Vietnam Idol says no discrimination against disabled contestant

Nguyen Son Lam (C) sits among
other Vietnam Idol contestants

To talk about entertainment media in Vietnam, some people may say that they are not good on this kind of industry. Because Vietnamese' actors and films are not so popular outside the country. Also Vietnam is a developing country which everything are going to be developed in the near future. However, it does not mean that they are not have any game show or interesting television program like another country. In this post, I would like to talk about a disabled contestant that participating in a popular singing competition in Vietnam. The reason why I choose this news because I also think that it doesn't fair for him. Even thought he is disabled, he also have a dream, too.

In the news article, it was say that the organizers of popular singing competition Vietnam idol rejected an allegation that Nguyen Son Lam, a handicapped contestant, was discriminated against during an audition on last month. They said in a statement cited by local media in this week that the argument between judge Siu Black and Som Lam was an emotional issue. In addition, the statement said when a contestant has overcome many difficulties to be allowed to sing, it is easy to understand that the contestant wants to succeed and go through to the next round. However, Nguyen Son Lam said Siu Black told him that she was surprised with his performance, but she is so sorry that she can not let him go through because this competition is "not just about singing". Moreover, She spoke like if Lam competed in a contest for the handicapped, he would have won. What's more, Lam is a Agent Orange( a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas) victim. He is 28 years old that tall 83 centimeters and weighs 23 kilograms. Finally, Singer Siu Black, one of the three judges on Vietnam Idol, denied Lam’s accusation. She said what she actually told him was if in a show for the handicapped, he want to sing for everybody, he will succeed and everything will become clear when the tape is on air. Because of this problem, it makes the number of audition registrations increased more than 22,600 people from across country.

In my opinion, I think it was not fair for him at all and that judge should not say to the contestant like this. He also a human being. Lam participated in the contest because he want to show his ability to other people even he is disabled. That is why we must give them more opportunities. To compare with Thailand, we have about two main singing contest that very famous and everyone want to be participate in it. However, it same like Vietnam. This situation also happened in here. The judges usually said that they need a real star which sing very well and good looking. Therefore, I disagree because it doesn't make sense. Why ugly people can not be a superstar.