formatLyrics Board remains Strong
Tuesday March 11, 2014

RTÉ's game show The Lyrics Broad continues to be a strong title for RTÉ and its producers. In a recent report into TV Formats in Europe the programme came in at 58 on the top 100 list of formats airing on European TV in 2013. The report puts The Lyrics Board ahead of major programmes such as The X-Factor, Wife Swap, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Undercover Boss, Take Me Out and Masterchef. Acording to a report carried out by Digital TV Research the value of TV formats in 2012 was $2.931 billion. The Lyrics Board was originally produced by Like It, Love It Productions for RTÉ and hosted by Aonghus McAnally in the 1990s. The series returned to RTÉ in the 2000s hosted this time by Linda Martin. RTÉ produced a young people's version of the show for TRTÉ in 2011, it was called Sing!