17th Golden Melody Awards

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17th Golden Melody Awards
Location Taipei Arena, Taiwan
Hosted by Matilda Tao and Dee Hsu
Television/radio coverage
Network Azio TV

The 17th Golden Melody Awards were held on 10 June 2006 at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Summary

Although alternative musicians were nominated several times for awards, most of the categories were won by mainstream artists. [1] The award ceremony featured South Korean pop singer Se7en as a guest artist. [2] Chinese American rap artist Jin also performed with Taiwanese American singer Leehom Wang for their song titled Heroes of Earth . [3]

The Taipei Times also dubbed the ceremony as having one of the "worst performances to date" due to poorly rehearsed performances by Singaporean artist Stefanie Sun and Hong Kong singer Eason Chan. [1]

Special segments

The mistake made by Karen Mok while presenting the award for Best Male Mandarin Artist at the 16th Golden Melody Awards was revisited with some analysis of the sequence of events. [4]

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References

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  2. Dong, Wen (2006-06-09). "七彩旋风疯袭亚洲 Se7en获邀出席台湾金曲奖 Seven-colored whirlwind craze invades Asia, Se7en invited to attend Golden Melody Awards" (in Chinese). Sohu . Retrieved 2007-12-18.
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