G.E.M. Makes Her Seniors Wait; Criticized for Diva Behavior Again

G.E.M. (鄧紫棋) is once again facing criticism for her diva behavior. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter was late to the Metro Radio Hits Music Awards and its celebration dinner a few days ago, leading to an awkward atmosphere for her seniors and other performing artistes.

Hong Kong’s first pop music awards ceremony of the year, the Metro Radio Hits Music Awards, was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on December 26. To accommodate G.E.M., who was rushing back to Hong Kong from her concert in Macau, the organizers had to extend the show by an extra hour. The awards ceremony did not end until after 12:30 am. Towards the end of the show, only 30 percent of the audience was left, causing an embarrassing atmosphere.

The Metro Radio awards has a “no show, no award” policy. Eason Chan (陳奕迅), Joey Yung(容祖兒), Hacken Lee (李克勤), and Kelly Chen (陳慧琳) were among the top singers who failed to win awards due to their absence. G.E.M., despite not having any new singles released in 2014, won four trophies at the awards ceremony, including the coveted Artiste of the Year award. G.E.M. said she felt shocked when she received an invitation to the show, expressing, “I actually don’t even have any songs this year.”

G.E.M. Lateness Due to Makeup

A celebration banquet for the winners were scheduled to start at 1:00 am in Kowloon, but G.E.M. did not turn up until 1:45 am, causing the press and senior artistes like Andy Hui (許志安), Hins Cheung (張敬軒), and Kay Tse (謝安琪) to wait around awkwardly for G.E.M. to take group photos. G.E.M. explained that she was late because she had to touch up her makeup backstage, and she had tried her best to rush to the venue.

G.E.M. also said that she was not aware that everyone was waiting for her at the party, and offered the artistes and staff some of her home-baked cookies as an apology.

Netizens later pointed out that G.E.M. had lied about being late, explaining that she had uploaded a selfie with her trophies online at approximately 1:07 am. A fan also uploaded a photo she took with G.E.M. and thanked her for the cookies, leading to speculation that G.E.M. was late because she was busy taking photos and passing out cookies to her fans.

Metro Radio CEO Supports G.E.M., Slams EEG

In regards to the legitimacy behind G.E.M.’s trophies, Metro Radio CEO Daniel Chu (朱明銳) explained that G.E.M.’s older songs were brought back to the charts during her appearance on I Am A Singer 2 <我是歌手2>, which makes her qualified to compete for an award this year.

At the mention of the absence of top artistes such as Joey Yung at this year’s awards ceremony, Daniel Chu slammed EEG for showing favoritism, “[EEG] knew that we always hold our awards ceremony during the same time every year, yet they still arranged for Joey Yung’s overseas concert overseas at this time. Metro Radio has done a lot for EEG, so I am disappointed. On the other hand, [Joey] was willing to postpone her concert to attend Commercial Radio’s [Ultimate Song Chart Awards].”

Joey’s manager Mani Fok (霍汶希) responded, “The promoters for Joey’s North American concerts insisted to hold the concerts during the Christmas holidays, so Joey had no choice but to turn down [Metro Radio]. EEG has always supported Metro Radio, and we are in a good relationship with Daniel Chu. I’m sure Daniel is not angry. We will never show favoritism and the press is very important to us. We’ll try for better arrangements next year.”

Source: ihktv.com

This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.