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50-558: Vietnam Idol was created based on the British show Pop Idol and U.S. show American Idol . Đông Tây Promotion and its sponsor partner Unilever secured the format license for US$ 2 million, which was the highest licensing fee paid for a reality TV show in Vietnam at the time. The show debuted in 2007 in Vietnam under the name Thần tượng âm nhạc: Vietnam Idol ("music idol: Vietnam idol"), broadcast by Ho Chi Minh City Television under

100-550: A career in musical theatre whilst Jessica Garlick represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 . Semi-finalist Sarah Whatmore had two chart hits, despite failing to be voted into the top 10. Series 2 contestants enjoyed significantly less chart success, which many believe damaged the credibility of the show and helped hasten its demise in its home country. Immediately after the second series of Pop Idol ,

150-399: A contestant being counted for another contestant, though there was no concrete evidence to verify this claim, and the organisers stated that the results were not tampered with. While the organizers maintain that allowing up to 500 votes per phone number and not publicly tallying votes are standard practices seen in other Idol versions, they have been accused of doing so to maximize profits at

200-516: A further five years. ITV 's licence to produce Pop Idol has since expired, meaning that other channels could theoretically acquire the series. Despite rumours (see below), no broadcaster has since acquired the rights to the format in the UK. Despite running for only two series, Pop Idol ' s impact was immense and led 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia to roll the format out globally; currently there are over 50 versions in 110 countries, including, notably, American Idol , on which Cowell

250-555: A recording contract with BHD Entertainment instead of Music Faces Records as in the previous seasons. The semi-final and final rounds were filmed at BHD Pictures Studio and the grand finale took place in Lan Anh Music Center. At the Grand Finale, Uyên Linh was announced the winner, taking the title over Mai Hương. Linh then performed a new coronation song called " Cảm ơn tình yêu " ( Thanks for Love ) and released

300-442: A second chance. In this special edition, one contestant, Susanne Manning , was selected by the viewer vote, and one, Sam Nixon , was chosen by the judges. This meant that the next stage began with twelve contestants, rather than the ten in series 1. For the final stage, the show moved to a more lavish TV set, where all remaining contestants sang on live television, accompanied by either a backing track or live band. Most editions had

350-479: A single in both Vietnamese and German . For season 7, Bằng Kiều replaced Thanh Bui on the judging panel while Phan Anh returned for his third season hosting the show. The season ran from May 27, 2016, to September 30, 2016, every Friday at 9.10 pm. For the second season in a row, a foreigner was named Vietnam Idol as Janice Aranjuez Buco (stage name Janice Phương) from the Philippines received 54.25% of

400-403: A theme, with contestants singing songs from a particular genre or artist (no original songs were performed at any stage in the competition). Again, the judges offered comments, but the results were decided by viewer voting. Again, a live results show was broadcast later in the evening, but this time the singer with the fewest votes was eliminated, the rest continuing to the following week until only

450-482: The Criterion Theatre , where further auditions saw the judges decide on a group of 50. Unusually, this was the final point at which the judges had direct control over the contestants' fates, as the remainder of the results would be driven solely by viewer voting. Stage 3 of the series took place in a conventional TV studio. The 50 contestants were split into five groups of ten, each of whom sang one song for

500-480: The Portuguese and Brazilian series). The show's theme music was written by Gingell/Stone and Cathy Dennis . One of the UK's top-earning TV format exports, Pop Idol made extensive use of premium-priced viewer interactivity, with viewers voting by telephone , mobile telephone texting (not used on series one), through the " red button " on digital television sets, or via the official website. The final of

550-501: The "official" UK judge). The surprise winner was Norway's Kurt Nilsen , who proceeded to minor UK chart success. Cowell was strongly critical of World Idol , and it is highly unlikely to be staged again. After the second series of Pop Idol , ITV put the show on indefinite hiatus when in April 2004 judge and music executive Simon Cowell announced the launch of his own show, The X Factor , which he and his record label ( Syco ) held

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600-583: The "red button". However, the 'voting' system was effectively meaningless, as any individual was permitted to make an unlimited number of votes, the winning contestant thus being merely the one with the most persistent supporters. The Saturday night primetime show initially followed the audition process, as hopefuls sang before four judges (record producer and music executive Pete Waterman , music executive and music manager Simon Cowell , music promoter and music manager Nicki Chapman and Radio DJ and television personality Neil "Dr" Fox ) at various locations around

650-848: The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , as Marius in Les Misérables , on tour and in the West End and as Claude in Hair . In 2013, he became a member of the supergroup 5th Story . Darius Danesh had two hit albums and appeared in the West End musicals Chicago , playing the role of Billy Flynn, and Gone with the Wind , originating the role of Rhett Butler. He also appeared in the touring version of Guys and Dolls as Sky Masterson. Finalists Rosie Ribbons and Zoe Birkett have both scored chart hits, Birkett also moving on to

