“The voice”, an original Dutch singing talent search will hit Vietnamese television this April, featuring top local music stars as its judges (and coaches).
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| Top singers Dam Vinh Hung (L) and Ho Ngoc Ha - Photo: NS |
This is the first time both singers agreed to sit a panel of a reality show and contest, and a source close to the show’s producers revealed that it had taken them more than four months to persuade the pair.
Like other performers of their status, Ha and Hung had fully packed schedules with concerts and music projects while as judges of “The voice”, they are required to coach their chosen team of contestants, gave advice on their practices and helped them develop the best of their ability.
Producers said they had paid a handsome amount to the stars, with an undisclosed figure worth an advertising contract for top celebrities of their level to get them on board.
To make time for the show, Ha has to cancel a number of concerts abroad and postpone her own music projects, while Hung delays his own live concert and a Japan trip.
The rest of the judging panel includes Thu Minh and Tran Lap, of whom the first is a well-known pop ballad and dance singer and the latter is the front man of the veteran rock band “Buc tuong” (The Wall).
Premiered on April 26, 2011, on the America’s NBC television network, “The Voice” is an American reality talent show based on the reality singing competition “The Voice of Holland”, a series created by Dutch television producer John de Mol and produced by Mark Burnett.
The Vietnamese adaptation of “The voice” will start recruiting contestants on March 20 and conclude on December 16, 2012.
The series will be broadcast on national channel VTV3 with 17 episodes.
