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Szomoru vasarnap AKA Gloomy Sunday , the song known as a “Hungarian Suicide Song” made its appearance into Vietnamese music on Asia 56 Mùa Hè Rực Rỡ - Yêu Đời Yêu Người where singers Thùy Hương and Nguyễn Hồng Nhung performed the Vietnamese version translated by Nam Loc in 2007. Many others had also recorded the Vietnamese version such as veteran Khanh Ly and Vietnam group AC&M title “Chu Nhat Buon” Rezso Seress wrote Gloomy Sunday as a result of a one-way love for a woman who didn’t return his love. Later on after the song became well known, the woman that Rezso Seress loved was found to have committed suicide and in the background was playing the song Gloomy Sunday . Then in 1968 Rezso Seress himself jumped off the window at the building where he lived. As you see, the history of this song was not a pleasant one as it was associated with many suicidal deaths and was banned. The song appeared in 1933 in Hungary and reappeared in Ameri...

http://www.vietnamidol.com.vn/ For those following in on the Vietnamese Idol this year, the winner was announced on yesterday, October 3rd 2007 in a finale show at Hoa Binh Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City. Winner, Phương Vy received over 53% of the votes and was crowned “Vietnamese Idol Winner 2007.” Many people were however were disappointed with the results. Vietnam Idol received much controversy because they were thought to be sacrificing fairness of the competition in order to maximize their profit. The show gained about 129,000 US dollars from voting by audiences. Just imagine the number of poverty in the country and the amount of money audiences spent to decide the winner of singing competition. It must have upset a lot of people. Even with all the criticism, the show gained a lot of attention especially from young audiences in the country. What are your thoughts?