The Voice of Vietnam (season 1)

The Voice of Vietnam's first season began on 8 July 2012 and ended on 13 January 2013.

Episodes

Episodes 1-4: Blind Auditions (4 Parts)

Starting from July 8 to July 29 at 9:30 pm – 11:30 pm slot, preceded by Đồ Rê Mí 2012.

Episode 1: Blind Auditions, Week 1

The first Blind Audition taped episode was broadcast on July 8, 2012.

Coach hit his/her 'TÔI CHỌN BẠN' button

Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his/her 'TÔI CHỌN BẠN' button

Contestant defaulted to this coach's team

Contestant elected to join this coach's team

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
			Đàm Vĩnh Hưng	Thu Minh	Hồ Ngọc Hà	Trần Lập
1	Nguyễn Văn Thắng 26, from Thanh Hóa	"Quán cóc" (The Kiosk)	—		—
2	Đặng Thị Hoài Trinh 27, from Ho Chi Minh City	"I Surrender"		—	—	—
3	Lê Vũ Phương 25, from Kiên Giang	"Giấc mơ mùa thu" (Autumn Dream)	—	—	—	—
4	Mai Khánh Linh 19, from Hanoi	"One Night Only"	—		—	—
5	Trang Quốc Cường 25, from Ho Chi Minh City	"All by Myself"	—	—		—
6	Đào Bá Lộc 19, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Criminal"				—
7	Bùi Hà Phương 22, from Hanoi	"Mùa đông sẽ qua" (The Winter Will Pass)	—	—	—	—
8	Nguyễn Phú Luân 25, from Ho Chi Minh City	"You Raise Me Up"	—			—
9	Nguyễn Khánh Phương Linh 21, from Hanoi	"Valerie"	—			—
10	Đỗ Xuân Sơn 23, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Đường về xa xôi" (Long Way Back)	—			—
11	Phạm Trần Thanh Phương 24, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Hurt"	—	—	—	—
12	Đinh Thị Thanh Hương 24, from Quảng Trị	"Warwick Avenue"
16*	Nguyễn Hương Giang 21, from Hanoi	"Đừng ngoảnh lại" (Don't Turn Back)	—	—
17	Lê Thị Lê Vy 24, from Hanoi	"Dấu phố em qua" (The Paths I've Walked)	—	—		—
18	Ngô Duy Khiêm 24, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Ghen" (Jealous)	—	—	—	—
19	Phạm Thị Hương Tràm 17, from Nghệ An	"I Will Always Love You"

• Three unnamed contestants auditioned between Đinh T Thanh Hương and Nguyễn Hương Giang. None of the coaches turned during their auditions, hence they were eliminated.

Episode 2: Blind Auditions, Week 2

The second Blind Audition taped episode was broadcast on July 15, 2012.

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
			Đàm Vĩnh Hưng	Thu Minh	Hồ Ngọc Hà	Trần Lập
1	Ksor Đức 28, from Gia Lai	"Giọt đắng" (A Bitter Drop)	—	—	—
2	Hoàng Thị Uyên 28, from Đắk Lắk	"Niềm hy vọng" (Hope)			—
3	Phạm Phương Dung 33, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Nơi thời gian ngừng lại" (Where Time Stops)	—	—	—	—
4	Phan Ngọc Luân 23, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Whataya Want from Me"
5	Hoàng Mạnh 24, from Da Nang	"Sway"		—	—	—
6	Kính Tư An Nghi 16, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Crazy Woman"	—	—	—	—
7	Trần Thị Kim Loan 38, from Đồng Nai	"Chỉ còn tôi với tôi" (There's Me and Myself Left)		—	—
8	Đinh Thị Thu Thùy 26, from Vĩnh Phúc	"Thu cạn" (The Drained Autumn)		—	—
9	Nguyễn Thùy Linh 21, from Hanoi	"This Masquerade"	—	—	—
13	Lê Phạm Xuân Nghi 23, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Listen"
14	Huỳnh Anh Tuấn 30, from Ho Chi Minh City	"You'll Be in My Heart"	—	—
15	Bùi Caroon 23, from Phú Yên	"Love Potion No. 9"		—
16	Hoàng Nam Hải 19, from Hai Phong	"Một lần được yêu" (One Time for Love)	—	—	—	—
17	Nguyễn Đức Quang 29, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Có nhau trọn đời" (Together Forever)	—		—	—
18	Nguyễn Kiên Giang 29, from Ninh Bình	"My Way"	—		—
19	Hà Văn Đông 20, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Tâm hồn của đá" (Soul of a Rock)		†	†

• †: Coach Trần Lập pushed Thu Minh and Hồ Ngọc Hà's buttons.

