Bước nhảy hoàn vũ 2011 is the second season of Bước nhảy hoàn vũ produced by Vietnam Television and Cat Tien Sa Productions based upon the BBC Worldwide's Dancing with the Stars. The show encountered numerous changes, including a proposed reduction of the judging panel to the number of just three judges (three return), but was opposed and remained unchanged at four (two among them are new), the quitting of several cast members prior the launching and the departure of judges either before or during the show, a new co-host, new professionals as well as multiple changes in format written by the copyright holder from Bulgaria. The first show was aired on VTV3 with 10 celebrities. There was not an elimination the first two weeks of competition. The first took place on the third week (May 1)."Vũ Thu Phương, Vĩnh Thụy thi 'Bước nhảy Hoàn vũ'", VnExpress, by: Hoàng Dung, date: 2011-03-24.
Only Khánh Thi and Chí Anh, two judges from the previous season and Thanh Bạch returned. Thanh Vân left the show involved in her pregnancy. Two directors, Nguyễn Quang Dũng and Lê Hoàng, claimed they had conflicts with timetables, so they could not remain with the show for ten episodes. It was officially announced that Trần Tiến and Đức Huy consecutively took the roles, respectively."Bước nhảy hoàn vũ 2011: Thủy Tiên, Vũ Thu Phương... sẽ so tài" , Thể Thao & Văn Hóa, by: Dương Vân Anh, date: 2011-03-11."Thanh Thúy, Kim Hiền thi Bước nhảy hoàn vũ" , ngoisao.net, by: Hàn Quốc Việt, date: 2011-03-22."Trần Tiến làm giám khảo Bước nhảy hoàn vũ 2011", VnExpress, by: Hoàng Dung, date: 2011-04-16."Đức Huy thay Lê Hoàng làm giám khảo Bước nhảy Hoàn vũ" , bee.net.vn, by: Tuấn Khoa, date: 2011-04-24."Bước nhảy hoàn vũ lại thay giám khảo", zing.vn via Bưu điện Việt Nam, by: Quỳnh Anh, date: 2011-04-24. Ngô Thanh Vân was offered the female host role meanwhile executive producer Lại Văn Sâm was offered the fourth slot on the judging panel but both softly refused.Ngô Thanh Vân: "Bước nhảy HV đòi hỏi nhiều thứ...", VietNamNet via Dân Trí, date: 2011-04-10.Nhà báo Lại Văn Sâm tham gia Bước nhảy hoàn vũ 2011" , vtv.vn, by: N.A., date: 2011-04-01. First season runner-up Đoan Trang was confirmed as co-host."Đoan Trang sẽ làm MC Bước nhảy hoàn vũ lần 2", Tuổi Trẻ, by: Q.N., date: 2011-04-02. On May 11, Trần Tiến revealed his departure from the show and the producer put Quang Dũng back to the panel."Chia tay Nhạc sĩ Trần Tiến, Bước nhảy Hoàn vũ có giám khảo mới" , Dân Trí, by: Khôi Anh, date: 2011-05-11."Dance sport lôi cuốc các bén khi vào hè" , Sống Mới, by: Triêu Nhan, date: 2012-05-12.
Professionals Anna Silova and Tisho Gavrilov also returned for one more season. Others were Aleksandar Vachev, Daniel Nikolov Denev, Lachezar Stefanov Todorov, Petyo Dimitrov Stoyanov, Petya Bozhidarova Dimitrova, Valeriya Nikolaeva Bozukova, Tsveta Krasimirova Tsocheva and Iva Ludmilova Grigorova."Dàn sao hoành tráng của Bước nhảy hoàn vũ 2011" , vtv.vn, by: N.A., date: 2011-03-30. Vũ Thu Minh was announced to be the second Dancing Queen with her partner, Lachezar Stefanov Todorov.
