Tôi là... người chiến thắng is a Vietnamese vocal game show, airing on HTV7 at 9:00 pm (UTC+7) prime time slot every Saturdays. The show premiered on May 25, 2013 with Bình Minh as the host and Siu Black/Hoài Linh as a special 101st judge. The winner of the show might take home 300,000,000 VND in cash (roughly $14,000). The first season includes 12 episodes, featuring contestants in eight categories namely Boys, Girls, Male Singers, Female Singers, Students, Middle Ages, Celebrities and Groups."Tôi là người chiến thắng - The Winner is... đến Việt Nam", by: Quỳnh Thi, Tuoi Tre Online, date: 2013-04-16.
The show builds its format differently from the original and the U.S. adaptation that in the first rounds there are no battles. In fact, all the candidates are singing for the public vote. The four candidates with highest scores of a category are then advanced to second round, singing duet for survival.
Trần Hải Châu, a 21-year-old student, won the first season and obtained the final grand prizes, including a studio single with Universal Music, and 630,000,000 ₫ in cash (almost $30,000)."Cô gái trẻ Hải Châu giành quân quân The Winner is... mùa đầu tiên", by: Xuyến Chi, thethaovanhoa.vn, date: 2013-08-11.
The show will return in 2014 with 12 episodes. Eight categories are introduced, including two Celebrity categories, two Singer categories, Students, Middle Ages, together with newly two Underground Singer categories. Comedians and Bands/Groups are originally official categories of the 2014 season; they, however, were dropped out due to lack of qualified candidates.
Synopsis Đông Tây Promotion and Ho Chi Minh City Television won the right to produce the Vietnamese adaptation. It might be the first Asian adaptation of the franchise and it was launched before the U.S. adaptation. The first season was hosted by Bình Mình and starred Siu Black or Hoài Linh, who can affect the result of a duet. Each episode is about a category, a quarter final round, a semifinal round and a finale while the original focuses on the first phase (first-rounded battles in many categories), the second phase (second and third-rounded battles in many categories), the quarter-final/semifinal/season finale.
The Vietnamese adaptation marks its uniqueness as a mix of two hot shows Deal or No Deal and The Voice.
Format The program consists of several phases. In the first phase, the pre-selection, all entries are reviewed by the production jury. All candidates are invited to audition and based on that audition is decided whether the candidate is good enough to be allowed for television recordings. After short-listing the candidates are divided into eight categories of eight candidates. In all these first rounds eight candidates sing solo and the panel of 101 judges, including Siu Black (later replaced by Hoài Linh from the live show,"Siu Black đột ngột rút lui nhường ghế giám khảo cho Hoài Linh", by: Nguyễn Tú, 2sao.vn, date: 19 July 2013.) thus score them. The four highest scores are moved to the second rounds in two battles. In the case that the highest four cannot be determined, if two candidates have the same score (making the highest five) then Siu Black has the ultimate power to decide who had better leave the competition for good; if three or more candidates have the same score (making the highest six or more) the ultimate power is shifted to the audience to vote off some. And the highest score of them all has the right to pick the opponent for a battle. Thereafter the second rounds happen and "deal" element is introduced. Accepted the deal and earned the money of 10,000,000 VND, the candidate is automatically evicted from the competition no matter how many score he gains in the battle and the opponent is immediately declared winning. Otherwise no deal occurs, the candidate with higher score wins and the money is added up to the final grand prize. The eight categories are covered in first eight episodes.
The two winners of a category advance to the quarter-final round, where it can be. Again earned money of 20,000,000 VND the loser is right out of the league. Otherwise no deal occurs, the candidate with higher score wins and the money is added up to the final grand prize. The quarter final rounds are covered in two episodes.
In the very last battle to decide who the winner is, the audience voting is used as a determining factor. Audience can score from home in the last 15 minutes, which gives 100 to the battle, adding with score from 101 judges to make a possible 201 score.
Step by step the candidate is out until there is only one remain, taking the final grand prize home. The final grand prize includes the basic prize announced of 300,000,000 ₫ in cash, and the negotiation prizes during battles if no deal occurred.
