# Vietnam Idol season 3

The third season of Vietnam Idol premiered on VTV6 on August 21, 2010. There are two episodes every Tuesday and Saturday together with a daily five-minute news. This season features a new option for the judges is to "save" a contestant from elimination. This, however, was not used this season.
Trần Nguyễn Uyên Linh was announced to be the third winner of Vietnam Idol, she received $20,000 in cash and a recording contract.

## Process

Following a break in production, it was confirmed that the show has been renewed for 2010. The new season will adopt a new structure, with changes to broadcasting and production. The broadcasting stations were changed from HTV (Ho Chi Minh City Television) to VTV6 - a cable channel targeted at young audiences of VTV (Vietnam Television) The producer company of the first 2 seasons, Dong Tay Promotion, will be replaced by BHD Pictures. Siu Black remains on the judging panel but will be joined by two new judges, Quốc Trung and Nguyễn Quang Dũng. Phan Anh will also take over as the host of the contest.

### Audition round

| Air Date | Audion Region | First Audition Date | Call-Back Audition Date | Venue | Golden Tickets |
| August 21, 2010 | Hanoi | July 3–5, 2010 | July 6–7, 2010 | National Convention Center | 37 |
| August 28, 2010 | Danang | June 27, 2010 | June 28–29, 2010 | Life Resort | 9 |
| August 28, 2010 | Can Tho | July 13, 2010 | July 14–15, 2010 | Palace Cần Thơ Hotel | 7 |
| September 4, 2010 | Ho Chi Minh City | July 21–23, 2010 | July 23–25, 2010 | Crescent Plaza | 43 |
| Total Tickets to Ho Chi Minh City | Total Tickets to Ho Chi Minh City | Total Tickets to Ho Chi Minh City | Total Tickets to Ho Chi Minh City | Total Tickets to Ho Chi Minh City | 96 |
Auditions were also held in Central Highlands and North regions.
One hundred contestants will advance from this round and into the Knock Out Round.

### HCMC week

The first day of the week featured ninety-six contestants (but actually ninety-three were present at that time) advanced from the audition round. After the first elimination, forty-eight remained and then split up into 12 groups of four. Twenty-four made it into the final round in which judges revealed who were the semi-finalists.

## Semi-finals

The semi-finals takes place over three weeks, with the results announced the following Tuesday. During the first two weeks, sixteen contestants are split and perform by gender. Only four of them will be given a bye to the Top 10, while the remaining 10 contestants compete in the last semi-final round for a spot in the finals. During this whole process, judges have the right to let their five favorite contestants be finalists.

### Top 16

| Order | Males | Males | Males | Females | Females | Females |
| Order | Contestant | Song (composer) | Result | Contestant | Song (composer) | Result |
| 1 | Lân Nhã | "Ly cà phê ban mê" (Nguyễn Cường | Wildcard | Mai Hương | "Nắng chờ" (Anh Minh) | Wildcard |
| 2 | Y Jalin | "Lang Biang S'Ning" (Karajan K'Plin & Karajan Dick) | Eliminated | Thu Trang | "Anh" (Xuân Phương) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Văn Thắng | "Bông hồng thủy tinh" (Trần Lập) | Wildcard | Nguyễn T. Phương Anh | "Từ khi em đến" (Võ Thiện Thanh) | Wildcard |
| 4 | Đăng Khoa | "Phố cổ" (Nguyễn Duy Hùng) | Top 10 | Minh Nguyệt | "Ngựa ô thương nhớ" (Trần Tiến) | Bottom |
| 5 | Trung Quân | "Lại gần bên em" (Anh Quân & Huy Tuấn) | Wildcard | Bích Phương | "Đêm cô đơn" (Trung Kiên) | Bottom |
| 6 | Đức Anh | "Bất chợt một tình yêu" (Nguyễn Đức Cường) | Top 10 | Uyên Linh | "Với anh" (Hồ Hoài Anh) | Top 10 |
| 7 | Vương Linh | "Em về tinh khôi" (Quốc Bảo) | Wildcard | Phương Ly | "Những ngày thứ bảy trong năm" (Nguyễn Duy Hùng) | Wildcard |
| 8 | Văn Viết | "Đôi chân trần" (Y Phôn K'Sor) | Bottom | Lều Phương Anh | "Chỉ có thể là tình yêu" (Phương Uyên) | Top 10 |

