[2026.05.04] KEUNG TO WINS MALE SINGER GOLD PRIZE OVER ANSON LO AT THE 2005/26 VIUTV CHILL CLUB AWARDS

Keung To this year knocks off for the Male Singer of the Year gold prize

Gigi Yim

Keung To and Gigi Yim perform an unprecedented duet, during which they suddenly get close and share a microphone and lead to screams throughout the entire venue

Anson Lo takes 3 awards home

Louis Koo's surprise appearance brings the evening to its climax

Jay Fung wins Creative Singer of the Year gold prize, fending off silver prize recipient Ian Chan

Ian Chan

Stephy Tang is one of the show opening guests

Andy Hui leads the younger generations in song and dance
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Anson Lo wins 3 awards, including People's Music singer and song of the year, and Male Singer silver prize

Gigi Yim and Keung To's performance has been described as the duet of the century

Keung To (left) and Gigi Yim (right) share a microphone and trigger screams from fans in the audience.

Gin Lee rushes from Kai Tak to AsiaWorld to accept the Female Singer of the Year gold prize and says the experience has been deeply felt

MIRROR repeats as Group gold prize recipients and performs the new song ATTENTION in public for the first time

Andy Hui performs with Anson Kong, Alton Wong and girl group IdG Bubbles

24 Herbs members J Briand Siswojo (left) and Conroy Chan (right) perform with MIRROR as guest performers.

Louis Koo surprises the audience as guest performer

Marf Yau is happy to win her first Female Singer bronze prize

Jay Fung wins his first Creative Singer of the Year award
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ViuTV Music Awards Ceremony "CHILL CLUB Awards 25/26" was held at the AsiaWorld-Expo last night with a large number of live singers, but the award-winning singers Terence Lam Chun Him, Jason Chan Pak Yu, and the group ERROR were absent. MIRROR and its members won 6 awards total, with Anson Lo Hon Ting winning including the live audience voted People's Music singer, song of the year and Male Singer silver prize. Teammate Keung To won his first Male Singer gold prize; Ian Chan Cheuk Yin won the Creative Singer silver prize, and MIRROR repeated with the Group of the Year gold prize. Gin Lee Hung Ngai continued her golden momentum as she repeated as Female Singer gold prize and with WHITE NIGHT won top ten song of the year. Last night's award had many guest performers, including CHILL CLUB award show debuts of Gigi Yim Ming Hay, Andy Hui Chi On, 24 Herbs' Conroy Chan Chi Chung, finale guest Louis Koo Tin Lok performed with ILUB, guy group ZPOT, Jace Chan Hoi Wing and others performed his new song to bring the event to its climax.

MC Cheung Tin Fu opened the award ceremony with a performance of THE ONE FOR U, and sang "The Strongest in the Universe" with Edan Lui Cheuk On and others. Stephy Tang Lai Yan, On Chan Kin On and others followed. The theme of the whole night was "Pulse of the City", and many singers also sang golden songs from different eras. Recently released a new song, Andy Hui Chi On also sang his old work "Tumbling" with MIRROR's Anson Kong Yip Sun (AK) and the two danced vigorously. On Jai danced and sang "Rebound" with Alton Wong Chi Tak and girl group IdG Bubbles, setting off the first climax of the night.

In addition, Marf, Winka Chan Wing Ka, Jer Lau Ying Ting, Cath Wong Yin and CY Chan Chung Chak performed classic songs as a salute to previous generations. Marf in a red lace corset and short skirt performed FLAMING RED LIPS but was criticized online for needing to improve her singing; Wong Yin and Chan Chung Chak performed Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing's FAVORITE and Danny Chan Pak Cheung's CHEER, while Winko performed Prudence Liew Mei Kwan's FINAL NIGHT; when Jer performed Eliza Chan Kit Ling's PLATINUM ELEVATOR the response was the best. He went from the audience then ran onto the stage again, almost going through half the venue!

The entire evening's production was somewhat dull. Lacking guest presenters, many online slammed the show for lacking new ideas. Another highlight of the awards ceremony that night was when the champion of TVB's "STARS ACADEMY" and now a member of Sony Music Gigi Yim Ming Hay participated in a ViuTV show for the first time after leaving TVB and performed VOYAGE. She also joined forces with the "KING MAKER" "popularity king" who has just celebrated his birthday, Keung To, to sing Gigi's new song "Colors in the Air" and Keung To's "Master Class". However the two new generation singers in the music scene collaborated for the first time, and their performance was restrained and rarely interacted. Yet they also sang together as Keung To walked closer to Yim Ming Hay, stared into each other's eyes, leaned his body forward and shared a microphone. The scene was funny and Yim Ming Hay flashed a smile after the performance. Keung To then performed Master Class and Yim Ming Hay again performed with him. Meanwhile Anson Lo performed with Taiwan singer Nick Chou.

