Sep
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Vietnamese contestant grasps attention of X Factor’s audience
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VietNamNet Bridge – Jason Viet Tien, 18, a Vietnamese student in the UK, became a “phenomenon” of the X Factor UK music competition.
Appearing in episode 2, the Vietnamese student from Hanoi, who is studying at Birmingham, stirred up the public. He did not have a perfect voice but Viet Tien was highly appreciated by jury members for the way of showing his feeling in a ballad song “I have nothing” of Whitney Houston.
Viet Tien surprised the audience everyone with his decent voice after he charmed his way into jury member Tulisa Contostavlos's heart, despite continuously pronouncing her name wrong.
Speaking offstage he said: 'I love Tulisha, I love to kiss Tulisha on the lips, I love her like so, so much, I don’t know, I just love her, love her, love her so much! Not the way I love my mum, but I love you Tulisha. I love you!
'I have been waiting for this moment my whole life, I want to see her and tell her how much I love her.'
He described Tulisa as lovely, brilliant, talented, amazing and gorgeous, before going on stage to continue his love assault face to face.
Armed with a single rose Jason said: 'Hi Tulisha, You are amazing and beautiful, I love you with all my heart.'
Louis Walsh and Gary Barlow tried to explain to him that he was saying his beloved's name incorrectly but after several attempts he still couldn't get his tongue around it.
After being invited by Louis, Jason made his way down the steps to the judges table where he presented Tulisa with the rose and received a kiss on the cheek for his troubles.
Delighted that she accepted his romantic gesture Jason sang out I Have Nothing, by Whitney Houston, and although the vocals weren't perfect he did enough to impress the judges.
Guest judge Geri Halliwell said: 'You were better than I thought you were gonna be. That’s a hard song to sing so well done.'
Judge Louis added: 'It wasn’t note perfect but you’ve got this likeability thing and that’s why the whole audience went with you and I want to hear more.'
Gary couldn't help but poke fun at Jason and said: 'Bags of potential, a great voice in there, I thought that was absolutely 'splendid'!'
The best comment, however, came from Tulisa who admitted that she had been won over the youngster. She said: 'Jason, I think I’ve found a new toy boy. Loved it, absolutely loved it...I loved the rose, I loved you and I loved the performance, how about that. 'You wanted my love, you’ve earned it, I love ya.'
With four very strong yes' from the judges, the student was sent through to the bootcamp stage.
Viet Tien has studied marketing and PR at the Birmingham City University for over two years. He used to be a student of the HCM City-based Tran Phu High School. He competed at a school vocal contest in Vietnam in 2009.
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. Created by Simon Cowell, the show began in September 2004 and has since aired annually from August/September through to December. It is presently in its ninth season.
The show is the biggest television talent competition in Europe and has proved hugely popular with the public.
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Sep
12
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Viet Voice suspected of being pre-arranged
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A recorded three-minute conversation which is supposed to be between the music director and the producer of Viet Voice, the Vietnamese version of The Voice vocal competition series, reveals that the results are possibly pre-arranged.
After episode 3 of the Battle phase was aired on the evening of September 9, a backstage clip was uploaded to the Internet. This clip shows emails exchanged between songwriter-singer Phuong Uyen, the music director of Viet Voice and some contestants, which reveal personal relations between them.
According to this clip, Phuong Uyen was supposed to force contestants to perform English songs. When coach Tran Lap wanted to change the song for Thu Thuy and Bao Anh from an English song into a Vietnamese song, Phuong Uyen did not agreed. She answered by email as follows: “Firstly, we have to choose the song that is suitable to the voice of contestants. Secondly, this song is unqualified to be performed in this show.”
The clip also includes a conversation which is supposed between Phuong Uyen and producer Tuong Vy. They talked about contestant H’zina Bya, who won the first prize of the HCM City Television Singing Contest.