700-551: The Grand Finale took place in Quân khu 7 Stadium . Ya Suy was crowned as the season winner over Hoàng Quyên. The season's coronation song was "Giây phút khát khao" (The Moment of Aspiration). After the season, Ya Suy's singing career was relatively inactive. He released his first single "Về với lúa" in late 2013 and proceeded to release two more singles in 2014 and 2017 before announcing his retirement from singing due to an issue with his vocals in April 2018. Nguyễn Quang Dũng and Mỹ Tâm

750-463: The UK. Besides the successful auditionees, the poorest "singers" were often aired due to their obvious lack of talent or presence. Poor singers often faced harsh criticisms from the judges, especially from Simon Cowell (whose controversial rantings also made him famous on American Idol ). The judges' reactions to such performances often ranged from disgust to nearly open laughter; their style of judgement and attitude towards pop-star wannabes resulted in

800-497: The Vietnam Idol 2023 contest, with the strategy of singing all songs familiar to the audience and songs composed by himself. An Huy successfully debuted with the self-composed song "Roi" in the qualifying round, then continued with an elaborate remix of "Roi" to conquer the championship position with the song Stranger. The young singer-songwriter had excellent performances and triumphed over competitors, Ha Minh and Lam Phuc with

850-516: The audience. Many viewers also commented happily that viewers may not regularly watch Vietnam Idol, but Ha An Huy's performance "Like you a little too much" at the show is definitely something you should know. Because this is the song that best demonstrates the musical maturity of the male contestant, making My Tam exclaim, "I like Anh Huy a lot." Currently on Youtube the song has reached more than 1,6 million views; on Facebook 26,6 thousand favorites with more than 2 thousand positive shares. No longer

900-413: The auditions, theatre stages, heats, and then the finals. The game increases in difficulty as the player progresses through the competition. With each stage of the finals, one or two players with the least public vote tally are eliminated. The gameplay mainly consists of lining up a moving symbol with a fixed object in the centre of the screen and pressing the corresponding symbol on the game's controller. If

950-560: The book merely made a typing error. However, the contestant deemed to have had the lowest percentage was always eliminated on that week, meaning the overall result of the show was not changed. Colour key Pop Idol was released as a video game developed by Codemasters for the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance it was also released for the PC on 30 October 2003. The player creates his/her own singer, then they must sing their way through

1000-492: The contest until late July, early August, stating that there were many similar contests on HTV from then to the year's end and the event was not suitable in the country's current social and economic situation. As a result, auditions commenced a month later than the original schedule. The season premiered on September 3 on HTV7. Sỹ Luân replaced Nguyên Vũ in season 1 to co-host the show with Thanh Thảo. The judges panel welcomed Hồ Hoài Anh and Trần Mạnh Tuấn as two new judges along with

1050-470: The controversial opinions of others about the show's setup, including that of Take That manager Nigel Martin Smith . The viewing public quickly fell in love with the format though, as viewing figures indicated. The judges' policy of speaking candidly would have to be sanitised in series 2, however, as it received condemnation from MPs . Once the first round of auditions was completed, the series moved to

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1100-552: The expense of fairness. Furthermore, there were rumors about contestants' relationship with one of the judges and the PR manager of Vietnam Idol. A public auditor from the Singaporean auditing firm Paul Hooi & Co. was hired to audit the vote counting process during the final. Pop Idol Pop Idol is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of

1150-474: The finale and this was the only season to announce the number of votes. Phương Vy, Ngọc Ánh, Thảo Trang, Trà My, Duy Khánh released their solo albums afterwards and enjoyed moderate success after the show. Following the success of season one, it was confirmed by the producers that Vietnam Idol had been renewed for a second season with auditions would take place in June. However, the authorities subsequently postponed

1200-504: The first series of Pop Idol in February 2002 received the highest-ever one-night vote for a UK TV show, making the show one of ITV 's most profitable. The sister show on ITV2 , Pop Idol Extra , hosted by Kate Thornton also made extensive use of mobile phone text messages to raise additional revenue. The first Pop Idol received very high voting figures despite allowing only telephone and Internet voting and not making use of texting or

1250-470: The highest votes accounting for more than 43.7 percent. Huy previously won the third season of Big Song Big Deal songwriting contest which took place from September 2022 to February 2023. He can play a number of musical instruments and is highly appreciated for his music composition skills. The show has been criticized for alleged voting irregularities and lack of transparency. Major newspapers such as Thanh Niên and Tuổi Trẻ ran stories about votes for