MIRROR and 24 Herbs' Conroy Chan Chi Chung, J Brian Siswojo (Lee Hoi Yin) and others performed together. 17 people of the two groups performed RESPECT IS OK and WE ARE shoulder to shoulder, as singers and viewers clapped and sang along. Actively releasing songs recently, Louis Koo Tin Lok was the finale guest performer. While ILUB, guy group ZPOT and Chan Hoi Wing performed, they performed Koo Tin Lok's hit POPULAR THIS WEEK with an actor dressed like Koo Tin Lok on the stage. The entire crowd screamed. As the camera turned, Koo Tin Lok was siting in the audience, from where he walked to the stage and performed his new song THE HOAX with the singers. The entire audience screamed nonstop and brought the evening to its climax.

Lo Hon Ting repeated as the People's Music Singer of the Year and the People's Music Song of the Year recipient. He thanked his company his group and Disciples (his fan nickname). "I know I still have many places like singing and dancing that could be done before. Whether I would release slow songs or dance songs, I hope to persist on doing what I like, continue to release more work of different varieties for everyone. So everyone would remember I am the Hong Kong singer who really likes to dance and sing Lo Hon Ting." Lo Hon Ting praised his Disciplines as very powerful, very self- disciplined as they maintained order with him. "THE TIME IS ALWAYS NOW is a super positive energy song, we have to cherish and be an even better person. The Time is always now for us, Disciples! Thank you everyone!"

Keung To earlier announced that this year he would not release another new song. Winning his first Male Singer gold prize, he said, "Several days earlier I celebrated my 27th birthday. I feel if I have to pick the hardest year in life, it would be this year when I was 26. Luckily it has passed. Now I am a year older, I want to thank one person. He is the one who has taught me what real love is, and turns me into an even better person. I believe the 27 year old Keung To would be even better than any other year's." MIRROR and its members won 6 awards, but did not win a top ten song. MC Cheung Tin Fu won the Male Singer bronze prize and with IN DOUBT won a top ten song.

Gin Lee Hung Ngai after performing at the 25+ EMEPROR ALL STAR CONCERT at the Kai Tak Stadium rushed to AsiaWorld Expo to accept the Female Singer Gold Prize. She smiled and said that she braved the rain and ran onto a vehicle to rush over. The journey was very long, and felt like being a singer. "Running to this award stage isn't easy, people may not know about the effort you contributed. Actually doing your best is already enough, cherish every award." Female Singer silver and bronze prize went to Panther Chan Lui and Marf Yau Yin Tung. Marf happily said, "This is my first solo award, thank you all the members of COLLAR."

Jay Fung Wan Fung won his first Creative Singer of the Year, feeling very lucky that he found a job he really liked. "It is writing songs and creating. Although it takes a lot of time, I really enjoy music and the process of making songs." He even received top ten song award with GHIBLI. Silver prize recipient Ian Chan Cheuk Yin advertised the release of a new song on the 23rd. Terence Lam Ka Him was absent but still won 3 awards, including Creative Singer bronze prize, song writer and top ten song second place with APRIL WHISPERS. Tsui Ho and Edward Chan won the Producer of the Year awards. Tsui Ho publicly thanked his wife Tsang Lok Tung for taking care of his everyday life and praised her as a decent lyrics writer, as he asked the singers could ask his wife to write the lyrics. Due to the number of absent recipients in the row, host Thor Lok Chun Wai said that the awards would be delivered through express delivery companies. He even asked the children who carried out the awards to deliver them. "Being an award show emcee is really very hard, is the next singer here?"

MIRROR won the Group of the Year gold prize. Silver prize recipient COLLAR while accepting the awards called captain Gao with the good news. The bronze prize went to the Absent Brother. "New Female Singer of the Year" gold prize went to Amy Lo Wai Man, silver to COLLAR's Day Hui Yat. As for song awards, Gareth.T's NO FULL FRONTAL won Song of the Year, with Lam Ka Him's APRIL WHISPERS and Chan Hoi Wing's SWITCH in second and third place respectively. Fung Wan Him's GHIBLI, Marf's LOVE ME DOWN and Jason Chan Pak Yu's AS ALWAYS also landing in the top ten.

ViuTV CHILL CLUB CHART AWARDS 25/26

PEOPLE'S MUSIC SONG OF THE YEAR: THE TIME IS ALWAYS NOW (Anson Lo)
PEOPLE'S MUSIC SINGER OF THE YEAR: Anson Lo

MALE SINGER OF THE YEAR
Gold: Keung To
Silver: Anson Lo
Bronze: MC Cheung

FEMALE SINGER OF THE YEAR
Gold: Gin Lee
Silver: Panther Chan
Bronze: Marf Yau

GROUP OF THE YEAR
Gold: MIRROR
Silver: COLLAR
Bronze: The Absent Brother

BAND OF THE YEAR
Gold: DEAR JANE
Silver: Pandora
Bronze: ROVER

CREATIVE SINGER OF THE YEAR
Gold: Jay Fung
Silver: Ian Chan
Bronze: Terence Lam

NEW MALE SINGER OF THE YEAR
Gold: Regent Lam
Silver: Edwin Tong
Bronze: Andy Kwong

