Country of origin Vietnam No. of series 3 Presented by Phan Anh | Created by John de Mol Original language(s) Vietnam No. of episodes 61 Program creator John de Mol Jr. | |
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Nominations Dedication Music Award for Best Series of Music Programmes of the Year Cast My Tam, Hồ Ngọc Hà, Phan Anh Similar Vietnam Idol, The Voice, The Remix, Sao Mai Điểm Hẹn, The Voice Kids Profiles | ||
The Voice of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Giọng hát Việt) is a reality television singing competition created by John de Mol. It premiered in Vietnam in July 2012 on Vietnam Television. The format is Dutch and the original Dutch version of the programme was broadcast in the Netherlands for the first time in 2010 as The Voice of Holland. The programme was commissioned after a successful first season in the U.S., where the programme aired on NBC domestically and AXN Asia regionally. It is produced by Cát Tiên Sa.
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Format
Contestants are aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The show's format features three stages of competition. The first is the blind audition (vòng giấu mặt), in which four coaches listen to contenders without seeing them, and turn their chairs to signify that they are interested in working with that artist. If more than one coach turns the chair, the artist chooses the coach he or she would like to work with. The blind audition ends when each coach has fourteen (Vietnamese version) artists to work with. Coaches will dedicate themselves to developing their singers, giving them advice, and sharing the secrets of their success.
The competition then enters into a battle round (vòng đối đầu), when the coaches pit two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together in front of a studio audience. After the one-on-one battle on stage, the coach must choose which singers will advance. Thus less than half of original artists (6) survive to live shows lasting 10 weeks so far. In this final performance phase of the competition, the top contestants from each team compete against each other during a live broadcast. The television audience vote to save one contestant on each team, leaving the coach to decide live who they want to save and who will not move on. In the semi-final round, the public directly chooses between the two artists left on each team based upon an online music video produced and released by the executive producers.
Finally, each coach will have his/her best contestant left standing to compete in the finals, singing an original song. From these four, one will be named "Giọng hát Việt" (literally: "The Voice of Vietnam") - and will receive a cash prize of 500 million VND and a recording contract with Universal Republic Records.
Coaches
On March 14, 2012 four coaches were chosen, namely Thu Minh, Trần Lập, Hồ Ngọc Hà and Đàm Vĩnh Hưng. They guided a team of fourteen. The first season is hosted by Phan Anh, former host of Vietnam Idol, while V.Music band, including 4 members, and Phương Mai take the role of backstage and social media correspondents respectively. The second season saw the departures of Thu Minh, Trần Lập, Hồ Ngọc Hà due to professional reasons and they were replaced by Mỹ Linh, Hồng Nhung and Quốc Trung respectively. Season 3, which took place in May 2015, has the same changes of coaches as Thu Phương, Mỹ Tâm and Tuấn Hưng joined the show, while Đàm Vĩnh Hưng is the only coach to stay on the show since the first season. Phan Anh continued his job as host in season 2 and season 3.
The fourth season, which will begin airing in February 2017, marks the first time in any franchise of The Voice worldwide to have 3 female coaches and only one male coach. The coaches for season 4 are Thu Minh, who returned to her red chair after 2 seasons absence; former Vietnam Idol Kids judge Tóc Tiên as well as two coaches from The Voice Kids, Đông Nhi and Noo Phước Thịnh. The panel faced criticism from the social media because the 3 new judges are young and considered "inexperienced". The fourth season is hosted by Nguyên Khang, former host of The X Factor Vietnam.
Series overview
Coaches' teams
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Season 1
The Voice of Vietnam's first season began on 8 July 2012 and ended on 13 January 2013.
Kids Edition
After the success of the first season of The Voice, Cat Tien Sa announced that they would produce The Voice Kids, where 8-15 year-olds compete against each other. The first season was premiere on the Children's Day in Vietnam, June 1, 2013. The presenters are Trấn Thành and Thanh Thảo. The coaches are three instead of four: the husband-and-wife duo Hồ Hoài Anh and Lưu Hương Giang, Hiền Thục and Thanh Bùi.
The coaches for season 2 in 2014 are Hồ Hoài Anh & Lưu Hương Giang, Cẩm Ly and Lam Trường. The third season was premiere in July 2015 saw Dương Khắc Linh replaced Lam Trường. The presenters since 2014 are Thanh Bạch and Jennifer Phạm.
After season 3 finale, it was announced that the duo Giang Hồ would leave the show because of Lưu Hương Giang's pregnancy. Hồ Hoài Anh then moved to become the show's music executive. The fourth season will have a new judging panel, which consists of some young singers in Vietnam: Noo Phước Thịnh, the couple Đông Nhi & Ông Cao Thắng. Rumors stated that a The Voice of Vietnam season 2 contestant, who then have a successful career, will become a coach. On June 6, 2016 it was officially confirmed that The Voice of Vietnam season 2 runner-up Vũ Cát Tường would become a coach.