1300-402: The image of a gentle guy, the audience was delighted with a Ha An Huy who looked extremely "cool" with the hit "Like you a little too much" by Wren Evans. In particular, the male contestant confidently showed off his "rapping" talent. Commenting on Ha An Huy's performance, the powerful trio did not contribute too much because the male contestant maintained very good performance every night. At

1350-437: The judges, accompanied only by a piano. Each judge offered their opinion, and at the end of the pre-recorded show phone lines opened for votes. Later the same evening a live show followed in which the voting results were revealed, the top two earning a place in the final ten. In series 2, a wildcard round (an innovation that originated on American Idol ) was added, in which the judges selected ten rejected contestants and gave them

1400-566: The meantime, a legal dispute arose with the makers of Popstars , which eventually led to the word "pop" being excluded from the titles of all the spin-offs, such as American Idol , Australian Idol , Arab Idol , Canadian Idol , Indonesian Idol , Indian Idol , New Zealand Idol , Latin American Idol , Idol (Norway), Idol (Poland), Idol (Sweden), Singapore Idol , Idols ( South Africa ), Pakistan Idol , Bangladeshi Idol and Ídolos (same name for

1450-522: The new host. Broadcast commenced on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at 8PM. Nguyễn Trọng Hiếu , having received 71.5% of the audience's vote, was declared the winner over runner-up Nguyễn Bích Ngọc. Trọng Hiếu, born in Germany and having been placed top 25 in season 5 of the German version , was the first foreign winner in the show's history. Hiếu's winning song "Con đường tôi" (My way) was subsequently released as

1500-495: The original judge from season one - Siu Black. At the Grand Finale, Quốc Thiên was announced the winner, taking the title over Thanh Duy. The coronation song for season one " Nụ cười và những ước mơ " was used again for this season. After the show took a one-year break in 2009, it was renewed for a third season in 2010. The biggest change is the production team of the Vietnam Television and BHD film studio took over

1550-685: The player presses it when the symbol is in the middle of the circle, their singer sings a good note. If he or she presses it when it is not in the circle, or mistimes their press, the singer sings a bad note. The Idol format has been launched in dozens of nations worldwide, and there have been many imitations of the programme. A World Idol international television special was held in December 2003, featuring national first series Idol contest winners competing against each other; viewers worldwide voted Norwegian Idol's Kurt Nilsen "World Idol". The similar Popstars format preceded Pop Idol , and

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1600-438: The production of Vietnam Idol was on hiatus in hopes of "finding new talents" amidst a rise of new reality singing shows in Vietnam and fierce competition against existing formats including The X Factor and The Voice . In January 2023, it was announced that the show would make a return to VTV3 with Cát Tiên Sa as the new production company. In the first season, Vietnam Idol was co-hosted by Thanh Thảo and Nguyên Vũ. In

1650-489: The production of the series from previous producers HTV and Đông Tây Promotion. Siu Black returned as a judge while Nguyễn Quang Dũng, Quốc Trung and Đặng Diễm Quỳnh replaced Hồ Hoài Anh and Trần Mạnh Tuấn. Phan Anh took over as the season's sole host. While nearly 40,000 people signed up for the contest only 25,000 arrived to audition. This season followed the same structure as season 9 of American Idol , introducing "Save" option, inviting mentors for each round. The winner gets

1700-483: The production of Đông Tây Promotion. Due to declined ratings in season two, the TV station and production company lost the license to produce a season to BHD Corp. and Vietnam Television . From season 5, the show was retitled to the full Vietnamese title Thần tượng âm nhạc Việt Nam ("Vietnamese music idol") as per branding regulations set by Vietnam's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism . In 2017, BHD announced that

1750-516: The rights to. In September 2004, Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller filed a lawsuit against The X Factor producers claiming that the format was copied from his own show. The case was eventually settled out of court in November 2005, and as part of the settlement, Simon Fuller was made a joint partner in The X Factor show, and Simon Cowell was obliged to stay on as a judge on American Idol for

1800-434: The same set was used to host World Idol , in which winners of various Idol series around the world, including original Pop Idol winner Will Young , American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson and Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian , competed in a one-off competition, complete with a large judging panel featuring one judge from each country ( Simon Cowell officially representing American Idol , with Pete Waterman

1850-443: The second season, Nguyên Vũ was replaced by Sỹ Luân. From season 3 onward, there was only one host per season. Phan Anh hosted the show in three non-consecutive seasons, the most out of all the hosts in the show's history. Vietnam Idol maintained a 3-people panel across the series run except for season 3 when there were 4 judges. The panel usually consists of a singer, a producer and a composer. : In season 7, Phan Anh

1900-457: The show produced instant No. 1 chart hits, including for the first series winner Will Young , whose single " Evergreen " was the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history and the best-selling song of 2002. Pop Idol was subsequently put on an indefinite hiatus after Simon Cowell announced the launch of The X Factor in the UK in April 2004. The show has become an international TV franchise since, spawning multiple Idol series worldwide. In

