Creative director(s) Đỗ Thanh Hải Producer(s) VFC Original network VTV Network Vietnam Television Number of episodes 15 | No. of episodes 15 Running time 90–180 minutes First episode date 31 January 2003 Presented by Thao Van | |
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Starring Quốc Khánh
Xuân Bắc
Công Lý
Vân Dung
Tự Long
Quang Thắng
Chí Trung
Minh Hằng
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Gặp nhau cuối năm (also commonly known as Táo Quân) is a Vietnamese annual TV special that airs on New Year's Eve on VTV. The show is widely popular in Vietnam, and is considered a traditional show of lunar new year on television. The show was originally a new-year special episode of VTV's famous comedic show "Gap Nhau Cuoi Tuan", but continued after Gap Nhau Cuoi Tuan ended. The main plot of the show is based on the Vietnamese folk tales of Tao Quan. "Gap Nhau Cuoi Nam" is famous for its comedic view of the problems in Vietnamese economy & society throughout the year. VFC has been producing this show for VTV since 2003. The show features some of the biggest names in comedy in Vietnam like Quoc Khanh, Van Dung, Quang Thang, Tu Long, Cong Ly, Xuan Bac... The format of the show occasionally changes some years. In 2009, Tao Quan presented Hoa Táo, a parody of beauty competitions. In 2011, the show was named Táo Idol with the format based on talent shows that aired in Vietnam, especially Vietnam Idol.
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The show used to be premiered on VTV on Lunar New Year's Eve but from 2010 to 2013, the show was released on DVD a week before the air date. The DVD version has the full recording and is usually longer and slightly different from the TV version. However, since 2014, VTV stopped releasing DVD and started releasing the show digitally. The 2014 release was handled by CNC and the 2015 to 2017 release was distributed by VTV Digital (VTV Go).
Because of its popularity, many other TV channels have copied Tao Quan's format but none of them have ever achieved the same level of success.
On YouTube, the show has achieved more than 320 million views (this includes all of the versions and performances).
Cast
Fixed roles:
Interchangeable roles:
Guest stars:
Censorship
In 2009, 2 performances by Tao Dien Luc ("Electrical Manager") (played by Minh Hang), in which he was singing songs asking for government money, were censored. One performance was completely removed from the broadcast and the other was replaced by a later re-recorded version with changes in its lyrics. In that same special, a verse (also about asking the government for money) from a song called "Lut Tu Nga Tu Duong Pho" (Flood From The Crossroads) performed by Tao Thoat Nuoc ("Drainaging Manager") was also removed from the broadcast. However, all the original uncut performances from the special were later leaked onto the internet.
In 2013, VFC & VTV were requested to edit the show to censor some of the jokes that were considered offensive and inappropriate by the Department of Arts and Performance (Vietnamese: Cục Nghệ thuật Biểu diễn or just NTBD). Because of so, the DVD production was delayed and the release came 4 days later than the planned release date.
In 2015, the Department of Arts and Performance asked VFC to submit the full script of the show to be reviewed before taping but the request was denied by VFC. Do Thanh Hai - the show's general director - strongly spoke against the department's move. To avoid censorship from NTBD, the show's taping location had to move to Studio 14 of VTV, a venue that is smaller than Viet Xo Friendship Labour Cultural Place (Vietnamese: Cung Văn hóa Lao động Hữu nghị Việt Xô), where the show had previously took place.
In 2017, some of the show's jokes were censored by VTV. However, VFC later released the original cut of the show on YouTube.