Episode 3: Blind Auditions, Week 3

The third Blind Audition taped episode was broadcast on July 21, 2012.

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
			Đàm Vĩnh Hưng	Thu Minh	Hồ Ngọc Hà	Trần Lập
1	Dương Quốc Huy 20, from Vũng Tàu	"I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"	—		—
2	Nguyễn Hoàng Triều 20, from Quảng Ngãi	"Ngôi sao trong đêm" (A Star in the Night)	—	—	—
3	Tạ Châm Anh 25, from Hanoi	"Someone Like You"	—	—	—	—
4	Vũ Kim Cương 32, from Hanoi	"Mona Lisa"		—	—	—
5	Nguyễn Trọng Khương 27, from Ho Chi Minh City	"You Raise Me Up"			—	—
6	Nguyễn Trinh Diễm My 27, from Ho Chi Minh City	"The Power of Love"			—
10	Nguyễn Hoàng Đức 24, from Hanoi	"Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"	—	—		—
11	Nguyễn Thị Thái Trinh 18, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Give Me One Reason"
12	Nguyễn Trường Sinh 22, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Nếu điều đó xảy ra" (If It Happened)	—	—	—	—
13	Kiều Minh Quyền	"Hurry Home"	N/A	N/A	*	N/A
14	Đỗ Lệ Quyên 20, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Bài ca trên đồi" (The Song on the Hill)	—	—	—
15	Nguyễn Quốc Dũng 23, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Goodbye My Lover"	—	—	—
16	Trần Hoàng Anh from Hanoi	"Mơ làm người lớn" (Wish to Grow Up)		—	—	—
17	Lê Minh Mẫn 27, from Ho Chi Minh City	"60 năm cuộc đời" (60 Years of Life)	—	—	—	—
18	Nguyễn Trúc Nhân 21, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Mercy"	—		—	—
19	Đặng Thị Thu Thủy 25, from Hanoi	"If I Ain't Got You"
20	Dương Trần Nghĩa 27, from Hanoi	"Angels"	—

• Only Hồ Ngọc Hà was shown choosing the contestant.

Episode 4: Blind Auditions, Week 4

The final Blind Audition taped episode was broadcast on July 29, 2012.

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
			Đàm Vĩnh Hưng	Thu Minh	Hồ Ngọc Hà	Trần Lập
1	Nguyễn Ngọc Gia Bảo	"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"	—		—	—
2	Lương Minh Trí	"Feeling Good"	—	—	—
3	Nguyễn Thị Thảo Nguyên 20, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Zombie"	—	—	—
4	Trần Nguyên Long 27, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Beat It"	—		†	—
5	Trần Thị Tố Ny 19, from Da Nang	"Ngựa ô thương nhớ" (Dark Horse in Love)	—	—	—	—
6	Thiều Bảo Trang 21, from Hanoi	"Rolling in the Deep"
7	Trần Hồng Dương	"Anh sẽ nhớ mãi" (I Will Remember Forever)	N/A	—		N/A
8	Nguyễn Quỳnh Trang from Hanoi	"Hãy về với em" (Come Back to Me)		N/A	N/A	N/A
9	Trần Thị Thanh Thủy	"You Lost Me"	—	—	—
10	Đặng Mai Anh 21, from Da Nang	"Any Man of Mine"		—	—	—
11	Bùi Anh Tuấn 21, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Nơi tình yêu bắt đầu" (Where Love Starts)		—		—
12	Vũ Thanh Hằng 25, from Hanoi	"Falling"			—
16	Tiêu Châu Như Quỳnh 20, from Ho Chi Minh City	"I Will Survive"
17	Phạm Dũng Hà 31, from Ho Chi Minh City	"You Know I'm No Good"		—
18	Đồng Lan 29, from Hải Dương	"La Vie en Rose"
19	Nguyễn Hoài Bảo Anh 20, from Ho Chi Minh City	"Safe & Sound"	Team Full		—
20	Phạm Thị Ngân Bình from Ho Chi Minh City	"How Did I Fall in Love With You"				Team Full
21	Phạm Hữu Thuận 21, from Ho Chi Minh City	"At Last"		Team Full

• †: Coach Thu Minh pushed Hồ Ngọc Hà's button.

