Esther Dawt Chin Sung ( my, အက်စတာဒေါ့သ်ချင်းဆုန်; born 20 February 1998) is a Burmese singer-songwriter of

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ethnicity. She achieved national recognition when she won the fourth season of ''

Myanmar Idol ''Myanmar Idol'' is a popular Myanmar singing contest television series that is broadcast on MNTV. Its first season, in 2015, was described by ''The Myanmar Times'' as a "wild success". Due to its popularity, it has been extended for a fifth seas ...

''. Esther became the first female to win the ''Myanmar Idol''. She also won the ''Chin Idol'' in 2017 and was the first winner of the ''

National Performing Arts Competition The National Performing Arts Competition ( my, မြန်မာတိုင်းရင်းသားတို့၏ ရိုးရာယဉ်ကျေးမှု အဆို၊ အက၊ အရေး၊ အတီးပြိုင်ပွ� ...

''.

Early life and education

Esther Dawt Chin Sung was born and raised in

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, the capital city of

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, Myanmar. She has one younger brother and two younger sisters. She graduated from

Yangon University of Economics The Yangon University of Economics (formerly the Institute of Economics, Yangon; my, ရန်ကုန် စီးပွားရေး တက္ကသိုလ် ) is the finest university of economics and business in Myanmar. Founded as t ...

with a Bachelor of Economics in early 2020.

Career

2008: National singing competition

Esther started singing and performed publicly at a very young age in church, school and concerts. At the age of 10, she auditioned for the 16th edition of the ''

'', commonly abbreviated ''Sokayeti'' (ဆိုကရေးတီး) and won the competition. The song that she sang was "Metta".

2017–2018: Chin Idol competition

In 2017, she competed in the second season of the ''Chin Idol'' held in

, and became the winner. After winning the ''Chin Idol'', she was invited to perform in

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and

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by fellow

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usually with various famous Chin-Burmese singers such as Sung Tin Par, David Lai and Jenny Sui. She released her songs in

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(Hakha dialect) in 2018 and also appeared as a solo artist on various popular Lai video albums including Christian music.

2019: Myanmar Idol competition

In 2019, she competed in the fourth season of ''

''. She passed Judges Audition, Golden week Theater round 1, Group Song Week in Treater round 2 of Golden Week, Solo Round, Green Mile and she was chosen top 11 finalist. Finally she reached to

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and competed with Aye Mya Phyu,

Benjamin Sum Benjamin Sum ( my, ဘင်ဂျမင်ဆုမ်း; born 27 November 2000) is a Burmese singer of ethnic Chin descent. He rose to prominence following his finish as the runner-up on the fourth season of Myanmar Idol. Early life and ed ...

. After a public vote, she was declared the winner, receiving 70,000,000 kyats (equivalent to US$50,000.00) and a two bed-room condominium at the Star City in Yangon. Her winner's song "A Phyu Yaung" achieved international and national-wide chart success. During her homecoming to Hakha where a huge crowd of thousands fans gathered. She was designated as a state honorary person and awarded the honorary certificate by Chief Minister

Salai Lian Luai Salai Lian Luai ( my, ဆလိုင်းလျန်လွယ်), a lawyer turned politician and currently serving as Chief Minister of Chin State, the head of Chin State Government. He received a law degree from Yangon University. He s ...

and Chin State Government.

2020–present: Performed in oversea concerts and activities

Esther continues her career as a professional singer and performs in different parts of Myanmar and world-wide. After winning the ''Myanmar Idol'', she made a tour to Singapore. She also travelled to Australia on 9 March 2020 with a first runner up, Benjamin Sum to support the Fund-Raising Activities of Chin for Australian bushfire victims.

Discography

Single

*Unseen (6.8.2020) *Christmas Shi Yin (18.12.2020)

Award

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Top 10 Popular Song Award for 2020

Philanthropy

Esther has supported various charitable organisations and causes in her career. She has contributed to organisations aimed at improving the lives and welfare of children in particular. She performed at the Bush Fire Fund Raising concert for the victim of fire amongst various other performers throughout the world and Myanmar.

References

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* {{authority control 1998 births Living people 21st-century Burmese women singers Burmese singer-songwriters Burmese women singer-songwriters Participants in Burmese reality television series Chin people People from Chin State University of Yangon alumni Myanmar Idol winners