The Voice of Vietnam () is a reality television singing competition created by Endemol. 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 United States, where it aired on NBC domestically and AXN Asia regionally. It is produced by Cát Tiên Sa.
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 contestant. If more than one coach turns the chair, the contestant chooses the coach he or she would like to work with. The blind audition ends when each coach has fourteen (Vietnamese version) contestants to work with. Coaches will dedicate themselves to developing their singers, giving them advice, and sharing the secrets of their success. Since Season 5, the Blocks (chặn) are added. Coaches can block another coaches to prevent them from having an artist. In Season 6, coaches can press the block button even after they turned their chair but they can't block the special coach.
The competition then enters a battle round (Vòng Đối Đầu), when the coaches pick 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 to the next round, which can be either the Knockouts or the Live Shows. Another twist is added on Season 2, the Steal. Coaches can steal two losing artists from another team and they will be switching to that team. In Season 4, coaches only have one wildcard save and can't steal.
The Knockout Round was added in season two, adapting from the U.S version. In this round, two contestants from the same team are paired against each other to sing individually in succession. Contestants are not informed who their opponents will be since coaches will decide the pairs directly onstage. At the end of the two performances, only one contestant will be saved by his/her coach to advance to the Live shows.
In the live performance phase of the competition, contestants from each team compete against each other during a live broadcast. The television audience vote to save one contestant from 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 contestants 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 and a recording contract with Universal Republic Records.
Coaches and hosts On 14 March 2012, four coaches were chosen, namely Thu Minh, Trần Lập, Hồ Ngọc Hà, and Đàm Vĩnh Hưng."Hà Hồ, Mr Đàm ngồi ghế nóng giám khảo", 24h.com.vn, date: 2012-03-14."Trần Lập "đối đầu" với Hà Hồ, Đàm Vĩnh Hưng", vietnamnet.vn, by: Linh Phạm, date: 2012-03-14. They each guided a team of fourteen. The first season was hosted by Phan Anh, former host of Vietnam Idol, while V.Music band, including four members, and Phương Mai take the role of backstage and social media correspondents respectively. After the finals of the first season, Thu Minh announced her departure from the show for a European residency. Hồ Ngọc Hà and Trần Lập did not return as well due to professional reasons. Three new coaches recruited for season 2 were Mỹ Linh, Hồng Nhung, and Quốc Trung.
On 6 March 2015, Tuấn Hưng confirmed he would become a coach for the show's third season. A week later, Đàm Vĩnh Hưng was announced to be returning to the show for his third season. On 13 April 2015, the coaching panel for Season 3 was officially confirmed as Tuấn Hưng, Đàm Vĩnh Hưng, Thu Phương, and Mỹ Tâm. Phan Anh continued his job as host in Season 2 and Season 3.
Coach Trần Lập died after a long battle with rectal cancer on 17 March 2016.
On 4 January 2017 it was announced that Thu Minh would return to her red chair for the show's fourth cycle after two seasons of absence; while former Vietnam Idol Kids judge Tóc Tiên as well as two coaches from The Voice Kids, Đông Nhi and Noo Phước Thịnh, would be joining the show as coaches. This marks the first time in any franchise of The Voice worldwide to have three female coaches and only one male coach. The fourth season is hosted by Nguyên Khang, former host of The X Factor Vietnam.
Auditioning for the fifth season was held from December 2017 to March 2018. On 6 April 2018, the coaching panel for Season 5 was revealed with coaches Thu Phương, Noo Phước Thịnh, and Tóc Tiên returning, while former The Voice Kids coach Lam Trường filled the last spot. Former Sing My Song presenter Phí Linh replaced Nguyên Khang as host along with Season 4 winner Ali Hoàng Dương who served as the backstage presenter for Season 5, and remained in the following season. On 12 March 2019, it was confirmed that Tuấn Hưng would be returning to his red chair for the series' sixth season. The following day, it was announced that veteran The Voice Kids coach Hồ Hoài Anh and singers Tuấn Ngọc and Thanh Hà have joined the coaching panel for Season 6. However, midway through the season, Tuấn Hưng announced he would not be returning to the show in future seasons.
