Fish Leong misses out on music award – again

MALAYSIAN singer Fish Leong ( pic) was unable to fulfil her dream of bagging the prestigious Golden Melody Awards despite having been nominated six times in her career, China Press reported.

The 42-year-old from Negri Sembilan was nominated for Best Female Vocalist – Mandarin category this year for her 2019 album The Sun Also Rises in what was seen as her comeback in the music industry.

However, she was beaten by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Waa Wei when the results were announced last Saturday.

Leong, who was photographed with tears in her eyes, nevertheless clapped for Wei during the ceremony.

She later expressed her disappointment on Instagram.

“I held this note in my hand and yet I was unable to fulfil my dream.

“This was the speech I prepared if

I had won the award.

“I wanted to start by saying how happy I was to finally be able to stand on this stage.

“Over the last 20 years, many of my good friends in the music industry have managed to clinch the award.

“I’m the only one yet to,” she wrote with a photo of her acceptance speech.

But Leong said there were many other goals in life apart from the award and thanked all her fans for their support.

> Chinese cyberspace exploded with praises for singer Li Ronghao for showing respect to his wife Rainie Yang as a singer after one of the other mentors on a Chinese reality show jokingly referred to her as “sister-in-law”, Sin Chew Daily reported.

“No, not sister-in-law! I think you mean this song belongs to the singer

Rainie Yang,” said Li in retort to Nicholas Tse, both of whom serve as mentors on Sing! China.

During a recent episode of the show, one of the contestants picked a song called Rain Love, one of Yang’s most well-known pieces.

Tse jokingly referred to the song as “sister-in-law’s song”, implying that Li was his “brother”.

Many applauded Li’s retort as being a recognition of Yang’s merits as a singer.

“This is excellent. Having a spouse who respects one’s career is the greatest happiness of all,” one Internet user wrote.

Yang, 36, and Li, 35, who are in Taiwan and China respectively, have yet to be able to see each other due to travel restrictions arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The two tied the knot in September last year after dating for four years.