Yen Chi wins first prize at ASEAN music festival
Hoang Thi Yen Chi surpassed representatives from five ASEAN countries to win first prize at the “Like performing, love Sony” contest held in Singapore on December 3.
Chi presented Bad romance, one of 19 Lady Gaga songs chosen by the organizing board. With a strong voice and an attractive performance, Chi topped the contest for an award worth US$5,000.
The first runner-up was a band from the Philippines, performing I don’t want to miss a thing and the second runner-up was a pop rock band of the host country with Back to December.
In addition to contestants’ performances, US singer Mike Posner and the band Train, singers Hao Ren from Malaysia, Julia Abueva from Singapore and Slot Machine from Thailand appeared at the final-round contest.
Before coming to Singapore to compete with contestants from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, Chi won first prize at the “Like performing, love Sony” contest held at six universities in Ho Chi Minh City in May, 2011.