A continuation of the first 3 articles. This time, past winners make their picks and another critic takes on the "new" judging system.
Note: The following articles are based on the opinions and perspectives of their respective writers and/or critics and play no role in the final results, nor are they the official results.
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As the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards Ceremony is looming, past Best Mandarin Male/Female Vocalist/Artist winners make their picks of the 'most likely winner.'
Stanley Huang chooses Khalil Fong and Tanya Chua, saying, "Good listen, very fresh, very different."
Jolin Tsai chooses Eason Chan and A-Mei, explaining that Eason has always been her idol so she needs to support her idol, and after seeing A-Mei live in concert she feels A-Mei is an extremely able singer and is highly skilled.
Despite many in the industry who feel Eason is the likely winner, Eason gives his votes to Khalil and Tanya. He explains, "I am more familiar with Khalil's work, he has his own style. Tanya is a great musician, I would like to work with her if I get the chance."
With highly praised work Tanya hopes she wins the award and hopes her friend Eason will win the Male Artist award.
Karen Mok laughs while saying, "I give my vote to myself, I have confidence in myself." On the male side, "The last time I won the award Eason won it on the male side, I hope that the two of us could win it together again."
(Elsewhere, nominees Gary Cao & Pei An Yang feel the likely winner is Eason.)
Source: epoch times 07.04.2008
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If one has not listened to any of the 6 nominated male albums, just by looking at the nominations list, I believe that a professional panel of judges would vote for Eason Chan. However, in order for Eason to win, he will need to overcome some obstacles. With Gary Cao and Khalil Fong competing right behind him, his biggest obstacle is 認了吧 being mostly a re-singing of his Cantonese songs from the album What's Going On?. If one's music taste is broad they might have come across the unblemished -- lyrics, music, arrangements, and Eason interpretations wise (無懈可擊的廣東專輯) -- Cantonese album, before listening to the Mandarin version and will probably have their praises and reservations. I don't believe that there are many on the Golden Melody judging panel that have listened to the Cantonese album; therefore, Eason's chance of winning is the highest. Afterall, in terms of interpretation and performance, the 5 remaining nominees are lacking in comparison to Eason.
Gary Cao's album Super Sunshine is very full, very different, and very practical but the expressiveness of his voice is lacking and narrow when compared to Eason. If even one of the judges points this factor out, Eason's chance of winning is that much higher.
Khalil Fong, who is purely using the R&B genre, maintains his style in his album Wonderland. In the 6 nominated albums his album is most music worthy, but because of the purely one music genre there will be those who love it forever and those who don't like it will never like it. With the constant changing of standards in the judging system at the Golden Melody Awards over the past couple of years, one won't know whether the judges will be satisfied [with this one genre or prefer a variation]. In order for Khalil to win he will need to rely on luck.
Peng An Yang and Shin are capable singers who showcase their high pitch but in the music department they are lacking in comparison to their competitors. Tank, who is also a R&B-heavy user, might just be happy to be nominated as Khalil's competition is too much.
Source: yam 07.04.2008
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