Episodes 5-8: The Battle Rounds (4 Weeks)

Starting from August 19 to September 16 at 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm slot, preceded by Vietnam's Next Top Model.

Coaches begin narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors." Each episode features battles consisting of pairings from within each team, and each battle concludes with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants. Seven winners for each coach advance to the live shows.

     – Battle Winner

Episodes 9-20: Liveshows (11 Liveshows and 1 Finale)

Starting from September 23 to January 13 at 9:00 pm – 11:30 pm slot.

Detailed results

Contestants on other programs

Let's Get Loud

• Lê Thị Lê Vy (2010 contestant)
• Dương Trần Nghĩa (2010 first runner-up)

Project Superstar Vietnam

• Nguyễn Đức Quang (2007 second runner-up)
• Hoàng Thị Uyên (2008 second runner-up)
• Tiêu Châu Như Quỳnh (2009 winner)
• Nguyễn Phú Luân (2009 second runner-up)
• Hoàng Mạnh (2011 contestant)
• Bùi Anh Tuấn (2011 winner)

Sao Mai điểm hẹn / Sao Mai

• Trần Hoàng Anh (season 4 finalist), eliminated in week 3
• Phan Ngọc Luân (season 4 finalist), eliminated in week 3
• Mai Khánh Linh (season 4 finalist), eliminated in week 5
• Nguyễn Đức Quang (Sao Mai 2009 contestant)
• Thiều Bảo Trang (Sao Mai 2011 contestant)

Song ca cùng thần tượng

• Phan Ngọc Luân with Đàm Vĩnh Hưng
• Nguyễn Văn Thắng with Hồ Quỳnh Hương
• K'sor Đức with Siu Black

Tiếng ca học đường

• Nguyễn Hoài Bảo Anh (2008 contestant)
• Tiêu Châu Như Quỳnh (2009 second runner-up)

Vietnam's Got Talent

• Phạm Trần Thanh Phương and Đinh Thị Thanh Hương (season 1 contestants)
• Nguyễn Ngọc Gia Bảo (season 1 semifinalist), eliminated in the 4th semifinal round

Vietnam Idol

• Trần Hoàng Anh (season 2 finalist, placed 9th)
• Phan Ngọc Luân (season 2 semifinalist, season 3 contestant)
• Nguyễn Văn Thắng (season 3 semifinalist)
• Hà Văn Đông (season 3 contestant)
• Lê Vũ Phương (season 4 contestant)
• Ngô Duy Khiêm (season 4 contestant)
• Trần Thị Tố Ny (season 4 contestant)
• Nguyễn Hương Giang (season 4 finalist, placed 4th)

Others

• Ngô Duy Khiêm and Nguyễn Thị Thái Trinh gained notoriety as Internet memes for covering famous songs.
• Lê Minh Mẫn is a popular blogger with the pen name Robbey.
• Trần Thị Kim Loan was the first season winner of Tiếng hát mãi xanh.
• Hoàng Mạnh also belonged to Mỹ Lệ's group in Hợp ca tranh tài.
• Nguyễn Đức Quang is a member of Artista group.
• Vũ Thanh Hằng was a contestant of House of Dream: Sáng bừng sức sống, eliminated in the grand finale.
• Tiêu Châu Như Quỳnh was a main singer of Bước nhảy hoàn vũ
• Trần Hồng Dương is a member of M4U group.
• Lương Minh Trí is the main vocalist of rock group Nu Voltage.
• Phạm Dũng Hà won Material Prize at Vietnam Collection Grand Prix 2001, also took part in Vietnam Fashion Week 2001.

Controversy

On Sunday, September 9, 2012, a video was uploaded on YouTube by an anonymous account stating that the show's results were fixed. The video was deleted a few hours later; however, it was spread on social networks upon its deletion and caused a media uproar.^[1] The video showed email exchanges between who was believed to be The Voice's music director and several contestants and a recording between the director and a producer of the show.^[2] An urgent meeting was called at Cát Tiên Sa's headquarter a day later with the coaches and on-going as well as eliminated contestants. Phương Uyên - the show's music director apologized for what had happened but did not comment on the rumor about her close relationship with a contestant of the show, which was pointed out in the said video.^[3] H'zina Bya, who was said to quit because of being treated unfairly, explained the reason she quit was because of her health problem and thought that the show didn't fit her.^[4]

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