Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show)

*Wheel of Fortune*
Wheel of Fortune
Genre	Game show
Based on	Wheel of Fortune ; by Merv Griffin
Developed by	Merv Griffin
Presented by	Ernie Sigley; John Burgess; Tony Barber; Rob Elliott; Steve Oemcke; Larry Emdur; Tim Campbell; Graham Norton;
Starring	Adriana Xenides; Kerrie Friend; Sophie Falkiner; Laura Csortan; Kelly Landry;
Narrated by	Steve Curtis; John Dean; John Deeks; David Day; Ron E. Sparks; Simon Diaz;
Theme music composer	Jack Grimsley ; 2024 Version: ; Merv Griffin (2024-); John Hoke (2024–) ; Bleeding Fingers Music (2024-)
Opening theme	2024 Version: Changing Keys (2021 version)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	26
No. of episodes	5,093 (Original); 25 (Million Dollar); 5,118 (Total)
Production
Executive producer	Kerri Reid (2024–) ; Tom McLennan (2024–) ; Bellamie Blackstone (2024–)
Production locations	ADS-7 Adelaide, South Australia (1981–87); SAS-7 Adelaide, South Australia (1988–96); Epping, Sydney, New South Wales (1996–2004); Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales (Late 2005–06); Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria (2008); Dock10 Manchester, England (2024–);
Running time	30 minutes (1981–2006, 2008); 60 minutes (2024–)
Production companies	Grundy Television (1981–2006); CBS Paramount International Television (2008); Whisper North (2024–);
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	21 July 1981 –; 28 July 2006
Network	Nine Network
Release	26 May –; 27 June 2008
Network	Network 10
Related
	Wheel of Fortune (American game show)
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Wheel of Fortune is an Australian television game show produced by Grundy Television until 2006, and CBS Studios International in 2008. The program aired on the Seven Network from 1981 to 2004 and January to July 2006, aired at 5:00pm from 1981 to 1989 and from 2004 to 2006 and at 5:30pm from 1989 to 2003, and is mostly based on the same general format as the original American version of the program.

After Wheel of Fortune ended, the format was revived by the Nine Network in 2008 as Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune, until it was cancelled in June 2008 due to low ratings and following arguments from long-time host John Burgess concerning why he did not like the revamped format, which coincidentally was adopted in the United States later that year and has continued with the modified Australian format. The rights to the show are currently owned by Network Ten, which now owns the video and format rights through its parent company, Paramount International Networks, which holds international rights as the American version is distributed by the company's broadcast syndication arm.

An earlier unrelated show also titled Wheel of Fortune had been broadcast on the Nine Network. That version had been developed by Reg Grundy as a radio game show before it transferred to television in 1959.

In 2010, hostess Adriana Xenides died after a long battle with illness; she had been listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving hostess of a television game show until it was surpassed by her US counterpart, Vanna White in 2001.
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