The first season of Vietnam's Got Talent, a Vietnamese reality television talent show, aired Sunday nights at 9:00PM (UTC+7) between December 18, 2011 and May 6, 2012 on VTV3 and MTV Vietnam. The show was based on the Got Talent series format that originated by Simon Cowell in the United Kingdom. Artist Thành Lá»Âc was the first host to be announced. Shortly thereafter, Thúy Hạnh confirmed her role at the judges' table. Huy Tuấn was given the 3rd spot of the judges' table. The show was presented by Chi Bảo and Quyá»Ân Linh.
The show was primarily produced by Vietnam Television and BHD Corp, with additional broadcasting by MTV Vietnam. The performance shows were aired Sundays on VTV3 while result shows were aired on VTV2 the following Tuesday.
Vietnam's Got Talent is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, martial-art players, performers with risky weapons/tools/elements, variety acts and other performers of all ages competing for a grand prize of 400,000,000 VND (approximately $20,000).
The first season ran for 26 episodes. The producers chose the top 360 auditioning acts for taped auditions. These were subsequently cut down to 140 by an additional round of auditions consisting of the traditional "Yes" and "No" vote by a panel of three judges. The judges then chose their favourite 49 acts for advancement into the live semi-final rounds, from which the top two acts of each semi-final advanced to two final rounds consisting of 7 acts each, from which 2 acts per final round, one by televote and one by judges' vote, advanced to a grand finale.
Auditions were initially held in 8 major cities. Afterwards, the producers announced that the auditions, dubbed Golden Chances, would be held in rural areas by way of a bus tour. The best two acts from each rural area and the best 5 acts from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi respectively advance to the second round of auditions.
Televised producers' auditions for the first episode were held in Ho Chi Minh City, Long An, Cần Thá, Buôn Ma Thuá»Ât, and Da Nang. Episode 2 was to feature auditions held in Hanoi, Lạng Sán, Haiphong and Quảng Ninh. Untelevised producers' auditions were also held in nine rural areas; Bình Dðáng, ÃÂá»Âng Nai, Và ©ng Tàu, Tiá»Ân Giang, Bến Tre, Vénh Long, HáºÂu Giang, An Giang, CàMau, as well as Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City. Due to disappointing viewing figures for the premiere episode, the airing of the second episode was replaced by the preliminary auditions.
140 acts advanced through the preliminary rounds to be culled by the judges, who chose 49 acts for advancement to the semi-final rounds. As announced, 3 additional acts were chosen as backups in the case of any semi-final qualifiers being disqualified or otherwise rendered unable to perform in the semi-finals.
The acts are listed of chronological appearance.
Judges' vote (between Dòng thá»Âi gian & Khát vá»Âng):
Judges' vote (between Nguyá» n Trðá»Âng Giang & Và © Khánh Vân):
Judge's' vote (between ÃÂinh Ngá»Âc Hoàng & Nguyá» n Thái Hoàng)
Judges' vote (between Nguyá» n ÃÂặng ÃÂÃÂng Khoa & Dðáng Mạnh Hòa)
Judge's vote (between Nghá» lá»±c & Má»Âc)
Judges' vote (between & )
Judges' vote (between Nguyá» n Hðáng Thảo & Trần Thái Sán)
The Final rounds consisted of 14 acts from the semi-final rounds spread out over two shows aired on April 22 and 29, 2012.
The 1st final round was aired on April 22, 2012, filmed in BHD Studio in district 9 of Ho Chi Minh City.
The 1st final round was aired on April 29, 2012, filmed in BHD Studio in district 9 of Ho Chi Minh City.
The Grand Finale consisted of the top 4 performance from the final rounds and was aired live on May 6, 2012 from Lan Anh stadium.