The seventh season of The Voice Kids of Vietnam – Giọng hát Việt nhí began on 20 July 2019 on VTV3. All three duo coaches and the main host did not return, leaving the panel to be entirely renewed this season. On 12 June 2019, it was announced that former host and The Voice season 4 Ali Hoàng Dương would return, this time as a coach alongside former music executive Lưu Thiên Hương as a new duo coach; whereas former coach Dương Khắc Linh would return with singer Phạm Quỳnh Anh. Musician Dương Cầm and 2018 Miss International Queen Hương Giang joined the show as a new duo coach, while actresses Gil Lê and Khả Ngân also debuted as hosts. The previous season's coach, Hồ Hoài Anh, once again became the show's music executive.^[1]

Teams

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Blind auditions

Filming for the blind auditions began on 12 June 12, 2019. The team sizes were trimmed down to 12 per team. Each coach has the length of the contestant's performance to choose them for their team. If more than two coaches want the same contestant, the contestant will choose which team they want to join. The blind auditions end when all teams are full.

The "Block" twist returned for the second time, this season the number of available block is raised to two for each coach in entire blind audition and when the blocked coach press his or her button to turn, the chair does not turn around. In a new twist, contestants can "protect" the blocked coach and still pick that team, but the blocked coach would fall into The Frozen state in the next performance and would not be able to press the button in that performance. Each coach has only one "Breaking The Block" per audition.^[2]

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	Coach hit his or her "TÔI CHỌN BẠN" (I WANT YOU) button
	Artist defaulted to a coach's team
	Artist elected a coach's team
	Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button
	Coach gained the "Breaking the Block"
	Coach fall into the Frozen state
	Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Dương Cầm & Hương Giang from getting the artist
	Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Ali & Lưu Thiên Hương from getting the artist
	Coach pressed the "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by Khắc Linh & Quỳnh Anh from getting the artist

Episode 1 (20 July)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coaches and artists choices
					Dương Cầm & Hương Giang	Ali & Lưu Thiên Hương	Khắc Linh & Quỳnh Anh
1	Nguyễn Thị Yến Nhi	13	Hai Phong	"Có em chờ" by Min	—
2	Huỳnh Phạm Thanh Tâm	14	Huế	"Thanh xuân" by Da Lab		—
3	Trần Thị Diệp Nhi	11	Nghệ An	"Hôm nay tôi buồn" by Phùng Khánh Linh	—	—
4	Phạm Anh Kiệt	12	Đồng Nai	"Tình cha" by Ngọc Sơn	—	—	—
5	Hoàng Tấn Lộc	14	Da Nang	"Tiếng đàn bầu" by Trọng Tấn
6	Võ Khánh Ngọc	11	Ho Chi Minh City	"Cô Ba Sài Gòn" by Đông Nhi		—
7	Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Ánh	14	Bình Phước	"Về đi em" by Hà Anh Tuấn
8	Kim Jae Bin	12	Bình Dương	"Và tôi hát" by Grey-D
9	Phạm Thị Trâm Anh		Thanh Hóa	"Trở lại tuổi thơ" by Mỹ Linh		—
10	Ngô Minh Hằng	7	Ho Chi Minh City	"Không thể và có thể" by Thanh Lam

Episode 2 (27 July)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coaches and artists choices
					Dương Cầm & Hương Giang	Ali & Lưu Thiên Hương	Khắc Linh & Quỳnh Anh
1	Trần Nguyễn Quang Vũ	15	Ho Chi Minh City	"We Are the Rising Kings" by Rhymastic	—
2	Trần Hiểu Minh	11	Quảng Ninh	"Đào liễu" (Traditional)			—
3	Nguyễn Đỗ Khánh An	13	Hanoi	"Lớn rồi còn khóc nhè" by Trúc Nhân	—
4	Nguyễn Hoàng Nhã Thy	12	Bình Dương	"Bà tôi" by Ngọc Khuê	—		—
5	Lê Minh Ngọc		Hanoi	"Uống trà" by Phạm Toàn Thắng
6	Đào Huỳnh Minh Châu	10	Bình Định	"Gánh mẹ" by Quách Beem
7	Nguyễn Đoàn Chấn Quốc	11	An Giang	"Chảy đi sông ơi" by Phó Đức Phương		—
8	Nguyễn Ngọc Duyên Khuê	12	Hậu Giang	"Huế tình yêu của tôi" by Quang Lê	—	—	—
9	Huỳnh Thị Tố Uyên	14	Ho Chi Minh City	"Me!" by Taylor Swift & Brendon Urie		—
10	Nguyễn Đức Khôi	13	Hanoi	"Mưa hồng" by Trịnh Công Sơn

Episode 3 (03 August)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coaches and artists choices
					Dương Cầm & Hương Giang	Ali & Lưu Thiên Hương	Khắc Linh & Quỳnh Anh
1	Lương Trương Quỳnh Anh	13	Ho Chi Minh City	"Điệu buồn phương Nam" by Phi Nhung	—	—
2	Võ Nguyên Ngọc Nhi	10	Ho Chi Minh City	"Rock Sài Gòn" by MTV Band	—
3	Bùi Ngọc Ánh	13	Ho Chi Minh City	"Thơ tình của núi" by Tân Nhàn		—
4	Bùi Gia Bảo	12	Ho Chi Minh City	"Nếu như một ngày" by Hoàng Tôn	—	—	—
5	Nguyễn Khánh Vy	10	Nghệ An	"Nghe mưa" by Mỹ Linh		—
6	Vương Hồng Thúy	10	Hanoi	"Đi đâu để thấy hoa bay" by Nguyễn Hoàng Dũng
7	Trương Nguyễn Mạnh Cường	12	Đồng Nai	"Nước mắt mẹ hiền" by Ngọc Sơn	—	—	—
8	Lê Ngọc Thảo Lam	11	Ho Chi Minh City	"Vẽ" by Trúc Nhân	—		—
9	Đào Thái Bình An	12	Đồng Nai	"Biển hát chiều nay " by Trọng Tấn		—
10	Vũ Linh Đan	12	Hanoi	"Rise Up" by Andra Day

