How to join a VideoKe room as a guest
You do not host the room — someone else does. Your job is to get in, add songs without hijacking the night, and sing when it is your turn. VideoKe guests can do that without creating an account. This page is the guest version of How to host a private karaoke night.
What you need from the host
You need the room code, not a public link that anyone on the internet can open. The host copies it from the room header and pastes it into your group chat. If they sent you a screenshot of the whole page, type the code yourself; extra spaces are the usual reason “join” appears to fail.
You also need the host to be looking at the room. Approval is manual. If they started the room and walked into the kitchen, you will sit on pending until they tap approve. Ping them. Do not keep submitting new requests with slightly different names — that just clutters their list.
Entering the room
Open Room on onlinekaraokeclub.com. If you are not signed in, continue as a guest. Paste the code, submit, and wait. You are not in the party until the host approves you. That delay is the privacy model: a leaked code still cannot dump strangers onto the stage.
Once you are in, you will see the host’s player, the queue, and (if the host left it on) room chat. You will not see host-only tools: kicking people, the guest-controls toggle, or closing the room.
Adding songs without taking over
The room sidebar is Search, Recents, and Playlists. Use + to append. That is the polite default. Play now (▶) interrupts whatever is already on stage after a confirmation — treat it like grabbing the microphone. In a mixed group, do not play-now unless the host asked for a birthday song or the current track is clearly dead.
Duplicates are allowed but the app warns you. If someone already queued the same karaoke upload, pick a different song instead of stacking the same chorus three times. Queue etiquette is the house-rules version of this paragraph.
If guest controls are off, you can still add songs; you cannot skip, drag, or remove other people’s picks. That is normal. If they are on, you have the same playback powers as the host — which means you can also wreck the night. Use them the way you would treat a physical karaoke book: add, don’t delete someone else’s turn unless they asked.
Watching vs singing
On your phone, you can follow lyrics on the embedded player while the host’s speakers fill the room. If you are in the same living room as the host TV, you probably should not also play audio on your phone. Either mute your device or ask the host about Hide my video so joiners mirroring the stage do not double the track. That feature is explained in Singing score, hide-my-video, and room chat.
Remote guests (different city) should use headphones if they are on a video call, so their mic does not echo the karaoke track back into the room. The host’s player is the timing source of truth; if your video feels a second late, sing with what you hear from the call or from the player — pick one, not both.
Chat and cameras
Room chat is for short notes: “this one’s mine,” “BRB,” “play the duet next.” It is not a second Facebook thread. Hosts can still kick someone who uses chat to harass the group. Optional video calling exists only when the operator has enabled it and your plan allows it. Do not assume cameras are on; many nights are audio-plus-queue only.
If you get stuck
- Pending forever — The host has not approved you. Message them outside VideoKe.
- Kicked — You were removed from this session only, not banned from the site. Ask if it was a mistake; they can approve you again if there is space.
- Black video — The upload likely blocks embedding. Ask the host to skip; pick another search result.
- Room vanished — The host left. Host leave closes the room for everyone. You will need a new code for a new room.
You can save songs to playlists if you are signed in (or in a guest session on that device). Those lists are yours; they do not follow the host’s library. See Library, playlists, ads, and subscriptions.