Moses Chan Sacrificed at TVB Anniversary Awards?
Moses Chan Ho was originally regarded as the front-runner in winning My Favorite Male Character Award at the 2010 TVB Anniversary Awards. However, dark horse candidate, Raymond Lam Fung snagged the award for his performance in The Mysteries of Love <談情說案>, while Charmaine Sheh Shi Man won the My Favorite Female Character Award for Can’t Buy Me Love <公主嫁到>.
Losing out on the My Favorite Male Character Award, Moses received the Most Professional Performance Award instead. The award was considered a consolation prize for artists to “divide the pork.” When he received his award, Moses said, “I’m happy but also a little worried” and said, “My chances for the Best Actor Award are ice cold.” Speaking with reporters after the awards ceremony, Moses smiled, “I will take any awards that come my way. Next year, I will try hard again!”
Excerpt from Appledaily
Jayne: I was surprised that Moses did not get the My Favorite Male Character Award. Although the Most Professional Performance Award may be considered “dividing the pork,” this was a new award that TVB created especially for Moses.
It’s very obvious that TVB wanted to give an extra push to Raymond Lam and did sacrifice Moses Chan in the process.
What does it mean to get the Most Professional Performance Award? The title makes it seem like any artist could qualify for their professionalism and dedication alone!
hmm, that award is not a new award. it was awarded to tavia last year, though i agree that it’s a “pork” award…
Hannah, wasn’t Tavia’s award the Best Performance of the Year Award? This year, Moses’ award is called the Most Professional Performance Award.
TVB is playing around with the award names to give it to the artists that they want. If Tavia delivered the “best performance of the year” then, why wasn’t she awarded the Best Actress Award?
hmm… maybe i must rewatch the award show to see what they called moses’ award. but i thought it was still called 最佳表现奖. pls correct me if i’m wrong…
and tavia got that “pork” award because tvb had to give best actress to sheren. and probably cos tavia delivered in other dramas besides BTROC in that year?
i think this is the same case for moses as well. he was in quite a no. of dramas this year.
According to Wikipedia and newspaper sources, Moses’ award is called 最佳專業表現大奬, which references his professionalism rather than the best performance of the year.
Each year, TVB gives out some controversial awards. They rename it to give it to the artist they want to.
Which is to say other people are not professional? This is like a souvenir sort of award you know? Scrap it!
Wait! Didn’t Tavia win this last year?
I agree with the article.
Definitely a “dividing the pork” award. I still can’t believe Raymond Lam won for his role in MOL. Well, at least TVB gave Moses something rather than nothing. Moses was quite funny when he said that his chances for the best actor were ice cold after getting this one. He does provide some comedic relief!
moses surely wasn’t too happy esp since he was more deserving than raymond if we are speaking strictly of mol vs cbml.
quite honestly, both moses and raymond didn’t give outstanding performances this year. initially tvb was hoping ray could get an extra push w/ that boring china/hk series …. failed. LOL.
i’m so glad wayne and sheren won. sick of overrated artist.
TVB lost a lot of credibility within the past couple of years and it was no exception this year. “No Regrets” losing to “Can’t Buy Me Love” for Best Drama…wth, how is “Can’t Buy Me Love” a drama series?
the Most Professional Performance Award is not new at all, it was created last year and Tavia Yeung got it. It’s like a consolation prize. What a pity, Moses should have won the best character instead of Raymond Lam and also the best actor. It’s boring to see the same actor winning the best actor award 2 years in a row.
Moses has his pork, the AOD Best Actor.
TVB not giving to the nominee you want = lost credibility.
What about the awards that they got it ‘right’?
TVB has improved in terms of fairness. At least, non managed artists now has a shot. Sheren Tang and Raymond Wong are both non-managed artists. Raymond even thanked his bosses Mr. and Mrs Heung during the TVB award. Lol.
Raymond already won the tvb.com awards,TVB did not need to give him another award, I believe he would have been contented. Perhaps he did win the most votes or else no reason why the highest voted person, if not him, did not get it. Also, could be to apease Lau Kar Ho to get something.
Anyway, if you look back, Moses got more critism for his role in CBML (although often he was compared to Wayne) than Raymond did for Professor King. And Raymond large fans base will vote him for everything he is up for.
Jayne, even without counting his below par acting in CBML, Moses’ role is already receiving criticism by audience.
Raymond’s professor King has many people that don’t like this role, but there are also many others from all ages young or old who fell for this gentleman. His name is also very memorable. Raymond deserves he Favourite Character over Moses
“quite honestly, both moses and raymond didn’t give outstanding performances this year. initially tvb was hoping ray could get an extra push w/ that boring china/hk series …. failed. LOL”
That boring China/HK series is horribly done and written. Raymond is more natural but his character in that boring series is so boring too and flat. Tommy Leung has gone downhill I think his last decent series is SL1.
thanks jayne for clarifying… so tvb just changed the award name for moses? but it’s actually the same award that tavia got last year?
