La Ruota Della Fortuna

La Ruota Della Fortuna is the Italian version of Wheel of Fortune. The show has run nonstop since 1989 on Rete 4 and Canale 5, and switched from a trilon to an electronic board in 2003, like the U.S. version. previously hosted by Mike Bongiorno, the show was hosted by Enrico Papi on Italia 1, and featured Victoria Silvstedt from the French version of the show, La Roue de la Fortune. The Italian version of Wheel went off the air in 2009.

In 1985, the show was one of several game shows that was part of the television series, Pentatlon, which was also hosted by Mike Bongiorno. The show aired on Canale 5. The wheel had 15 wedges compared to the 24 in the 1988-2010 version.

From September 1987 to 1988, the show aired on Odeon TV. This version had the shopping element that the U.S. version, along with several other versions at the time, had. This version had a different host.

This is the only board in the world where if more than one letter was revealed, the hostess only had to touch one and all would simultaneously appear. Prior to its introduction, and like many other versions, the board used trilons.

When the show was on 'Pentatlon' using Italian Lira as its currency, the 15-wedge wheel configuration ran from ₤100,000 to ₤1 Million. On the Odeon version, the number of wedges increased to 24, and amounts ranged from ₤50,000 to ₤1,000,000. In round 3, the amounts increased with ₤100,000 as the smallest and ₤3,000,000 as the biggest. In 1989, ₤1,000,000, ₤1,300,000, and ₤2,000,000 were the top amounts of the first three rounds. The following year, the smallest amount of ₤200,000 increased to ₤300,000, and ₤1,000,000 became the top amount for the first two rounds. This changed from €150 to €500 (€200 to €1,000 in round 3) when Italy decided to go to Euros in 2002. From 1999 to 2001, however, a blue band was inserted at the wheel's edge showing the euro value equivalent to each corresponding wedge. For example, a wedge worth ₤300,000 had a blue band noting that the same wedge was worth €154.94. In 2001, euro and lira values swapped positions. By 2002, the band was removed, and the euro values were changed again, ranging from €50 to €300 (€100 to €600 in round 3).

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