### Wildcard

| Order | Contestant | Song (composer) | Result |
| 1 | Vương Linh | Gánh hàng rong (Lê Quốc Dũng) | Top 10 |
| 2 | Minh Nguyệt | "Tình 2000"(Võ Thiện Thanh) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Văn Thắng | "Mắt đen" (Trần Lập) | Eliminated |
| 4 | Văn Viết | "Đi tìm bóng núi" (An Thuyên) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Phương Ly | "Nhạc khúc tình yêu" (Kỳ Phương) | Eliminated |
| 6 | Nguyễn T. Phương Anh | "Không làm khác được" (Lương Bằng Quang) | Top 10 |
| 7 | Trung Quân | "Bài ca tình yêu" (Thành Vương) | Top 10 |
| 8 | Bích Phương | "Chuyện tình" (Anh Quân) | Top 10 |
| 9 | Lân Nhã | "Bóng mưa" (Hồ Hoài Anh) | Top 10 |
| 10 | Mai Hương | "Cánh buồm phiêu du" (Sơn Thạch) | Top 10 |

## Finals

The finals began two weeks after the semi-finals had concluded. Music journalist and host Đặng Diễm Quỳnh is added to the judging panel at the start of the finals.
Each week the finalists perform live on stage to a television audience. The contestant receiving the least viewers' votes is eliminated from the competition. Introduced for the first time this season is the ability of the judges to collectively override the voters' decision once, if they deem that a contestant has been voted-out prematurely. Should this option is activated, two contestants would be eliminated the following week instead of one.

### Top 10 – Random choices

    Mentor: Phương Vy
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
| 1 | Đăng Khoa | "Anh trôi về em" | Bottom 3 |
| 2 | Nguyễn T. Phương Anh | "Chơi vơi tôi ru tôi" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Lân Nhã | "Buồn ơi chào mi" | Safe |
| 4 | Bích Phương | "Hôm nay anh đến" | Safe |
| 5 | Trung Quân | "Căn gác trống" | Safe |
| 6 | Vương Linh | "Người đến bên tôi" | Safe |
| 7 | Lều Phương Anh | "Tìm lại giấc mơ" | Safe |
| 8 | Đức Anh | "Anh muốn" | Bottom 3 |
| 9 | Mai Hương | "Khoảng trời của bé" | Safe |
| 10 | Uyên Linh | "Những lời buồn" | Safe |

### Top 9 – Pop/Rock

    Mentor: Phương Thanh
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
| 1 | Trung Quân | "Đừng khóc và đừng hứa" | Safe |
| 2 | Vương Linh | "Khúc mưa" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Bích Phương | "Với anh" | Bottom 3 |
| 4 | Lân Nhã | "Thế thôi" | Safe |
| 5 | Uyên Linh | "Mùa đông sẽ qua" | Safe |
| 6 | Đức Anh | "Ngủ say nhé" | Safe |
| 7 | Lều Phương Anh | "Em không khóc" | Bottom 3 |
| 8 | Đăng Khoa | "Có một chút" | Safe |
| 9 | Mai Hương | "Thu tình yêu" | Safe |