Season 1 Legend – Contestant wins and/or advances - Contestant wins the grand prize – Contestant loses and/or is eliminated – Contestant takes the money offer and is eliminated GUY - Candidate from Guy Category GRL - Candidate from Girl Category STU - Candidate from Student Category MA - Candidate from Middle Age Category CEL - Candidate from Celebrity Category GRP - Candidate from Band/Group Category MSG - Candidate from Male Singer Category FSG - Candidate from Female Singer Category
Results
Episodes
Episode 1: Girls Aired: May 25, 2013
Round 1Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results N/A "Sao ta lặng im" (Nguyễn Hồng Thuận) Nguyễn Thị Lệ Ngọc (78) Fast Track "Như vẫn còn đây" (Phúc Trường) Trần Dương Uyên Thy (35) Eliminated "Người em yêu mãi" (Hải Âu) Nguyễn Thu Hiền (58) Eliminated "Son" (Đức Nghĩa) Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh (78) Advance "Cảm ơn tình yêu" (Huy Tuấn) Vũ Minh Trang (31) Eliminated "Đâu phải bởi mùa thu" (Phú Quang; Giáng Vân) Võ Vũ Thùy Dung (39) Eliminated "Đời bỗng vui" (Đức Trí) Lê Thị Bích Ngọc (70) Advance "Yêu mình anh" (Dada) Nguyễn Phương Thùy (75) Advance Round 2Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results 10,000,000 ₫ "Anh mãi là" (Hồ Hoài Anh) Lê Thị Bích Ngọc (29) Lose "Mong anh về" (Dương Cầm) Nguyễn Thị Thùy Linh (72) Win 10,000,000 ₫ "Cám ơn anh" (Minh Thụy) Nguyễn Phương Thùy (39) Lose "Mãi mãi về sau" (Dương Khắc Linh, Thanh Bui, Hoàng Huy Long) Nguyễn Thị Lệ Ngọc (62) Win
Episode 2: Male Singers Aired: June 01, 2013
Round 1Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results N/A "Trái tim bên lề" (Khải Tuấn) Trần Lân Nhã (70) Advance "Say You'll Be There" by Spice Girls Phạm Dũng Hà (52) Eliminated "Lại gần hôn anh" (Phạm Duy) Nguyễn Hoài Nam (41) Eliminated "Góc tối" (Nguyễn Hải Phong) Nguyễn Ngọc Minh (74) Advance "Dấu yêu một thời" (himself) Nguyễn Mạnh Quân (68) Eliminated "Xin chào! Xin chào!" (Đức Trí) Trần Quốc Thiên (92) Fast Track "You Raise Me Up" by Secret Garden Nguyễn Đức Quang (87) Advance "Tình nhân" (Tăng Nhật Tuệ) Lê Việt Anh (47) Eliminated Round 2Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results 10,000,000 ₫ "Quỳnh" (Quốc Bảo) Trần Lân Nhã (21) Lose "Yêu thương mong manh" (Đức Trí, Hà Quang Minh) Nguyễn Ngọc Minh (80) Win 10,000,000 ₫ "Brave" by Josh Groban Nguyễn Đức Quang (18) Lose "Lạc" (Toàn Thắng) Trần Quốc Thiên (83) Win
Episode 3: Groups Aired: June 08, 2013
Round 1Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results N/A "Yêu dấu theo gió bay" (Nguyễn Hoàng Duy) TVM (32) Eliminated "Vive la Vida" Coco Band (44) Eliminated "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley Tóc Ngắn (73) Eliminated "Ngôi sao ước mơ" (Nguyễn Hoàng Anh Minh) VMen (85) Advance "Nơi ấy" (Dương Khắc Linh, Hà Okio) It's Time (85) Advance "Hương ngọc lan" (Anh Quân) Dòng Thời Gian (95) Fast Track "Im lặng" (Trương Thanh Hiếu) Nhật Nguyệt (51) Eliminated "Larger than Life" by the Backstreet Boys The Leaders (80) Advance Round 2Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results 10,000,000 ₫ "One More Night" by the Maroon 5 The Leader (47) Lose "Lạc lối" (Hồ Hoài Anh) It's Time (54) Win 10,000,000 ₫ "Love to Be Loved by You" by Marc Terenzi VMen (24) Lose "Time to Say Goodbye" Dòng Thời Gian (77) Win
Episode 4: Middle Ages Aired: June 15, 2013
