Hell no! If Canadians wanted to hear horrible screeching and wailing, they'd go to a Justin Bieber concert. Besides, prostitution is actually illegal in Canada, so having KTV rooms with beds and 100 young scantilly-clad girls wouldn't last more than 10 minutes. I do wish that hot-pot would catch on though.

I have never heard about anyone visiting the combination of brothel and karaoke anywhere in the west. People do one or the other, never the combo.

In my experience, karaoke means you choose a song and sing for everyone in the bar. There are no private rooms, and they have more tha MJ, Michael Bolton and boy bands. Typically Karaoke night happens on the weeknights in various bars. You choose your song and wait your turn.

So much fun. Be there in 5 weeks. 

Ohh My God NO!

You could end up a the bottom of the social network (like sprite)

if you even suggested going to one of those places in Australia

I think Karaoke (for we don't have KTV) is different in the UK to anywhere else, but especially in 'the west'. In the UK the general idea of KTV is to play tricks on your friends, so you 'volunteer' them to sing a song knowing / hoping they cannot sing and make a fool of themselves.  Of course this doesn't work until copious amounts of beer have been consumed, and in the mean time the DJ is doing most or all of the singing.

Back in Austin, Texas - the "Live Music Capital of the World - we don't cotton to canned junk.  There must be several hundred live music venues in Austin with bands playing everything from heavy metal, grunge, rock, and bar-bustin' blues to sh*t-kickin' country, tex-mex, mariachi, rap, and motown spinoffs to folk, chamber music, singer-songwriters and... Willie Nelson.

Hell, there's even a bronze statue of Stevie Ray Vaughn on the south bank of the Colorado River that runs through the town.  And even elevator music pipes in the blues.

KTV?  We go to Dallas for that...

If any of my friends back west EVER so much as SUGGESTED karaoke we would B-slap  him back to sanity. And then, B-slap him some more just for the heck of it....

Yes, you can find them. I know there are a few in Philadelphia. I think that any city with some kind of Asian population will have them, you'll just have to search them out. The one we went to for my friend's birthday was pretty good. There were private rooms for KTV and also a bar on site. The food we ordered wasn't any good though, so I wouldn't recommend that. They had a ton of Asian music to choose from, as well as Western music, so it was pretty close to the authentic experience, touch screen system and all.

yes in the korean chinese vietnamese community quite popular for everyone else not really

I have never seen a KTV in my hometown, Toronto or Vancouver. However I believe the Chinese community in Richmond and Surrey British Columbia do have a version of a KTV room.

Well the closest I get to KTV is when I pull out the geetar and pour a suspiciously labeled red and sing myself into oblivion. I've never seen a KTV place in Australia actually, but I do lead a sheltered life.

In the Philippines they go ape over karaoke and you can hire your own box and mikes at any venue you might go to including beaches and swimming pools at resorts. They have lots of little huts on most of the beaches and in them you will find coin operated karaoke machines. A peaceful day at a public beach in the Philippines is not possible. But the beer is really cheap so you can down a couple of San Miguels and join in.

In the spirit of international friendship, I tried karaoke at Irish Murphy's bar in Brisbane last night. Unfortunately, it isn't a karaoke bar, as I was informed while being escorted out.

Chinese style KTV is not social, I'm not so into it.

I tried the Italian "karaoke" in Calabria, it was amazing, more of a big bar and they play music in the big screen and ppl can just jump to the stage to sing.

Also in Belgium, they have cantus party, ppl gather together and sing and drink together even if they don't know each other.

Like this I think it's more fun