What prominent cases will Tao Quan 2019 highlight this year?

Since 2003, the program Tao Quan (End of Year Meeting) has been broadcast regularly on the evening of the 30th of Tet. With a duration of about 2 hours, most of the year's outstanding events and figures in all fields are 'named' under a humorous and profound lens.

For many years, director Do Thanh Hai has been the host of the most anticipated program on television every Tet holiday. Although every year there are often new faces participating in supporting roles, the key roles are still played by familiar artists such as: Quoc Khanh, Xuan Bac, Cong Ly, Tu Long, Van Dung, Chi Trung...

2019 is the 16th year that the Tao Quan program has been introduced to the audience.

This year, in addition to the trio of characters Ngoc Hoang (Quoc Khanh) - Nam Tao (Xuan Bac) - Bac Dau (Cong Ly) still being kept, there will be a swapping of the Tao titles to create something new for the program. In addition, two new faces, Trung 'ruoi' and Do Duy Nam, will appear in Tao Quan this year with a big surprise when their roles will be somewhat related to Nam Tao - Bac Dau.

Tao Quan 2019There will be a rehearsal on the evening of January 25. The program will officially be recorded on January 26 and 27 at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace. As usual, tickets to watch Tao Quan always cause a stir and become the most sought-after tickets of the year. Because the program only distributes invitation tickets and does not sell them, many people are willing to pay a high price to get a ticket to watch it live because recorded programs are often longer and not cut short like when broadcast.

Artist Quoc Khanh shared that many times he wanted to change to another role in Tao Quan but no one let him.

However, what most people are looking forward to as usual is: What issues will Tao Quan address this year? Among the countless events that occur in society throughout the year, filtering out the most painful, most impressive, most controversial, and most humorous events that everyone knows to include in the Tao Quan script is not a simple matter. Director Do Thanh Hai once shared that the Tao Quan script is always changing even during the rehearsal and filming process because new situations are always added or artists can perform differently due to their inspiration.

The pressure on the production crew is huge, especially director Do Thanh Hai. Making a show with too many expectations, being constantly scrutinized and always having to have something new for the audience creates huge pressure for the producers.

Director Do Thanh Hai and the artists have been practicing continuously since January 3.

This year, Tao Quan will review a series of notable events of the year, including the case of a teacher punishing a student 231 times in Quang Binh, the controversy over spelling 'square and round', a teacher forcing students to drink blackboard cleaning water in Hai Phong, and unprecedented cheating in the history of education in Ha Giang, Lang Son, Hoa Binh... will be named.

Besides, many events and scandals of the entertainment industry are also predicted to appear in Tao Quan 2019 such as the case of the beauty queen and model prostitution ring for 25,000 USD, the fever of the movie "Quynh doll" with the "Duong day" dialogue trend, the character Canh causing a storm or the return of the "fake" Nguyet in "Phia truong la bau troi"...

The character Bac Dau played by Cong Ly, despite receiving mixed opinions, continues to promise to attract attention in this year's program with his 'proper' flashy costumes.

Of course, Tao Quan cannot miss the fever of fans for the Vietnamese team with a series of victories and famous names that can be mentioned in Tao Quan such as: Coach Park Hang Seo, Quang Hai, Cong Phuong, goalkeeper Dang Van Lam... Trends that are causing fever among young people such as taking pictures of falling face down to show off branded goods, revealing the price of clothes worn... are also likely to appear in the Taos' meetings.

The achievements of Vietnamese beauties in beauty contests with names like H'Hen Nie (top 5 Miss Universe), Phuong Khanh (Miss Earth) and especially transgender beauty queen Huong Giang are expected to be mentioned on the Tao Quan stage this year.

Many people are frantically looking for tickets to see Tao Quan in advance.

Every year that Tao Quan airs, many people are worried because they are afraid of being called out, afraid of being attacked and made fun of by the Taos. Many people predict that this year's Tao Quan will not ignore the model wearing an offensive bikini appearing on the plane welcoming the Vietnamese team from China, the two beauties taking offensive photos at Tuyet Tinh Coc in Da Lat, the Department of Performing Arts requesting to revoke Ngan Anh's Miss Ocean title...

Besides, a series of cases of airport staff being assaulted by passengers or the ridiculous scandal of An Nguy - Kieu Minh Tuan are also predicted to appear in this year's program.

However, all are still just predictions and all surprises will be answered in the official recording sessions this weekend before Tao Quan 2019 officially debuts on television on the evening of the 30th of Tet. While waiting for Tao Quan 2019 to be revealed, the advertising price for the program has also been announced at a record high of half a billion VND for each 30-second advertisement. This continues to be a measure of the heat of the program as well as the audience's anticipation for the hottest show of the year on VTV.