### Top 8 – R&B/Hip-hop/Dance

    Mentor: Hồ Ngọc Hà
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
| 1 | Lều Phương Anh | "Giận Anh" | Safe |
| 2 | Đức Anh | "Khúc mưa" | Bottom 3 |
| 3 | Bích Phương | "Yêu" | Bottom 3 |
| 4 | Đăng Khoa | "Lột xác" | Safe |
| 5 | Mai Hương | "Trôi trong gương" | Safe |
| 6 | Lân Nhã | "Độc bước" | Safe |
| 7 | Trung Quân | "Đôi mắt" | Eliminated |
| 8 | Uyên Linh | "Lời của ánh mắt" | Safe |

### Top 7 – International music

    Mentor: Thanh Bùi
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
| 1 | Bích Phương | "From Sarah with Love" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Uyên Linh | "Fallin'" | Safe |
| 3 | Lân Nhã | "Apologize" | Bottom 3 |
| 4 | Lều Phương Anh | "How Do I Live" | Safe |
| 5 | Đức Anh | "Say It Right" | Bottom 3 |
| 6 | Mai Hương | "I Have Nothing" | Safe |
| 7 | Đăng Khoa | "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" | Safe |

### Top 6 – Unforgettable songs

    Mentor: Cẩm Vân
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
| 1 | Đức Anh | "Điệp khúc tình yêu" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Mai Hương | "Nơi em gặp anh" | Bottom 3 |
| 3 | Đăng Khoa | "Mặt trời bé con" | Safe |
| 4 | Uyên Linh | "Khát vọng" | Bottom 3 |
| 5 | Lân Nhã | "Hồ trên núi" | Safe |
| 6 | Lều Phương Anh | "Em vẫn đợi anh về" | Safe |

### Top 5 – Diva night

    Mentor: Mỹ Linh
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
| 1 | Uyên Linh | "Trở lại tuổi thơ" | Eliminated$^1$ |
| 2 | Lân Nhã | "Một mình" | Bottom 3 |
| 3 | Đăng Khoa | "Ngày không mưa" | Withdrew |
| 4 | Lều Phương Anh | "Cho em một ngày" | Bottom 3 |
| 5 | Mai Hương | "Một ngày mới" | Safe |

### Top 4 – Duets

    Mentor: Thanh Lam
    Result: Lân Nhã was eliminated
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
| 1 | Uyên Linh and Mai Hương | "Anh mãi là" | Safe |
| 2 | Lân Nhã and Lều Phương Anh | "Tôi và em" | Lân Nhã eliminated |
| 3 | Mai Hương and Lều Phương Anh | "Một ngày mới sang" | Safe |
| 4 | Uyên Linh and Lân Nhã | "Phút giây ngọt ngào" | Lân Nhã eliminated |

### Top 3 – Judges' choice

    Mentor: Siu Black
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
| 1 | Uyên Linh | "Chỉ là giấc mơ" | Safe |
| 2 | Lều Phương Anh | "Cô gái đến từ hôm qua" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Mai Hương | "Hãy cho em gần bên anh" | Safe |
| 4 | Uyên Linh | "Đường cong" | Safe |
| 5 | Lều Phương Anh | "Những khi ta buồn" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Mai Hương | "I Love Music" | Safe |

### Finale – Contestant's choice, International music & Winner's single

    Mentor: Hồng Nhung and Mỹ Linh
| Order | Contestant | Song | Result |
| 1 | Mai Hương | "Trái tim âm nhạc" | Runner-up |
| 2 | Uyên Linh | "Sao chẳng về với em" | Winner |
| 3 | Mai Hương | "Hot n Cold" | Runner-up |
| 4 | Uyên Linh | "Take Me to the River" | Winner |
| 5 | Mai Hương | "Cảm ơn tình yêu" (winner's song) | Runner-up |
| 6 | Uyên Linh | "Cảm ơn tình yêu" (winner's song) | Winner |

### Grand Finale

The grand finale took place in Lan Anh Music Center. 2500 tickets out of over 3000 are invitational; therefore, some tickets left were scalped up to 500,000 to 700,000 VND each. The show started at 9 pm (local time) and were broadcast live on VTV3, VTV6, VTV9, YanTV and several local TV stations. Hồng Nhung and Mỹ Linh, previously mentors on the show, performed with the two finalists – Mai Hương and Uyên Linh. The show's judge Siu Black performed together with Nguyễn Thị Phương Anh. Phan Anh announced the winner of the season was Trần Nguyễn Uyên Linh from Ho Chi Minh city. Linh then performed the winning song Cảm ơn tình yêu.

