The Lyrics Board

The Lyrics Board was an Irish game show hosted by Aonghus McAnally and then by Eurovision Song Contest 1992 winner Linda Martin. In each episode there are two teams. Each team consists of a piano player/team captain who is joined by two celebrities/singers, at either side. A team would choose a number from "the board", which had 4 to 6 numbers to choose from, revealing a word. The team would then have to sing, and play on the piano, a song with that related word to remain in charge of 'the board'. However, up to two numbers would reveal a "skip", a very common word such as "a" or "the", which if revealed would result in loss of control of the board. If the team sing the secret song whose lyrics is on the board, then this team would win a point, with the team with the most points declared as the winners.

The Lyrics Board
Also known as	Sing!
Genre	Game show
Created by	Philip Kampff Andy Ruane
Presented by	Aonghus McAnally Kevin Hough Linda Martin John Keogh Brendan Shine Brian Ormond
Country of origin	Ireland
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	RTÉ, TRTÉ
Running time	180 minutes approx including commercials
Production company	Like It Love It
Original release
Network	RTÉ, TRTÉ
Release	1992 (1992) – 2012 (2012)

Team captains on the show included former Eurovision winner Paul Harrington, Kyron & The Strangels frontman Kyron Bourke, You're A Star Musical Director Ronan Johnston and Jim Sheridan, keyboard player with the Camembert Quartet. 26 different versions have been produced worldwide.

The format was revamped for the 2011–2012 season by RTÉ for its TRTÉ strand. The new version of the format was called Sing! and was presented by former Pop Idol contestant Brian Ormond with former Six member Emma O'Driscoll and Royseven frontman Paul Walsh acting as team captains.

All programmes of it online were made available on RTE Player Christmas 2021 to celebrate 60 years of television.

By 2024, Norway is the only country that still produces their version of the show. The station NRK has bought the rights to the show, and does now own the concept.

International versions

Region/Country	Local name	Main presenter	Network	Year premiered
Belgium (Flanders)	De notenclub	Kurt Van Eeghem (1998) Anja Daems (1999–2004)	VRT	1998–2004
	Sing That Song	Peter Van de Veire		2013–2014
Czech Republic	Hvězdy u piana	Helena Vondráčková Daniel Barták Petr Vondráček	TV Prima	February 16 – April 14, 2006
Denmark	Op På Tangenterne	Michael Bundesen	TVDanmark	1995–1998
	Hit Med Sangen	Amin Jensen Peter Kær	DR1	2000–2004 2007
Finland	BumtsiBum! Bumtsibum	Marco Bjurström Kalle Lindroth	MTV3	1997–2005 2017
	Bumtsibum	Jaana Pelkonen	Nelonen	2021
Indonesia	MeLirik Lagu	Indy Barends	Trans7	2004–2006
Italy	Non sparate sul pianista	Carlo Conti	Rai Uno	2010
		Fabrizio Frizzi		2012
Lebanon	هيك منغني Heik Menghanni	Maya Diab	MTV Lebanon MBC 1	2011–2015
Netherlands	De notenclub	Paula Udondek	kro	2000–2002
		Nance	TROS	2005
Norway	På Tangenten	Gunnar Andersen	TV2	1996
	Kamp i klaveret		TVNorge	1997–1998
	Beat for Beat	Ivar Dyrhaug (1999–2015) Atle Pettersen (2016–present)	NRK1	1999–present
Poland	Śpiewające fortepiany	Rudi Schuberth	TVP2	2001–2006
Romania	Duelul pianelor	Adrian Enache	TVR2	2016–2018
Russia	Два рояля Dva royalya	Sergei Minaev Valery Syutkin	RTR/Rossiya	1998–2001 2002–2003
		Sergei Minaev	TVC	2004–2005
Slovenia	Odpeto	?	TOP TV	2013
South Africa	Liriekeraai	Soli Philander	kykNET	2001–2003
Sweden	Så ska det låta	Peter Harryson (1997–2005) Peter Settman (2006–2013) Kalle Moraeus (2014–2017) Sarah Dawn Finer (2018–2020)	SVT2 (1997–2000) SVT1 (2001–2020)	1997–2020
Vietnam	Trò chơi Âm nhạc	Vũ Anh Tuấn Diễm Quỳnh Lại Văn Sâm (2nd anniversary special only)	VTV3	September 2, 2005 – October 31, 2012
Wales	The Lyrics Game	Mike Doyle	BBC One Wales	August 8 – September 5, 2003

See also

• Don't Forget the Lyrics! another lyrics-themed game show
• The Singing Bee (American game show) another lyrics-themed game show

External links

• The Lyrics Board @ pearsontv
• The Lyrics Board at IMDb