (1995–96)	Canale 5	March 5, 1989 – June 29, 1996
			Claudia Grego (1996–97) Ana Laura Ribas (1997) Miriana Trevisan (1997–2002) Nancy Comelli (2002–03)	Rete 4	September 9, 1996 – December 20, 2003
		Enrico Papi	Victoria Silvstedt	Italia 1	December 10, 2007 – June 19, 2009
		Gerry Scotti	Samira Lui	Canale 5	May 6, 2024 – present
Kurdistan	چەرخی بەخت Charxi Baxt	Erfan Salamy	Un­known	Kurdmax Show	2017–20
Lebanon	دولاب الحظ Dulab Al Hazi	Un­known		Telé Liban	1988
Lithuania	Laimės Ratas	Saulius Siparis[5][6]	Un­known	TV3[7]	1990s
Malaysia	Roda Impian	Halim Othman (1996–2002) Hani Mohsin (2002–06)	Zalda Zainal Abby Abadi Spell Liza AF1 Irma Hasmie Fauziah Gous	Astro Ria	1996–2006
		Kieran	Fauziah Gous	TV3	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 – February 16, 2024
Moldova	Roata norocului	Dan Negru	Anastasia Fotachi	Prime	November 22, 2019 – present
Mongolia	Агшин Agshin	Un­known		MNB	April 1992 – ?
Netherlands	Rad van Fortuin	Hans van der Togt	Leontine Borsato (1989–1994) Patricia Rietveld (1994–95) Cindy Pielstroom (1996–98)	RTL 4	1989–98
		Carlo Boszhard	Leontine Borsato		2009
		Andre Hazes Jr.	Stephanie Tency [fy; nl]	SBS 6	August 22, 2016 – July 27, 2017
New Zealand	Wheel of Fortune	Phillip Leishman (1991–96) Simon Barnett (1996)	Lana Coc-Kroft	TV2	February 1991 – 1996
Jason Gunn		Sonia Gray Greer Robson (2009)	TV One	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	Ulrika Nilsson Lise Nilsen	TV3	March 13, 1990 – April 16, 1993
Panama	La Rueda de la Fortuna	Rassiel Rodríguez	Nadage Herrera	TVN	2001
		Jorge Ortega		Telemetro	2011
Peru	La Ruleta de la Suerte	Christian Rivero	Gisela Valcárcel	Frecuencia Latina	2011–12
Philippines	Wheel of Fortune	Rustom Padilla	Victoria London	ABC 5	November 19, 2001 – May 31, 2002
	Kris Aquino	Zara Aldana and Jasmine Fitzgerald	ABS–CBN	January 14, 2008 – July 25, 2008
Poland	Koło Fortuny	Wojciech Pijanowski (1992–95) Paweł Wawrzecki (1995) Stanisław Mikulski (1995–98)	Magda Masny	TVP2	October 2, 1992 – September 1, 1998
		Krzysztof Tyniec	Marta Lewandowska		October 29, 2007 – October 27, 2009
		Rafał Brzozowski (2017–19) Norbert "Norbi" Dudziuk (2019–24) Agnieszka Dziekan (2024–present)	Izabella Krzan (2017–24) Błażej Stencel (2024–present)		September 11, 2017 – present
Portugal	A Roda da Sorte	Herman José	Ruth and Rita Candido Mota	RTP1	1990 – December 31, 1993
			Vanessa Palma	SIC	2008
Puerto Rico	Quién Sabe Más	Daniela Droz Carlos Esteban Fonseca	Jose Juan	WIPR-TV	2012–15
Romania	Roata norocului	Daniel Pitei	Diana Stancu	TVR1	March 1997
		Mihai Călin	Iulia Frățilă	Pro TV	December 1997 – May 1999
		Liviu Vârciu (2012–13) Adrian "Bursucu" Cristea (2015–present)	Ana Maria Barnoschi	Kanal D	June 20, 2012 – 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		STV VTV	1994–97
		Lukáš Adamec	Alžbeta Ferencová	Markíza	July 25, 2016 – January 23, 2017
				TV Doma	January 7, 2020 – March 20, 2020
Slovenia	Kolo sreče	Mito Trefalt	Damjana Golavšek	TV SLO1	1990s
		Klemen Bučan[8]	Nataša Naneva[8]	Planet TV	February 13, 2023 – present
South Africa	Wheel of Fortune South Africa	Rorisang Thandekiso	No hostess	SABC 3	April 8, 2024 – present
