The 21st Golden Melody Awards held on Saturday in Taipei Arena
was a night filled with both triumphs and upsets.
All eyes were on the top awards for the Best Male Singer and
Best Female Singer category, traditionally the categories with the
stiffest competition.
In the category for Best Female Singer, judges' votes for pop
diva Chang Hui-mei (popularly known as A-Mei) were unanimous,
allowing her to clinch the award.
This is the veteran songstress' second award in the same
category since first winning it in 2002. A-Mei then went on to win
five more awards, making her the biggest winner that night.
Over on the other side for Best Male Singer however, results
came as a surprise to many as the hot favourite this year, Eason
Chan, did not win.
After judges' voting, singer-songwriter David Tao received ten
votes whereas Eason only managed seven, making David the winner of
the category. David was not present at the ceremony to receive the
award though.
After the awards show, the disgruntled Eason was spotted having
supper with fellow Hong Kong singer, Karen Mok, who also lost out
to A-Mei on the Best Female Singer award.
While Karen tried covering up her disappointment when
interviewed, Eason could hardly keep his discontentment to
himself.
"His (David) album is not good at all," said Eason, who later
withdrew the remark and instead, said that he is actually "a big
fan" of David's music.
When reporters asked about why Eason pulled a long face
throughout the whole evening, the eccentric star explained that
that is his 'default' look and his flu that made him look unhappy
that night, not because he was unhappy over losing the award.