Lingo (Dutch game show)

Lingo
François Boulangé hosted Lingo in the 1990s
GenreGame show
Presented byRobert ten Brink (1989–1992)
François Boulangé (1992–2000)
Nance (2000–2005)
Lucille Werner (2005–2014)
Jan Versteegh (2019–present)
Narrated byJan Peter Pellemans
Country of originNetherlands
No. of episodes5575[1]
Production
ProducersFreddy Groot (1989–1991)
Harry de Winter (1989–1999)
Frank de Jonge (1999–2009)
Lennart Pijnenborg (2010–2014)
Running time20 minutes
Original release
NetworkNederland 1 (1989-1991, 2006-2013)
Nederland 2 (1991-1992, 2000-2006, 2014)
Nederland 3 (1993–2000)
SBS6 (2019–2021)
Net5 (2022-)
ReleaseJanuary 5, 1989 (1989-01-05) –
present
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Lingo is a television game show that aired in the Netherlands between 1989 and 2014, and returned in 2019 on the commercial channel SBS6. Since 2022, it is aired on the commercial channel Net5. The format consists of a word game that combines Mastermind and Bingo.

From 1989 to 2014, the show was broadcast by public broadcasting associations. From 1989 to 2000, it was broadcast by VARA and later transferred to TROS which was later renamed to AVROTROS.

The television game show was on a weekly broadcast at first, but later became a daily program. October 2, 2014 was the last episode shown on AVROTROS.[2] The show was brought back on air last August 26, 2019 on the channel SBS6 with the new presenter Jan Versteegh.

  1. ^ Episodes 5000—5177 broadcast from 1989 to 2014. Archief Beeld en Geluid.
  2. ^ "Laatste Lingo. Of toch niet?". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2014-10-02. Retrieved 2024-02-12.