The fifth season of The Voice of Vietnam began on May 20, 2018. The coaching panel this season consists of returning coaches , Tóc Tiên, ; and former The Voice Kids coach Lam Trðá»Âng.
This season was won by Trần Ngá»Âc ÃÂnh from team Noo Phðá»Âc Thá»Ânh. With her victory, Trần Ngá»Âc ÃÂnh became the first wildcard act to win the competition in the history of The Voice of Vietnam, and overall, the second wildcard act to win among all The Voice versions worldwide (the first was Anja Nissen of The Voice Australia). Also for the first time, the final 4 were all female.
The coaching panel saw two changes from the previous season as it was revealed on April 6, 2018. and Tóc Tiên returned for their second season as coaches. returned to the panel after one season hiatus, replacing Thu Minh; while former The Voice Kids coach Lam Trðá»Âng joined the show as a new coach, replacing ÃÂông Nhi. Meanwhile, former Sing My Song presenter PhàLinh replaced Nguyên Khang as the show's new host. Last season's winner, Ali Hoàng Dðáng, served as the backstage presenter during the Blind auditions.
The blind audition this season adopted the "Block" twist from the fourteenth season of the U.S version, which prevents a coach from getting an artist if they turn their chairs. The team sizes were reduced to 10 per team.
The Blind auditions were taped on April 18 and 19, 2018, and were broadcast from May 20 to June 17.
<sub>1</sub> Tóc Tiên pressed Noo's button.
The Battle round was taped on June 4, 2018 and was broadcast from June 24 to July 15, 2018. The Battles' advisors for this season are: music producer Dðáng Cầm for team Thu Phðáng, former Sing My Song judges Nguyá» n Hải Phong and Há» Hoài Anh for team Lam Trðá»Âng and Noo Phðá»Âc Thá»Ânh respectively, and diva Trần Thu Hàfor team Tóc Tiên. Each coach can steal two losing artists from other coaches' teams, as previously applied in season 3. However, in a new twist, a "double-pick" is given to each team to save both contestants in a pairing under the condition that they would become a duo for the rest of the competition.
Hoàng Mạnh from team Noo Phðá»Âc Thá»Ânh was disqualified from the competition prior to the Battle taping day due to his undisciplined behavior during the rehearsal process. As a result, Noo Phðá»Âc Thá»Ânh grouped three of his artists into one battle, with two advanced and one eliminated.
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<sub>1</sub>Referred in short as ÃÂức Tâm & Hoàng Dðáng for the rest of the competition.<br> <sub>2</sub>Referred in short as An Nhiên & Kiá»Âu Trang for the rest of the competition.
The Knockouts was taped on June 27 and broadcast from July 22 to August 5, 2018. For the first time in the show's history as well as The Voice franchise, the Knockouts would not be team-based but instead feature battles between members in different teams. Contestants from all four teams were paired randomly into one knockout battle, with the winner advanced to the Playoffs and the loser sent home. Each coach had three turns to "challenge" the other three coaches for a cross knockout battle. The challenge coach was allowed to select his/her own team member in a battle, and the chosen contestant would pick his/her knockout opponent randomly from the challenged coach's team. When there is only one contestant left in each team, the power to challenge other coaches would be granted to the coach with the highest number of winning battle.
After two performances in a battle concluded, a 21-member professional jury gave their points to each contestant publicly, whereas audience in the studio also voted for the two contestants. Those numbers were then added up to a total point to determine the winner of a knockout battle. As a result, the number of contestants advanced to the Playoff round between four teams would vary depending on the number of wins or losses of the team in the knockout battles. The "steal" was also not available as this stage of the competition this season.
ÃÂào Bình Nhi, a contestant from team Thu Phðáng who was paired up with Viá»Ât Puzo into a duo in the Battle round, withdrew for personal reasons. Therefore, Viá»Ât Puzo competed in this round as a solo contestant.
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Like the previous season, all the Playoffs round are pre-recorded except the Grand Finale. However, rather than cutting the same number of contestant on each team every week, this season the elimination result is determined solely by the public vote for each contestant and no longer involve coaches' decisions. Contestants who received the fewest public vote will be eliminated instantly regardless of which team they are from.
The "Wildcard" twist is also applied this season, which will advance an artist who has been eliminated prior to the Grand Finale but received the highest public vote on the website SaoStar.vn immediately to the Grand Finale for a second chance to compete for the title. The voting window for the Wildcard was closed on August 15, 2018 and the Wildcard was rewarded to Trần Ngá»Âc ÃÂnh (team Noo Phðá»Âc Thá»Ânh), who eventually emerged as the winner.
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The top 14 performed for the public's vote altogether. At the end of this round, four artists with the lowest vote were automatically eliminated.
The top 10 performed for the public's vote altogether. At the end of this round, three artists with the lowest vote were automatically eliminated.
The 7 semi-finalists performed for the public's vote altogether. At the end of this round, three artists with the lowest vote were automatically eliminated, leaving four artists advanced to next week's Grand Finale. With the elimination of Nguyá» n Thá» Thu Ngân, Thu Phðáng no longer had any artists remaining on her team. For the first time in the history of The Voice of Vietnam, a coach was not represented in the Grand Finale. Trần Ngá»Âc ÃÂnh from team Noo Phðá»Âc Thá»Ânh was originally eliminated at this round, but won the Wildcard and thus advanced to the finale. With her advancement to the finale, Noo Phðá»Âc Thá»Ânh also became the first coach in the show's history to have three artists in the final stage of the competition.
The Grand Finale was broadcast live, coincidentally on the Vietnamese National Day (September 2). This week, the final five performed a solo song and a duet with his/her coach. The voting window for the finale was opened a week prior to the finale day on the website SaoStar.vn. The artist achieved the highest accumulated vote from the website and SMS was crowned the winner.