Sing My Song Vietnam (Vietnamese: "Bài hát hay nhất") is a reality television show aimed at finding versatile artists who can compose and sing well. The program is organized to seek, foster and develop generations of talented musicians and artists. The organizing committee will support candidates selected for the recording round for capacity building, product distribution, image building and media sponsorship. The program has been distributed in more than 30 countries around the world and in Asia, was the first broadcast in China with high ratings.

Sing My Song Vietnam
Also known asSing My Song
Bài hát hay nhất
GenreReality television
Created byJin Lei
Judges
  • Đức Trí (seasons 1–2)
  • Lê Minh Sơn (seasons 1–2)
  • Giáng Son (seasons 1–2)
  • Hồ Hoài Anh (season 2)
  • Nguyễn Hải Phong (season 1)
Country of originVietnam
No. of seasons3
Production
Production companyCát Tiên Sa
Original release
NetworkVTV3Vietnam Television
ReleaseNovember 20, 2016 (2016-11-20) –
March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)
Related
Sing My Song

In 2016, the program was bought by Cat Tien Sa Company with the Vietnamese name "Bài hát hay nhất" and broadcast on VTV3 - Vietnam Television. The show is produced based on the original Chinese show, Sing My Song.[1] It was the third international adaptation of the programme, and the first adaption in Asia. The judging panel is composed of four famous and reputable musicians/ producers in Vietnam. The first winner is Cao Bá Hưng.[2]

Format

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The series consists of four phases: the preliminary, the audition called "the recordings", the battles called "the compositions", and one final live show to determine the winner of the series.

The Preliminary

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Candidates will submit their profiles and songs to the contest online, and the producers will select the best songs for the recordings round.

The Recording

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In this round, the contestants will perform the song they composed, and the coaches will not be able to see the contestant's performance directly, which is blocked by a large screen running the lyrics. If the manager feels satisfied with the melody and the content of the song, they will push the red button in front of the receiver to choose the artist for their teams, and immediately the screen in front of that coach will lower.

When the performance is over, all screens are lowered for the judges to interact with the contestant. In cases where two or more judges select the contestant, the singer-songwriter has the final choice of coach. This format is similar to the Blind auditions of The Voice of Vietnam. At the end of this round, 32 performances will be chosen by four teams of four coaches, each with 8 contestants.

The Composition and Battle Round

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Each coach will give a theme to their album. The eight contestants of each team were divided into four pairs, each pair of two contestants composing the same theme of the album and sharing a separate room within 24 hours (including lunch and dinner). At the end of 24 hours, all 8 contestants will be performing a demo for the coach and advisor respectively. Each team will have an advisor, who will accompany the coach to help them complete their track. The coach will choose one artist in each pair to go on to the next round, where they will perform the song that was composed in front of the other coaches and professional teams. The advisor then will select one more contestant in the remaining four to move on to the Fighting Round. At the end of the Compositions round, each team has five contestants left and three contestants eliminated.

In the Fighting Round, the five contestants of each team will perform in front of the coaches and professional councils. The Professional Council, composed of 31 musicians/ producers, will mark the score directly after each contestant's performance. Ending all five performances of a team, the other three coaches will decide to give each of the 3 points for each artist that they like. Candidates receiving the highest score will automatically move on to the Live Finals. The coach will choose one of the four remaining contestants for the Live Finals. At the end of the round, each team has two contestants left and three contestants eliminated.

The Wildcard

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Two of the 24 contestants who were eliminated at earlier rounds but have the highest votes from the audience on the Zalo app as well as on the Website SaoStar.vn will officially be qualified for the finale along with the eight contestants of four teams.

The Live Final

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Ten finalists are divided into two groups; each contestant will perform one of their compositions (either in the previous submission or writing a new one). Voting will be opened when the first composition is performed and closed after the last composition finishes. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes from the audience in two groups will move on to the second round and will be directly voted by 31 professional judges or media representatives. Candidates who received 16 votes first will be crowned the winner.

Mentors and host

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In November 2016, the judging panel for the first season was revealed as Nguyễn Hải Phong, Đức Trí, Lê Minh Sơn and Giáng Son. The first season was hosted by Nguyên Khang (former host of The X Factor Vietnam) and Linh Sunny (former host of The Voice of Vietnam)

For the second season in 2018, former The Voice Kids coach and music executive Hồ Hoài Anh replaced Nguyễn Hải Phong on the judging panel. Đức Trí, Lê Minh Sơn and Giáng Son all returned. The announcement was made on January 31, 2018.