Hannah, from the look of things, TVB altered the name of the award to recognize Moses specifically.
IMO, Tavia’s award had a higher status due to the name 最佳表现奖 (Best Performance of the Year) versus Moses 最佳專業表現大奬 (Most Professional Performance Award). In the end, the Best Actress and Best Actor awards are the top prizes of the year, as over time people tend to forget the winners of the other awards.
@Jayne; I Agree.. it was different awards, well different titles anyways.
I don’t think Raymond should be in the tvb.com award… He wins like almost every year. We all know out of all the male artistes Raymond probably has the most fans.
I don’t think Moses was sacrificed for Raymond as he deserved the award even less. Raymond got his fair share of criticism, but Moses did not get any less. As the award is called “favourite”, it has more or less to do with popularity. Raymond is extremely popular and always gets a ton of votes. If the awards were 100% determined by audience votes, he would have bagged the “best actor award” a long time ago. This exactly why he always wins the TVB.com award as long as he’s running. (Last year he didn’t win because he didn’t have any shows.)
I would have felt bad for Moses IF he had deserved the award, but I don’t feel that way. If anything, TVB should have given it to Steven Ma.
@star tvb.com is monitored by AC Nielson which is a third party marketing/survey company. I believe Ray won because he had most hits/search plus votes at the end. In the corner top of the homepage where the most frequently clicked site you can click Ray’s name almost all year round, not just drama but music, movies, news etc. He appears quite a lot in them and is often a point of discussion in forums. This award is quite straightforward and not so much given by tvb management.
I don’t think Moses was sacrificed as if he garnered the votes, he would have gotten it. They did not need to give Ray 2 awards as he would have been contented. Chances are Ray did get the votes and they had to deliberate whether to sacrifice Ray to give it to Moses. I’m glad they did not and hence he got the consolation prize. And it is a consolation basically because he built his own expectations and rippled it to everyone and it is to console him. Seems illogical for Moses to sacrifice to Ray as Ray have got the popularity award already.
^I have to agree. Raymond was not a “hot favourite” for Best Actor so they didn’t really need to placate him with another award on top of the TVB.com award like the year where Ha Yu won over him.
Raymond most likely just won because of an overwhelming amount of votes.
Agree with Candy and Advo. Moses was not sacrificed. Raymond just got higher votes than him.
Too bad..Raymond won 4 fav character…:(
I think Raymond is overrated in terms of acting. People, especially the tweens/teens like him because he is a heartthrob. In their eyes, his hunkiness overshadows his acting ability, which is by far mediocre. He character in MOL is only remembered because “Oh My God, he was so cute as professor Kingsley!” I also used to visit the TVB fansite often. I noticed that Ray’s forum is updated on a regular basis while others maybe every month or so. Of course he will get the most hits. I’ve also noticed at one point Ray’s forum had music to accompanied it. It’s all a tactic on TVB’s end. It is such a shame they have to practically shoved Ray in our faces this past year. Yeah he won those awards but in a underserving way. There were far more deserving candidates than him IMO.
@Bebe,
You bought up some good points and I totally agree with you. I like Raymond and all, but I do agree that he is overrated when it comes to acting. However, it is not just him that is overrated. Many and I many of the stars of today are overrated when it comes to talent(singing and acting). I have noticed that the stars that are really talented do not really make it big because they just physically don’t look that great. However, the ones that do look pretty decent or “good” in the audiences’ eyes seem to be really successful even if their acting and singing aren’t even that great. Hey, we all live in a shallow world sad to say.
@ Bebe: Which forum? If you are talking about the fansite, then fans update is nothing related to TVB.
BTW, to talk about teenager fans of Lam Fung, I think you should read this one: http://asianfanatics.net/forum/topic/738416-raymond-lam-fung-%26%2326519%3B%26%2323791%3B-part-9/page__st__40
A person referred to the same matter with you, and surprisingly many 3x ladies came :p.
@Fox
You mean the comment by ‘donthatehaters’?
What does ‘3x ladies’ means?
That donthatehaters hate a lot of actors. I remember him/her because I visited Ron’s thread and saw his/her critical post. His/her post stood out because, usually, the actors thread is frequented by fans. So, his/her critical comment stood out. Today, I follow your url to Raymond Lam’s thread and saw his/her critical comment again. Curious, I also check out his/her other posts. He/she is also critical towards Tavia, Moses, Raymond Wong, Wayne Lai, Kevin, Sheren, Fala, Bosco, Linda, Charmaine. Not all criticism is for their acting. So, like Sheren and Wayne, he/she said they are cocky.
