Fri, Jun 24, 1988
This has been the 99th and last episode conducted by Augusto Mondelli. The game show will return on television on March 5th, 1989, on Canale 5, one of the 3 channels of the Mediaset Group, and will be conducted by Mike Bongiorno.
Sat, Mar 4, 1989
This has been the first episode conducted by the "king of the Italian Quiz show", Mike Bongiorno, who will conduct 3,125 episodes, up to December 20th, 2003.
Sat, Sep 30, 1989
This has been the first episode in which the assistant of Mike Bongiorno was Paola Barale, who will remain until 1995, when she will be replaced by Antonella Elia.
Wed, Jun 30, 1993
This has been an episode broadcasted on the same day of the death of the competition judge Illy Reale, died in the evening because of a car accident. He will continue to appear in the game show for several weeks since the episodes were already recorded. Later he will be replaced by Alvise Borghi.
Thu, Jan 20, 1994
This has been the first of 3 special episodes of the game show titled "La Ruota d'Oro" ("The Wheel of Gold") and broadcasted in prime time for 3 consecutive Fridays. There were 3 phases: the first was dedicated to the competition of 3 children between 8 and 10 years of age to win toys, the second was dedicated to the competition of 3 celebrities and the third was dedicated to the champions of the previous episodes.
Thu, Jan 27, 1994
This has been the second of 3 special episodes of the game show titled "La Ruota d'Oro" ("The Wheel of Gold") and broadcasted in prime time for 3 consecutive Fridays. There were 3 phases: the first was dedicated to the competition of 3 children between 8 and 10 years of age to win toys, the second was dedicated to the competition of 3 celebrities and the third was dedicated to the champions of the previous episodes.
Thu, Feb 3, 1994
This has been the third and last of 3 special episodes of the game show titled "La Ruota d'Oro" ("The Wheel of Gold") and broadcasted in prime time for 3 consecutive Fridays. There were 3 phases: the first was dedicated to the competition of 3 children between 8 and 10 years of age to win toys, the second was dedicated to the competition of 3 celebrities and the third was dedicated to the champions of the previous episodes.
Sun, Sep 17, 1995
This has been the first episode in which the assistant of Mike Bongiorno was Antonella Elia (in place of Paola Barale), who will remain until end season in 1996. The opening graphic and musical theme was replaced by a new theme sung, "Gira la ruota" ("Spin the wheel"), as well as the set design has been redesigned.
Mon, May 13, 1996
This has been a "special" episode: all 3 competitors were part of the "Club Internazionale Super 100, grasso è bello", founded in 1987. Angela Masini has also participated in Viaggi di nozze (1995), a movie directed and starred by Carlo Verdone.
Sun, Sep 8, 1996
This has been the first episode broadcasted on Rete 4. This change was chosen by the Mediaset Group due to a decrease of the audience and a general redesign of schedules of the 3 TV channels of the group, Rete 4, Canale 5 and Italia 1. The game show will be broadcast on Rete 4 until its conclusion in 2003. Also, this has been the first episode in which the assistant of Mike Bongiorno was Claudia Grego, in place of Antonella Elia, who however took part in this episode as a competitor.
Fri, Jun 27, 1997
This has been the last episode in which the competition judge was Alvise Borghi, who will be replaced by Davide Tortorella from the next season, which will begin on September 8th, 1997.
Sun, Sep 7, 1997
This has been the first episode in which the assistant of Mike Bongiorno was Miriana Trevisan (in place of Claudia Grego), who will remain for 5 years until 2002. The competition judge Alvise Borghi was replaced by Davide Tortorella, who will remain until the end of the game show (December 20th, 2003).
Sun, Mar 7, 1999
This has been an episode for which, on the occasion of International Women's Day, Mike Bongiorno wanted the 3 competitors were all women.
Fri, Dec 24, 1999
This episode has been broadcasted on Christmas Day and for the occasion the competitors were 3 celebrities of television: Dario Ballantini, Alessia Mancini and Fiorella Pierobon. The accumulated prize money was given to beneficence to "Fondo Amici di Paco", a national association founded in June 1997 for the protection of dogs abandoned or mistreated.
Sun, Dec 31, 2000
This episode has been broadcasted on the first day of the 3rd millennium (it was Monday), and for the occasion Mike Bongiorno wanted to invite as competitors 3 "special" people: the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton (which on January 20th will leave the White House after 8 years), the actor Richard Gere (in Italy to present his new movie Autumn in New York (2000)), and the singer Ivana Spagna. All 3 have accepted the invitation.
Fri, May 25, 2001
This has been an episode broadcasted on the same day of the 77th birthday of Mike Bongiorno. For the occasion, the collaborators of the game show have prepared a big cake to celebrate it in the studio, and the competition judge Davide Tortorella has prepared a speech of greeting.
Sun, Dec 30, 2001
In this episode, the last in 2001, all the competitors were some collaborators of the game show itself: the director Mario Bianchi, the competition judge Davide Tortorella, the assistant Miriana Trevisan, the studio assistant Giovanni Fabbrini, the set designer Sonia Balzani, the makeup artist Rosanna Forte, and others. The accumulated prize money was given to beneficence to Emergency, the Italian humanitarian association, founded on May 15th, 1994 in Milan, to offer medical and surgical care to civilian victims of war.
Sun, Sep 15, 2002
This has been the first episode in which the assistant of Mike Bongiorno was Nancy Comelli (in place of Miriana Trevisan), who was the last assistant since she will remain until the end of the game show (December 20th, 2003).
Sun, Dec 1, 2002
This has been the episode number 3000 conducted by Mike Bongiorno. For the occasion, the game show did return 3 of the best competitors in recent years and also the ex-competition judge Alvise Borghi. The competitors who participated in the 3000 episodes were over 7000.
Fri, Dec 19, 2003
This has been the last episode of this game show, conducted for 2 years by Augusto Mondelli (99 episodes) and for 14 years by Mike Bongiorno (3,125 episodes). Its conclusion was chosen by the Mediaset Group due to the excessive cost of the rights (EUR 4,000 per episode) of the original American format Wheel of Fortune (1975) and the large drop in audience suffered by the last edition. At the end, just before the toast, Bongiorno thanked all collaborators. For the occasion, also the ex-competition judge Alvise Borghi was present in the studio. Unfortunately Bongiorno had to give up the presence of Illy Reale, who died in 1993 due to a car accident.