Duong Tu just won the Best Actress (Empress) award at the 31st Bach Ngoc Lan Awards ceremony, becoming the first 9X generation Empress in the history of this award.
After the victory, on Chinese social networks, the term "3 Thi Hau of official awards" appeared, ranking Duong Tu on par with Trieu Le Dinh and Dich Le Nhiet Ba - idol actresses who won the Thi Hau cup of major awards in the television field.
Previously, Trieu Le Dinh won the Best Actress awards of Phi Thien and Kim Ung Awards; while Dich Le Nhiet Ba won a double award (including Best Actress) at Kim Ung Awards in 2018.
However, according to Chinese media, these 3 actresses do not seem to be in the same race.
The three major Chinese television awards, from their birth, were 3 completely independent rating systems, without high or low ranking relationships.
The Phi Thien Award, organized by the China National Radio and Television Promotion Administration, is the highest state-level award in the field of television dramas.
The core criteria are the contemporary value of the work and the development orientation of the industry, prioritizing realistic topics and works of typical significance. Phi Thien does not simply choose "who acts best", but evaluates "is this film valuable enough to be remembered or not".
The Bai Yu Lan Award is a professional award of the industry, co-organized by the National Radio and Television Promotion Administration, China Central Radio and Television Station and the Shanghai City Government.
This award ceremony takes the level of artistic creativity and the level of completion in acting as the core measure; only considering works, only considering acting, not considering seniority. Bach Ngoc Lan tends to choose the most worthy person for the title "Thi Hau" among the performances of that year.
The Golden Eagle Award is co-organized by the Chinese Federation of Literature and Arts and the Chinese Television Artists Association, applying a combined mechanism between professional judges, members and voting audiences, so it is imbued with the element of public taste. The Golden Eagle chooses people that audiences are willing to vote in favor of.
The three awards have never sought "champions of the same category", but have successively selected representatives from 3 different perspectives: state orientation, industry expertise and public taste. Using the criteria of this award to deny the value of another award is actually a misunderstanding about the awarding mechanism.
What is more noteworthy is that these 3 female artists have followed completely different development directions.
Zhao Liying chose the path of a nationally talented actress. From the foundation of idol costume films, she switched to realistic films, and at the same time expanded to cinema.
Her core competitiveness lies in the large and stable television audience, along with a long history of drama works, becoming a typical role model for the transforming generation of actresses.
Duong Tu pursued a path of a talented actress, focusing on acting expertise. From works with wide coverage, she switched to focusing on exploiting political drama topics and won the title of Best Actress Bach Ngoc Lan.
Her biggest advantage is recognition from professionals and the ability to adapt to the drama genre, with the goal of conquering the peaks of acting art.
Dilireba is again following the path of commerce. Besides owning an official award as a foundation, she still maintains her leading position in the fields of fashion, advertising and idol film projects.
Her strength is her leading commercial value and strong market appeal, being one of the 9X generation actresses most recognized by brands.
