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 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.
International versions Legend Currently airing No longer airing Upcoming Original version
Country Local title Channel(s) Host(s) First aired Dua Vendin Tim Top Channel Xhemi Shehu 2012–20132019–2020 Я люблю Беларусь ONT Denis Kurian 6 January 2013 () Zot van Vlaanderen VTM Rani De Coninck October 2010 () J'aime mon Pays RTL-TVI Thomas Van Hamme January 2012 Аз обичам България Nova Evelina Pavlova 25 March 2011 – 26 May 2017 bTV Alexandra Sarchadjieva 23 February 2024 – 11 December 2025 我爱我的祖国 Sichuan TV Níng Yuǎn March 2009I Love China Hubei Television Wáng Yīnán January 2012 Li Ai Volim Hrvatsku HRT Mirko FodorDaniela Trbović 24 September 2012 – present I love Česko TV Nova Halina Pawlowská 25 October 2008 Máme rádi Česko Prima Libor Bouček 7 April 2013 – present Hva' så Danmark DR1 Felix Smith 26 November – 30 December 2010 Me armastame Eestit TV3 Eda-Ines Etti 20 September 2013 – present Tout le monde aime la France ! TF1 Sandrine Quetier 28 July 2012 – 31 May 2013 მე მიყვარს საქართველო 1TV Maka Tsintsadze December 2009 Ich liebe Deutschland Sat.1 Jürgen von der Lippe 15 July – 19 August 2011 Ελλάδα Σ'Αγαπώ Mega Channel Doretta Papadimitriou April 2015 Magyarország, szeretlek! M1 Duna Vajk Szente 2 October 2011 – 6 June 2021 Duna Csaba Pindroch 30 January 2022 – present I Love Italy Rai 2 Claudio Lippi Massimiliano Ossini andAlessandra Barzaghi 31 December 2010 – 31 May 2011 Es mīlu Tevi, Latvija! TV3 Artūrs Skrastiņš 31 August 2014 – 15 May 2021 Aš tikrai myliu Lietuvą TV3 Marijonas Mikutavičius 16 February – 14 May 2015 Myliu Lietuvą LRT Ignas Krupavičius 7 October 2023 – present I love Nigeria ? Stephanie Coker 12 September 2015 Ik hou van Holland RTL 4 Linda de Mol 2008–2016SBS6Linda de MolRob Kemps 2019–present Kocham Cię, Polsko! TVP2 Maciej Kurzajewski Barbara Kurdej-Szatan Marzena Rogalska 13 March 2009 – 25 November 20125 March 2016 – 19 May 20186 March 2026 – present I Love Portugal RTP1 Filomena Cautela and Vasco PalmeirimFilomena Cautela and João Paulo Rodrigues 11 August 2019 – 10 October 202130 July – 20 August 2023 Iubesc România Kanal D Anca Țurcașiu February 2010 România, jos pălăria! Pro TV Florin Busuioc 19 September 2017 Я люблю мою странуChannel OneValdis Pelšs4 November 2023 – present أحب السعودية SBC Mazroa Almazroa 26 November 2018 Ја волим Србију Prva RTS 1 Milorad Mandić† Nina Seničar Dragana Kosjerina Perduv 23 October 2010 – present I Love South Africa E.tv Masechaba Lekalake May 2014 Milujem Slovensko Jednotka Martin Nikodým 1 April 2013 – 23 May 2025 TV JOJ 31 December 2025 – present Moja Slovenija TV SLO 1 Mario Galunič 10 March 2012 – 25 October 2014 Typical Spanish La 1 Frank Blanco 19 June – 24 August 2020 Hela Sveriges fredag! SVT1 Malin Olsson 1 March 2013 I Love Thailand Channel 3 Puttachat Pongsuchat 20 March 2016 محلاها بلادي Abu Dhabi TV Samah Ahmad 8 October 2009 I Love My Country BBC One Gabby Logan 3 August – 28 September 2013 Я люблю Україну 1+1 TET Lidiya Taran Yuriy Horbunov Kseniya Mishyna Daria Petrozhytska 27 September – 21 November 200922 March – 16 August 201219 March 2023 – present
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