Shock Eliminations on Vietnam's 'Anh trai chông gai' Game Show

Viewers of the Vietnamese game show "Anh trai chông gai" were stunned when contestants 14 Casper and Vương Anh Tú were eliminated after receiving unusually low fire‑power scores of 110 and 80 points respectively, despite positive audience reactions to their performances.

The published scores also placed other competitors in precarious positions: Nguyễn Văn Chung ranked third from the bottom, while former M4U member Đinh Mạnh Ninh fell to 29th place, narrowly avoiding elimination despite his performance generating a viral TikTok trend. In contrast, Jun Phạm, Thanh Duy and Duy Khánh secured high audience votes. The disparity between social‑media popularity and studio voting sparked controversy over the show's scoring system and its impact on contestants' careers.