Vietnam Idol

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Thần Tượng Âm Nhạc: Vietnam Idol (2007)
Vietnam Idol Logo
Format Interactive television
Created by Simon Fuller
Presented by Nguyên Vũ
Thanh Thảo
Judges Hà Dũng
Tuấn Khanh
Siu Black
Country of origin Flag of Vietnam Vietnam
Broadcast
Original channel HTV9
Original run May 23, 2007 – October 3, 2007
Finalists (With dates of elimination)
Season 1 (2007)
Phương Vy Winner
Ngọc Ánh October 3
Ngọc Minh September 21
Duy Khánh September 14
Thảo Trang September 7
Trà My August 31
Hải Yến August 24
Xuân Linh August 17
Thanh Phong August 10
Ngọc Bích August 3
Thùy Dương Withdrew

Thần Tượng Âm Nhạc: Vietnam Idol is the Vietnamese version of the British television hit show Pop Idol. It is a talent contest to find a pop performer. Vietnam Idol first aired 2007 on HTV9, the official channel of Ho Chi Minh City. It is sponsored by Clear, a brand of Unilever Vietnam, with Lipton Tea and Closeup toothpaste as sub-sponsors. The show is produced by Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV9) and the Vietnam Advertising Company (VAC). New Media, a digital agency, is responsible for the official website. Following the success of the show, it has been confirmed that a second season will air in 2008

According to the public press conference at Ho Chi Minh city, 28 May 2008 – The “Vietnam Idol” Season 2 will be back with its first greeting of the regional audition in Can Tho city on June 25 June 2008. “Vietnam Idol” is the Vietnamese version with exact format of the profound “Idol” TV series. Having been successfully brought from Fremantle Media into Vietnam by Clear – an international hair-care brand of Unilever, “Vietnam Idol” shows are produced and broadcasted in collaboration with Ho Chi Minh TV Station. Vietnam Idol Season 2 will begin from June 25 till December 17, 2008. Voting system and SMS system are provided by i-POP Vietnam, the premier integrated mobile media services company in Asia and Vietnam.


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[edit] Season 2

[edit] Auditions by SMS provided by i-POP Vietnam

Send 1 SMS to 8138 (1.000 dông/SMS) Syntax: AUDITION <space> AUDITION CITY CODE <space> FULL NAME


Audition city and Audition city code Cân Tho CT Hanoi HN Tp. Ho Chi Minh HCM Da Nang DN

Example: AUDITION HN NGUYEN THI NGOC ANH

If succeed this step, you will receive a message with instruction for next step.

Auditions were held at the following locations:

[edit] Season 1

[edit] Auditions

Auditions were held at the following locations:

[edit] Theater Round

The contestants who passed the auditions, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City for the theater round where they were given songs from the judges to perform. Based on those performances, 30 contestants were chosen by the judges to proceed to the Piano Show.

[edit] Piano Round

On the June 27, 2007, the Piano Show began, with the Top 30 Contestants singing in Ho Chi Minh City for the Judges and the Viewers. The contestants were allocated numbers so that viewers could vote for their favourite(s). The viewers were able to vote by phone or by SMS. Contestants were divided into three groups of ten with the top 3 contestants from each group advancing to the Gala Round. Eight from the three groups that did not proceed to the finals during the first three rounds, competed for the last position in the Top 10 during the Wildcards round.

[edit] Gala Round

The gala round involves the contestants singing each week, with the contestant with the least votes each week being eliminated, until one contestant is left and crowned Vietnam Idol 2007. Before it began Thùy Dương withdrew from the Top 10 due to health issues with Ngọc Minh replacing her as he had received the second highest number of votes in the Wildcards round.

[edit] Grand Finale

On the 26th of September, the final two contestants, Phương Vy and Ngọc Ánh were given their last chance to sing for the votes of the Vietnmese public. The Grand Finale was held at Hoa Binh Theatre, Ho Chi Minh City on the 3rd of October . During the night, all Top 10 contestants returned to perform with other guest stars. WIth 53.44% of the votes, Phương Vy was announced the winner of Vietnam Idol 2007 ahead of Ngọc Ánh. As winner of Vietnam Idol she represented Vietnam in the Asian Idol competition.

[edit] Season 1 Elimination Chart

Finals
Weeks: 8/3 8/10 8/17 8/24 8/31 9/7 9/14 9/21 10/3
Place Constestant Result
1 Phương Vy Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
2 Ngọc Ánh Btm 2 Safe Btm 3 Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
3 Ngọc Minh Safe Btm 2 Btm 2 Safe Safe Btm 2 Safe Elim
4 Duy Khánh Safe Safe Safe Btm 3 Btm 3 Safe Elim
5 Thảo Trang Safe Btm 3 Safe Btm 2 Btm 2 Elim
6 Trà My Safe Safe Safe Safe Elim
7 Hải Yến Safe Safe Safe Elim
8 Xuân Linh Safe Safe Elim
9 Thanh Phong Btm 3 Elim
10 Ngọc Bích Elim

[edit] Criticisms

The game show has come under intense criticism alleging voting irregularities and the lack of transparency in voting procedures. Major newspapers such as Thanh Niên and Tuoi Tre ran stories about votes for a contestant being counted for another contestant though there was no hard evidence to prove the allegation and the organisers maintained that the results cannot be manipulated.[1][2] While the organizers maintain that allowing up to 500 votes per phone number and not publicly tallying votes are standard practices of all Idol shows, they have been accused of doing so to maximize profits at the expense of fairness.[3] Furthermore, there were rumors about contestants' relationship with one of the judges and the PR manager of Vietnam Idol.[4][2]

A public auditor from the Singaporean auditing firm Paul Hooi & Co. was flown in to audit the vote counting process during the Grand Finale.

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Vietnamese) Hương Lan. "Chuyện lạ lùng trong nhắn tin bình chọn thí sinh Vietnam Idol: Chọn người này, tin “bay” sang người kia", Thanh Nien News, September 22, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 
  2. ^ a b (Vietnamese) "Vietnam Idol: Vẫn chỉ là một cuộc chơi", Tuoi Tre, September 25, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 
  3. ^ (Vietnamese) "Vietnam Idol - một chương trình không minh bạch", Thanh Nien News, September 23, 2009. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 
  4. ^ (Vietnamese) "Hậu trường Vietnam Idol và những điều chưa biết", IdolVietnam, September 23, 2009. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 

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