The third season of Vietnam Idol premiered on VTV6 on August 21, 2010. There are two episodes every Tuesday and Saturday together with a daily five-minute news. This season features a new option for the judges is to "save" a contestant from elimination. This, however, was not used this season.
Trần Nguyễn Uyên Linh was announced to be the third winner of Vietnam Idol, she received $20,000 in cash and a recording contract.[1]
Process
Following a break in production, it was confirmed that the show has been renewed for 2010. The new season will adopt a new structure, with changes to broadcasting and production. The broadcasting stations were changed from HTV (Ho Chi Minh City Television) to VTV6 - a cable channel targeted at young audiences of VTV (Vietnam Television) [2] The producer company of the first 2 seasons, Dong Tay Promotion, will be replaced by BHD Pictures.[2] Siu Black remains on the judging panel but will be joined by two new judges, Quốc Trung and Nguyễn Quang Dũng. Phan Anh will also take over as the host of the contest.[3][4]
One hundred contestants will advance from this round and into the Knock Out Round.
HCMC week
The first day of the week featured ninety-six contestants (but actually ninety-three were present at that time) advanced from the audition round. After the first elimination, forty-eight remained and then split up into 12 groups of four. Twenty-four made it into the final round in which judges revealed who were the semi-finalists.
Semi-finals
The semi-finals takes place over three weeks, with the results announced the following Tuesday. During the first two weeks, sixteen contestants are split and perform by gender. Only four of them will be given a bye to the Top 10, while the remaining 10 contestants compete in the last semi-final round for a spot in the finals. During this whole process, judges have the right to let their five favorite contestants be finalists.
The finals began two weeks after the semi-finals had concluded. Music journalist and host Đặng Diễm Quỳnh is added to the judging panel at the start of the finals.
Each week the finalists perform live on stage to a television audience. The contestant receiving the least viewers' votes is eliminated from the competition. Introduced for the first time this season is the ability of the judges to collectively override the voters' decision once, if they deem that a contestant has been voted-out prematurely. Should this option is activated, two contestants would be eliminated the following week instead of one.
The grand finale took place in Lan Anh Music Center. 2500 tickets out of over 3000 are invitational; therefore, some tickets left were scalped up to 500,000 to 700,000 VND each.[6] The show started at 9 pm (local time) and were broadcast live on VTV3, VTV6, VTV9, YanTV and several local TV stations. Hồng Nhung and Mỹ Linh, previously mentors on the show, performed with the two finalists – Mai Hương and Uyên Linh. The show's judge Siu Black performed together with Nguyễn Thị Phương Anh. Phan Anh announced the winner of the season was Trần Nguyễn Uyên Linh from Ho Chi Minh city. Linh then performed the winning song Cảm ơn tình yêu.
Musical Performances
"Bèo dạt mây trôi" – AnB Group
"Giấc mơ Chapi" – Du Mục band
"Những nụ hôn rực rỡ" – Male Finalists
"Cô gái tự tin" – Female Finalists
"Hoa nắng" – Top 10 (excluding Mai Hương and Uyên Linh)
"Đừng ngồi trong bóng đêm" – Mai Hương
"Giấc mơ nào với tôi" – Uyên Linh
"Dại khờ" – Đức Anh and Đăng Khoa
"Phút giây ngọt ngào" – Lân Nhã and Lều Phương Anh
"Ly cafe ban mê" – Lân Nhã
"Căn gác trống" – Trung Quân
"Khao khát môi hồng" – Nguyễn Thị Phương Anh and Siu Black
"Cảm ơn tình yêu" – Uyên Linh (later joined by the rest of top 10)
Elimination chart
Legend
Female
Male
Top 10
Top 16
Safe
Bottom Three
Bottom Two
Eliminated
Withdrew
Stage:
Semi-Finals
Finals
Week:
09/27
10/04
10/11
10/25
11/01
11/08
11/15
11/22
11/29
12/06
12/13
12/24
Place
Contestant
Result
1
Trần Nguyễn Uyên Linh
Top 10
Btm3
Elim1
Winner
2
Văn Mai Hương
Top 10
Btm2
Runner-Up
3
Lều Phương Anh
Top 10
Btm2
Btm2
Elim
4
Trần Lân Nhã
Top 10
Btm2
Btm3
Elim
5
Nguyễn Tấn Đăng Khoa
Top 10
Btm2
WD1
6
Lê Đức Anh
Top 10
Btm3
Btm3
Btm3
Elim
7
Bùi Thị Bích Phương
Btm 3
Top 10
Btm3
Btm2
Elim
8
Bùi Nguyễn Trung Quân
Top 10
Elim
9
Đinh Vương Linh
Top 10
Elim
10
Nguyễn Thị Phương Anh
Top 10
Elim
11–14
Trần Phương Ly
Elim
Hà Minh Nguyệt
Btm 2
Nguyễn Văn Thắng
Nguyễn Văn Viết
Btm 2
15–16
Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang
Elim
Y Jalin Ayun
Elim
1 The official results had Uyên Linh eliminated from the show. However, Đăng Khoa, who was safe in this round, announced that he preferred to withdraw from the competition in her stead. This followed controversy from a released surreptitious recording of a conversation involving eliminated finalist Đức Anh insulting fellow eliminated contestants, judges, the media, and others. The fifteen-minute audio was first released onto the internet forums, and subsequently released onto websites like YouTube. Đăng Khoa has admitted to being the one who did the recording but has denied being the one who released the audio. On behalf of the Executive Producers and Judges of Vietnam Idol, Diễm Quỳnh accepted Khoa's request to withdraw; therefore, Uyên Linh was saved from elimination at the last moment and did not have to perform her exit song.
Cảm ơn tình yêu Live Show was a concert featuring all of the season 3 finalists, except for Lều Phương Anh with personal reasons. The show was produced by Huy Tuấn, who was also the musical director of Vietnam Idol this season, and was sponsored by MobiFone. The concert was held in Hanoi on January 23, 2011.
Performers
Uyên Linh (Winner)
Mai Hương (2nd place)
Lân Nhã (4th place)
Đăng Khoa (5th place)
Đức Anh (6th place)
Bích Phương (7th)
Trung Quân (8th place)
Vương Linh (9th place)
Phương Anh (10th place)
Setlist
Lân Nhã, Trung Quân, Phương Anh, Bích Phương, Vương Linh, Đức Anh and Đăng Khoa — - "Những nụ hôn rụ rỡ" (from the same name movie) and "Hoa nắng"
Đức Anh — - "Bất chợt một tình yêu" (Nguyễn Đức Cường)
Đăng Khoa — - "Dòng thời gian" (Nguyễn Hải Phong)
Vương Linh & Bích Phương — - "Đêm tình nhân" (Phương Uyên & Lê Minh)
