Hoai Lam

Hoai Lam is a singer, majored in Vietnamese folk and country songs. He has become well known all over Vietnam after winning the first prize of the season 2 in reality television show Guong Mat Than Quen (Your Face Sounds Familiar Season 2) of Vietnam Television (VTV) in 2014. In the show Your Face Sounds Familiar, he performed the role of Celine Dion, Mario Maurer, Andrea Bocelli, Marc Anthony, Adele and some other Vietnamese singers. He is a god son of Hoai Linh - an actor, MC and a singer in Vietnam. Hoai Lam is the only son of family with tradition in art performance. His father is South opera artist who used to be active alongside artist Cam Tien-one the most famous South opera artist in Ho Chi Minh City. His biological father's name is Nguyen Van Mo, his mother is Thai Thanh Loan. They both manage one South opera crew in Vinh Long which often operates South opera shows at fairs in Vinh Long. Back in 2008, when he was 13 years old, through introduction of his father, he went to Ho Chi Minh City to meet comedian Hoai Linh in order to learn singing and acting. After convincing, Hoai Linh decided to foster him and put him under stage name "Hoai Lam". Besides teaching him, Hoai Linh also introduced him to many TV and music shows. He also joined in many shows of Hoai Linh or as an assistance sometimes. Hoai Lam often calls Hoai Linh "adopted father" (to distinguish Hoai Linh with his biological father who is called "father") Through Hoai Linh, Dam Vinh Hung taught Hoai Lam about vocal and stage techniques. It was said that Dam Vinh Hung agreed to help and support Hoai Lam as a pay back for Hoai Linh's previous help when Dam Vinh Hung started his career. Despite of being a new face, Hoai Lam owns a diverse fan-base due to his capability of performing different music genres such as ballad, golden music, folk songs, South opera, pop,...he also plays multiple instruments like drum, piano, guitar,... People love him thank to the viral of Your Face Sounds Familiar 2014, besides, he also wins lots of audiences' hearts for pursuing folk ballad song as this is the big difference between other pop singers. Moreover, his image was built to be friendly and close to the audience, less scandalous, good moral, well communicated towards everyone. He is also well liked by other artists for his charming, polite and friendly behavior. Besides his naive face which is also the big plus for his image. His fan-club has already widely expanded in Vietnam and overseas.