#### Musical Performances

* "Bèo dạt mây trôi" – AnB Group
* "Giấc mơ Chapi" – Du Mục band
* "Những nụ hôn rực rỡ" – Male Finalists
* "Cô gái tự tin" – Female Finalists
* "Hoa nắng" – Top 10 (excluding Mai Hương and Uyên Linh)
* "Đừng ngồi trong bóng đêm" – Mai Hương
* "Giấc mơ nào với tôi" – Uyên Linh
* "Dại khờ" – Đức Anh and Đăng Khoa
* "Phút giây ngọt ngào" – Lân Nhã and Lều Phương Anh
* "Ly cafe ban mê" – Lân Nhã
* "Căn gác trống" – Trung Quân
* "Khao khát môi hồng" – Nguyễn Thị Phương Anh and Siu Black
* "Đêm tình nhân" – Vương Linh and Bích Phương
* "Một ngày mới" – Mai Hương and Hồng Nhung
* "I Believe I Can Fly" – Uyên Linh and Mỹ Linh
* "Anh mãi là" – Uyên Linh and Mai Hương
* "Cảm ơn tình yêu" – Uyên Linh (later joined by the rest of top 10)

## Elimination chart

| Safe | Bottom Three | Bottom Two | Eliminated | Withdrew |
| Stage: | Stage: | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Week: | Week: | 09/27 | 10/04 | 10/11 | 10/25 | 11/01 | 11/08 | 11/15 | 11/22 | 11/29 | 12/06 | 12/13 | 12/24 |
| Place | Contestant | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result |
| 1 | Trần Nguyễn Uyên Linh | | Top 10 | | | | | | Btm3 | Elim$^1$ | | | Winner |
| 2 | Văn Mai Hương | | | Top 10 | | | | | Btm2 | | | | Runner-Up |
| 3 | Lều Phương Anh | | Top 10 | | | Btm2 | | | | Btm2 | | Elim | |
| 4 | Trần Lân Nhã | | | Top 10 | | | | Btm2 | | Btm3 | Elim | | |
| 5 | Nguyễn Tấn Đăng Khoa | Top 10 | | | Btm2 | | | | | WD$^1$ | | | |
| 6 | Lê Đức Anh | Top 10 | | | Btm3 | | Btm3 | Btm3 | Elim | | | | |
| 7 | Bùi Thị Bích Phương | | Btm 3 | Top 10 | | Btm3 | Btm2 | Elim | | | | | |
| 8 | Bùi Nguyễn Trung Quân | | | Top 10 | | | Elim | | | | | | |
| 9 | Đinh Vương Linh | | | Top 10 | | Elim | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Nguyễn Thị Phương Anh | | | Top 10 | Elim | | | | | | | | |
| 11–14 | Trần Phương Ly | | | Elim | | | | | | | | | |
| 11–14 | Hà Minh Nguyệt | | Btm 2 | Elim | | | | | | | | | |
| 11–14 | Nguyễn Văn Thắng | | | Elim | | | | | | | | | |
| 11–14 | Nguyễn Văn Viết | Btm 2 | | Elim | | | | | | | | | |
| 15–16 | Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15–16 | Y Jalin Ayun | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | |
$^1$ The official results had Uyên Linh eliminated from the show. However, Đăng Khoa, who was safe in this round, announced that he preferred to withdraw from the competition in her stead. This followed controversy from a released surreptitious recording of a conversation involving eliminated finalist Đức Anh insulting fellow eliminated contestants, judges, the media, and others. The fifteen-minute audio was first released onto the internet forums, and subsequently released onto websites like YouTube. Đăng Khoa has admitted to being the one who did the recording but has denied being the one who released the audio. On behalf of the Executive Producers and Judges of Vietnam Idol, Diễm Quỳnh accepted Khoa's request to withdraw; therefore, Uyên Linh was saved from elimination at the last moment and did not have to perform her exit song.

