Thu Minh won the Golden Cup of Dancing with the Stars

The sexy singer scored seven 10s and one 9 for rumba and freestyle in the finale held on July 3rd, winning the title of Dancing Queen. Hundreds of spectators at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi cheered and congratulated her.

In the ranking night, the three contestants who had passed 9 competition nights performed two dances in turn. The cleverness of Thu Minh, Nguyen Vu, and Thuy Tien was that they were able to express both states: strong and passionate and soft and ethereal. However, Thu Minh balanced both performances while Thuy Tien was not up to par in performance number 1 and Nguyen Vu was a bit weak in performance number 2.

Thu Minh and Lacchezar were radiant in their coronation moment.

With the rumba, Thu Minh made the two judges Duc Huy and Chi Anh stand up and applaud her. She and her dance partner Lacchezar were so in tune with each other in the image of a couple. This was the dance that Thu Minh and Lacchezar had practiced for the 4th competition night, but because her Bulgarian dance partner unfortunately contracted chickenpox, Thu Minh had to replace it with another dance with a Vietnamese dancer. Thu Minh shared that when performing this dance, she felt "something in her heart was surging". Musician Duc Huy did not hesitate to praise Thu Minh: "Not only you, but I and the audience also felt something in our hearts surging. This is the night you shined the most so far. You are truly talented in dancing. So excellent". Khanh Thi commented: “I looked at her dance partner and saw that he was filled with so much love. I love Thu Minh's dance so much. It was perfect, gentle, without many tricks, even the lifting was part of the rumba movements. I didn't expect her dance partner to lift and lower the weight so smoothly. She has never been so gentle.” Quang Dung humorously said: “Colleagues stood up to throw flowers for her, probably because they thought she was about to switch to dancing.” Chi Anh always gave simple but convincing comments. According to him, rumba couples often try to show that they love each other, but in Thu Minh's dance, love was revealed naturally, honestly, without pretense. Previously, there were rumors that Thu Minh and Lacchezar had feelings for each other, but the female singer denied this. Her and her dance partner's dedication was recognized with four unanimous 10 points from the judges.

Coming to the freestyle, Thu Minh continued to show off her sexy charm with "Curves". This hit song was performed by Thu Minh on the opening night of Dancing with the Stars but still created a lot of emotions for the audience when it was turned into the background music for her dance. This is the only Vietnamese song used at Dancing with the Stars 2011. Another interesting thing that Thu Minh created was that after finishing the performance, under the encouragement of Khanh Thi, she directly sang and danced very hotly. Grandmaster Chi Anh said that this was the real scoring part and Duc Huy once again gave Thu Minh sweet words: "attractive, natural, seductive, pretending not to do anything". Except for director Quang Dung who gave 9 points, the remaining three judges all gave Thu Minh 10 points.

Thus, after two performances, Thu Minh scored 79 points. However, the two MCs Thanh Bach - Doan Trang made a mistake in announcing the results, making Thu Minh's supporters gasp. Doan Trang announced: the person with 79 points won the Silver Cup, making Lacchezar a little sad, quickly looking at Thuy Tien but in the end, the singer of "Happy House" was the one named in second place. Thanh Bach not only did not correct Doan Trang immediately after that but also continued to confuse Thu Minh's score with Thuy Tien's. He announced that Thu Minh had 77 points. This score was converted to 3 according to the Organizing Committee's scale plus the fact that she had the highest number of votes from the audience, Thu Minh had 3 more points, a total of 6, leading the competition. In addition to becoming the Dancing Queen, Thu Minh and her dance partner were also awarded the title of Most Beautiful Standard Dancer.

Sharing about her victory, Thu Minh said that she worked very hard and was exhausted for three months. Success was not only exchanged for sweat but also for blood, many times she and her dance partner fell and suffered injuries. Before the final night, Lacchezar had to be hospitalized again because she was not used to the food and climate of Vietnam, but both of them tried their best. Thu Minh did not deny that she had the advantage of having studied dance, but the "Thien Duong" singer was also very skillful in acknowledging her dance partner's contributions. According to Thu Minh, Lacchezar was a strict and dedicated teacher and she truly admired him.

Thuy Tien said that at first she was a bit nervous when performing with the giant python, but she tried because she considered this a gift for the audience - the people who always support her.

Coming in second, Thuy Tien seemed satisfied with what she had achieved. Having been in a dangerous position in the first weeks, Thuy Tien has gradually risen to assert herself, showing progress and a desire to learn in each performance. She was the most surprising factor of the competition. If in the standard competition with samba, Thuy Tien did not create a new impression, especially in the freestyle competition with Indian dance, she really exploded. Samba helped Thuy Tien show off her physical advantages, limiting the disadvantages of lacking facial expressions because this is Latin, which requires wildness and heat. However, this was the third time she took advantage of this dance at Dancing with the Stars. Both Duc Huy and Chi Anh said that Thuy Tien had something that was not yet there, like a fire that had not burned out. Her score in the first competition was 37 points.

In the second round, Thuy Tien repeated Thu Minh's achievement when she won the maximum score of the four judges. She reminded the audience of the Indian dance of Ngo Thanh Van and Tisho in Dancing with the Stars 2010 but brought a different breath. If on the 8th night, the slim beauty lifted her dance partner, then on the final night, she did not hesitate to bring a large python onto the stage. The image of a proud and powerful queen also suits Cong Vinh's girlfriend very well. Quang Dung joked: "First, you conquered a good player, then you conquered the audience through the Dancing with the Stars program. After that, you conquered the python, so you cannot help but conquer me. This is something that Khanh Thi and Chi Anh did not dare to do."

Sharing after winning the Silver Cup, Thuy Tien said that she was afraid that she would fail in the first round so she almost didn't dare to try. Reaching the final was a lucky thing. Everyone tried their best, so according to her, the ranking is not as important as how hard you tried. "This is just a game and the biggest thing I received was the audience's love. When the award was announced, I was so happy that I didn't pay attention. I didn't even remember how many points I had" - Thuy Tien excitedly said. Her joy seemed to double when the Vietnamese team with the participation of her boyfriend won big in Macau. "Each person has a different job, it doesn't affect each other at all. When Vinh played, Tien couldn't come to cheer him on but he still did well" - Thuy Tien proudly said. Before that, Cong Vinh devoted himself to going to the gym to watch his lover dance and at the same time giving her every little bit of advice. The handsome player regrets not being able to be there to watch his girlfriend compete in the final night, but he affirmed: "No matter what the result is, to Vinh, Tien is the winner."

Nguyen Vu and his partner dance in a dance with strong Vietnamese folk colors. Before wearing the Ao Tu Than, Nguyen Vu's partner wore a stylized lotus-patterned Ao Dai.

The Bronze Cup for Nguyen Vu was predictable. He was not as outstanding as Thu Minh, not as surprising as Thuy Tien, but he had a stable performance and many new ideas. With the advantage of many audiences supporting him, along with being a singer, familiar with choreography and physical movements, Nguyen Vu became the only male contestant to reach the end of the game. He performed a powerful pasodoble inspired by "Mission Impossible" and a folk dance with strong national character but lacking in climax and explosion. Instead of praising Nguyen Vu for his beautiful dance, Quang Dung humorously said: "Before, I thought you would be a good dancer, but now I think you will become a director, and directors rarely praise directors." After two rounds, Nguyen Vu achieved a total score of 75, winning the Bronze Cup. He himself seemed to have anticipated this, so right after the first dance, he shared: "I want to perform comfortably. Leave everything to the two girls."

According to VnExpress