Who Wants to Be the First: Hot Seat (Season 3)

 was the third season of Who Wants to Be the First: Hot Seat, a spun-off from Who Wants to Be the First. Hosted by nam7ccaothang, listed by his real name Đặng Hoàng Nam. This season marked the first season to use mixed graphics from Olga Hot Seat Portugal and Vietnam, as well as a new format. It would be the final season to use the StF currency, as the currency would later changed to ĐS, which stands for Đong Sofia the First according to a dispatch issued on May 3, 2021.

This season was consisted of four episodes, the first two episodes consisted of two qualifying rounds, with three contestants each. The winner of each qualifying round would advance to the Grand Final. The third episode is the play-offs round, where the remaining 4 contestants who did not made it to the Grand Final from the previous two episodes will get a second chance. On May 1, 2020, right after the taping of the Grand Final, it was teased by nam7ccaothang that there will be the first top prize winner in the Hot Seat format of the show.

The trailer of the season was scheduled for release on May 13, 2021 at 8:45pm (GMT+7), and will be premiered 15 minutes after the trailer. The season ended on June 9, 2021 after being aired for 4 episodes.

The logo for this season had a big change in terms of design, this time the program uses the blue Olga logo design with red border to synchronize with the Olga graphic of the Hot Seat version, replacing the original Rave logo in First 2 seasons. The graphics for this season also saw a big change, the question interface has added some new animations, similar to the countries that are using this Olga version. The reason for this change is that the program had invited experts to create a new set of software based on the software that Ai là Triệu Phú - TV House currently using.

Money Tree
The following money tree displayed in points format (1 point = 1,000 StF), albeit the fact that the real show uses the monetary format.

Lifelines

 * Pass (Chuyển)

Contestants

 * Contestants below are listed in order they appeared on qualifying rounds.

Episodes

 * For full runs this season, see Runs of Who Wants to Be the First: Hot Seat (Season 3)

Nguyễn Tuấn Anh Nguyễn Ngọc Đức (50,000,000 StF - Lost on 5,000,000,000 StF) Tạ Ngọc Thanh Nguyễn Việt Anh Nguyễn Xuân Tùng Hải Vũ (50,000,000 StF - Lost on 1,500,000,000 StF) Tạ Ngọc Thanh Nguyễn Việt Anh Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (3,000,000,000 StF) Nguyễn Xuân Tùng Nguyễn Ngọc Đức (10,000,000,000 StF) Hải Vũ Nguyễn Tuấn Anh
 * Episode 1 (May 13, 2021) - Round 1
 * Episode 2 (May 22, 2021) - Round 2
 * Episode 3 (June 4, 2021) - Play-offs
 * Episode 4 (June 9, 2021) - Grand Final

Trivia

 * The general knowledge number questions were asked via a Messenger group prior to the taping of each episode.
 * It was the first time of the show as well as any show distributed by Sofia the First Channel where the trailer and the season's first episode issued on the same day.
 * During the first episode:
 * The final question lose cue was played when Nguyễn Ngọc Đức answered the 11th question wrong, though the real final question was in the 12th, not 11th.
 * On August 7, 2021, a clip from the final episode of the season was re-uploaded as one separate video.

Videos

 * Trailer
 * Episode 1
 * Episode 2
 * Episode 3
 * Episode 4
 * Final question highlights