Lip Sync Battle is an American musical reality competition television series which premiered on April 2, 2015, on the American cable network Spike, later known as Paramount Network. The show is based on an idea by Stephen Merchant and John Krasinski, in which celebrities battle each other with lip sync performances. The idea was introduced as a recurring segment on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and later The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, before being developed into a separate show.
The premiere episode was the highest-rated premiere in Spike's history. Lip Sync Battle has been a hit show for the network. The series' success has led to the creation of various international adaptations. In August 2018, the show was renewed for a fifth season which premiered on January 17, 2019.
On September 22, 2020, it was announced that the series would move to another ViacomCBS network as part of the Paramount Network's upcoming shift to films. However, no new home for the program has been announced since then.
International versions[]
| Country | Local title | Network | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arab World | ليب سينك باتل بالعربي Lip Sync Battle Bel Arabi |
MBC 1 | Abdallah Al-Nasr |
| Brazil | Batalha do Lip Sync (as part of Domingão com Huck) |
TV Globo | Luciano Huck and Rafael Portugal |
| Canada | Lip Sync Battle: Face à Face | MusiquePlus, V | Joel Legendre and Marie-Soleil Dion |
| Chile | Lip Sync Chile | TVN | Karen Doggenweiler |
| China | 对口型大作战 Lip Sync Battle |
Shenzhen TV, Sohu | Nic Li and Yu Shasha |
| Hungary | Playback párbaj | RTL Spike, RTL Klub | Laci Gáspár and Zsófi Szabó |
| India | Lip Sing Battle | Star Plus | Farah Khan |
| Indonesia | Celebrity Lip Sync Battle Indonesia | NET. | Ananda Omesh |
| Lebanon | Lip Sync Battle Waleha | LBCI | Dolly Ayash and Tarek Abou Jaoude |
| Mexico | Lip Sync Mexico | Comedy Central, Azteca 7 | Nicky Jam and Adriana Ron Pedrique |
| Morocco | Lip Sync Battle Maroc | Al Aoula | Ali Mesbahi |
| Panama | Lip Sync Battle Panamá | TVMax | Ingrid De Ycaza, Miguel Oyola and Franklyn Robinson |
| Peru | Los reyes del playback | Latina Televisión | Cristian Rivero, Jesús Alzamora and Jazmín Pinedo |
| Philippines | Lip Sync Battle Philippines | GMA Network | Michael V. and Iya Villania |
| Poland | Lip Sync Battle. Ustawka | player.pl | Natalia Jakuła and Piotr Kędzierski |
| Portugal | Lip Sync Portugal – Playback Total | SIC | César Mourão and João Manzarra |
| Russia | Короли фанеры Kings of Lip Sync |
Channel One | Pavel Priluchnyy and Yana Koshkina |
| South Africa | Lip Sync Battle Africa | MTV Africa, e.tv | Peal Thusi and D'Banj |
| Thailand | Lip Sync Battle Thailand | One HD 31, GMM 25 | Niti Chaichitathorn Panisara Arayasakul (season 1) Thanakrit Panichwit (season 2) |
| Ukraine | 对口型大作战 Lip Sync Battle |
1+1 | Potap Tina Karol (season 1) Lesia Nikitiuk (season 2) |
| United Kingdom | Lip Sync Battle UK | Channel 5 | Mel B and Professor Green |
| United States | Lip Sync Battle | Paramount Network | LL Cool J and Chrissy Teigen |
| Vietnam | Kỳ Phùng Địch Thủ – Lip Sync Battle | HTV7 | Vân Sơn, Ngọc Trinh and Trấn Thành |