1950-494: The show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast, one in 2001–2002 and a second in 2003. An immense success when it launched in 2001, Maggie Brown in The Guardian wrote, "the show became a seminal reality/entertainment format once on air that autumn". Series judge Simon Cowell became a major public figure in entertainment, and

2000-489: The show would return for the fourth season. Siu Black ruled herself out of returning to judges' table only before the official press conference. On May 29, it was publicly unveiled the new judging panel, the new format and some changes. Mỹ Tâm replaced Siu Black, after her departure while Huy Khánh replaced Phan Anh as the host. Auditions started in June 2012. Broadcast commenced on Friday, August 17, 2012, at 8PM slot, replacing The Amazing Race Vietnam . On February 1, 2013,

2050-419: The song as her debut single a week later. Uyên Linh and Văn Mai Hương achieved significant media attention after the season ended. Both Linh and Hương have reached number one on Vietnamese Favorite Song chart. Other alumni in season 3 also went on to enjoy notable mainstream success like Trung Quân and Bích Phương, who both have spawned many well-received hits since mid 2010s. It was officially confirmed that

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2100-539: The votes, beating Phạm Việt Thắng's 45.75%. Janice released her coronation song "Love You in Silence", which contains lyrics in both English and Vietnamese language, as a single after the show. Post-season, Janice released a new Vietnamese-language singled called "Tâm tư" (Feelings) in 2017. Janice cited language barriers as to why she had yet to make a breakthrough in Vietnamese music industry. Ha An Huy, from Hanoi

2150-419: The winner of season 5. Thủy released her first album entitled "Tỉnh giấc" (Awakening) in 2015. The album was a part of a project called Young Hit Young Beat, initiated by Vietnamese diva Mỹ Linh , former Vietnam Idol judge Anh Quân and Vietnam Idol's music director Huy Tuấn. Two new judges of this season were Thanh Bui and Thu Minh ; Thanh Bùi replaced Anh Quân and Thu Minh replaced Mỹ Tâm . Duy Hải became

2200-430: The winner remained. Exceptions to the usual format were limited. In series 1, Darius Danesh was promoted to the live shows when Rik Waller dropped out. Danesh was third in the results for the group where Waller had won his place. Also, the first two live shows of series 2 saw two contestants leave, in order to rebalance the numbers after the addition of the two extra performers from the wildcard show. The first series

2250-417: Was a judge until 2010, before launching The X Factor USA in 2011. Colour key Following the completion of the series, the official Pop Idol companion book published percentages of votes for each contestant every week. In some circumstances, the book suggested that the bottom 2 or 3 contestants were not the same as announced by the show hosts. It is not known if the incorrect result was announced, or if

2300-427: Was confirmed to come back for the fifth season while Anh Quân was introduced as a new judge. Phan Anh returned as the host, replacing Huy Khánh from season 4. The season ran every Sunday from December 15, 2013, to May 11, 2014, at 8 pm. The season's top two were Trần Nhật Thủy and Trần Thị Thùy (stage name Minh Thùy). At the end of the finale, Phan Anh announced that Nhật Thủy received 52% of the vote, effectively becoming

2350-457: Was named as the winner of the eighth season of Vietnam Idol, which ended in HCM City on Saturday evening October 21st, 2023. After a convincing finale, fans were extremely excited to dig up Ha An Huy's performance "Like you a little too much" that caused a storm on the internet during the top 15 competition night, the song is considered the work that gave the name. Ha An Huy's age gets closer to

2400-580: Was succeeded in Britain by one series of Popstars: The Rivals and fifteen series of The X Factor as of 2018. After Popstars producers threatened legal action, a deal was struck that, among other clauses, does not allow the use of the word "pop" in the title of Pop Idol editions outside of the UK. Uy%C3%AAn Linh Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

2450-533: Was the primary host throughout the season while Quốc Minh hosted the grand finale. The first season of Vietnam Idol premiered on May 23, 2007, on HTV9. It was hosted by Thanh Thảo and Nguyên Vũ. The judges panel includes Siu Black, Tuấn Khanh and Hà Dũng. The grand finale was held on October 3, 2007, at Hòa Bình Theater with Phương Vy crowned the winner over Ngọc Ánh; Vy then sang her coronation song " Nụ cười và những ước mơ " ( Smiles and Dreams ) but did not release it as her single. Over 720,000 votes were counted for

2500-485: Was won by Will Young , with Gareth Gates coming second. Michelle McManus won the second series. All of the top three contestants from series 1 had number-one singles in the UK. Young continues to be a recording artist. Gates initially had great success as a recording artist, releasing three studio albums and seven top 5 singles. He has since moved on to a successful career in musical theatre appearing as lead in Joseph and

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