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'''''Lip Sync Battle''''' is an American musical reality competition television series that ran from 2015-2019, initially on Creator/SpikeTV and later on the Creator/ParamountNetwork. Created by Creator/StephenMerchant and Creator/JohnKrasinski and hosted by Music/LLCoolJ and supermodel Chrissy Tiegen, the show features two or more celebrities battling each other with performances lip-syncing to music. The idea was initially introduced as a recurring segment on Creator/JimmyFallon's iterations of ''Series/LateNight'' and ''[[Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon The Tonight Show]]'', with participants including Merchant himself, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, Music/MileyCyrus and Creator/TomCruise, before being spun off into its own show.
The series ran for five seasons between 2015 and 2019, with future seasons in DevelopmentHell, while a spin-off, ''Lip Sync Battle Shorties'', in which (non-famous) children were the contestants, aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, hosted by Creator/NickCannon and Jojo Siwa.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Regularly invoked by the song choices, either alluding to the contestant's own work, their competitor, or to LL Cool J.
** Music/QueenLatifah, Willie Geist and Creator/CalebMcLaughlin all performed LL Cool J songs while dressed as him (specifically, "Rock the Bells", "I Need Love" and "I'm Bad" respectively).
** Creator/WillArnett performed "Everything Is Awesome" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', in which he voices Batman.
** While they competed on their episode, Creator/TerrenceHoward and Creator/TarajiPHenson also performed "[[Music/ThreeSixMafia It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp]]" together, alluding to their roles as its (in-universe) creators in ''Film/HustleAndFlow''.
** Creator/JennaDewan performed "Pony" by Ginuwine in a routine based on the one her then-husband (and opponent) Creator/ChanningTatum performed in ''Film/MagicMike''.
** A recursive one is Creator/AliciaSilverstone performing Music/IggyAzalea's "Fancy", since its original music video was an extensive ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Clueless}}''.
* TheCameo: Common, especially in the later seasons. Overlaps with RemakeCameo when the artists' whose songs are being lip-synced show up in the performance.
* CoveredInGunge: At the end of his performance of "Milkshake", Creator/GreggSulkin drinks from a milkshake before pouring it over his head.
* DescendedCreator: Both Creator/StephenMerchant and Creator/JohnKrasinski appeared on the show as contestants in the first season - Merchant won, Krasinski lost (to Creator/AnnaKendrick).
* MuppetCameo: [[Series/SesameStreet Big Bird]] competed in one episode (against Creator/JasonSchwartzman), with Elmo and Cookie Monster joining him to lip-sync "I Gotta Feeling" by the Music/BlackEyedPeas.
* RefugeInAudacity: Some of the performances go all-out to the point that they arguably land here - notable examples include Creator/AnneHathaway literally swinging from a (replica) wrecking ball while lip-syncing Creator/MileyCyrus' "Wrecking Ball" and Creator/TomHolland's iconic performance of Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Umbrella".
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Common in the lip-syncs, for both male and female contestants, especially if they're trying to dress like the artist of the song they're performing. Particular note goes to Creator/ChanningTatum dressing as Music/{{Beyonce}} for "Run The World (Girls)", Bryshere Gray dressing as Music/TaylorSwift for "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", Creator/MillaJovovich dressing as Music/BillyIdol for "White Wedding" and Creator/TomHolland's performance of "Umbrella" as Music/{{Rihanna}}.
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'''''Lip Sync Battle''''' is an American musical reality competition television series that ran from 2015-2019, initially on Creator/SpikeTV and later on the Creator/ParamountNetwork. Created by Creator/StephenMerchant and Creator/JohnKrasinski and hosted by Music/LLCoolJ and supermodel Chrissy Tiegen, the show features two or more celebrities battling each other with performances lip-syncing to music. The idea was initially introduced as a recurring segment on Creator/JimmyFallon's iterations of ''Series/LateNight'' and ''[[Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon The Tonight Show]]'', with participants including Merchant himself, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, Music/MileyCyrus and Creator/TomCruise, before being spun off into its own show.
The series ran for five seasons between 2015 and 2019, with future seasons in DevelopmentHell, while a spin-off, ''Lip Sync Battle Shorties'', in which (non-famous) children were the contestants, aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, hosted by Creator/NickCannon and Jojo Siwa.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Regularly invoked by the song choices, either alluding to the contestant's own work, their competitor, or to LL Cool J.
** Music/QueenLatifah, Willie Geist and Creator/CalebMcLaughlin all performed LL Cool J songs while dressed as him (specifically, "Rock the Bells", "I Need Love" and "I'm Bad" respectively).
** Creator/WillArnett performed "Everything Is Awesome" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', in which he voices Batman.
** While they competed on their episode, Creator/TerrenceHoward and Creator/TarajiPHenson also performed "[[Music/ThreeSixMafia It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp]]" together, alluding to their roles as its (in-universe) creators in ''Film/HustleAndFlow''.
** Creator/JennaDewan performed "Pony" by Ginuwine in a routine based on the one her then-husband (and opponent) Creator/ChanningTatum performed in ''Film/MagicMike''.
** A recursive one is Creator/AliciaSilverstone performing Music/IggyAzalea's "Fancy", since its original music video was an extensive ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Clueless}}''.
* TheCameo: Common, especially in the later seasons. Overlaps with RemakeCameo when the artists' whose songs are being lip-synced show up in the performance.
* CoveredInGunge: At the end of his performance of "Milkshake", Creator/GreggSulkin drinks from a milkshake before pouring it over his head.
* DescendedCreator: Both Creator/StephenMerchant and Creator/JohnKrasinski appeared on the show as contestants in the first season - Merchant won, Krasinski lost (to Creator/AnnaKendrick).
* MuppetCameo: [[Series/SesameStreet Big Bird]] competed in one episode (against Creator/JasonSchwartzman), with Elmo and Cookie Monster joining him to lip-sync "I Gotta Feeling" by the Music/BlackEyedPeas.
* RefugeInAudacity: Some of the performances go all-out to the point that they arguably land here - notable examples include Creator/AnneHathaway literally swinging from a (replica) wrecking ball while lip-syncing Creator/MileyCyrus' "Wrecking Ball" and Creator/TomHolland's iconic performance of Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Umbrella".
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Common in the lip-syncs, for both male and female contestants, especially if they're trying to dress like the artist of the song they're performing. Particular note goes to Creator/ChanningTatum dressing as Music/{{Beyonce}} for "Run The World (Girls)", Bryshere Gray dressing as Music/TaylorSwift for "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", Creator/MillaJovovich dressing as Music/BillyIdol for "White Wedding" and Creator/TomHolland's performance of "Umbrella" as Music/{{Rihanna}}.
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