Whoopi Goldberg to bring Win Your Country quiz show to US
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Michelle Clancy
| 27 November 2018

Independent format company Small World IFT has inked a partnership with Whoopi Goldberg’s One Hoe Productions and Red Arrow Studios company 44 Blue Productions to develop a brand new US version of Win Your Country!, a primetime quiz format.

Originally created by Romania’s Zucchero Media for TVR2, Win Your Country! is a studio-based game show where contestants answer questions about their nation. Players compete over three intense rounds, battling it out state-by-state, region-by-region, or city by city. Each contestant starts with a chosen territory and must “conquer” neighbouring regions by answering a series of questions about that specific territory. From there, remaining opponents try to reach each other’s territory first, leaving just one to battle for the prize money in the final round. The format is a tension-packed quiz show that gives audiences a chance to play along and test their own knowledge and patriotism of the place they call home.

The new US adaptation is now in development.

“We love the civic nature of this show and the positive focus on unity and identity,” said Goldberg. “It gives the players and the audience a chance to take pride in the place they call home and have a great time doing it, along with a little healthy competition. We think US audiences will love Win Your Country!, and Small World, 44 Blue and Noah Bonnett are the perfect partners to bring it to life here.”

Tim Crescenti, president at Small World IFT, added: “The format guarantees plenty of humour, fast-paced quiz/trivia action and viewer interaction. One Hoe and 44 Blue were quick to recognise its strong potential for the US market. And to partner with a rare EGOT (Emmy-Grammy-Oscar-Tony) winner like Whoopi Goldberg, we couldn’t be more thrilled and honoured.”

Now in its fourth season in Romania, with 200 episodes produced, Win Your Country! is TVR2’s number one show, airing nightly in primetime and regularly tripling the channel’s audience share. The format is also currently in development for a Canadian broadcaster and optioned in France.