Stephen Merchant created the game with friends, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, for their entertainment at parties. When Merchant was a guest at Jimmy Fallon' show they played it, then it became a segment on the show, followed by a tv game show in 2015.
Based on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon segment of the same name.
In an episode with Terry Crews, he lip syncs to the song A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton. He was in the movie White Chicks (2005), and that is his character's favorite song.
Lip Sync Battle (2015) was nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Structured Reality Program category, but lost to Queer Eye (2018).