# Myanmar Idol season 1

The first season of Myanmar Idol premiered on December 11, 2015, and continued until April 8, 2016. It was won by Saw Lah Htaw Wah. The first season was co-hosted by Kyaw Htet Aung, the latter of whom left the show after the season ended.

## Regional auditions

Auditions were held in Mandalay, Taunggyi, Mawlamyine, Pathein, and Yangon from October to November 2015, and around 10,000 attended the auditions.
| Episode Air Date | Audition City | Date | Audition Venues | Golden Tickets |
| December 11, 2015 | Mandalay | October 6–7, 2015 | Swan Hotel | 20 |
| December 18, 2015 | Taunggyi | October 13–14, 2015 | Kyauk Taing Kwin | 16 |
| December 25, 2015 | Mawlamyine | October 20–21, 2015 | State Hall | 12 |
| January 1, 2016 | Pathein | April 27–28, 2015 | Pathein Hotel | 14 |
| January 8, 2016 | Yangon | November 3–4, 2015 | Shwe Htut Tin | 24 |
| Total Tickets to Golden Week | Total Tickets to Golden Week | Total Tickets to Golden Week | Total Tickets to Golden Week | 86 |
But three contestants didn't continue participate for family problem. So, only 83 contestants continue performed in Golden Week.

### Structure of auditions

There are usually two stages in the audition process. In the first round they sing in front the executive producers and more are eliminated. In the second round those who survive the first stage sing in front of the judges and this is the audition shown on television. Those who gain at least two "yes" votes from the three judges then receive a golden ticket to Golden Week.

## Golden Week

It featured three rounds: Round 1, Group Round, and Solo Round. In the first round, each contestant sang individually, and after they sang, they gathered in a line. Those who impressed the judges advanced to the next round where the contestants performed in groups of four or five, singing a song together. The remaining auditionees who passed the group rounds performed their final solos to advance in the Green Mile.

### Green Mile

Color key:
| Order | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Audition city | Song | Result |
| 1 | Saw Lah Htaw Wah | 24 (In that time) | Yangon | Yangon | "A Yay Ma Kyi Buu" (အရေးမကြီးဘူး) | Advanced |
| 2 | Nin Zi May | 22 (In that time) | Yangon | Yangon | "Lann Kwae" (လမ်းခွဲ) | Advanced |
| 3 | Sophia Everest | 23 (In that time) | Yangon | Yangon | "Ko A Nar Shi Say Chin" (ကိုယ့်အနားရှိစေချင်) | Advanced |
| 4 | M Zaw Rain | 22 (In that time) | Pyinmana | Taunggyi | "December night" (ဒီဇင်ဘာည) | Advanced |
| 5 | Aung Ko Oo | 20 (In that time) | Pantanaw | Yangon | "Koe A Nar Shi Say Chin" (ကိုယ့်အနားရှိစေချင်) | Eliminated |
| 6 | May Kyi | 22 (In that time) | Lashio | Taunggyi | "Ta Kal So Yin A Chit Pe Lo Dal" (တကယ်ဆိုရင်အချစ်ပဲလိုတယ်) | Advanced |
| 7 | Aung Tay Zar Kyaw | 22 (In that time) | Thanbyuzayat | Mawlamyine | "Na Lone Thway Myar Le Yat Tan Thwar Pa Say Chit Nay Mal" (နှလုံးသွေးများလည်းရပ်တန့်သွားပါစေချစ်နေမယ်) | Advanced |
| 8 | Jue Jue | 21 | Taunggyi | Taunggyi | "A Nee Sone Luu" (အနီးဆုံးလူ) | Eliminated |
| 9 | Lwan Daung | 26 | Kutkai | Mandalay | "December night" (ဒီဇင်ဘာည) | Eliminated |
| 10 | Khine Thazin Thin | 22 (In that time) | Yangon | Yangon | "N/A" | Advanced |
| 11 | Thet Zaw | 22 (In that time) | Yangon | Yangon | "A Yay A Kyi Buu" (အရေးမကြီးဘူး) | Eliminated |
| 12 | Thura Ko | 21 (In that time) | Yangon | Yangon | "December night" (ဒီဇင်ဘာည) | Eliminated |
| 13 | Zaw Min Oo | N/A | Mandalay | Mandalay | "N/A" | Advanced |
| 14 | Wai Lin@Rio | 26 (In that time) | Yangon | Yangon | "Bal Thu Ma" (ဘယ်သူမှ) | Advanced |
| 15 | Saw Htet Naing Soe | N/A | N/A | Taunggyi | "N/A" | Advanced |
| 16 | Aung Pyae Htun | N/A | N/A | Mandalay | "N/A" | Advanced |

