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Birth name | Trong Hieu Nguyen |
Born | Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany | 4 July 1992
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Years active | 2014–present |
Trong Hieu Nguyen ( Vietnamese: Nguyễn Trọng Hiếu; born 4 July 1992), known professionally as Trong Hieu or simply Trong (stylised in all caps), is a German singer and dancer of Vietnamese descent. He is known for winning the sixth season of Vietnam Idol in 2015. [4]
Nguyen was born on 4 July 1992 in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria to Vietnamese parents who emigrated to Germany in 1991. [5] [6] He started dancing at the age of eight. [7] After graduating from the Jack-Steinberger-Gymnasium in Bad Kissingen in 2011, he studied singing at the Music College Hannover in Hannover. [5] [8] He has cited Bruno Mars as one of his main artistic influences. [1]
In 2008, Nguyen was a participant in the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of the Idol franchise. [9] He made it to the top twenty-five, but was eliminated before the live shows. [9] In 2014, he applied for Unser Song für Österreich, the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, but was not among the artists selected to compete. [1] [10]
While on vacation in Vietnam in April 2015, Nguyen decided to audition for the sixth season of Vietnam Idol. [6] [11] He went on to win the competition, receiving 71.5 per cent of the public vote in the final. [6] He subsequently released the winner's single "Con đường tôi", which was also released in German as "Wie ich bin". [12]
In 2020, Nguyen represented Vietnam at the Asia Song Festival. [13] On 27 January 2023, he was announced as one of the participants in Unser Lied für Liverpool, the German national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. [14] His entry "Dare to Be Different" was co-written with Norwegian singer-songwriter Elsie Bay and Dutch songwriters Sasha Rangas and Stefan van Leijsen. [15] At Unser Lied für Liverpool, the song finished fourth out of eight entries with 71 points. [16]
Award | Year | Category | Result |
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VTV Awards | Outstanding Singer | Nominated |