Episode 4 (10 August)

Order	Artist	Age	Hometown	Song	Coaches and artists choices
					Dương Cầm & Hương Giang	Ali & Lưu Thiên Hương	Khắc Linh & Quỳnh Anh
1	Bùi Vũ Kim Anh	12	Hai Phong	"Con yêu" by Cẩm Vân
2	Nguyễn Hồng Ngọc	15	Bình Dương	"Lon ton à, lon ton ơi" by Thùy Chi		—	—
3	Trần Thị Vân Anh	14	Hà Tĩnh	"Xe đạp" by Thùy Chi & M4U	—	—
4	Nguyễn Thu Minh	9	Bình Dương	"Hương thơm diệu kỳ" by Thu Minh	—	—	—
5	Châu Sở Hân	6	Ho Chi Minh City	"Mình cùng nhau đóng băng" by Thùy Chi	—	—
6	Trịnh Ngọc Thúy Nga	12	Ho Chi Minh City	"Ru con Nam Bộ" (Traditional)
7	Nguyễn Ngọc Bảo Hân	12	Lâm Đồng	"Stone Cold" by Demi Lovato
8	Trần Thị Gia Hân	14	Ho Chi Minh City	"Thương ca Tiếng Việt" by Mỹ Tâm		—
9	Nguyễn Đỗ Thành Nhân	9	Ho Chi Minh City	"Em bé quê" by Quế Chi	Team full
10	Nguyễn Trần Nguyên Xuân	13	Ho Chi Minh City	"Beauty and the Beast" by Celine Dion
11	Kiều Minh Tâm	11	Hanoi	"Bác Hồ một tình yêu bao la" by Thu Hiền

The Battles

The Battle Round was taped on 19 July 19, 2019, following the same matching rules as applied in previous seasons. Season seven's advisors include: musician Bảo Lan for team Dương Cầm & Hương Giang, former coach of the adult version Tóc Tiên for team Ali Hoàng Dương & Lưu Thiên Hương, and last season's coach Soobin Hoàng Sơn for team Dương Khắc Linh & Phạm Quỳnh Anh. This season, the coaches can "steal" two losing artists from another team as well as save one losing artist from their own team. Contestants who won their battles or were saved by the coaches would advance to the Knockouts.

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The Knockouts/the Cross Battles

The new Knockout round took place on 7 September and lasted until the following week. For the first time in the history of The Voice Kids, the cross-battle was applied which featured battles between contestants from different teams. This round's rules was adopted from the fifth season of the adult version. Each turn, three duo coaches would send one of their team member to a cross battle, and only one contestant with the highest point accumulated from the audience's vote as well as vote from a ten-person professional jury would advance to the next round. Each member of the panel can only vote for one contestant from the trio.

At the end of the round, each coaches could save one of their losing artists, whereas one eliminated artist who had the highest points would also receive the jury's vote and advance to the next round. This new rule resulted in an uneven number of contestants between teams going into the Playoffs.^[3]

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The Playoffs

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Elimination chart

Artist's info

•   Artist from Team Dương Cầm & Hương Giang
•   Artist from Team Ali Hoàng Dương & Lưu Thiên Hương
•   Artist from Team Dương Khắc Linh & Phạm Quỳnh Anh

Result details

Controversies

Throughout the airing time of the season, there were many accusations that the show's result was fixed in favor of one team over the other two. During the Cross Battles, controversy arose when a contestant received the highest vote count from the professional jury, creating a big difference with the other two contestants but was then eliminated because of the audience's vote. After the show aired, many viewers expressed their frustration, saying that the producers deliberately arranged the results in order to send through a contestant from Lưu Thiên Hương's team because she has a close relationship with the producers and the music director. The public also criticised the justice of the "audience vote", questioning whether audiences in the studio actually voted. However, producers of The Voice Kids did not give a response.^[8]

During the Live Finale which aired on 26 October 2019, upon announcing the final results, host Nguyên Khang mistakenly named the first runner-up, Nguyễn Đoàn Chấn Quốc (team Dương Cầm & Hương Giang) as the winner. A few moments later, Nguyên Khang announced that he had read the results incorrectly and that Kiều Minh Tâm (team Ali Hoàng Dương & Lưu Thiên Hương) was the actual winner.^[9] Accusations once again arose that the final result was fixed in favor of Lưu Thiên Hương's contestant, whereas the majority of viewers criticised the show for making a joke of children's feelings.^[10][11][12] Nguyên Khang however did publicly apologize to Chấn Quốc and his family about his mistake.

On 27 October, a day after the finale, when asked about the incident during the crown moment, Lưu Thiên Hương commented that she thought it was a "small accident" and considered it "memorable" for helping build up bravery for contestants. Her comment immediately received mixed reactions from artists alike as well as the public, with singer Dương Triệu Vũ, supermodel Xuân Lan and Lê Thúy all expressing their frustrations via social media.^[13]

Contestants who appeared on previous shows or seasons

• Lương Trương Quỳnh Anh appeared on the show's last season but did not turn a chair.
• Trần Thị Vân Anh auditioned for the show's fifth season but failed to make a team.
• Nguyễn Đỗ Khánh An was the winner of Bolero Idol Kids in 2018.

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