Controversies
Contestants Huy Tran was one of the first person to edit Michael Jackson's song "Beat it" and made it famous. Phan Anh, Thủy Tiên, Vũ Thu Phương, and Trương Ngọc Tình were the first four faces to appear in the competition, but right later two male celebrities confirmed they were no longer joining the cast members."MC Phan Anh, Ngọc Tình lỡ hẹn với Bước nhảy hoàn vũ" , bee.net.vn, by: Tuấn Khoa, date: 2011-03-16. Afterwards, Thu Minh, Huy Khánh, Đại Nghĩa, Phạm Anh Khoa, Kim Hiền, Thanh Thúy and Vĩnh Thụy were confirmed to participate."Bước nhảy hoàn vũ nóng trở lại", Thanh Niên Online, by: Dạ Ly, date: 2011-03-18."Bước nhảy hoàn vũ 'nóng' trở lại", Thanh Niên, by: Dạ Ly, date: 2011-03-18. On March 29, Vĩnh Thụy withdrew from the competition., VnMedia, by: Gia Hoàng, date: 2011-03-29."Khởi tố siêu mẫu Vĩnh Thụy và 3 đồng phạm trong vụ án buôn lậu", Thanh niên, by: Thái Uyên & Trí An, date: 2011-03-24. Immediately, Hứa Vỹ Văn was chosen to replace and Nguyên Vũ was the last celebrity to join."Hứa Vỹ Văn Thế chỗ Vĩnh Thụy tại Bước nhảy hoàn vũ" , VnMedia, by: Gia Hoàng, date: 2011-03-30.
Judges' acting roles The departure of Trần Tiến has raised a lot controversial problems to Bước Nhảy Hoàn Vũ this year. Many journalists from notable daily newspapers and magazines (namely Tuổi Trẻ, Thanh Niên, VnExpress, etc.) accused the producers of ill preparing, organizing the show and forcing judges play acting roles in many different types of characteristics of judging on the panel (like easy-going, humour, fantastic, etc.)"Giám khảo cũng phải diễn", Tuổi Trẻ, by: Khánh Hưng, date: 2011-05-15. like a color commentator rather than allowing them to naturally judge the performance from contestants."Nhạc sĩ Trần Tiến không còn mạnh miệng" , ngoisao.net, by: Quỳnh Như, date: 2011-05-02. The grading scale even restrictedly ranges from 7 up to 10;"Các vũ công tiếc giám khảo Trần Tiến", Vietnamnet, by: Sơn Hà, date: 2011-05-15. in the case of Chí Anh (who did not hesitate assigning a 6 without explanation or comment to a contestant), he was immediately given a feedback by Host Thanh Bạch whether the grade was wrong."Hứa Vĩ Văn bị loại khỏi Bước nhảy Hoàn vũ", VnExpress, by: Ngọc Trần, date: 2011-05-02.
The jury were not given contracts to sign nor were they informed as to how much time they would spend on this competition. Director Lê Hoàng confirmed his involvement prior to the first week launched, but did not appear in the first week and left the following week to be replaced by musician Đức Huy."Nhạc sĩ DĐức Huy thế chỗ Đạo diễn Lê Hoàng" , ngoisao.net, by: Quỳnh Như, date: 2011-04-24.
Elimination order According to Người đưa tin, the withdrawal of Vĩnh Thụy was like a pre-show elimination because no one could be too fool to easily leave the highest rated show which helped them a lot to gain more fame and earn more money.Bước nhảy hoàn vũ có dàn xếp kết quả? , Người đưa tin, by: Đào Bích, date: 2011-06-08. The pre-elimination was heavily promoted by the media.
About the real cast member, step by step Vĩ Văn, Kim Hiền, Huy Khánh, Vũ Thu Phương, etc. were eliminated as audience thought. Hoàng Anh, who was Huy Khánh's ex-wife, used Facebook note for raising a tension with the producers after he was out of the race. She also reported Khánh said to their kid to watch Bước nhảy hoàn vũ on Sunday night prior to his elimination. That seemed the producers played treat, particularly had rigged the show. Producers denied these claims as baseless stating that there was officially a company collecting and classifying messages, and the results were not to be revealed by producers alone without VTV's permission. Simultaneously, they refused to give any information about how Huy Khánh was sent home. Under pressure, producers finally agreed to provide information about textgate and to clarify everything."Đoan Trang đọc nhầm điểm do ban thư ký in sai!" , VnMedia, date: 2011-07-07.
