Trong Hieu

Trong Hieu
Trọng Hiếu
Trọng Hiếu in 2024
Trọng Hiếu in 2024
Background information
Born
Trong Hieu Nguyen

(1992-07-04) 4 July 1992 (age 34)
Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • dancer
Years active2014–present

Trong Hieu Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Trọng Hiếu; born 4 July 1992), known professionally as Trọng Hiếu or (S)Trong (stylised in all caps), is a German singer of Vietnamese descent, best known for winning the sixth season of Vietnam Idol in 2015.

Early life and education

Trong Hieu Nguyen was born on 4 July 1992 in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria to Vietnamese parents who emigrated to Germany in 1991. He started dancing at the age of eight. After graduating from the Jack-Steinberger-Gymnasium [de] in Bad Kissingen in 2011, he studied singing at the Music College Hannover in Hannover. He has cited Bruno Mars as one of his main artistic influences.

Career

In 2008, Nguyen was a participant in the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of the Idol franchise. He made it to the top twenty-five, but was eliminated before the live shows. 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.

While on vacation in Vietnam in April 2015, Nguyen decided to audition for the sixth season of Vietnam Idol. He went on to win the competition, receiving 71.5 per cent of the public vote in the final. He subsequently released the winner's single "Con đường tôi", which was also released in German as "Wie ich bin".

In 2020, Nguyen represented Vietnam at the Asia Song Festival. 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. His entry "Dare to Be Different" was co-written with Norwegian singer-songwriter Elsie Bay and Dutch songwriters Sasha Rangas and Stefan van Leijsen. At Unser Lied für Liverpool, the song finished fourth out of eight entries with 71 points.

By 2024, Nguyen re-established his career in Vietnam, first participating in Anh trai vượt ngàn chông gai's first season and made it into the "All-Round Family" lineup. After the competition, he and Cường Seven formed the music group Sx7. The group chose the final of Chị đẹp đạp gió as their first performance stage with a mashup of "20 phút" and "Chất chơi". He scored his first Vietnamese hit with "Kho báu" in 2025.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

  • 2014 – "Peter Pan"
  • 2015 – "Con đường tôi"
  • 2015 – "Wie ich bin"
  • 2015 – "Em là bà nội của anh"
  • 2016 – "Bước đến bên em (Step to You)"
  • 2016 – "Komm wir gehen (One Step Closer)"
  • 2016 – "Say Ah"
  • 2016 – "Ahhh!"
  • 2017 – "Chỉ có tình yêu ở lại"
  • 2017 – "Peter Pan" (Vietnamese version)
  • 2017 – "Tình ca"
  • 2017 – "Perfect"
  • 2018 – "Sút"
  • 2018 – "Vì anh là vậy"
  • 2018 – "Vẽ thế giới"
  • 2018 – "You Are the Reason"
  • 2018 – "Girls Like You"
  • 2018 – "Green Groove (Cứ thế bay)"
  • 2019 – "Hurt Me"
  • 2019 – "Yêu là… (Invisible)"
  • 2019 – "Anh đổ rồi đấy"
  • 2020 – "Ăn đi cho sướng"
  • 2020 – "Vì chúng ta yêu"
  • 2020 – "See What I See"
  • 2020 – "Yêu trong im lặng"
  • 2020 – "20 phút"
  • 2020 – "Đập vỡ tim anh cho rồi"
  • 2020 – "Người bay"
  • 2020 – "365 Missing"
  • 2021 – "1 lần"
  • 2021 – "Ông trời để lạc em ở đây"
  • 2021 – "Anh vẫn thấy"
  • 2021 – "Highs & Lows" (with Moodygee and Octa)
  • 2022 – "Thú vị hơn vậy"
  • 2022 – "I'm Sorry Babe" (featuring Mai Âm Nhạc)
  • 2022 – "Mưa phi trường" (with Ali Hoàng Dương and JSOL)
  • 2023 – "Dare to Be Different"
  • 2024 – "Rise Up"
  • 2025 – "Kho báu"
  • 2020 – "IAM Superstar" (Trang Phap featuring Trọng Hiếu, Gil Lê and Chung Thanh Phong)
  • 2022 – "Am I Clear?!" (Tóc Tiên featuring Trọng Hiếu and Mew Amazing)

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Result
VTV Awards Outstanding Singer Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nothing wrong with Trong!". Eurovision.de (in German). 10 November 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Trong Hieu". Every Noise at Once. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Sơn Phước (31 December 2022). ""I'm Sorry Babe": Trọng Hiếu bùng nổ cùng Mai Âm Nhạc". L'Officiel Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Zeitler, Annika (6 August 2015). "Trong Hieu ist neuer Superstar in Vietnam". Deutsche Welle (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Wanderer zwischen den Welten". inFranken.de (in German). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 Zips, Martin (5 August 2015). "German Hot Boy: Castingshow-Gewinner Trong Hieu Nguyen". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  7. ↑ Mädge, Nikita (4 September 2020). "Blue Heart: Protecting women and children together". Der Albrecht (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Dobler, Anna (31 August 2015). "Student aus Hannover in Vietnam "Superstar"". Bild (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  9. 1 2 Grenier, Elizabeth (5 August 2015). "German performer wins 'Vietnam Idol'". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Deutscher Castingkönig aus Vietnam will zum ESC". Die Welt (in German). 17 August 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Im Urlaub zum Popstar geworden". deutschland.de (in German). 16 June 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  12. ↑ Pham, Bac; Oelrich, Christiane (23 December 2015). "Trong Hieu aus Hannover: Vietnamesinnen lieben den "Hot Boy from Germany"". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Hot: Trọng Hiếu đại diện Việt Nam tại Asia Song Festival 2020, hứa hẹn màn kết hợp cùng nghệ sĩ quốc tế". Việt Giải Trí (in Vietnamese). 7 October 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  14. ↑ ""Vietnam Idol" TRONG feiert das Anderssein". Eurovision.de (in German). 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "Unser Lied für Liverpool: Trong - "Dare to Be Different"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  16. ↑ NDR. "Lord Of The Lost gewinnen ESC-Vorentscheid 2023". www.eurovision.de (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  17. ↑ "Changing stage name, what does Trong Hieu expect when participating in Brother Overcoming a Thousand Obstacles?". Tien Phong Online Newspaper (in Vietnamese). 30 April 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  18. ↑ Thach Anh (26 January 2025). "Cuong Seven and Trong Hieu's explosive performance after announcing the formation of a music group". Thanh Nien Newspaper. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  19. ↑ "(S)TRONG Trọng Hiếu - tận hiến cho âm nhạc và quê hương". baotintuc.vn (in Vietnamese). 24 October 2025. Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.