The Face Vietnam season 1 (Vietnamese: Gương Mặt Thương Hiệu Mùa 1) is a Vietnamese modeling-themed reality television series, based on the US television series of the same name, and one of several national editions in the international The Face franchise. Hồ Ngọc Hà, Phạm Hương and Lan Khuê served as model coaches and Vĩnh Thụy served as a host for the first season. The first season premiered on 18 June 2016 on VTV3.
| The Face Vietnam | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
 Promotional poster | |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | VTV3 |
| Original release | 18 June – 3 September 2016 |
| Season chronology | |
Team Hồ Ngọc Hà's Phí Phương Anh, 19-year-old from Hanoi, won the final round on September 3, 2016.
Contestants edit
(Ages stated are at start of filming)
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown | Model coach | Finish | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tô Uyên Khánh Ngọc | 25 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Ho Chi Minh City | Hồ Ngọc Hà | Episode 2 | 15-13 |
| Nguyễn Thị Thành | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Bắc Ninh | Phạm Hương | ||
| Nguyễn Thị My Lê | 26 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Quảng Nam | Lan Khuê | ||
| "Bảo Ngọc" Lê Thị Ngọc Út | 22 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Kiên Giang | Lan Khuê | Episode 3 | 12 |
| "An Nguy" Ngụy Thiên An | 29 | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | Hanoi | Phạm Hương | Episode 5 | 11 |
| Nguyễn Thu Hiền | 22 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Bình Dương | Lan Khuê | 10 | |
| Trần Thị Kim Chi | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Haiphong | Lan Khuê | Episode 6 | 9 |
| Diệp Linh Châu | 22 | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | Gia Lai | Phạm Hương | Episode 7 | 8 |
| Lilly Nguyễn | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Cần Thơ | Hồ Ngọc Hà | Episode 8 | 7 |
| Trần Thị Ngọc Loan | 23 | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | Kon Tum | Phạm Hương | Episode 9 | 6 |
| "Lê Hà" Lê Thị Ngân Hà | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Gia Lai | Hồ Ngọc Hà | Episode 11 | 5 |
| Chúng Huyền Thanh | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Haiphong | Hồ Ngọc Hà | Episode 12 | 4 |
| Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân | 22 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Đồng Nai | Phạm Hương | 3 | |
| "Mai Ngô" Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai | 21 | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | Ho Chi Minh City | Lan Khuê | 2 | |
| Phí Phương Anh | 19 | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | Hanoi | Hồ Ngọc Hà | 1 |
Episodes edit
Episode 1 edit
First aired 18 June 2016
- Team Hồ Ngọc Hà : Tô Uyên Khánh Ngọc, Phí Phương Anh, Chúng Huyền Thanh, Lê Thị Ngân Hà “Lê Hà”, Lilly Nguyễn.
- Team Phạm Hương : Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân, Diệp Linh Châu, Trần Thị Ngọc Loan, Nguỵ Thiên An “An Nguy”, Nguyễn Thị Thành.
- Team Lan Khuê : Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”, Lê Thị Ngọc Út “Bảo Ngọc”, Trần Thị Kim Chi, Nguyễn Thu Hiền, Nguyễn Thị My Lê.
- Special guest: Tóc Tiên
Episode 2 edit
First aired 25 June 2016
- Team Hồ Ngọc Hà : Phí Phương Anh, Chúng Huyền Thanh, Lê Thị Ngân Hà “Lê Hà”, Lilly Nguyễn.
- Team Phạm Hương : Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân, Diệp Linh Châu, Trần Thị Ngọc Loan, Nguỵ Thiên An “An Nguy”.
- Team Lan Khuê : Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”, Lê Thị Ngọc Út “Bảo Ngọc”, Trần Thị Kim Chi, Nguyễn Thu Hiền.
- Eliminated: Tô Uyên Khánh Ngọc, Nguyễn Thị Thành & Nguyễn Thị My Lê
Episode 3 edit
First aired 2 July 2016
- Winning coach and team: Phạm Hương
- Bottom two: Lê Thị Ngọc Út “Bảo Ngọc” & Chúng Huyền Thanh
- Eliminated: Lê Thị Ngọc Út “Bảo Ngọc”
- Special guest: Mai Phương Thúy
Episode 4 edit
First aired 9 July 2016
- Winning coach and team: Hồ Ngọc Hà
- Bottom two: Nguỵ Thiên An “An Nguy” & Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”
- Eliminated: Nguỵ Thiên An “An Nguy”
- Special guest: Jay L Lingeswara
Episode 5 edit
First aired 16 July 2016
- Winning coach and team: Phạm Hương
- Bottom two: Lilly Nguyễn & Nguyễn Thu Hiền
- Eliminated: Nguyễn Thu Hiền
- Special guest: Thụy Vi, Trần Ngọc Nhật, Richard Mehr, Thoại Yến, Anh Thư, Nguyễn Bích Trâm, Quân Ngọc, Lê Minh Ngọc, Nhật Bình, Nguyễn Danh Quý, MLee, Chung Thanh Phong, Travis Nguyễn, Kelbin Lei, Nguyễn Thanh Hưởng, Hensi Lê, Tuấn Trần, Yến Trang, Yến Nhi, Nguyễn Vũ Sơn, ST, Khánh My, Thu Thủy, Hà Thanh Huy, Hùng Lâm, Trác Thúy Miêu, Trương Ngọc Tình, Phúc Nguyễn, Ngọc Phú, Đoàn Tùng
Episode 6 edit
First aired 23 July 2016
- Winning coach and team: Phạm Hương
- Bottom two: Lê Thị Ngân Hà “Lê Hà” & Trần Thị Kim Chi
- Eliminated: Trần Thị Kim Chi
