One of games used in the BBC Radio 4’s programme “I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue” (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnwb).

Easier to think of this as a type of an, ‘a cappella Karaoke‘ singing challenge, and for this, you’ll need something on which to play music and can change the volume. You won’t, however, need just the music version of the songs.

In the BBC Radio 4 panel show, each panellist in turn is asked to start singing along to a song while it is playing. After a short time the volume is turned down, so its inaudible, and the panellist then has the task to carry on singing the words of the song until the volume is turned back up again. The aim is to be singing the words very closely in time to the actual song when the volume is turned back up again.

It’s possible to play this with any age, so long as you use songs they know. You can also consider doing this as a group challenge rather than individual. Particularly for younger children.