Chapter 302 Awards Ceremony
Judging from the currently announced list of candidate golden songs and the corresponding list of singers, tonight's awards are obviously more "elderly": except for a few young people such as Tan, Zhang, Mei and Chen, the rest of the nominees are mainly singers of Luo Yun's generation. In particular, Luo Yun alone has five candidate golden songs, far surpassing Mei Yanshuang, the first among the young generation who has three candidate golden songs nominated, by a full two songs.
However, such a comparison of achievements must be viewed from a comprehensive perspective: Mei Yanshuang's highest achievement among the young generation is only three candidate golden songs, which is slightly inferior to Luo Yun, one of the first generation pioneers.
You have to know that some singers tonight may only have one song nominated as a Golden Song - of course, this does not mean that they are less capable than those who have more nominations, but it is caused by various factors.
For example, Patrick Tam, who just left the Wynners, only had one song nominated, "Late Spring". But no one thought that Patrick Tam's performance was worse than before because Zhang Querong and Bo-Yan Chen each had two songs nominated. This was because after the Wynners went solo, Patrick Tam went to Taiwan to develop his career and released fewer songs in the Hong Kong music scene. Tonight, the Wynners' Zhong Zhentu and Pang Chien-Shen each had two songs selected, and the Wynners also had a song selected, "Accompany Her".
So if we are to be more serious, the Wynners are the big winner in terms of the number of Golden Melody Award nominations tonight. However, it is difficult for a band to compete with an individual, so Luo Yun, who is known as "Luo Ji, are you here to do wholesale tonight?", took the lead.
It is worth mentioning that there are two people who did not attend this show: Deng Niyun, whose song "Walking Down the Road of Life" is nominated for a Golden Melody Award, is currently attending a concert in another city and cannot come back; and Zhang Mingwen, whose song "My Chinese Heart" is nominated for a Golden Melody Award, accepted the invitation to the second Spring Festival Gala in the capital and went to the capital to prepare for the Spring Festival Gala for a few days, so he is also not in Hong Kong.
Generally speaking, these two are so popular and their songs are of such high quality that they were nominated even though they are no longer in the limelight - but correspondingly, they only got nominated, as they each had political factors that made it difficult for them to win awards.
Su Yun was watching a small TV specially installed in a prime front row seat, which was playing a previously recorded red and blue image. It was basically a group of singers posing with their glasses raised to greet the audience in front of the TV, as well as a short entertainment video of playing with fireworks, blowing bubbles, and doing some small tricks. The purpose was to allow the audience wearing red and blue 3D glasses to feel the three-dimensional effect.
As for the current situation on stage, basically everything is ready, just waiting for the short film to come to an end. Through the screen switching in the control room, the red and blue images are switched to the dance group artists who are ready to rush down from the top stairs of the stage, creating an illusion effect similar to the image coming true, and setting a precedent for three-dimensional visual effects in the field of television.
As TBB attaches great importance to the opening highlight of 1985, the emcees for tonight's awards ceremony must be veteran gold medal emcees: the customary combination is a man and a woman, the man is the gold medal emcee "He B" He Shouxun who has hosted many programs on TV, and the woman is the former commercial radio producer "YT" Yu Sheng who has just signed a TBB contract.
He Shouxun is witty, humorous and elegant, while Yu Sheng is quick-witted and eloquent. They immediately won applause from the audience as soon as they appeared on stage.
After announcing that ten songs would be selected from the forty candidate songs as this year's "Top Ten Golden Songs", Yu Sheng added the scoring criteria: 30% would come from the audience of the "Top Ten Golden Songs" program, 30% would come from a sample survey by AGB, and the final 40% would come from the voting opinions of composers, lyricists and guest judges.
After finishing the serious topic, He Shouxun teased Yu Sheng about his androgynous style of dressing. Yu Sheng then mercilessly teased him about his scandal with Wang Ningquan, which made the audience in the audience smile knowingly at their blunt bickering.
However, compared to the long and useless talks before the awards ceremony, these two only spoke for a few minutes in total and the content was just the gossip that Hong Kong people particularly like to eat. Therefore, Su Yun felt that it only took a short while before they announced the name of the first song selected for the Golden Song.
The way each of the selected hits tonight were named was also very interesting: while the line "Chen Baiyang, Take Care Tonight" was announced, five dance artists appeared on the stage, standing in a horizontal line on bicycles, with a word written on the back of each of them, which together formed the name of the award-winning hit.
The entire venue burst into warm applause.
The camera gave a close-up of Chen Baiyang's position at the right time. It was probably because everyone was dressed more formally tonight, so the people sitting next to him, such as Tan Yunlun, Zhong Zhentu, Zhang Querong, Mei Yanshuang, etc., rarely did anything "dirty" to him - although according to the current trend, everyone can have fun and afford to have fun, but this is not an occasion where only Chen Baiyang will go on stage, but everyone will go on stage one after another. Once this head is opened and it is their turn to go on stage next, it will not be fun...
Chen Baiyang, the group's pet and bully, probably knew this, so he happily jumped on stage, and danced especially vigorously when performing the award-winning song. He was even more overjoyed when performing the new song. He didn't pay attention to put the hand holding the microphone to his mouth, and suddenly paused for half a second while singing - it's a pity that it's all live singing now. It can be seen that his small mistake of not putting the microphone to his mouth in time was obviously due to his excessive emotions and playfulness, so it's harmless. If it were one of those occasions where everyone lip-syncs in the future, this would be a real lip-syncing failure scene...
Although Chen Baiyang has won the Chinese Golden Melody Awards before, this is the first Golden Melody Awards ceremony and it is his first winning song. The 25-year-old young man is obviously very high-spirited, and people can't help but smile with satisfaction for his youth.