Spain	La ruleta de la fortuna	Mayra Gómez Kemp (1990) Ramón García (Summer 1990) Irma Soriano (1990–91) Bigote Arrocet (1991–92) Mabel Lozano (1991–92) Belén Rueda (1992)	Diana Fernández (1991–97)	Antena 3	January 25, 1990 – 1992
		Fernando Esteso (1993) Jesús Vázquez (1993–94) Andoni Ferreño (1994–95) Goyo González (1995–96) Carlos Lozano (1996–97)		Telecinco	January 1993 – 1997
	La ruleta de la fortuna junior	Silvia Ruiz	-		1998–1999
	La ruleta de la suerte	Jorge Fernández	Paloma López (2006–15) Laura Moure (2015–present) Bárbara González (2016–20)	Antena 3	April 17, 2006 – present
Sweden	Lyckohjulet	Ragnar Otnes	Ulrika Nilsson	TV3	1990–93
	Miljonlotteriet Lyckohjulet	Hans Wiklund	Hannah Graaf	TV8	2010
Thailand	ลาภติดเลข	Triphop Limpapath	Un­known	Channel 5	1983–84
Turkey	Çarkıfelek	Ümit Güner (1975–86) Tarık Tarcan (1986–95) Halit Kıvanç (1995–96) Yıldo (1996) Mehmet Ali Erbil (1997–2004, 2006, 2008–11, 2015–17) Muazzez Ersoy (2003) Deniz Seki and Emel Müftüoğlu (2004) Arto (2004) Hamdi Alkan (2005) Petek Dinçöz (2011–12) İlker Ayrık (2014) Emre Karayel (2018–20) Onur Büyüktopçu (2020) Cem Davran (2024–present)	Yasemin Koşal (1992–?) Tuğba Özay (2015)	TRT 1 (1975–92) TRT 2 (1986–92) Show TV (1992–96, 2005–06, 2016–17) Cine5 (1995–96) Kanal D (1997–2003, 2014, 2018–20) TGRT (2003–04) atv (2004) Kanal 1 (2008) FOX (2008–09) Flash TV (2009) Star TV (2010, 2015, 2017) TNT (2011–12) TV8 (2024–present)	1975–2006 2008–12 2014–20 2024–present
	Çark 2000	Ataman Erkul	Un­known	Kanal D	2000
United Kingdom	Wheel of Fortune	Nicky Campbell (1988–96) Bradley Walsh (1997) John Leslie (1998–2001) Paul Hendy (2001)	Angela Ekaette (1988) Carol Smillie (1989–94) Jenny Powell (1995–2001) Terri Seymour (2001)	ITV	July 19, 1988 – December 21, 2001
		Graham Norton	No hostess		January 6, 2024 – present
United States	Wheel of Fortune (original version)	Chuck Woolery (1975–81) Pat Sajak (1981–89) Rolf Benirschke (1989)	Susan Stafford (1975–82) Vanna White (1982–89)	NBC	January 6, 1975 – June 30, 1989
		Bob Goen	Vanna White	CBS	July 17, 1989 – January 11, 1991
				NBC	January 14, 1991 – September 20, 1991
		Pat Sajak (1983–2024) Ryan Seacrest (2024–present)		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 – March 1, 2022
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[b]	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) Hồng Nhung (2009–16)	VTV3	March 31, 2001 – December 24, 2016[9]

Notes

Complete list of unlicensed international adaptations

Region or Country	Local name	Host(s)	Hostess(es)	Network	Dates
Malaysia	Roller Kata[10]	Fahrin Ahmad	Deeba Halil	Awesome TV	2021
Russia	Поле чудес Pole Chudes	Vladislav Listyev (1990–91) Leonid Yakubovich (1991–present) Valdis Pelsh (27 December 2002)	Rimma Agafoshina (1997–present)	1TV	October 26, 1990 – present
Taiwan	嚦咕嚦咕樂翻天	Lì gū lì gū lè fāntiān	Un­known		2000s
	全民字多星	Quánmín zì duō xīng (The Wise Man of the Chinese Characters)	Un­known		January 1, 2011 – July 1, 2011
Thailand	เกมปริศนา	Suttipong Thadpitakkul	Un­known	Channel 3	November 2, 2000 – September 27, 2001

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