Timeline of coaches and hosts Coaches Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 Đàm Vĩnh Hưng colspan="3" Thu Minh colspan="2" colspan="2" Hồ Ngọc Hà colspan="5" Trần Lập (†) colspan="5" Mỹ Linh colspan="4" Hồng Nhung colspan="4" Quốc Trung colspan="4" Thu Phương colspan="2" Mỹ Tâm colspan="2" colspan="3" Tuấn Hưng colspan="2" colspan="2" Đông Nhi colspan="3" colspan="2" Noo Phước Thịnh colspan="3" Tóc Tiên colspan="3" Lam Trường colspan="4" Hồ Hoài Anh colspan="5" Tuấn Ngọc colspan="5" Thanh Hà colspan="5" Host Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 Phan Anh colspan="3" colspan="3" Nguyên Khang colspan="3" colspan="2" Phí Linh colspan="4" colspan="2"
Coaches' advisors Season Advisors 1 Team Đàm Vĩnh Hưng Team Thu Minh Team Hồ Ngọc Hà Team Trần Lập Cẩm Vân & Elvis Phương Hồng Nhung & Nguyễn Hải Phong Hồ Quỳnh Hương & Thanh Bùi Siu Black & Hồ Hoài Anh 2 Team Đàm Vĩnh Hưng Team Mỹ Linh Team Hồng Nhung Team Quốc Trung Nguyễn Ngọc Anh Hồng Kiên Thanh Bùi Lưu Thiên Hương 3 Team Đàm Vĩnh Hưng Team Thu Phương Team Mỹ Tâm Team Tuấn Hưng Quang Linh Hồng Nhung Hoài Sa Lệ Quyên 4 Team Noo Phước Thịnh Team Thu Minh Team Tóc Tiên Team Đông Nhi Phương Thanh (Battles)Hồ Ngọc Hà (Knockouts) Khắc Hưng & Trung Quân (Battles)Hoài Sa, Shontelle (Knockouts) Mỹ Linh (Battles)Siu Black (Knockouts) Thanh Hà 5 Team Noo Phước Thịnh Team Thu Phương Team Tóc Tiên Team Lam Trường Hồ Hoài Anh Dương Cầm Trần Thu Hà Nguyễn Hải Phong 6 Team Hồ Hoài Anh Team Thanh Hà Team Tuấn Ngọc Team Tuấn Hưng Long Halo Noo Phước Thịnh & Addy Trần Vũ Cát Tường Nguyễn Hoàng Duy
Series overview Key
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Coaches' teams Colour key:
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Season synopses
Season 1
The first season of The Voice of Vietnam began on 8 July 2012 and ended on 13 January 2013. The four original coaches are Đàm Vĩnh Hưng, Thu Minh, Hồ Ngọc Hà and Trần Lập, with Phan Anh hosting the show. This season didn't feature the "steal" and the Knockout round, contestant who won their battle were qualified for the live shows. Each coach was allowed to advance seven top to the live shows:
Team Đàm Vĩnh Hưng Team Thu Minh Team Hồ Ngọc Hà Team Trần Lập Lê Phạm Xuân Nghi Phạm Thị Hương Tràm Đinh Thị Thanh Hương Nguyễn Kiên Giang Đồng Lan Nguyễn Trúc Nhân Bùi Anh Tuấn Trần Thị Kim Loan † Phan Ngọc Luân Đỗ Xuân Sơn Tiêu Châu Như Quỳnh Nguyễn Thùy Linh Vũ Thanh Hằng Dương Trần Nghĩa Đào Bá Lộc Nguyễn Văn Thắng Nguyễn Trọng Khương Nguyễn Khánh Phương Linh Nguyễn Thị Thái Trinh Nguyễn Hoài Bảo Anh Phạm Dũng Hà Đặng Thị Thu Thủy Nguyễn Hương Giang Huỳnh Anh Tuấn Nguyễn Quỳnh Trang Phạm Thị Ngân Bình Thiều Bảo Trang Nguyễn Thị Thảo Nguyên
Season 2
Season 2 of The Voice of Vietnam began on 19 May 2013 and concluded on 15 December 2013. Three new coaches were Mỹ Linh, Hồng Nhung and Quốc Trung, while Đàm Vĩnh Hưng and Phan Anh returned as coach and host, respectively. This season adopted the "Steals" in the battles as well as the Knockout round. Each coach was allowed to advance five top to the live shows:
Team Mỹ Linh Team Đàm Vĩnh Hưng Team Hồng Nhung Team Quốc Trung Nguyễn Hoàng Tôn Vũ Thảo My Vũ Cát Tường Trần Vũ Hà My Nguyễn Thái Quang Nguyễn Song Tú Phạm Hà Linh Trần Thái Châu Dương Hoàng Yến Nguyễn Ngọc Trâm Âu Bảo Ngân Đinh Thị My Hoàn Trần Thị Diễm Hương Nguyễn Trần Minh Sang Đỗ Thành Nam Phạm Khánh Duy Trần Huyền My Nguyễn Văn Viết Hoàng Nhật Minh Nguyễn Lâm Hoàng Phúc
Season 3