Put 'Em Under Pressure is an Irish

Republic of Ireland

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 panel game

Panel game

A panel game or panel show is a radio or television game show in which a panel of celebrities participates. Panelists may compete with each other, such as on The News Quiz; facilitate play by guest contestants, such as on Match Game/Blankety Blank; or do both, such as on Wait Wait.....

 with a sporting theme hosted by Gráinne Seoige

Gráinne Seoige

Gráinne Seoige is an Irish television presenter, Gaeilgeoir, and "fashion icon",Gráinne Seoige is one of the few television presenters who has worked for all terrestrial channels in the Republic of Ireland at some point. She has worked as a news anchor on TG4, TV3 and Sky News Ireland...

 which started on RTÉ One

RTÉ One

RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...

 on 25 September 2011. The show's name is taken from "Put 'Em Under Pressure

Put 'Em Under Pressure

"Put 'Em Under Pressure" was the official song to the Ireland national football team's 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign in Italy . It is regarded as "an all-time classic that the entire country knows every single word to, even the spoken words of wisdom from Jack Charlton, it's place in the hearts of...

", the official song to the Republic of Ireland national football team

Republic of Ireland national football team

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's 1990 World Cup

1990 FIFA World Cup

The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

 campaign.

It involves a team of well-known sports pundits battle against a team of Irish sports stars answering questions on their own and other sports. Each team has a resident captain, each of whom is joined by two guest stars.

Presenters and team members

The show is hosted by Gráinne Seoige

Gráinne Seoige

Gráinne Seoige is an Irish television presenter, Gaeilgeoir, and "fashion icon",Gráinne Seoige is one of the few television presenters who has worked for all terrestrial channels in the Republic of Ireland at some point. She has worked as a news anchor on TG4, TV3 and Sky News Ireland...

. The two team captain for the first series are Pat Spillane

Pat Spillane

Patrick Gerard Spillane , better known as Pat Spillane, is a retired Gaelic footballer and well known Irish sports pundit. He played Gaelic football with his local club Templenoe and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1975 until 1991...

, a retired Kerry

Kerry GAA

The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...

 Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

er and an eight-time All-Ireland

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn...

 medalist, and Ruby Walsh

Ruby Walsh

Ruby Walsh is the reigning Irish National Hunt champion jockey. He is the second child, and eldest son, of former champion amateur jockey Ted Walsh and his wife Helen.-Success:...

, a National Hunt champion jockey.

Quiz format

The rounds played include:

• Starting Lineup - six numbered squares reveal various sports people, including the names of the four special guests, for contestants to answer a question about.

• Man of the Match - a special guest introduces a piece of footage of one of their major achievements with an alternative commentary. The teams must identify which fact in the commentary is incorrect and why.

• Word of Sport - former Gaelic games commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh
  Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh
  Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh is an Irish Gaelic games commentator for the Irish national radio and television, RTÉ. In a career that has spanned six decades he has come to be regarded as the "voice of Gaelic games." His prolific career has earned him a place in Guinness World Records.-Early...
  
   reads an extract from a sporting autobiography or a lyric from a sports-related song. The teams must identify the work in question.

• Five-a-Side - both teams pick a particular topic from a selection of three for the opposing team to answer questions on. Many of the topics have trick names.

• Sprint Finish - this is a ninety-second rapid-fire question round. Each team answers a question with the questions alternating between both teams. If a question is answered incorrectly the contestant is frozen out of the round.

External Links

• Put 'Em Under Pressure at RTÉ.ie
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