The first season of Vietnam's Got Talent, a Vietnamese reality television talent show, aired Sunday nights at 9:00PM (UTC+7) between December 18, 2011 and May 6, 2012 on VTV3 and MTV Vietnam. The show was based on the Got Talent series format that originated by Simon Cowell in the United Kingdom. Artist Thành Lộc was the first host to be announced.[1] Shortly thereafter, Thúy Hạnh confirmed her role at the judges' table. Huy Tuấn was given the 3rd spot of the judges' table. The show was presented by Chi Bảo and Quyền Linh.
The show was primarily produced by Vietnam Television and BHD Corp, with additional broadcasting by MTV Vietnam. The performance shows were aired Sundays on VTV3 while result shows were aired on VTV2 the following Tuesday.
Summary
Vietnam's Got Talent is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, martial-art players, performers with risky weapons/tools/elements, variety acts and other performers of all ages competing for a grand prize of 400,000,000 VND (approximately $20,000).
The first season ran for 26 episodes. The producers chose the top 360 auditioning acts for taped auditions.[2] These were subsequently cut down to 140 by an additional round of auditions consisting of the traditional "Yes" and "No" vote by a panel of three judges. The judges then chose their favourite 49 acts for advancement into the live semi-final rounds, from which the top two acts of each semi-final advanced to two final rounds consisting of 7 acts each, from which 2 acts per final round, one by televote and one by judges' vote, advanced to a grand finale.
Auditions
Auditions were initially held in 8 major cities.[3][4] Afterwards, the producers announced that the auditions, dubbed Golden Chances, would be held in rural areas by way of a bus tour. The best two acts from each rural area and the best 5 acts from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi respectively advance to the second round of auditions.[5]
140 acts advanced through the preliminary rounds to be culled by the judges, who chose 49 acts for advancement to the semi-final rounds. As announced, 3 additional acts were chosen as backups in the case of any semi-final qualifiers being disqualified or otherwise rendered unable to perform in the semi-finals.
Semi-final rounds
Key
Judges' choice
Finished in first place; Automatically advanced to the finals.
Finished in second place; Won the judges' vote to the finals.
Finished in third place; Lost the judges' vote.
The acts are listed of chronological appearance.
1st Semi-final (March 4–6)
Celebrity performer: Thu Minh ("Đường cong")
Order
Artist
Act
Buzzes and judges' choices
Finished
Thành Lộc
Thúy Hạnh
Huy Tuấn
1
Ngẫu hứng
Dancing
6th
2
Trần My Anh
Singing
4th
3
Dòng thời gian
Opera
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2nd
4
Ảo giác
Contact juggling
7th
5
Nguyễn Thanh Bình
Singing
5th
6
Khát vọng
Dancing/Magic
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3rd
7
Võ Trọng Phúc
Singing
1st
Judges' vote (between Dòng thời gian & Khát vọng):
Thúy Hạnh: Dòng thời gian – "You managed to make a big impression on us and also gave both the audience and us a lot of surprises".
Thành Lộc: Khát vọng – Leaving the final decision up to Huy Tuấn.
Huy Tuấn: Dòng thời gian – "Your performance was excellent."
2nd Semi-final (March 11–13)
Celebrity performer: Anh Khang duet with Suboi ("Quê hương Việt Nam")
Order
Artist
Act
Buzzes and judges' choices
Finished
Thành Lộc
Thúy Hạnh
Huy Tuấn
1
Tia Chớp (U.P)
Dancing with light
5th
2
Vũ Khánh Vân
Singing
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3rd
3
Bành Đức Hoài Yên
Belly dance
4th
4
Bảo Cường (Huỳnh Huy Cường)
Magician
7th
5
Hoàng Tú Linh
Pianist/Singing
6th
6
Nguyễn Trường Giang
Popping
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2nd
7
Vũ Song Vũ
Singing
1st
Judges' vote (between Nguyễn Trường Giang & Vũ Khánh Vân):
Thúy Hạnh: Nguyễn Trường Giang – "I will give you another chance to prove whether or not you can do better than in the previous round."
Huy Tuấn: Vũ khánh Vân – "Your performance was excellent.", leaving the final decision up to Thành Lộc.
Thành Lộc: Nguyễn Trường Giang – "Your technical popping is very solid, professional and highly entertaining."
Huy Tuấn was not required to vote since a majority decision had already been reached, but nevertheless confirmed that he, too, had voted for Ngọc Hoàng
