[2010.12.07] EASON CHAN, JOEY YUNG WINS POPULAR SINGER AWARDS

The 10th Global Chinese Song Chart Awards yesterday took place at Radio Hong Kong. Attending singers included Eason Chan Yik Shun, Kay Tse On Kay, Hins Cheung King Hin, Joey Yung Cho Yi, Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin and JJ Lin (Lam Chun Kit). Jane Zhang Liangying was the big winner with five and a half awards, Cheung King Hin, Chan Yik Shun and Lam Chun Kit each won five, Yung Cho Yi and Khalil Fong Datong won four. Chan Yik Shun and Yung Cho Yi won the Most Popular Male and Female Singers, while Lam Chun Kit and Zhang Liangying won Best Male and Female Singers.

Near the end of the event, Eason, Cho Yi and Tse On Kay stood next to each other. Cho Yi and Tse On Kay chatted cheerfully but Chan Yik Shun did not converse with Tse On Kay. Even when Cho Yi accepted the award and left a space between them, they still had no exchange. Chan Yik Shun said that he just returned from a Mainland beverage promotion, which even broke a record. 200,000 balloons lifted the 180 pound him off the ground three meters, of course he also had "wire" assistance.

Eason was the happiest about winning the Best Producer and the Best Record awards. He said that he felt happy and fresh about the producer award. Will he write more songs? He said that since 1996 when he joined the business he has been writing songs. Only they were not plugged. His later hit SALON was also his work. He hoped to win the Creative Singer award one day. He jokingly quoted "Gau Goo Leung", one day he will succeed.

Eason also said that he watched the TVB awards two nights ago and he guessed Wayne Lai Yiu Cheung and Sheren Tang Shui Man's awards correctly. Although Eason could not appear on TVB but he praised TVB series as entertaining. He cried when he watched NO REGRETS episodes. He hoped to catch up with CAN'T BUY ME LOVE and ROSY BUSINESS later. Would he like to make a series? He honestly said after watching he truly wanted to. Reporters said that he could not appear on TVB now. He said that the world was round and no one would know what would happen in the future. He joked that if he made a Qing costume film his hair would be easier to

manage. He also revealed that ten years ago he auditioned for BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (SUP YUET WAI SING). At the time he was trying for Nicholas Tse Ting Fung's role. Later due to production problems the film was set aside. When it resumed Ting Fung got the role.

Cheung King Hin was the happiest about the creative singer award. This time he won as a Guangzhou singer representative. Hin Jai also said that next March after receiving his Hong Kong Identification Card he would have no idea what region he would represent. In addition, Mainland singer Yu Haoming who suffered from burns earlier received Top 20 Gold Song of

the Year award with EMBRACE. Event director Brian Chow Kwok Fung said that he knew about his injury and thus did not invite him to attend. However he will receive the award.

Choi Cheuk Yin has been busy with fan events all over. Yesterday she won three awards, including the top five most popular female singers, all purpose artist of the year and gold song award. However Ah Sa looked very tired.

Ah Sa still had to work this Christmas. On Christmas Eve she will be Gigi Leung Wing Kei's concert guest performer. On Christmas she will perform in Hainan. As for unable to spend her first Christmas with boyfriend William Chan Wai Ting, she explained that because she agreed

early on and joked that she was not the type who puts guys first. Reporters said that she could ask her boyfriend to go to Beijing with her. She said that everyone would ask her boyfriend. Lately William released a new record and she said that she will buy it in support. As for William's topless cover, Ah Sa suddenly blushed and said, "That's very hard to answer."

Johnson Lee Si Jit recently impersonated Chan Wai Ting and performed TAXI CHAN, every line of which took jabs and William was somewhat upset. Ah Sa said that she did not hear from William about getting mad and she has not seen it. She felt that some entertainment programs tried to grab eyeballs with gags and hoped that they were not malicious. The lyrics mentioned her divorce. Ah Sa honestly said that it was beyond her control, she too would like everyone to stop mentioning it.

Yung Cho Yi won four awards. She said that now her state of mind is different and would not place too much importance on awards. Just completing a concert series, Cho Yi sounded hoarse. She joked that she became a man. She explained that after the concerts she celebrated for a full 24 hours. At the celebration she ketp singing and dancing, then she held a pajama party with fans. After getting home she wanted to talk about her experience on her microblog. Because she was half drunk she kept typing in English. Luckily she did not make any typo. Cho Yi at the celebration saw co-workers cried and laughed while she just kept dancing. When she got home she remembered people who supported her and that the concerts were over. Finally she typed while she cried.