Series overview

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Season Premiere Finale Winner Runner-up Winning mentor Host(s) Mentors (chair's order)
1 2 3 4
1 November 20, 2016 January 22, 2017 Cao Bá Hưng Trương Thảo Nhi Đức Trí Nguyên Khang
Linh Sunny
Nguyễn Hải Phong Đức Trí Giáng Son Lê Minh Sơn
2 March 4, 2018 May 13, 2018 Lộn Xộn Band Trương Nguyễn Hoài Nam Lê Minh Sơn Phí Linh Hồ Hoài Anh Giáng Son Đức Trí

Season synopses

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Notes
  Winner
  Runner-up
  Eliminated at the Live Final
  Eliminated at the Battle Round
  Eliminated at the Composition Round
  Disqualified or Withdrew
Italicized are artists who were eliminated at the Composition and Battle Rounds but won the Wildcard Round and qualified for the Live Final

Season 1 (2016)

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Trương Thảo Nhi, season one runner-up

Season 1 aired from 20 November 2016 to 22 January 2017 and was shown on VTV3, Vietnam, with four coaches for the first season are Nguyễn Hải Phong, Đức Trí, Giáng Son and Lê Minh Sơn. They mentored a team of eight people.

Mentor Contestants
Nguyễn Hải Phong Bùi Công Nam Phan Mạnh Quỳnh Ưng Đại Vệ Đoàn Thế Lân
Vicky Nhung Trần Dũng Khánh Justyn Wesley Hoàng Hồng Ngọc
Đức Trí Cao Bá Hưng Trương Kiều Diễm Phạm Hồng Phước MTV & Nguyễn Dân
Trần Nguyễn Kim Ngân Nguyễn Quân Đào Bá Lộc Nguyễn Thị Ngân Hà
Giáng Son Trương Thảo Nhi Nguyễn Hoàng Dũng Hứa Kim Tuyền Đinh Đức Thảo
Lê Sỹ Tuệ Lê Hữu Toàn Bùi Mỹ Linh Nguyễn Thanh Nhật Minh
Lê Minh Sơn Lê Thiện Hiếu Jak Nguyễn Tia Hải Châu Bùi Caroon
Hoàng Minh Quý Nguyễn Việt Dũng Bùi Hoàng Nam Đức Anh Phạm Trần Phương

Season 2 (2018)

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Season 2 is currently airing starting March 4, 2018 with four judges are Đức Trí, Lê Minh Sơn, Giáng Son and Hồ Hoài Anh.[3][4] In the "recording round" of this season, each judge have to choose seven contestants (instead of eight in previous season) for their team to compete in "composition round", "battle round" and the "liveshow final".[5] Only Đức Trí team had the eighth contestant**, thanks to production team's rule-breaking, due to judge's demand after watching this contestant's best performance.[6]

Mentor Contestants
Hồ Hoài Anh Trương Nguyễn Hoài Nam Gin Tuấn Kiệt Đinh Tuấn Anh Bùi Lan Hương
Shin Hồng Vịnh Hoàng Khả Linh Dương Quốc Huy
Giáng Son RTee & Juun Đăng Dũng Sa Huỳnh Nguyễn Ngọc Tường Vy Nhóm O-Plus
Hoàng Thống Nguyễn Hoàng Sơn Vũ Bình Minh
Đức Trí Nguyễn Đình Khương Dũng Hà Hakoota Phạm Minh Triết Nguyễn Minh Cường
Nguyễn Hoàng Ly Nguyễn Thành Đạt** Nguyễn Kim Tuyên Lê Minh Phương
Lê Minh Sơn Lộn Xộn Band Trần Khánh Ly Dư Quốc Vương Dật Hanh
Trương Phước Lộc Phạm Hoàng Duy Jis Song Joo-young

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gameshow khủng của Trung Quốc "Sing My Song" sẽ về Việt Nam năm nay" (in Vietnamese). 16 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Chung kết Sing My Song - Bài hát hay nhất 2016 (21h, VTV3)". VTV (in Vietnamese). 23 January 2017.
  3. ^ Nguyễn Hằng (February 1, 2018). "Lộ diện bộ tứ quyền lực của Bài hát hay nhất 2018". Dân trí (in Vietnamese). Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. ^ Minh Thư (February 1, 2018). "Bộ tứ quyền lực của Sing my song - Bài hát hay nhất 2018 'lộ diện'". Thể thao & Văn hóa (in Vietnamese). Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  5. ^ "Trở lại với mùa 2, Sing My Song - Bài hát hay nhất đổi luật chơi". VTV (in Vietnamese). February 27, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  6. ^ "Sing My Song: Chân dung thí sinh khiến Đức Trí phá luật, Lê Minh Sơn thèm khát". VTV (in Vietnamese). March 26, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.