## Top 11 Finalists and stages

Saw Lah Htaw Wah, Nin Zi May, M Zaw Rain, Saw Htet Naing Soe, Sophia Everest, Khine Thazin Thin, Zaw Min Oo, May Kyi, Aung Tay Zar Kyaw, Aung Pyae Htun, Rio
Color key:

### Week 1: Top 11 – Contestants' Own Choice Songs

| Order | Contestant | Song (Burmese name) | Result |
| 1 | M Zaw Rain | "Lann Kwe" (လမ်းခွဲ) | Safe And Highest Votes |
| 2 | Saw Htet Naing Soe | "Pyan Sone Mae Nay" (ပြန်ဆုံမယ့်နေ့) | Safe |
| 3 | Nin Zi May | "Guest" (ဧည့်သည်) | Safe |
| 4 | Wai Lin@Rio | "For Friend" (သူငယ်ချင်းအတွက်) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Aung Pyae Htun | "Dan Yar Haung Myar Nae Nya" (ဒဏ်ရာဟောင်းများနဲ့ည) | Safe |
| 6 | Khine Thazin Thin | "A Chit Mee" (အချစ်မီး) | Bottom 3 |
| 7 | Saw Lah Htaw Wah | "Love is.." (အချစ်ဆိုသည်မှာ) | Safe |
| 8 | Sophia Everest | "Letter to Japan" (ဂျပန်ပြည်ကိုရေးတဲ့စာ) | Bottom 3 |
| 9 | Aung Tay Zar Kyaw | "Imagnation house" (စိတ်ကူးယဉ်အိမ်) | Safe |
| 10 | May Kyi | "Girl Love" (မိန်းကလေးအချစ်) | Safe |
| 11 | Zaw Min Oo | "Kharr" (ခါး) | Safe |

### Week 2: Top 10 – 1980s

| Order | Contestant | Song (Burmese name) | Result |
| 1 | Khine Thazin Thin | "Arr Lone A Yay Pyaw Twar Bi" (အားလုံးအရည်ပျော်သွားပြီ) | Bottom 3 |
| 2 | May Kyi | "Ma Nae Maung" (မနဲ့မောင်) | Safe |
| 3 | Saw Lah Htaw Wah | "Ma Noe Par Say Nae Moe Ye" (မနိုးပါစေနဲ့မိုးရယ်) | Safe And Highest Votes |
| 4 | Aung Pyae Htun | "The Missing Paradise" (ပျောက်ဆုံးနေသောနိဗ္ဗာန်ဘုံ) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Zaw Min Oo | "Hate Eyes" (အမုန်းမျက်လုံး) | Safe |
| 6 | Nin Zi May | "Mu Yar Mar Yar Mone" (မူယာမာယာမုန်း) | Safe |
| 7 | M Zaw Rain | "Moe Sat Tin Lay" (မိုးစက်တင်လေ) | Safe |
| 8 | Aung Tay Zar Kyaw | "Strong Love" (အချစ်ရဲ့အားမာန်) | Safe |
| 9 | Sophia Everest | "Far Away" (ဝေးသက်ကွယ်လွန်ဝေး) | Bottom 3 |
| 10 | Saw Htet Naing Soe | "Soe Sate Toe Tate Lwan Chain" (စိုးစိတ်တိုးတိတ်လွမ်းချိန်) | Safe |

### Week 3: Top 9–Hit songs

Sophia Everest was saved by judges. So there was no elimination in this week.
| Order | Contestant | Song (Burmese name) | Result |
| 1 | Khine Thazin Thin | "ရွှေရောင်အိပ်မက်များ" (Shwe Young Eain Mat Myar) | Bottom 3 |
| 2 | May Kyi | "မင်းရှိတဲ့မြို့" (Min Shi Tae Myo) | Safe |
| 3 | Saw Lah Htaw Wah | "အလွမ်းရဲ့ည" (A Lwan Yae Nya) | Safe And Highest Votes |
| 4 | Zaw Min Oo | "ဖြတ်" (Phat) | Safe |
| 5 | Nin Zi May | "တီအားမို" (Te Amo) | Safe |
| 6 | M Zaw Rain | "ပြန်လှည့်မကြည့်ဘူး" (Pyan Lae Ma Kyi Buu) | Safe |
| 7 | Aung Tay Zar Kyaw | "မျှော်လင့်နေမယ်" (Myaw Lint Nay Mal) | Bottom 3 |
| 8 | Sophia Everest | "မြစ်နှစ်စင်းရဲ့ပင်လယ်" (Myit Na Sin Yae Pin Lae) | Eliminated But Saved By Judges |
| 8 | Saw Htet Naing Soe | "ရင်ခုန်ဘက်သို့တမ်းချင်း" (Yin Khone Bat Toe Tan Chin) | Safe |