Yu Sheng came on stage at the right time to "tease" him, and in a few simple sentences he revealed his "dark history" of participating in various song competitions since middle school. He said frankly that he had participated in competitions from time to time when he was young, and that he grew up under the eyes of many seniors in the entertainment industry.
However, due to his age and education, he was still a student at the time and could never get the highest five-star rating to enter the finals. He could only get a three-star participation award, and most of the participation awards at the time were rice cookers.
"So I heard from Mother Chen that you, a competitive guy, almost filled the house with rice cookers during that period, is that right?" Yu Sheng asked with a gossipy look on his face.
Chen Boyang was teased and smiled bitterly, but after he dealt with it, Yu Sheng gave him the trophy: "Look, you're a grown-up now, and your clothes are much more mature. You deserve this award!"
In common parlance, "big boy" generally means a child who has grown up and become sensible.
Chen Baiyang can be regarded as a rare versatile singer among the younger generation of local singers. He is also obviously easier to handle than Mei Yanshuang, who has only recently debuted but has more than ten years of stage experience. Therefore, even though he has left his old friends who treat him like a little animal, many people in the circle still like to give him a hard time...
As was the custom, after he went down with the trophy, Su Yun, who was particularly good at bullying the weak and fearing the strong, stood up and touched his head with the attitude of an elder when he passed by, which made him return to his original position in confusion, as if he was puzzled as to why I dyed my hair a little (silver) white and highlighted it to look mature but it had the opposite effect.
Then he thought about how he had finally won his first award and had avoided physical teasing, but ended up being teased with words anyway... When Chen Baiyang sat back in his seat, he immediately looked like a wronged little animal.
Then he encountered a group of people nearby who took advantage of the camera moving away, shouting "Big guy, Danny" with various sly smiles, and touched his head with their salty hands...
"Stop it, my hairstyle that I worked so hard to get done is going to be messed up!" Chen Boyang held his head, just like a good boy who had accidentally walked into a wolf's den.
Fortunately, not long after, a new round of interactive awards began again, and the camera lens returned again, saving the poor Chen Baiyang who was unable to defeat N hands with two fists - the group of old friends who were very good at pretending immediately sat back in their original positions and put on a gentle appearance when the camera turned around. If Su Yun hadn't witnessed it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed how crazy these guys were when they just tormented people...
Compared to Chen Baiyang who was just teased as a "big guy", the award-winning performances of Tan Yunlun, Zhang Querong and Mei Yanshuang showed that they have matured a lot. Each of them fully demonstrated a calm demeanor that allows them to endure hardships from the bottom and remain stable even after climbing to the top.
Especially Zhang Querong, whose early career was not smooth. When he received the award, his voice was even a little choked up: "I think my father will be happy for me when he sees me like this on TV tonight..."
The youngest son of the Western-style suit king did not follow his father's ideals but entered the entertainment industry, so the relationship between the father and son has been lukewarm for many years - this is something many people in the industry know.
Now, he has officially been recognized with an award, and it is an honor in front of the entire Hong Kong audience. One can imagine how complicated his feelings are.
"Your father will definitely be proud of you. Even if he doesn't look at it, next time I go to his place to make clothes, I will praise you in person!" He Shouxun smiled and patted his shoulder: Although Zhang Querong's father no longer makes men's clothing himself, he still tries to visit the store from time to time. Of course, a gold medal ceremonial old customer like He Shouxun can also have a say in front of Zhang's father.
After the ten lively and heartwarming award-winning songs were announced, it was soon time to give out the final three grand prizes.
All the previous ten Golden Melody Award winners were invited to the stage and stood in two rows on the left and right, waiting for the two emcees to open the three envelopes in their hands and reveal the winners of the final three major awards.
The three major awards tonight are the Most Popular Award of the Seasonal Selection of the Golden Songs, the Most Popular Award of the Composer and Lyricist, and the final AGB Audience Sampling Survey Most Popular Award. The Most Popular Award of the Seasonal Selection of the Golden Songs is chosen by the audience of the "Golden Songs" program, the Most Popular Award of the Composer and Lyricist is chosen by professional judges, and the last one is voted by audiences who listen to music across Hong Kong, which is a real display of popularity.
The Most Popular Award of the Golden Songs Season Selection was won by Guan Jingjie and Huang Luyi for "Always in My Heart", while the Most Popular Award for Composer and Lyricist was won by Zhong Zhentu and Peng Jianshen for "A Love Affair".
"It seems that all the awards tonight are won by the majority bullying the minority...Okay, the last one, the AGB audience sampling survey most popular award, the winning song is--" After putting the previous envelope away, He Shouxun picked up the last envelope and opened it.
Seeing that the two people in front of them were either a slightly more mature older generation or a duet group, Tan, Zhang and Chen, who felt that there was no hope this time and were all standing in the corner, took advantage of the time when the camera was not on them and quietly moved closer to discuss where to go after the end to celebrate tonight...
They even stepped back a little, looking like three unmotivated students who couldn't wait for the class to end and wanted to run away early.
"Take Care Tonight! Chen Baiyang!"
As the camera turned, the three young men who had deserted their duty were caught on the spot.
The next second, Tan Yunlun and Zhang Querong, who had reacted, joined hands at the same time and gently pushed forward Chen Boyang, who was startled and subconsciously took a small step back. On their two completely different faces, there was an identical look of "As long as we push this idiot away, the camera won't be looking at us"; it's better to die with a comrade than to die with a poor friend.
This oolong scene made the entire Hong Kong audience laugh, and Su Yun covered her face with her hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: If I had known it would be like this, I would have announced it to these annoying stars in advance!