The life of farming and raising chickens of the Vietnam Idol Champion 10 years after coronation
10 years after winning the "Vietnam Idol" contest, singer Ya Suy is happy with the comfortable life of a true farmer, working in the fields and raising pigs and chickens.
Impressing with his simple, unassuming appearance, without any vocal expertise but touching the listeners' emotions with his rustic voice, Ya Suy won the Vietnam Idol 2012 Championship. While most winners of other music competitions often consider the championship as a stepping stone to enter showbiz, Ya Suy is different. For many years now, he has seemingly "disappeared" completely from the Vietnamese music market.
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Yasuy sang with My Tam, his mentor in the competition. |
After 10 years of being crowned, Yasuy is now content with his life on the fields, growing rice and raising chickens in his hometown of Lam Dong. After visiting Yasuy, actor Huy Khanh revealed the truth about the life of the 2012 Vietnam Idol Champion: He is living with his family in a spacious house built in 2019. According to Huy Khanh, he had introduced the show to the 2012 Vietnam Idol Champion many times but Ya Suy always refused. Ya Suy even did not dare to answer the phone and did not dare to sing because of fear.
In a previous interview, Ya Suy shared that becoming famous overnight turned his life upside down. During stressful times with a lot of work, the male singer would think back to the peaceful days in his hometown, but still forced himself to adapt to the hustle and bustle of life in the city. The controversies that erupted after Ya Suy's victory at Vietnam Idol in 2012 also had a big impact on the young man. For a whole year after leaving the competition, he remained completely silent and focused only on studying.
In 2014, the scandal of having a child with a fan nearly destroyed Ya Suy's image as a simple, honest guy. Regarding this incident, Ya Suy once said that he always wanted to adopt the child but did not want to get married because he had become a public figure. After that big scandal, he returned to his hometown and "disappeared" from showbiz.
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Leaving the spotlight, the Lam Dong singer lives peacefully in his hometown growing coffee, raising chickens, cutting grass... |
Giving up the halo of fame, Ya Suy returned to the jobs that were too familiar to him since childhood such as growing coffee, raising chickens, raising pigs, cutting grass... Talking about his choice, he once confided on his personal page:“Maybe many people laugh at me, but it's true. Maybe I've been attached to it since I was little, so I see it as my origin and noble tradition. To me, gardeners are worthy of being parents, because they are the ones who sweat, cry, endure the sun and rain, work hard to create rice and meat for me to eat every day."
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Actor Huy Khanh visited and learned about Ya Suy's life. |
Ya Suy said that although he is not rich or has much property, he is lucky to live and experience "A little bit of urban frivolity, dazzling stage lights, a time when I was a special person and wherever I went, people knew to bow and ask for my autograph".
However, that was not the life he chose in the long run.“I am not afraid of getting dirty with mud, pig and chicken manure. Being able to live and work according to what I want and what I like is the greatest joy and happiness for me. Because the most authentic life for me is freedom, working hard but sleeping peacefully and not worrying about competing with anyone tomorrow, not being scolded by anyone, except my parents."the champion confided.
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Occasionally, he still participates in performing arts for local events. |
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Music has always been Ya Suy's passion. |
Although he is no longer active in showbiz, Ya Suy still keeps his passion for music alive by regularly posting clips on his personal page. Occasionally, he still participates in performing arts for local events. Recently, Ya Suy created his own YouTube channel, singing songs likeI wish, Gambler's life, would come back here to me...to give to fans. In the comments section, many viewers praised Ya Suy's voice and exclaimed that it had been a long time since they heard such a good voice.
Although very regretful, many viewers are happy for Ya Suy to have the life he wants.