### Week 4: Top 9 – Htoo Eain Thin's songs

| Order | Contestant | Song (Burmese name) | Result |
| 1 | Khine Thazin Thin | "Nar Yi Paw Ma Myet Yay Sat Myar" (နာရီပေါ်မှမျက်ရည်စက်များ) | Eliminated |
| 2 | May Kyi | "Yat Sat Swar Pyone Tat Thaw" (ရက်စက်စွာပြုံးတတ်သော) | Safe |
| 3 | Saw Lah Htaw Wah | "I don't comeback" (ပြန်မလာတော့ဘူး) | Safe |
| 4 | Aung Tay Zar Kyaw | "Yarzawin Myar Ye Tha Toe Tha Mee" (ရာဇဝင်များရဲ့သတို့သမီး) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Zaw Min Oo | "Kindful Dream" (အကြင်နာအိပ်မက်) | Safe |
| 6 | Nin Zi May | "Sein Yat Lay Arr" (စိမ်းရက်လေအား) | Bottom 3 |
| 7 | M Zaw Rain | "Lover's Gift" (ချစ်သူ့လက်ဆောင်) | Safe And Highest Votes |
| 8 | Sophia Everest | "A Khar Lwon Moe" (အခါလွန်မိုး) | Safe |
| 9 | Saw Htet Naing Soe | "A Lwan Ye Mee Lyan Myar" (အလွမ်းရဲ့မီးလျှံများ) | Safe |

### Week 5: Top 7 – Rock Music

| Order | Contestant | Song (Burmese name) | Result |
| 1 | Saw Lah Htaw Wah | "Kyal Dway Kway Thwar Di Taing" (ကြယ်တွေကြွေသွားသည့်တိုင်) | Safe |
| 2 | May Kyi | "A Twin Kyay" (အတွင်းကြေ) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Sophia Everest | "First Prize" (ပထမဆု) | Bottom 3 |
| 4 | M Zaw Rain | "85 Mandalay night longing" (၈၅ မန္တလေးညတမ်းချင်း) | Safe |
| 5 | Zaw Min Oo | "A Thone Ma Kya Tae Hnin Si" (အသုံးမကျတဲ့နှင်းဆီ) | Safe |
| 6 | Nin Zi May | "Cherry street" (ချယ်ရီလမ်း) | Safe And Highest Votes |
| 7 | Saw Htet Naing Soe | "Yarzawin" (ရာဇဝင်) | Bottom 3 |

### Week 6: Top 6 – summer songs

| Order | Contestant | Song (Burmese name) | Result |
| 1 | Saw Lah Htaw Wah | "Nway Oo Gan Gaw" (နွေဦးကံ့ကော်) | Bottom 3 |
| 2 | Saw Htet Naing Soe | "Nway Mat Tan" (နွေမှတ်တမ်း) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Sophia Everest | "Ta Saint Saint Yin Htae" (တစိမ့်စိမ့်ရင်ထဲ) | Bottom 3 |
| 4 | M Zaw Rain | "Yin Nar Dal April" (ရင်နာတယ်ဧပြီ) | Safe And Highest Vote |
| 5 | Zaw Min Oo | "A Tate Ye Nway" (အတိတ်ရဲ့နွေ) | Safe |
| 6 | Nin Zi May | "Nway Oo Pone Pyin" (နွေဦးပုံပြင်) | Safe |

### Week 7: Top 5+ Wild Card winner – Burmese Film theme songs

| Order | Contestant | Song (Burmese name) | Result |
| 1 | Saw Lah Htaw Wah | "Pan Tway Nae Wai" (ပန်းတွေနဲ့ဝေ) | Safe And Highest Votes |
| 2 | Zaw Min Oo | "Na Yaut Ta Eain Mat" (နှစ်ယောက်တစ်အိပ်မက်) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Sophia Everest | "A Chit Thi Lay Pyae" (အချစ်သည်လေပြေ) | Bottom 3 |
| 4 | M Zaw Rain | "Myint Mo Htet Myint Thaw" (မြင်းမိုရ်ထက်မြင့်သော) | Safe |
| 5 | May Kyi | "Rain in Inlay" (အင်းလေးမှာရွာတဲ့မိုး) | Safe (Pantene wild card winner) |
| 6 | Nin Zi May | "Heart City" (နှလုံးသားမြို့တော်) | Bottom 3 |

