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Thần Tượng Âm Nhạc: Vietnam Idol
Format	Interactive television
Created by	Simon Fuller
Presented by	Nguyên Vũ Thanh Thảo
Judges	Hà Dũng Tuấn Khanh Siu Black
Country of origin	Vietnam
Broadcast
Original channel	HTV9
Original run	May 23, 2007
Finalists (With dates of elimination)
Season 1 (2007)
Phương Vy	Winner
Ngọc Ánh	October 3
Ngọc Minh	September 21
Duy Khánh	September 14
Thảo Trang	September 7
Trà My	August 31
Hải Yến	August 24
Xuân Linh	August 17
Thanh Phong	August 10
Ngọc Bích	August 3
Thùy Dương	Withdrew

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Season 1

Auditions

Audiitions were held at the following locations:

• Cần Thơ: April 7, 2007
• Hà Nội: April 15, 2007
• Đà Nẵng: April 22, 2007
• Hồ Chí Minh City: May 2, 2007

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Theater Round

The contestants who passed the auditions, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City for the theater round where they were given songs from the judges to perform. Based on those performances, 30 contestants were chosen by the judges to proceed to the Piano Show.

Piano Round

On the June 27, 2007, the Piano Show began, with the Top 30 Contestants singing in Ho Chi Minh City for the Judges and the Viewers. The contestants were allocated numbers so that viewers could vote for their favourite(s). The viewers were able to vote by phone or by SMS. Contestants were divided into three groups of ten with the top 3 contestants from each group advancing to the Gala Round. Eight from the three groups that did not proceed to the finals during the first three rounds, competed for the last position in the Top 10 during the Wildcards round. This article needs cleanup. ... “Saigon” redirects here. ... Judges may refer to the Book of Judges in the Bible more than one judge. ... SMS may refer to: Short message service, a form of text messaging on cell phones Sega Master System – an 8-bit video game console from the 1980s Seiner Majestät Schiff, His Majestys Ship in the German Kaiserliche Marine and the Austro-Hungarian Navy SMS (comics), a British comic...

Gala Round

The gala round involves the contestants singing each week, with the contestant with the least votes each week being eliminated, until one contestant is left and crowned Vietnam Idol 2007. Before it began Thùy Dương withdrew from the Top 10 due to health issues with Ngọc Minh replacing her as he had received the second highest number of votes in the Wildcards round.

Grand Finale

On the 26th of September, the final two contestants, Phương Vy and Ngọc Ánh were given their last chance to sing for the votes of the Vietnmese public. The Grand Finale was held at Hoa Binh Theatre, Ho Chi Minh City on the 3rd of October. During the night, all Top 10 contestants returned to perform with other guest stars. WIth 53.44% of the votes, Phương Vy was announced the winner of Vietnam Idol 2007 ahead of Ngọc Ánh. As winner of Vietnam Idol she will represent Vietnam in Asian Idol.

Season 1 Elimination Chart

Criticisms

The game show has come under intense criticism alleging voting irregularities and the lack of transparency in voting procedures. Major newspapers such as Thanh Niên and Tuoi Tre ran stories about votes for a contestant being counted for another contestant though there was no hard evidence to prove the allegation and the organisers maintained that the results cannot be manipulated.^[1][2] While the organizers maintain that allowing up to 500 votes per phone number and not publicly tallying votes are standard practices of all Idol shows, they have been accused of doing so to maximize profits at the expense of fairness.^[3] Furthermore, there were rumors about contestants' relationship with one of the judges and the PR manager of Vietnam Idol.^[4][2] Tuổi Trẻ ((Vietnamese: Báo Tuổi Trẻ - Youth) is a major daily newspaper in Vietnam, publishing in Vietnamese from Hồ Chí Minh City. ...

A public auditor from the Singaporean auditing firm Paul Hooi & Co. was flown in to audit the vote counting process during the Grand Finale.

References

1. ^ (Vietnamese) Hương Lan. "Chuyện lạ lùng trong nhắn tin bình chọn thí sinh Vietnam Idol: Chọn người này, tin “bay” sang người kia", Thanh Nien News, September 22, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 
2. ^ ^{a b} (Vietnamese) "Vietnam Idol: Vẫn chỉ là một cuộc chơi", Tuoi Tre, September 25, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 
3. ^ (Vietnamese) "Vietnam Idol - một chương trình không minh bạch", Thanh Nien News, September 23, 2009. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 
4. ^ (Vietnamese) "Hậu trường Vietnam Idol và những điều chưa biết", IdolVietnam, September 23, 2009. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. 

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External links

• Vietnam Idol Official site
• The Vietnam Idol Stars and Fans Site - www.IdolVietnam.com
• Vietnam Idol Talk - www.VietnamIdolTalk.com
• Vietnam Idol MyTV
• Watch clips of the show here!
• Download All Vietnam Idol Performances - Comment to Request
• Than Tuong Am Nhac Fan Site #1 - VietnamIdol.org