8-year-old child wins 700 million, is Champion of 'Kids' Familiar Faces'

Baby Mai Chi and actress Le Giang won the third season with the opera performance "The Goddess Offering Five Spirits", which took place on the evening of December 30.

In the final night in Ho Chi Minh City, little Mai Chi transformed into Meritorious Artist Thanh Trang. In the performance, Mai Chi wore ancient costumes, showing off her high-pitched voice and smooth, confident acting ability. In the first part,Le Giang had a sound problem when the microphone stopped working, but she handled it skillfully by continuing to perform so as not to distract her students. Afterwards, the sound staff came on stage to help her.

Baby Mai Chi in a performance transforming into Meritorious Artist Thanh Loc in previous episodes of the show.

After this performance, the judges -People's Artist Hong Van stepped onto the stage and hugged the young contestant. "I have no words to describe it. I love you so much, my child," the artist expressed her feelings for Mai Chi. Judge Hoai Linh praised Mai Chi for her increasingly confident stage presence. Hoai Linh commented that the art of hát bội requires the performer to be able to hear the drums and clappers accurately, and Mai Chi has done just that. Judge My Linh said that the young contestant has captured her heart.

Achieved the highest score among four pairs of contestants,Mai Chi and Le Giang won the third season's championship with a prize of 700 million VND. Of this, 500 million VND was used for charity. The two teachers and students burst into tears when the results were announced.

Mai Chi is 8 years old this year, and participated in the Junior Idol contest. She is one of the youngest contestants in this year's contest. In the first episode, Mai Chi and coach Le Giang won first prize of the week when they performed the duet Huong Lan - Cam Ly in the performance Ru lai cau ho. In the following weeks, this contestant pair won first prize twice more. Mai Chi was highly appreciated by the judges for her versatility in transforming from veteran domestic artists such as Hoai Linh, Thanh Loc to international singers.

In addition to the Mai Chi - Le Giang couple, the final night also featured three other contestant couples: Nha Thy - Le Viet, Diep Nhi - Vu Ha, Cong Quoc - Thu Hang. Little Nha Thy transformed into artist Thanh Loan in the cai luong excerpt Cau tho yen ngua with the support of coach Le Viet and little Bao Nghi - contestant of season one.

Nha Thy (right) and Le Viet in the neo-traditional performance "Mother's Heart" in episode 9.

Hoai Linh commented that the young contestant fully expressed joy, anger, love, and hate through her eyes, giving him and the audience goosebumps. "To say she's similar is not true, because she doesn't have the experience of Ms. Thanh Loan. But she sang more perfectly than I imagined," the comedian said. The 13-year-old girl and choreographer Le Viet won the runner-up prize. In addition, both received the award for Most Friendly Contestant Couple with a prize of 30 million VND.

Baby Cong Quoc and singer Thu Hang won the Most Favorite Contestant Couple award with 31% of the audience's votes after 13 weeks of competition, with a prize of 130 million VND.Male singer Vu Ha and his student - Diep Nhi - received the award for the Most Effortful Contestant Couple with 30 million VND.

According to VNE