MIPCOM Spotlight: Like It Love It International

CANNES: This year marks the 25th season of The Lyrics Board on public broadcasters NRK in Norway and SVT in Sweden.

The prime-time format has traveled to nearly 40 countries. “The message for this year’s MIPCOM is that The Lyrics Board is Singing with the Stars,” says Andy Ruane, co-creator of the format and the managing director of Like It Love It International. “Instead of dancing, the stars are singing.”

In the show, a line from a song is hidden behind The Lyrics Board and one of the two teams must guess what song the line is from. The teams feature two piano-playing captains joined by four singing celebrities each week. “The Lyrics Board is a classic long-running celebrity game show,” says Ruane. “In the U.S. we want Elton John and Billy Joel as the team captains, and we want to shoot in Vegas.”