## Album

| Years | Recording Artist | Informations |
| 2010 | Trung Quân | Quân Cartoon is Coming To Town Released: December 22, 2011 Recording Label: |
| 2011 | Bích Phương (and Minh Hằng) | Ơ Hay Released: 2011 Recording Label: Music Faces |
| 2011 | Văn Mai Hương | Hãy Mỉm Cười Released: December 21, 2011 Recording Label: |
| 2011 | Uyên Linh | Giấc mơ tôi Released: February 7, 2012 Recording Label: BHD Entertainment |

### Compilation album

This was the first season to produce a compilation album. All the tracks from the album were recorded in studio after the season ends.

## Result show performances

| Week | Performer(s) | Title |
| Top 10 | Phương Vy | "Nụ cười và những ước mơ" |
| Top 9 | Phương Thanh and UnlimiteD | "Đừng nhìn lại" |
| Top 8 | Hồ Ngọc Hà | "Thức tỉnh" |
| Top 7 | Thanh Bui | "U & I" |
| Top 6 | Cẩm Vân | "Khát vọng" |
| Top 5 | Mỹ Linh | "Để mãi được gần anh" |
| Top 4 | Thanh Lam | "Gọi anh" |
| Top 3 | Mai Hương Lều Phương Anh Uyên Linh | "Hát" "Trót yêu anh rồi" "Gió" |

## Cảm ơn tình yêu Live Show

Cảm ơn tình yêu Live Show was a concert featuring all of the season 3 finalists, except for Lều Phương Anh with personal reasons. The show was produced by Huy Tuấn, who was also the musical director of Vietnam Idol this season, and was sponsored by MobiFone. The concert was held in Hanoi on January 23, 2011.

### Performers

| Uyên Linh (Winner) | Mai Hương (2nd place) | Lân Nhã (4th place) |
| Đăng Khoa (5th place) | Đức Anh (6th place) | Bích Phương (7th) |
| Trung Quân (8th place) | Vương Linh (9th place) | Phương Anh (10th place) |

### Setlist

* Lân Nhã, Trung Quân, Phương Anh, Bích Phương, Vương Linh, Đức Anh and Đăng Khoa — - "Những nụ hôn rụ rỡ" (from the same name movie) and "Hoa nắng"
* Đức Anh — - "Bất chợt một tình yêu" (Nguyễn Đức Cường)
* Đăng Khoa — - "Dòng thời gian" (Nguyễn Hải Phong)
* Vương Linh & Bích Phương — - "Đêm tình nhân" (Phương Uyên & Lê Minh)
* Lân Nhã — - "Bóng mưa" (Hà Anh Tuấn)
* Lân Nhã & Phương Anh — - "Khúc giao mùa" (Mỹ Linh)
* Trung Quân featuring Thái Sơn (Top 24) — - "Bèo dạt mây trôi"
* Trung Quân — - "Căn gác trống" (Ưng Hoàng Phúc)
* Trung Quân & Mai Hương — - "Hồ Gươm sáng sớm" (Hoàng Hải)
* Mai Hương — - "Đừng ngồi yên trong bóng đêm" (from Giải cứu thần chết) and "Cánh buồm phiêu du" (Hồ Quỳnh Hương)
* Uyên Linh — - "Giận anh" (Phương Vy), "Take Me to the River" (Al Green), "Chỉ là giấc mơ" (Thanh Lam),
* Uyên Linh & Mai Hương — - "Anh mãi là" (Lưu Hương Giang)
* Uyên Linh & other performers — - "Cảm ơn tình yêu" (winning song)