Nguyen Hoang Tu scared both the judges and audiences of Vietnam’s Got Talent last Sunday when he swallowed dozens of live fish for his performance.
In the show’s 6th episode broadcast on national channel VTV3, Tu showed up on stage with a large glass bowl containing live goby fish.
He then took them out and swallowed them one by one.
Tu said his uncle taught him the trick and when he first practiced it, the fish’s teeth really hurt his throat.
“I coughed a lot, not to mention my often upset stomach. But gradually I learned to swallow them in a safer way. Then I started to perform it in public and was cheered by many people,” he said. “Now, I can even swallow light bulbs and razors.”
Tu said the fish would normally stop moving and turning in his stomach after 5 minutes. But Tu’s “talent” didn’t win the judges.
The other contestants demonstrated more conventional abilities. Belly dancer Banh Duc Hai Yen in particular gave a beautiful performance that musician Huy Tuan praised as the sexiest performance he had seen on the Vietnam’s Got Talent stage.
Studying ballet at 6 and then moving on to contemporary dances, Hai said dance was an inseparable part of her life and her mother, who was sitting in the audiences, was her biggest fan.
Elderly contestants Khong Tat Ung (73) and Nguyen Thi Ngay (71) also won applauses for their youthful tango routines and singing.
High-school group Ivoice whose Acapella performance was highly praised by the judges and high-heel dance troupe Mix also shined in the episode.
Vietnam’s Got Talent’s 7th episode will be broadcast at 8pm on February 12 on VTV3.
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