Older Brother Overcoming Thousands of Hardships episode 2 lasted 5 hours and 44 minutes, ending in the early morning. However, the program still attracted more than 70,000 viewers at 2 am, at times exceeding 100,000 viewers.
Entering season 2, "Anh Trai Vuot Ngan Chong Gai" attracted great attention from the audience. After episode 1, many songs such as "Nhuc sub thuc", "Vo tan", "Vao ha", "Ban tinh ca khong ten"... spread strongly, entering the trending top on social networks.
In episode 2, the results of the remaining teams were revealed. In which, the Noi Luc Anh Tai group including Dong Hung, Hoang Rob, Phung Minh Cuong defeated the Hao Hoa Anh Tai group (Thuan Nguyen, Le Xuan Tien, Tung Mint); the Anh Chang Nha Ben group with Hoang Ton, OSAD, Thai Le Minh Hieu won against the To Doi Song Ngam group (Thai VG, Cheng, It's Charles).
The most anticipated match is The Returning Squad including season 1 artists - Jun Pham, BB Tran, Neko Le, Duy Khanh, Thanh Duy) - facing the Anh Tai Tinh group gathering Nguyen Van Chung, Hoang Dung, Vuong Anh Tu and 14 Caspers.
The Returning Squad with the advantage in fan base and attraction from season 1 won. This result is not surprising but caused many viewers to argue.
In the live commentary box and on the Threads platform, a series of posts on hot topics (hot topics) suggest that season 1 artists are more favored, while Anh Tai Tinh group is not judged fairly despite having emotional performances.
Conversely, the performances of BB Tran, Duy Khanh, Neko Le were commented to be quite similar in color to what they performed in season 1, and their singing and performing abilities have not improved significantly.
The fact that 4/5 "talented brothers" of season 1 are at the top of the personal score rankings in season 2 also shows that they are favored and supported by the audience more than those who participate for the first time.
After the first performance, the 5 artists with the highest scores came from the 5 winning teams: BB Tran, Dong Hung, Huynh Lap, Hoang Ton and Dinh Manh Ninh. All 10 old groups officially disbanded, starting to set up formations to prepare for the next performance.
The team division rule brings a great advantage when 5 people with the best achievements are allowed to enter the room to choose the song first, the remaining artists take turns to choose according to the ranking of personal firepower points.
The list of 8 teams for the next performance is divided as follows: song "Buong tay" (BB Tran, Duy Khanh, Toki Thanh Tho, Thuan Nguyen, Le Xuan Tien), song "Let Me Go" (Hoang Dung, Thom, Cheng, Hoang Rob, Vuong Anh Tu), song "Ly Ngua O" (Jun Pham, Thanh Duy, Mew Amazing), song "Nhong Nhong Nhong" (Huynh Lap, Thai VG, Thai Le Minh Hieu), song X-Song (Hoang Ton, Ha An Huy, Tho, Ho Dong Quan, OSAD), song "Anh se den cung con mua" (Neko Le, Phung Minh Cuong, Tung Mint, Nguyen Van Chung), song "Qua khu con lai gi" (What's Left of the Past) (Dinh Manh Ninh, Dai Nghia, It's Charles. , Trinh Thang Binh, Will), song "Xa" (Dong Hung, Dung DT, K.O, 14 Casper).