3x = 30 – 40 years old.
Nope, I dun mind who is who, just to see that I was kinda surprised when many 30+ ladies joined :p.
It’s a fact tat Lam Fung fans are not teenagers or even tweens. There are some more younger and older than 1x and 2x girls.
@Fox
No, I was referring to the TVB.com message board. Thanks for the link. I am surprised that he has much older fans that admire his acting. I am quite shock at that but if they like it, more power to them.
Ah if you talk about the tvb.com message board, then not only his blog has the MV to be included. Myolie also had her MV ft the blog. And being honest, I’m quite annoyed with that MV. It makes his blog heavy and hard to load, so I dun visit this for such a long time. Moreover, I don’t like the MV of this song. I hate Tavia haha. I’d rather they choose C2M MV than this one.
Watching GMG. Love Mad Sir. He’s hilarious. Why he didn’t make it to ‘Fave Character’?
Anyway, if I have to choose a fave character from the top 5 nominees, I would choose Steven Ma’s Ah Gong. Ah Gong has way more personality that Kam Do Luk or Kingsley.
If there’s someone being ignored or sacrificed it must be Felix for his amazing comeback in GMG.
I love Fala but I can’t help thinking that Nancy is far above her and I feel that Nancy is robbed by Fala for the award. Even Felix is supporting Nancy and praising her. If Fala is nominated for GW it’ll be better.
Moses, CBML and Charmaine are overrated.
Fala won for NR, though I know that she wasn’t that great in there. But since she won, I would like to think of her winning for the rest of the dramas she acted and gave a good performance in, like GW and CBML. Those performances were definitely award-worthy. And I like her humble attitude. Given time, I think she’ll definitely be one of the top actresses in TVB.
I was supporting Kara Hui for Best Supporting Actress. Nancy’s character in GMG didn’t really get much development until the last few episodes. By then, the awards were already over. 😛
And I don’t think Moses was sacrificed. I didn’t like Kam Do Luk nor CBML. He’s lucky that he still has a pork award.
^ It’s weird for Kara Hui to be running against younger actresses. I think Nancy did great in GMG especially her crying scenes. Fala was great in GW and will definitely be TVB’s future top actress but her in NR should lose to Nancy in GMG.
It was defintely bad timing for GMG as the anniversary awards show took place before the finale was aired. I agree with Vivien that Nancy should have won best supporting actress for her performance in GMG. It’s one of her best roles and performances yet, and the climax of her acting and crying scenes were aired after the awards ceremony. Both Felix and Michael Mui deserve nominations, especially Michael should have gotten it for his role as Mad Sir, if not for Best Actor then for My Favorite Male Character. And of course, GMG could have probably gotten into top 5 series if it had finished airing before the cereomony. I enjoyed it very much and thought the entire cast did a great job, even the supporting cast in the individual cases. It was way better than EMYM and of course the overated CBML and MOL.
^ What a pity for Nancy. Her best scenes are really aired after the anniversary. TVB should promote her to lead roles now since her acting is very good.
GMG are written better and all the characters are better developed than overrated CBML, overrated MOL and EMYM which turns Bowie Lam into a bad annoying acto Michael Miu isn’t qualified enough for Best Actor but he should be running for Favourite, while Felix for Best Actor and Nancy for supporting actress.
Moses shouldn’t even be running for anything in the first place if TVB is really fair.
If Michael Miu is not qualitfied for Best Actor, neither does Felix. I’m watching GMG now and I don’t see Felix’s acting as so much better than Michael. Their acting level is roughly the same.
^ Michael Miu has a more likeable character than Felix but he still has trouble in more emotional scenes.
I’ve finished watching the show. I still don’t see Felix’s acting as better than Michael Miu’s. Michael’s emotional scenes are fine imho.
I was also shocked that AFOS was not even included in the top 5 as best drama of the year. To me, it was certainly way better than CBML and MOL. It is certainly worthy of some sort of recognition. It’s all BS the way TVB managed the entire award show. I just don’t like how they tried to push/promote a certain actor/actress every year. It was very apparent that it was Ray and Charmaine this year. Frankly, I can’t stand the both of them. TVB, just air your series, nothing else. Quit playing favorites please. It should be fair play for everyone. EVERYONE should get even amount of face time. To me, it doesn’t make a certain actor/actress “A BETTER ACTOR/ACTRESS” by constantly shoving them in our face or by airing their series all at once or back to back. It will not make me like them more. It has quite the opposite effect on me. To make matters worst, they are then nominated as favorite or best actor/actress based solely on their face time TVB given them. Truly undeserving.
Continued from above….I will continued to watch their series BUT TVB needs to seriously take notice of the mess/joke they created and see what they need to do to make it better in the future.