For Zhu Houren, N = 16
For Constance Song, N = 12
For Zhou Chongqing, N = 24
For Pan Ling Ling (post ceremony award), N = 10
Felt especially happy for Chongqing. Not only can he perform well on TV, his radio programmes are also interesting and funny to listen to.
Talkative newscaster
The annoying countdown timer is not totally gone. Instead of a blaring ‘beep’, it has changed into a low droning tone. Fine, at least this is more ‘professional’ and doesn’t interrupt the speech too much.
But there are still very talkative people around, like Zeng Yueli. Despite the microphone being cut off and the background music started to play, she was still trying to speak through the mic and thanking people. So what the audience saw was only her actions but no voice. Looked a bit funny haha.
Even though the ceremony was split into two nights, the problem of overrunning still persists. And I’m still annoyed by the fact that award winners are rushed to make their speech. (they are given 90 seconds each by the way) For emotional winners like Constance Song, not only she had to fight back her tears, she had to fight with time too. On the other hand some award presenters were rather boring and taking up precious time. The roulette revealing the current standings of the Top 20 artistes could be reduced too.
Thanks to the rush, there was an underrun towards the end. And this gave Regine Wu (Li Jing) plenty of time to eat tofu…
“触感也好，质感也好”
How many times did this scene repeat last night…I pity Mark Chao for being the victim of this mass hugging session.
Don’t ignore me!
I wonder if you guys noticed this. Take a look at this clip first.
Tsk tsk Constance… Even just by watching this clip, I feel so paiseh for Jeanette Aw. Given the precious 90 seconds, it’s only natural to selectively shake hands with your closer colleagues haha…
Actually in this morning’s radio interview, Constance clarified that she really didn’t mean to ignore Jeanette. She was too overwhelmed with emotions at that time to notice, and will apologize to Jeanette etc…
On Standby
I was wondering, what if Joanne Peh’s name wasn’t called…
The guys behind were pretty confident eh. While Regine was trying to stall time, they were already stretching out their hands ready to shake.
Personally I don’t think Joanne’s dress was nice. The revealed part didn’t look very pleasant…
Kelong Girls…
Mark Lee insisted that Vivian Lai was kelong. He mentioned it once during last week’s skit and another time in yesterday’s interview. Somehow I agree too. Same goes for Michelle Chia. I would prefer Ann Kok to win instead. But I still feel that there is a political barrier deterring Ann from winning.
Better luck next time
Poor Terence Cao. From start to end his name was being mentioned frequently for not entering Top 10. Maybe his fans should buck up haha. These few years he has been dropping out of Top 10 quite often, so I don’t have very high hopes on him. But anyway I hope he can get nominated for his role in 五福到 next year.
Quitting?
Felicia Chin said on stage that this might be her last award. No she’s not being overly humble. In a post-interview she has expressed her contemplation to start off a new venture and try out other stuffs. On the other hand Joanne said that she will definitely stay.
Mixue
In 星光大道, Michelle Chong 庄米雪 was interviewing Michelle Yim 米雪. It’s probably more than coincidence that their names are so similar. Michelle Chong’s parents probably named her after Michelle Yim haha.
JJ & LL
So intimate.
Why did JJ choose such a 高难度 song to sing during the ceremony… I think he should sing songs like 加油 to console the non-winners.
招牌动作
This trailer of 爆料黑玫瑰 was shown during the commercial break:
After we returned from the break, when 米雪 called out for Jeanette...
Other noteworthy scenes:
'Where is Chen Liping ah?... Wah long time no see you've become fat! Eat a lot is it?'
*Sorry but making that face won't cover up your chubbiness =p*
暧昧 Kiss
'You hug 帅哥, I hug 主播!'
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Here are the answers to my mini quiz.
1) If Chen Hanwei wins the Best Actor award this year, how many times would he have gotten this award?
He has won 4 four times already. One more to go to tie with Xie Shaoguang, who won 5. 五福 next year?
Maybe he can consider selling his black rose to Tay Pinghui. Talking about black rose, he will make a guest appearance in tomorrow’s 爆料黑玫瑰 as 刘一刀.
2) Only one of this year's Best Actress nominees (Ann Kok, Eelyn Kok, Jeanette Aw, Chen Liping, Hong Huifang) has gotten this award before. Who is she?
Give others a chance ba, Chen Liping! 有实力就是有实力. Jeanette may continue with her big annual productions.
3) Which actor has won the most Best Supporting Actor award? (Hint: Not Xie Shaoguang)
None other than the person who has created a lot of controversy - Huang Yiliang. (3 times winner) Xie Shaoguang won 2 times. So does Chen Guohua.
4) Despite being nominated for Best Supporting Actress for several years, Lin Meijiao has never gotten the award before. How many times has she been nominated?
Technically 6 times. Those who answered ‘5’ may not remember that she was first nominated back in 1995. Her next nomination after that was 2001. 继续加油吧。
Previously Chen Huihui was nominated 5 times consecutively until she finally won on her 6th. Xiang Yun and Hong Huifang had countless nominations (close to 10 I think) but they managed to win more than once.
This is one of the awards with the strongest competition, and I always look forward to this result every year. Happy that Constance won this time. She almost won in 2006 for 刑警2人组 when Hong Huifang emerged winner instead.
5a) Christopher Lee has collaborated with er-jie Fann Wong in countless dramas. How many dramas did he collaborate with ah-jie Zoe Tay?
Hmm, if anyone noticed, the answer was actually revealed in yesterday’s show.
Yes, ONCE and ONLY ONCE did Chris act alongside Zoe. This is in fact his debut drama after Star Search 1995. Those who are curious about what show this is, go find out yourselves haha. (Hint: it’s a telemovie)
Comparing his looks now and last time, I can’t help to sigh. And his costume yesterday didn’t match Fann’s. Far too casual (and haggard) for such formal ceremony.
5b) Mark Lee has starred as a lead in several Jack Neo movies, but only starred as a lead once in a Channel 8 drama. Which drama is it? (Hint: As a lead, not supporting)
The answer was almost revealed yesterday too, when he said he only acted in 3 dramas. Among them, this is the only one where he starred as a lead:
Most of you probably won’t remember this drama, where he acted alongside Xie Shaoguang, Sharon Au and Pan Lingling.
The 2nd drama is Holland V. This one you guys may remember.
The 3rd is this one:
Congrats to all the winners this year. =)