Round 1Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results N/A "Bánh xe lãng tử" (Trọng Khương) Phạm Hoàng Nga (76) Advance "Nỗi lòng người đi" (Anh Bằng) Đặng Phi Sơn (44) Eliminated "Nhớ em" (himself) Kỳ Phương (75) Advance "Tình 2000" (Võ Thiện Thanh) Đặng Thị Lệ Hoa (76) Advance "Imagine" by John Lennon Y Thanh (70) Eliminated "Xin còn gọi tên nhau" (Trường Sa) Lê Thị Duy Thủy (45) Eliminated "Bản tình cuối" (Ngô Thụy Miên) Thái Sơn Eliminated "I Hate Myself for Loving You" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Phạm Thị Bạch Lan (82) Fast Track Round 2Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results 10,000,000 ₫ "Vết lăn trầm" (Trịnh Công Sơn) Phạm Hoàng Nga (37) Lose "Cho người tình xa" (himself) Kỳ Phương (64) Win 10,000,000 ₫ "Hurt" by Christina Aguilera Đặng Thị Lệ Hoa (59) Win "Trả hết cho người" (Lê Hựu Hà) Phạm Thị Bạch Lan (42) Lose
Episode 5: Students Aired: June 22, 2013
Round 1Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results N/A "Sẽ mãi bên nhau" by Hồ Ngọc Hà Ngô Thủy Tiên (14) Eliminated "Torna a Surriento" Nguyễn Thành Trung (77) Advance "Nếu như anh đến" by Văn Mai Hương Nguyễn Thị Mai Phương (16) Eliminated "Khoảng trời của bé" (Nguyễn Duy Hùng) Võ Xuân Hiển (91) Fast Track "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele Trần Hải Châu (73) Advance "Thu cuối" by Mr.T feat. Yanbi Võ Đình Hiếu (39) Eliminated "Dù có cách xa" (Đinh Mạnh Ninh) Trần Giang Đại Hoàng (48) Eliminated "Taxi" by Thu Minh Phan Thị Thanh Nga (66) Advance Round 2Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results 10,000,000 ₫ "Anh" (Xuân Phương) Phan Thị Thanh Nga (7) Lose "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele Trần Hải Châu (94) Win 10,000,000 ₫ "Lá đỏ" (Hoàng Hiệp, Nguyễn Đình Thi) Nguyễn Thành Trung (13) Lose "Radio" by Hà Anh Tuấn Võ Xuân Hiển (88) Win
Episode 6: Boys Aired: June 29, 2013
Round 1Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results N/A "Tâm hồn của đá" by Bức Tường Hồ Minh Ngọc (35) Eliminated "Vệt nắng cuối trời" (Tiến Minh) Nguyễn Công Hiếu (34) Eliminated "Phôi pha" (Trịnh Công Sơn) Nguyễn Quốc Huy Luân (83) Advance "Đổi thay" (Kim Tuấn) Nguyễn Văn Đức (24) Eliminated "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers Thái Huy Sắc (90) Advance "Gửi ngàn lời yêu" (Minh Vương, Lê Việt Khanh) Nguyễn Tuấn Nghĩa (57) Advance "Đến với nhau" (Dương Trường Giang) Phan Quang Hùng (35) Eliminated "'O sole mio" Nguyễn Tiến Hưng (90) Fast Track Round 2Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results 10,000,000 ₫ "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers Nguyễn Tuấn Nghĩa (68) Win "Độc bước" (Trần Trung Đức) Thái Huy Sắc (33) Lose 10,000,000 ₫ "Lạc mất mùa xuân"/"Le Géant de papier" Nguyễn Quốc Huy Luân (52) Win "Nơi đảo xa" (Thế Song) Nguyễn Tiến Hưng (49) Lose
Episode 7: Female Singers Aired: July 06, 2013
Round 1Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results N/A "Ngôi sao cô đơn" (Thanh Tùng) Anh Thúy (76) Advance "Sa mạc tình yêu"/"Ai no shinkirou" Hà Thúy Anh (36) Eliminated "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears Nguyễn Võ Lan Trinh (74) Advance "Biết đâu" by herself Thùy Hoàng Diễm (40) Eliminated "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" by The Pussycat Dolls Lưu Hiền Trinh (82) Advance "Trắng và đen" (Minh Thụy) H'Zina Bya (90) Fast Track "Giấc mơ chỉ là giấc mơ" (Đức Trí) Nguyễn Thị Bảo Trâm (52) Eliminated "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston Lê Thị Hương Trà (57) Eliminated Round 2Money OfferSongCompetitor (Votes)Results 10,000,000 ₫ "Họa mi hót trong mưa" (Thanh Tùng) Lưu Hiền Trinh (44) Lose "To Love You More" by Céline Dion Anh Thúy (57) Win 10,000,000 ₫ "Ngày xưa Hoàng Thị" (Phạm Duy) Nguyễn Võ Lan Trinh (32) Lose "Chuyện tình" (Anh Quân) H'Zina Bya (69) Win
Episode 8: Celebrities Aired: July 13, 2013