After more than 2 decades on air, "Tao Quan" has become a familiar dish to audiences on every occasion, but not everyone understands all the information about this program.
After more than 20 years on air, the Tao Quan program has undergone many changes and innovations. Many interesting things about the program have been forgotten by the audience, or perhaps unknown.
Tao Quan was originally just a small skit.
First aired in 2003, Tao Quan originated from the program Meet at the Weekend produced by VFC - Television Film Production Center (Vietnam Television).
The people who made this program had the idea of holding a Year-end Meeting to summarize the issues raised in the program and Tao Quan is just a small skit in this overall program.
Meritorious Artist Do Thanh Hai has proposed many new ideas for the program. Accordingly, the crew does not want to rely on the legendary story of two men and one woman, but must come up with something special that can be performed for a long time and the actors can juggle with each other, creating valuable laughter.
After many discussions, the production team finally decided to include the roles of Nam Tao and Bac Dau, even though these two characters are not included in the legend of Tao Quan.
Tao Quan 2003 was originally just a short skit within the framework of the program Meet at the end of the year..After the success of the first year, the crew decided to invest in making Tao Quan every year.
The first Jade Emperor of Tao Quan is not Meritorious Artist Quoc Khanh
When the first episode aired,Tao Quan 2003was performed quite roughly at the studio and the person playing the role of the Jade Emperor was People's Artist Quoc Truong. This was the first and only time that this Cheo artist played the role of the Jade Emperor in a series of popular programs of VTV.
Later, the role of Jade Emperor was "nailed" through the performance of artist Quoc Khanh.
People's Artist Quoc Truong brings a very dynamic, humorous but no less authoritative image in the first broadcast of Tao Quan.
Van Dung holds the record for the number of times he appeared in court.
Van Dung is the only female artist who has been with the show for over 20 years. She is the female artist who joined the show from the very first episode and has been with the show ever since.
When Tao Quan 2003 aired, Van Dung was assigned the important role of Tao Xa Hoi. After that, the female artist began to shift to the medical field when she played the roles of Tao Duoc Pham, Tao Y Te...
For Van Dung, although she has played many roles, Tao Y Te is still her favorite character.
Among the male artists, Xuan Bac, Cong Ly, Quang Thang and Tu Long have been with Tao Quan since the first episodes in 2003. In addition, "Jade Emperor" Quoc Khanh started participating in 2004 and Meritorious Artist Chi Trung also took on the role of Tao for the first time on New Year's Eve 2005.
People's Artist Tu Long plays the most roles
For more than 2 decades on air, while other artists are attached to one role, People's Artist Tu Long has taken on many different roles such as Drainage God, Culture and Education God, Sports God, Land God, Traffic God, Network God...
With the ability to sing all genres of music, People's Artist Tu Long's roles are always awaited by the audience.
"I rarely have a fixed role in Tao Quan, but often run around, playing "strange" Tao roles. Sometimes near the end, a new Tao appears, and Tu Long will play that Tao role.",People's Artist Tu Long once humorously shared about his roles.
There are 3 Southern artists who participated in Tao Quan.
Besides the veteran artists who have been with Tao Quan for 20 years, the program has had "new elements" from the South participating.
In 2015, Tao Quan marked the participation of two southern comedians, Viet Huong and the late artist Chi Tai, for the first time. At that time, Viet Huong shared that she had to cancel all her shows in the US to accept the invitation to participate in the program. Even Viet Huong’s husband and children had to cancel their plane tickets to wait for her to finish her work in Tao Quan before flying back to the US.
The late artist Chi Tai and actress Viet Huong play the roles of "mainly administrative" officials in state agencies when carrying out paperwork for the people.
In 2021, Lam Vy Da is a new element in Tao Quan. Lam Vy Da plays the role of Bac Dau, an artificial robot version. Lam Vy Da's participation is considered interesting, bringing a certain mark to the program.
Lam Vy Da also shared that she felt pressured when participating in Tao Quan because she had to memorize a lot of lines, act in a Northern accent, and had little practice time due to her busy schedule. However, she received great support from the program's production team.
There are two singers who have played the role of Thien Loi.
The character Thien Loi - the gatekeeper of heaven is always the factor that brings laughter to the audience of Tao Quan every year. Up to now, this role has changed 8 actors.
In 2004, Thien Loi was played by artist Phu Don. After that, actor Tran Binh Trong continued to play the role in 2008, 2009, 2011. He is also the person who played Thien Loi the most times.
In 2013, the role of Thien Loi attracted attention when it was assigned to singer Minh Quan. He did not hesitate to make his face ugly and invested quite carefully in costumes, makeup, and acting. After that, the male singer played the role of assistant Thien Loi twice more in 2015 and 2016.
In 2014, the role of Thien Loi still kept the "burnt black" appearance, but this role was played by musician Tien Minh.
Most notable was the appearance of singer Tuan Hung as Thien Loi in 2015. No longer the dark, ugly image, Tuan Hung appeared with a handsome, masculine appearance. He was also considered "the most handsome Thien Loi in Tao Quan".
In 2016, the role of Thien Loi continued to be developed in a "handsome guy" style when it was assigned to actor Binh Minh. In 2017, the role of Thien Loi was played by young actor Manh Dung (Dung Hon). In recent years, the young actor duo Viet Bac - Manh Dung have taken on this position.
Many famous game shows have appeared in Tao Quan
Audiences cannot watch the 2009 Tao Quan Flower Contest - script based on the Miss Vietnam contest.In 2011, Tao Idol appeared based on the music program Vietnam Idol..
In 2013, the script was inspired by the show The Voice of Vietnam..2015 with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Magic Hat - Corruption Wheel is the story that appeared in Tao Quan 2016.
A series of popular game shows have appeared in Tao Quan, making the audience feel closer.
Not to mention, the songs and famous parodies are constantly updated to be included in the program, which always causes a fever every year and still attracts a large number of views on Youtube or social networks. The unique lines in the program also create a trend over the years that the audience still remembers.
Tao Quan once intended to stop broadcasting after 16 years.
In 2020, the Vietnam Television Film Production Center (VFC) announced that it would stop the Tao Quan program. With the desire to have more attractive programs to serve the audience, VTV assigned VFC to continue producing other programs to replace Tao Quan..
That is the reason why Tao Quan has stopped. However, VFC affirmed that stopping Tao Quan is not the end but to open a program with a different format, promising to be more attractive and fresh. This will also be a big challenge for VFC.
Along with officially confirming the end of Tao Quan production, VFC also sent thanks to the large number of television viewers who have shown great affection for the program over the past 16 years.
As a new version after Tao Quan temporarily stopped broadcasting, Vu Dai Village in the Integration Period revolves around the story of Vu Dai Village in the integration and innovation period. This version does not summarize the hot social issues that occurred during the year like Tao Quan, but only lightly goes through some people's issues and social media phenomena.
However, after only one episode, the program did not receive positive feedback from the audience. That is the reason why the Tao Quan program continued to be "revived" since 2021.
University (according to VTC News)