Thuy Nga Paris By Night 91 – Hue Saigon Hanoi

Thuy Nga’s latest show, Paris By Night 91, takes viewers on yet another musical journey from Ha Noi, Hue to Sai Gon. The concept is being recycled like a plastic bottle, but if you have four hours to kill, you might enjoy the program. Most of the performances were decent; a few were memorable.

Khanh Ly’s “Bai Hat Danh Cho Nhung Xac Nguoi” was the most striking presentation of the show. Her powerful, soulful voice once again did Trinh Cong Son’s tune justice. The choreography added tremendous emotional impact to the song, particularly the moment when the female dancers in white ao dai floated off the men’s bodies. The motion was slow and lifeless. The performance left a few drops on many faces from the audience.

After the tear-jerking moment, the producers cleverly switched up the atmosphere with a skit comedy featured Chi Tai, Uyen Chi, Be Ti and Huong Thuy. Chi Tai had given one of his best routines. He cracked me the hell up, and his chemistry with Uyen Chi is right on. Be Ti, the cute shortie, was also up in her game. Her funniest word is “cat” (cut) in Hue accent.

Some of the snore-worthy performances are from Quang Dung, Tran Thai Hoa and Trinh Lam. Bang Kieu’s rendition of “Em Oi! Ha Noi Pho” was just passable. Even Thu Phuong’s version of “Huong Ve Ha Noi” was not so convincing. The arrangement didn’t do its job to support her vocals.

13 Comments

  1. worst song is the guy who sang duy khanh song. voice n technique both lack quality.

    Comment by langtula — 6 April 2008 @ 11:22 am
  2. I agreed with langtula, truong vu would’ve done better.

    Comment by pbnlover — 8 April 2008 @ 1:19 pm
  3. definiteyly the worst goes to mai quoc huy and the duet quynh dung and duy truong

    Comment by andy — 9 April 2008 @ 5:58 pm
  4. SNORE!

    Comment by Tannie — 11 April 2008 @ 6:13 pm
  5. pbn 91 is one of the worst from thuy nga. i agree with the description “snore”. mai quoc huy cannot replace truong vu. the new singers don’t measure up. do you notice a trend of good singers leaving thuy nga for asia? maybe that’s why i don’t enjoy pbn productions anymore.

    Comment by dave1967nl — 16 April 2008 @ 2:36 am
  6. you are wrong. bang kieu’s version of Em Oi Hanoi Pho is one of the best there has been and his voice exerts a far greater range than any of the old generation could bring to the table.

    Comment by Anonymous — 17 April 2008 @ 8:21 pm
  7. To be honest, this video is one of the most boring ones. Allthough it’s boring it’s still far much better than Asia’s products.
    Regarding singers leaving Thuy Nga, except for Nhu Quynh who voluntarily left Thuy Nga for Asia, other singers were ditched by Thuy Nga since they are not popular. Asia is the one who picks Thuy Nga’s rubbish.

    Comment by liverpoolnot — 20 April 2008 @ 9:37 pm
  8. was don ho ditched by thuy nga? i think his voice and style are unique among vn singers. i would like to see his return to thuy nga.

    Comment by dave1967nl — 21 April 2008 @ 8:03 pm
  9. Don Ho has a great voice, i agree with you. But what can you do since he’s no longer popular?
    Thuy Nga knows to do business…

    Comment by liverpoolnot — 21 April 2008 @ 11:46 pm
  10. em đang sống ở Việt Nam em rất thích chương trình paris by night của trung tâm thúy nga đặc biệt là anh Quang Lê trung tâm có thể cho em biết địa chỉ email của anh ấy được không

    Comment by thu sinh — 18 June 2008 @ 9:42 pm
  11. Considering the hype PBN 91 did not live up. It totally sucked. Don’t you think PBY is going Viet Cong???

    Asia’s been improving a lot. I think I like Asia better lately.

    Comment by Me — 6 July 2008 @ 4:34 pm
  12. chau dang o viet nam chau rat yeu quy 2nguoi dan chuong trinh noi tieng cua trung tam la chu ngoc ngan va co ky duyen trung tam co the cho chau email cua 2 than tuong cua chau khong chau cam on chuong trinh nhieu

    Comment by thanh trung — 12 July 2008 @ 10:11 pm
  13. I dont agree beacause ur all wrong that is the best film ever made and Quang Le need to get his eyes fix in that Film!

    Comment by Nhi Than — 27 February 2010 @ 8:04 pm