### Week 8: Top 4+1 – Composer Saung Oo Hlaing's songs

Double eliminated because of previous week chose wild card winner.
| Order | Contestant | Song (Burmese name) | Result |
| 1 | Saw Lah Htaw Wah | "Ta Ti Ya Pay Par" (သတိရပေးပါ) | Highest Votes |
| 2 | Sophia Everest | "A Chit Ma Shi Nay Yat Myar" (အချစ်မရှိနေ့ရက်များ) | Eliminated |
| 3 | May Kyi | "A Mar Myar" (အမှားများ) | Eliminated |
| 4 | M Zaw Rain | "Lae Sar Lite" (လှည့်စားလိုက်) | Safe |
| 5 | Nin Zi May | "Ta Khar Ka Lat Saung" (တစ်ခါကလက်​ဆောင်) | Safe |

### Week 9: Finale

The Top two performed their winner’s song Judges chose song and contestants chose themselves song.
| Contestant | Order | Contestant chose song (Burmese name) | Order | Winner song (Burmese name) | Order | Judges chose song (Burmese name) | Result |
| Nin Zi May | 1 | "Bal Thu Koe Lout Chit Tha Le" (ဘယ်သူကိုယ့်လောက်ချစ်သလဲ) | 4 | "Min Thi Naing Ma Lar" (မင်းသိနိုင်မလား) | 7 | "A Chit Htet Ma Ka" (အချစ်ထက်မက) | Runner-up |
| M Zaw Rain | 2 | "A Chit Oo Zat Lann" (အချစ်ဦးဇာတ်လမ်း) | 5 | "Min Thi Naing Ma Lar" (မင်းသိနိုင်မလား) | 8 | "Nout Sone Yin Khwin" (နောက်ဆုံးရင်ခွင်) | Runner-up |
| Saw Lah Htaw Wah | 3 | "Dan Yar Mae A Nar" (ဒဏ်ရာမဲ့အနာ) | 6 | "Min Thi Naing Ma Lar" (မင်းသိနိုင်မလား) | 9 | "Du Ta Ya" (ဒုတိယ) | Winner |

### Season 1: Group Songs

Group songs are performed by finalists at the beginning of the result show to entertain the audience every weeks.
| Week Order | Finalists | Weeks | Song (Burmese name) |
| 1 | Top 11 | Contestants' Own Choice Songs Week | "Pyaw Par Say Ta Nge Chin" (ပျော်ပါစေသူငယ်ချင်း) |
| 2 | Top 10 | 1980s Songs Week | "Say Soe Pan Yite Myat Nar" (ဆေးဆိုးပန်းရိုက်မျက်နှာ) |
| 3 | Top 9 | Hit Songs Week | "Htar Wa Ya A Shone" (ထာဝရအရှုံး) |
| 4 | Top 9 | Htoo Eain Thin's Songs Week | "Ta Nayt Tar A Lwe Myar" (တစ်နေ့တာအလွဲများ) |
| 5 | Top 7 | Rock Songs Week | "A Thae Kwe Radio" (အသည်းကွဲရေဒီယို) |
| 6 | Top 6 | Summer Songs Week | "Khwel Khwer Ya Mae Nway Yat Myar" (ခွဲခွာရမယ့်နွေရက်များ) |
| 7 | Top 5+1 | Burmese Movies' Theme Songs Week | "Yin Khwin Nan Daw" (ရင်ခွင်နန်းတော်) |
| 8 | Top 5 | Composer Saung Oo Hlaing's Songs Week | "Myaw Lint Chat Ta Sone Ta Yar" (မျှော်လင့်ချက်တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ) |
| 9 | Top 3 | Grand Final Week | "Pyaw Par Say Ta Nge Chin" (ပျော်ပါစေသူငယ်ချင်း) |

## Elimination Chart

| Order | Contestant | Top 11 | Top 10 | Top 9 | Top 9 | Top 7 | Top 6 | Top 5+1 | Top 5 | Finale Top 3 |
| 1 | Saw Lah Htaw Wah | Safe | Highest Votes | Highest Votes | Safe | Safe | Bottom 3 | Highest Votes | Highest Votes | Winner |
| 2 | M Zaw Rain | Highest Votes | Safe | Safe | Highest Votes | Safe | Highest Votes | Safe | Safe | 1st Runner-up |
| 3 | Nin Zi May | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 3 | Highest Votes | Safe | Bottom 3 | Safe | 2nd Runner-up |
| 4 | Sophia Everest | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Saved by judges | Safe | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Eliminated |
| 5 | May Kyi | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | | Returned by Wild Card and Safe | Eliminated |
| 6 | Zaw Min Oo | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated |
| 7 | Saw Htet Naing Soe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 3 | Eliminated |
| 8 | Aung Tay Zar Kyaw | Safe | Safe | Bottom 3 | Eliminated |
| 9 | Khine Thazin Thin | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Eliminated |
| 10 | Aung Pyae Htun | Safe | Eliminated |
| 11 | Rio (Wai Lin) | Eliminated |