The Lyrics Board
The Lyrics Board was an Irish game show hosted by Aonghus McAnally and then by 1992 Eurovison Song Contest 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 one to five, from "the board", revealing a word. The team would then have to sing a song with that related word to remain in charge of 'the board'. If the team sing the secret song which is on the board, then this team would win a point, with the team with the most points declared as the winners.
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.
International versions
| Region/Country | Local name | Main presenter | Network | Year premiered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belgium Template:Nl
|
De notenclub | Kurt Van Eeghem 1998 - Anja Daems 1999 | VRT | 1998- 1999 |
| Sing That Song | Peter Van de Veire | VRT | 2013 | |
 Denmark
|
Op På Tangenterne | Michael Bundesen | TVDanmark | 1995–1998 |
| [Hit Med Sangen | Amin Jensen - Peter Kær | DR1 | 2000-04, 2007 | |
 Finland
|
BumtsiBum! | Marco Bjurström | MTV3 | 1997 – 2005, 2017— |
 Indonesia [1]
|
MeLirik Lagu | Indie 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 4 |
2011 - 2015 |
 Netherlands
|
De notenclub | Paula Udondek | kro | 2000-2002 |
| Nance | TROS | 2005 | ||
 Norway
|
På Tangenten | Gunnar Andersen | TV2 | 1996 |
| Kamp i klaveret | Gunnar Andersen | TVNorge | 1997–1998 | |
| Beat for Beat | Ivar Dyrhaug | NRK1 | 1999 | |
 Poland [2]
|
Śpiewające fortepiany | Rudi Schubert | TVP2 | 2001-2006 |
 Russia
|
Два рояля Dva royalya |
Sergei Minaev Valery Syutkin |
Rossiya 1 | 1998-2002 2002-2003 2010-2011 (Repetitions in channel "Questions and Answers".) |
| Sergei Minaev | TVC | 2004-2005 | ||
 Slovenia
|
Odpeto | |||
 Sweden
|
Så ska det låta | Kalle Moraeus | SVT | 1997 |
 Vietnam [3]
|
Trò chơi Âm nhạc | MC Anh Tuan | VTV3 | 2005 |
 Wales [4]
|
The Lyrics Game | Mike Doyle | BBC Wales | 08 August -05 September 2003 |
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