According to them, this contestant usually spoke at random and if an English song is chosen for her, H’zina Bya will surely tell the media that the organizing board treats her unfairly. One of them stressed that how good H’zina Bya will sing, contestant Phuong Linh will be selected for the next round.
The next conversation in the clip is between one woman who is supposed to be Phuong Uyen and a contestant named Linh. Uyen, who called herself as “boss,” adviced Linh to choose a R&B song. “If you choose R&B, she will die immediately,” and “you have to sing your music genre, if you sing her music genre, you will die firstly,” the one who is supposed as Uyen said.
In the Battle round, Phuong Linh and Mai Khanh Linh sang “Price Tage” and Mai Khanh Linh was ousted.
A list of contestants for the live show is disclosed at the end of the clip. Accordingly, Bao Anh from the team of coach Tran Lap; Dong Lan of coach Dam Vinh Hung; Dang Thi Thu Thuy of coach Thu Minh and Thieu Bao Trang of coach Ho Ngoc Ha--will be the top four contestants.
H’Zina Bya
The public was angry after the clip was launched on the Internet. Most of them believed that this is a true story. “Gameshow is only a game. In Vietnam, fraud occurs even in football, let alone gameshows. Let’s learn from it. You should watch it for fun and should not trus it,” one commented.
“What Bao Yen and Thanh Lam (famous singers in Vietnam) talked about the coaches of Viet Voice is completely true. They are puppets in the hands of producers. It’s disappointing!” another wrote.
Phuong Uyen admits her mistake in Viet Voice scandal
Songwriter-singer Phuong Uyen, music director of the Viet Voice vocal competition, admitted her voice is in the 8-minute clip which appeared on the Internet on September 9.
A representative of Cat Tien Sa, the producer of Viet Voice, told Thanh Nien that all members of the organizing board and coaches could not sleep after the clip was posted on the Internet on the night of September 9, immediately after episode 3 was aired.
They attended an urgent meeting in the morning of September 10 to seek solutions for the scandal.
“Phuong Uyen admitted her mistake in this case,” Cat Tien Sa’s representative, who wanted to be anonymous, said. This person said to not get cross with Uyen because he or she understood and witnessed Uyen’s efforts and enthusiasm for the Viet Voice 2012.
The same day, H’Zina Bya, one of the contestants who was mentioned in the clip, told VietNamNet that she had not been forced to leave the competition early and she could “sing English songs not as badly as Phuong Uyen thought.” Bya said she withdrew from the competition because of health problem.
Cat Tien Sa met with contestants of Viet Voice on the afternoon of September 9. Today, September 11, the organizing board is holding a press conference to explain about the scandal.
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Sep
12
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Wonderful Vietnam moments on Russian news
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A selection of photos on the simple beauty of the S shaped land, taken by Vietnamese photographers, has been introduced on the Russian online news site Livejournal.
The photos, included in a series of articles themed “Beautiful moments from all over the world”, presented readers Vietnam’s wonderful landscape by photographer Hoang Nam. The photos were taken in many regions around Vietnam such as Lang Co, An Giang, Lam Dong, Nha Trang, Bac Lieu and Dalat.
The photos attracted special attention from numerous Russian readers and some of them expressed their wish to visit Vietnam sometime.
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Vietnamese ao dai listed in top 16 best national dresses
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12/09/2012 08:44:34
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Vietnam hosts Indochina Literary Conference
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12/09/2012 08:42:50
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70 photos about children at war on display in Hanoi
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12/09/2012 08:30:08
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Cambodia opening its doors to investment
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11/09/2012 11:37:30
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Cambodia’s arrivals improve in July
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11/09/2012 11:32:05
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ASEAN nations promote tourism in city
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11/09/2012 11:23:53
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ASEAN nations promote tourism in city
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11/09/2012 11:11:37
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Raffles Hotel Le Royal Phnom Penh
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11/09/2012 10:47:54
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Aviation helps regional growth take off
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11/09/2012 10:19:36
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