SHOW FORMATS

Pick Your Show

Every format includes a full live band, professional sound and lighting, video projection, on-screen lyrics, and the Entire Crowd Singalong finale. Every note is played live — no backing tracks, no Muppet Karaoke. These are the different ways we can run the night.

Core Formats

Our tried-and-tested show types. Available for any booking.

Standard Show

Best for: bars, breweries, private parties, any crowd

Open queue, all genres, the crowd picks the songs. Energy builds all night and the show closes with the Entire Crowd Singalong. Our bread and butter — if you've never booked us, start here.

Theme Nights

Best for: recurring venue nights, special events, holidays

Setlist built around a theme. Formats we run:

  • Decade Nights — All 80s, all 90s, all 2000s. Pick an era and own it.
  • Genre Battles — Rock vs. pop, country showdown, punk vs. emo.
  • Divorced Dad Rock Night — Exactly what it sounds like. The dads go hard.
  • Emo Night — Black eyeliner optional but encouraged.
  • Holiday Specials — Halloween (sing in costume), holiday parties, New Year's Eve.

Have a custom theme idea? We'll build a setlist around it.

Championships

Best for: venues that want 4-6 weeks of packed rooms

Bracket-style singing competition over multiple weeks. Singers compete in rounds, audiences vote, two finalists face off. Contestants bring fans, stakes bring everyone back.

Full Championships details →

Intimate / Seated

Best for: dining rooms, listening rooms, upscale venues

Same live band experience, calibrated for refined rooms. Lower volume, hosted transitions, concert-style flow. Think piano bar meets live band karaoke.

Game Show Formats

Live band karaoke meets competitive entertainment. These formats add stakes, strategy, and a reason to stay all night.

Don't Forget The Lyrics

Best for: venues, corporate events, themed nights

Based on the Fox TV game show. A singer performs with the band, but at a random point the lyrics disappear. Keep singing from memory to advance; forget and you're out. Rounds get harder.

Fun fact: our guitarist Tom was a contestant on the actual Fox TV show.

The Gong Show

Best for: high-energy bar nights, competitions

The crowd can gong a singer off stage mid-performance. Survive the whole song and you advance; get gonged and you walk off to a hero's exit. The tension is addictive — and sometimes the worst singers get the biggest cheers.

Battle Rounds

Best for: competitive events, team-building, venue nights

Two singers, same song, audience votes on who did it better. Head-to-head format creates instant drama. Works as a bracket tournament or a one-night event.

Name That Tune + Sing It

Best for: trivia crowds, music nerds, competitive bar nights

The band plays the first few bars. First person to identify the song and rush the stage gets to sing it. Part music trivia, part karaoke, part foot race.

Party Formats

These ones turn the whole room into the show.

Live Band Karaoke Bingo

Best for: bar nights, brewery events, fundraisers

Everyone gets a Bingo card with random songs. As singers perform, players mark them off. First Bingo wins a prize. Gives non-singers a reason to stay, pay attention, and cheer for specific songs.

Duet Roulette

Best for: icebreakers, corporate events, social nights

Two strangers randomly paired, given a duet, no choice in partner or song. The awkwardness is the point — and it always turns into a bonding moment. The ultimate icebreaker.

Mystery Song

Best for: adventurous crowds, themed nights

Pick a genre or decade but don't know the song until the band starts playing. Recognize it and jump in — or stand there for eight bars in pure panic. Both outcomes are great.

Karaoke Roulette

Best for: bar nights, parties, anyone who's indecisive

Spin a wheel of song titles. Whatever it lands on, that's your song. No vetoes, no mercy. The randomness replaces the pressure of picking with the thrill of chance.

Crowd Control

Best for: competitive nights, audience engagement

The audience picks the song for the singer (one veto allowed). Do they give their friend an easy win or throw them into the deep end? Keeps the crowd invested in every performance.

Iron Mic

Best for: late-night energy, bar nights

One singer holds the stage as long as the crowd keeps cheering. After each song the audience votes: encore or next? How many songs can you hold the stage?

Coming Soon: The Magic Mic

We're building a gold microphone with built-in vocal enhancement that makes anyone sound incredible — the Magic Mic. Available as a show feature, a competition prize, or a Gong Show "save" instead of getting gonged.

Follow us for the launch: @LeadSingerWanted

Mix and Match

These formats aren't mutually exclusive. A typical show might combine several:

  • Run a Standard Show for the first hour, then switch to Battle Rounds for the second half.
  • Distribute Bingo cards at the start of any format — it works alongside everything.
  • Start a Theme Night (all 90s) and add Gong Show rules for the last hour.
  • Use Karaoke Roulette as a tiebreaker round in Championships.
  • Add Duet Roulette as a mid-show segment in any format for an energy boost.

Every show ends with the Entire Crowd Singalong regardless of format.

Book a Show

Tell us what you're planning and we'll recommend the right format.