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Choir Wars was commissioned by entertainment commissioning controller Elaine Bedell and Roly Keating, controller of BBC Two and acting controller of BBC One.
Bedell said: "This will be the biggest singing talent show, with the greatest number of contestants, ever mounted on television. BBC Entertainment has a proven track record on Saturday nights as the home of pure family entertainment but the scale and ambition of Choir Wars is a whole new exciting ball game."
The programme will conduct a nationwide search for choirs that is being billed as "the biggest talent search ever seen on British television". The BBC said today: "Gospel, barbershop, classical, pop, a cappella, folk or rock – any group can enter the fray but it's personality, passion, power and performance that they'll need to make the Choir Wars cut."
In a format similar to that used on Strictly and Any Dream Will Do, a judging panel will be on hand to offer expert opinion before the phone lines are opened up for a viewer vote.
The winner of Choir Wars will be invited to take part in the final of Radio 3's Choir of the Year.
