Gary Chaw Is Crowned Best Male Mandarin Artist At 19th Golden Melody Awards Gary Cao Ge, nominated for Best Male Mandarin Artist (Popular Music) for the second time, was selected as the recipient of the prestigious honor for the 19th Golden Melody Awards. Newly "crowned" Best Male Mandarin Artist (Popular Music) Gary Chaw received the award from the hands of Eason Chan YiXun, who had also been nominated for Best Male Mandarin Artist. In his acceptance speech, he thanked all of his supporting fans, his friends, and his family. He especially thanked his girlfriend for clearing up the rumors and speculations that he was, in fact, gay. Gary then performed his 起床歌 [Qi Chuang Ge] [The Wake-up Song]. Unable to contain his excitement and happiness over winning, he shouted, "I'm a 'King of Songs'!" The nominees for Best Male Mandarin Artist (Popular Music) were Eason Chan YiXun for 認了吧/Admit It, Tank for 延長比賽/Keep Fighting, Shin for I Am Me, 楊培安 Yang PeiAn for 楊培安 II/Yang PeiAn II, Gary Cao Ge for Super Sunshine, and Khalil Fong DaTong for Wonderland未來/The Coming Wonderland. Tanya Chua Takes Home Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Artist A Second Time Tanya Chua JianYa, who received the 17th Golden Melody Award for Best Female Artist has ascended the "queen's throne" a second time, receiving the 19th Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Artist (Popular Music). Tanya not only took home top honors for Best Female Mandarin Artist; her album, Good-bye and Hello, which was her first producing effort, received the award for Best Producer (Popular Music Album - Special Edition). In her "Thank You" speech, Tanya expressed that it had been unimaginable that she could win the Golden Melody Award again. She thanked the judging panel and said that the award was a very, very big encouragement to her. Tanya's mother, who has always supported her behind-the-scenes, also attended this year's ceremony, lending her daughter encouragement and strength and, thus, sharing in her happiness and honor. The 19th Golden Melody Awards were held tonight at 台北小巨蛋 Taipei Arena. The nominees for Best Female Mandarin Artist (Popular Music) were A-mei Chang HuiMei for STAR, Stefanie Sun YanZi for 逆光/Against the Light, Jasmine (Fish) Leong JingRu for 崇拜/J'Adore, Tanya Chua JianYa for Goodbye and Hello, Karen Mok WenWei for 拉活…/LIVE IS... , and Joi Chua ChunJia for 慶幸擁有/Rejoicing Is Ours. from Left to Right: DJ 宗華 ChunWha, 千田愛紗 Aisa Senda, 仕凌 DJ 40, and 懷秋 HuaiQiu Da Mouth Takes Home Best Group; Jay Chou Snaps Up Prize for Best Composer The 19th Golden Melody Awards and Ceremony began officially at 7:00 P.M. tonight. After a comedic opening by the evening's hosts, Rainie Yang ChengLin and Japanese JieNiSi (Janice) Gokusen Trio stepped on stage together to present the award for this year's Best Composer (Vocal Music). Jay Chou JieLun was announced as the winner for his 青花瓷 [Qing Hua Ci] [Blue and White Porcelain]. Best Group (Vocal Music) went to Da Mouth. The "DJ" and tongue-twisting rap combining style of new group Da Mouth earned top marks with this year's judges, enabling them to take home the prize for Best Group (Vocal Music). As Aisa Senda, the only female member of the group, delivered their "Thank You" speech, she said movingly that, because she was a foreigner, she was extremely grateful that they could win and had to thank everybody for their support. 19th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards 2008 - Results (Source: sina; Translated by 60699 @ asianfanatics.net) Company Awards Song of the Year 青花瓷 Company: 杰威爾音樂有限公司 Performer: Jay Chou Mandarin Album of the Year 拉活… Company: 新力博德曼音樂娛樂股份有限公司 Performer: Karen Mok Taiwanese Album of the Year 真情歌 Company: 黑色吉他工作室 Performer: Hsiao Huang Chi Hakka Album of the Year 2007 BANANA Company: 貳樓音樂工作室 Performer: Huang Lian Yu Aboriginal Album of the Year 依拜維吉 Company: 詮釋音樂文化事業有限公司 Performer: IPay Buyci Individual Awards Best Composer Jay Chou - 青花瓷 Best Lyricist Vincent Fang - 青花瓷 Best Arranger Xiao An - 特務J Best Producer for an Album Tanya Chua - Goodbye & Hello Best Producer for a Song Adia - 特務J Best Mandarin Male Artist Gary Chaw - Super Sunshine Best Taiwanese Male Artist Hsiao Huang Chi - 真情歌 Best Mandarin Female Artist Tanya Chua - Goodbye & Hello Best Taiwanese Female Artist Zhan Ya Man - 人生公路 深情海岸 專輯 Best Hakka Artist Huang Lian Yu - 2007 BANANA Best Aboriginal Artist IPay Buyci - 依拜維吉 Best Band Award Sodagreen - 無與倫比的美麗 Best Group (Vocalist Award) Da Mouth - 大嘴巴同名專輯 New Artist Potential Award Debbie Hsiao - 碩一碩的流浪地圖 Additional Translations by wendy@*** Best Music Video Direction Zhou Ge Tai (Fish Leong《崇拜》- j'Adore/Worship) Orchestra Awards Best Album: 《托斯卡尼 我想起你》李欣芸 (CinCin Lee) Best Producer for an Album: Jay Chou 《不能说的秘密》(Secret) Best Composer: Jay Chou《琴房》(Piano Room) Special Contribution Award: 陈志远 Chan Zhi Yuan Color Bell Awards Best Male Artist: Eason Chan Best Female Artist: Fish Leong The rest of the awards list: http://ent.sina.com.cn/f/y/GMA2008list/index.shtml Source: Yahoo! News (Taiwan) Translation Credit: tammiest@asianfanatics
