The Lyrics Board is an Irish game show. Originally hosted by Aonghus McAnally, the show is currently hosted by Eurovision 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 world wide.
The format has been revamped for the 2011-2012 season for TRTÉ using the title Sing![1]
From 2001 to 2006, the Polish TVP2 also produced a show based on "The Lyrics Board" license called "Śpiewające fortepiany" ("Singing pianos") with slightly different rules, hosted by stage and TV personality Rudi Schubert. [2] The show was cancelled in the Spring of 2006 and replaced by a similar one called Doobidoo [3], based on a Swedish concept. There was also a short-lived version on BBC Wales, "The Lyrics Game". [4]