Mimicking On week 7, Thu Minh wowed the judging panel with her exotic dance concept. Later, she came out on top of the board with two 10s for Samba. The next Monday, it was revealed that the choreography and wardrobe she wore looked amazingly similar to those of Max Kozhevnikov and Yulia Zagoruychenko in the World Super Stars Dance Festival in 2006."Nghi án Thu Minh đạo ý tưởng bài nhảy trong Bước nhảy hoàn vũ" , Pháp luật Xã hội, by: Thanh Huyền, date: 2011-06-07. In sudden press reports earlier in the week, two main judges Khánh Thi and Chí Anh stated "mimicking is actually self mastering, is the creativity of Thu Minh and Lachezar"."Không thể nói Thu Minh đạo ý tưởng" , Dân Trí, by: N.H., date: 2011-06-07. Producers tried to help Thu Minh, claiming it was not Thu Minh's fault, that the wardrobe was made from our set of designers' ideas and gave no comment about the choreography."Ban tổ chức bênh vực Thu Minh vụ đạo ý tưởng" , VnMedia, by: Gia Hoàng, date: 2011-06-07.
Conflict Khánh Thi was viewed as envious of Thủy Tiên for the latter's sexy body language and her risky techniques used in performances. In press reports, she denied having any conflict with competitor Thủy Tiên, resulting in unfair marks."Khánh Thi khẳng định không xử ép Thủy Tiên" , Vietnamnet, by: Lan Châu, date: 2011-06-10.
Timing violation Every performance should be performed in one and a half minutes according to standard practices in almost all versions Dancing with the Stars and in international competitions. The length of Thu Minh's performance was deemed the longest and the shortest performance was that of Đại Nghĩa with only 1 minute 40 seconds. Thu Minh was crowned the winner."Các bài thi Bước nhảy hoàn vũ vi phạm quy tắc thời gian", VnExpress, by: Tuy Can, date: 2011-06-06. Once again in the week 9 and in the finale, Thu Minh and Lacho had additional performances.
Textgate During week 9, there was additional controversy the week couple Anh Khoa and Iva were voted off. Some voters claimed that they could not send messages voting for Anh Khoa during textgate open, when received confirmatory text "Vui lòng nhắn tin bình chọn sau khi các thí sinh đã tham gia xong phần thi của mình. Xin chân thành cảm ơn" (literally: "Text after all performances done. Thank you for voting"). It is not clear if the "Thank you for voting" messages were incorrectly assigned, as if the replies were incorrectly assigned, votes would have been counted for the correct contestant despite the voters receiving the wrong "thank you" messages."Kết quả Bước nhảy hoàn vũ không minh bạch" , VnMedia, by: Gia Hoàng, date: 2011-06-28."Sự thật bình chọn SMS Bước nhảy hoàn vũ", Vietnamnet, by Hồ Hương Giang, date: 2011-07-02.
All involved including the broadcaster, producers and textgate owner informed no errors during week 9 (June 26) in public press. They also revealed the out of phase of the text-gate with live audience which meant people could only text formally from 30 seconds up to a minute in normal mode after the announcement of hosts and clearly voting could be continued during short time when the gate was deemed closed.
Unfair scores In the case of Anh Khoa and Iva, all four judges gathered for quick break for discussion about giving scores."'Kịch bản' Anh Khoa thay thế Thu Minh?" , Người đưa tin, by: Bích Đào, date: 2011-07-03.
They are harshly criticized for giving generous scores very sentimentally based upon the case that contestants or partners' sickness, family's bad luck, not so serious injury and so on from the very first beginning of season 1 onwards.
No live shows in Ho Chi Minh City, No international winners In public press released for pre-production, there would exist many live shows in Ho Chi Minh City and other live shows in Vũng Tàu as producers informed. Later, Hanoi was offered 1-2 live shows for premiere weeks. Actually after the series ended, audience in HCMC had none show to enjoy. One of judges explained clearly bad organization and a bunch of controversies let Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City not allow the show to arrive at HCMC.
Also, no winners from China Mainland, Indonesia, Finland came performing.
Finale crowning Again and again, voting problem raised tension. Few voters affirmed that there was no message responded even 7 hours later."Điều đáng tiếc đêm chung kết Bước nhảy hoàn vũ" , VnMedia, by: Tùng Huy, date: 2011-07-04. It is generally agreed Thu Minh deserved the win for her spectacular and outstanding Rumba and Freestyle routines engraving two highest scores to the show's history and praised by the most talented former dancing couple Khánh Thi and Chí Anh. People, whereas, wondered themselves why Thủy Tiên previously determined the favourite competitor of the year had fewer votes and why audience backed out at her. No official statement was made.