- Special guest: Nguyễn Ngọc Thụy, Tạ Nguyên Phúc, Christian Mark Jacobs, Châu Đăng Khoa, Nguyễn Tuấn Kiệt, Huỳnh Anh, Hoàng Oanh, Hương Tràm, Trương Minh Cường, Thu Hoài, Trịnh Thăng Bình, Tân Thế Giới, Vân Shi, Diệu Hân, Trà Linh, Yamanouchi Masatoshi, Theron Thanh, Tuấn Trấn, Trương Quỳnh Anh, Diệu Huyền, Randy G.Dobson, Anh Thư, Minh Trung, Nathan Lee, Hoàng Ngân, Khánh Vy, Đại Ngô, Lê Thanh Hoà, Diệu Ngọc
Episode 7 edit
First aired 30 July 2016
- Winning coach and team: Lan Khuê
- Bottom two: Phí Phương Anh & Diệp Linh Châu
- Eliminated: Diệp Linh Châu
- Special guest: Tóc Tiên, Trường Huỳnh Diễm Chi
Episode 8 edit
First aired 6 August 2016
- Winning coach and team: Lan Khuê
- Bottom two: Lilly Nguyễn & Trần Thị Ngọc Loan
- Eliminated: Lilly Nguyễn
- Special guest: Nguyễn Văn Sơn
Episode 9 edit
First aired 13 August 2016
- Winning coach and team: Hồ Ngọc Hà
- Bottom two: Trần Thị Ngọc Loan & Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”
- Eliminated: Trần Thị Ngọc Loan
- Special guest: Tóc Tiên, BTV Minh Quang, BTV Lê Phát, PV Vân An, PV Quang Phong, PV Quỳnh Trang, PV Phương Giang
Episode 10 edit
First aired 20 August 2016
- Winning coach and team: Phạm Hương
- Bottom two: Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô” & Chúng Huyền Thanh
- Eliminated: Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”
- Eliminated coach: Lan Khuê
- Special guest: John Cook
Episode 11 edit
First aired 27 August 2016
- Winning coach and team: Hồ Ngọc Hà
- Bottom three: Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân , Chúng Huyền Thanh & Lê Thị Ngân Hà “Lê Hà”
- Eliminated: Lê Thị Ngân Hà “Lê Hà”
- Special guest: ST, Tóc Tiên, Noo Phước Thịnh
Episode 12 edit
First aired 3 September 2016
- Winning coach and team: Hồ Ngọc Hà
- Returned: Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”
- Final four: Phí Phương Anh, Chúng Huyền Thanh, Đỗ Trần Khánh Ngân & Ngô Thị Quỳnh Mai “Mai Ngô”
- The Face Vietnam 2016: Phí Phương Anh
- Special guest: S-Girls, Nguyễn Văn Sơn, Lưu Hương Giang, Tóc Tiên, Sơn Tùng M-TP
Summaries edit
Elimination table edit
| Team Hồ Ngọc Hà | Team Phạm Hương | Team Lan Khuê |
| Contestant | Episodes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Challenge winner | Huyền Thanh | — | Linh Châu | Quỳnh Mai | Thu Hiền | Khánh Ngân | Quỳnh Mai | — | Phương Anh | Phương Anh | Khánh Ngân | N/A | |
| Phương Anh | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | WINNER | |
| Quỳnh Mai | IN | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | LOW | OUT | RUNNER-UP | ||
| Khánh Ngân | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | RUNNER-UP | |
| Huyền Thanh | IN | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | WIN | RUNNER-UP | |
| Ngân Hà | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | WIN | IN | OUT | ||
| Ngọc Loan | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | LOW | OUT | ||||
| Lilly | IN | IN | IN | WIN | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | |||||
| Linh Châu | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | OUT | ||||||
| Kim Chi | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||
| Thu Hiền | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||
| Thiên An | IN | IN | WIN | OUT | |||||||||
| Ngọc Út | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||
| My Lê | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| Thành | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| Khánh Ngọc | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
- The contestant was part of the winning team for the episode.
- The contestant was at risk of elimination.
- The contestant was eliminated from the competition.
- The contestant was originally eliminated but returned to the competition.
- The contestant was a runner-up.
- The contestant won The Face.
- Episode 1 was the casting episode. The final fifteen were divided into teams of five as they were selected.
- In episode 2, Hồ Ngọc Hà, Phạm Hương and Lan Khuê were asked to choose any one contestant to eliminate from their team. Hồ Ngọc Hà chose Khánh Ngọc, Phạm Hương chose Nguyễn Thị Thành, and Lan Khuê chose My Lê.
- In episode 4, team Hồ Ngọc Hà won the campaign. Lan Khuê nominated Quỳnh Mai while Phạm Hương nominated Thiên An for elimination. The episode ended in a cliffhanger and their fate remained unknown until the beginning of episode 5.
- In episode 11, team Hồ Ngọc Hà won the campaign. Hồ Ngọc Hà nominated Lê Hà and Huyền Thanh for elimination with Khánh Ngân, and chose to eliminate Lê Hà.
- In episode 12, Quỳnh Mai returned to the competition after winning a popular vote out of the previously eliminated contestants.
Campaigns edit
- Episode 1: Natural beauty and street style (casting)
- Episode 2: Catwalk for swimsuits and dress by Chung Thanh Phong designer (casting)
- Episode 3: Apollo silicone commercial shoot
- Episode 4: VietJet campaign
- Episode 5: Runway party table
- Episode 6: Bridal runway show
- Episode 7: Gender reversal for L'Oréal Paris
- Episode 8: TVC filming with male models
- Episode 9: Press conference for OPPO
- Episode 10: Apolo Silicone TVC filming
- Episode 11: OPPO TVC filming
- Episode 12: Final walk