 
NEW FEMALE SINGER OF THE YEAR
Gold: Amy Lo
Silver: Day Hui
Bronze: Barbie Ng

NEW GROUP OF THE YEAR
Gold: Goodnight Lillie
Silver: ZPOT
Bronze: IdG Bubbles

SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR: Terence Lam
LYRICIST OF THE YEAR: Wyman Wong
SONG ARRANGER OF THE YEAR: Wong Siu Ming
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR: Tsui Ho, Edward Chan

TOP TEN SONG OF THE YEAR:
SECOND PLACE: APRIL WHISPER (Terenece Lam)
THIRD PLACE: SWITCH (Jace Chan)
LOVE ME DOWN (Marf Yau)
AS ALWAYS (Jason Chan)
IN DOUBT (MC Cheung)
GHIBLI (Jay Fung)
WHITE NIGHT (Gin Lee)
DEAR LOSERS (Nowhere Boys)
IS LOVE ENOUGH? (Kiri T)

SONG OF THE YEAR: NO FULL FRONTAL (Gareth.T)

[2026.05.04] YUEN WOO PING, FAN BINGBING ARE HONORED AT THE UDINE FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL IN ITALY

Yuen Woo Ping receives the Lifetime Achievement Awards at a film festival in Italy and dedicates the award to his late father when he accepts the award

Fan Bingbing receives the Golden Mulberry award for Outstanding Achievement and describes the moment as an extraordinary highlight
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Famous action director and director Yuen Woo Ping received the Udine Far East Film Festival Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement Award. He dedicated the award to his late father, because his father granted him all of his achievements. Mainland female star Fan Bingbing received the Golden Mulberry Award for Outstanding Achievement Award. When she accepted the award she got teary eyed from the enthusiastic applause from the audience, describing the award was an extraordinarily meaningful moment in her life.

Yuen Woo Ping at the 28th Udine Far East Film Festival received the Golden Mulberry Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to Hong Kong and global action films. When Yuen Woo Ping accepted the award he said that the award meant a lot to him. "I would dedicate this award to my father in Heaven. He was the one who taught me kung fu, brought me into the film industry to make movies. My achievements today are all thanks to him." He thanked the event and said that he felt very honored that his film BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS was selected to be the closing film.

Yuen Woo Ping started as a Hong Kong film action director in the 1970s, and since directed over 30 Chinese and foreign films. As the action director for CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, THE MATRIX and the KILL BILL film series, he solidified Hong Kong action film's position internationally.

Mainland female star Fan Bingbing received the event's Golden Mulberry Outstanding Achievement Award. When she accepted the award the audience's enthusiastic applause brought eyes to her eyes. Fan Bingbing on social platform shared her experience, describing the award as an extraordinary meaningful highlight in her life. "This year is 2026, my 30th year as an actor in this business. Over these 30 years, I have participated in almost 100 film and television productions. Looking back at the beginning, I was only a newcomer without any background, any resource or any support from any famous director. I started from one minor female supporting role after another. All along the journey, there have always been people with light around me. They have never given up on me, always believing that I would have the chance to stand on such a stage. During that most difficulty period in life, I have doubted myself countless times: Am I still capable? Can I still stand on this stage? Can I still be able to continue to make movies? Over the past 5 years, I gradually understood something: life has never been smooth sailing. The low is not the destination, but the start of my rebirth; falling down is not scary, as long as you still have the courage to get back up. So tonight I am able to stand at the center of this stage and sincerely say thank you to friends who have always supported me."

Fan Bingbing thanked her family, friends and fans, saying that working with MOTHER BHUMI's director Chong Keat Aun was an incredibly wonderful journey. Hong Kong directors Kwok Ka Hei and Jack Lee Chun Kit with THE UNIDENTIFIED MURDER (UFO LEI KEI MING ONG) received the White Mulberry Award for First Time Director.

[2026.05.04] ANSON KONG PLANS TO USE HIS WAY IN LONG VACATION REMAKE

ANSONBEAN, Anson Kong, Herman Yau and Patrick Tam thank the audience for their film WE'RE NOTHING AT ALL
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Patrick Tam Yiu Man, Anson Kong Yip Sun (AK), Chan Ngai Sun (ANSONBEAN) and director Herman Yau Lai To went to the theater the night before to thank the audience for their movie WE'RE NOTHING AT ALL (NGOR MOON BUT SI SUP MOR). Brother Tam felt sorry for not being able to attend film festivals in Italy and Singapore with the team, but was happy to learn that the film's overseas responses have been ideal. He hoped that the audience could continue to support the film so the boss would be able to break even. The number of performances of the film in Hong Kong has been reduced one after another, and Brother Tam hoped that the film will attract more people to enter the theater through word of mouth. The reporter suggested that he could book the venue and invite friends in the circle, Brother Tam laughed and said that he has watched it twice and planned to watch it 10 more times. In addition many colleagues also supported him, including his THEMIS co-star Charmaine Sheh Sze Man. He said: "Ah Sheh praised everyone for acting well, and she even secretly took a photo at the theater and passed it on to me. I know she is a well-behaved person."

Going to Italy to participate in the film festival with the director, AK admitted that he felt very good because he saw that the local audience liked Hong Kong film culture and was also a fan of Director Yau. They brought DVDs of the director's past work for him to sign autographs. He said, "When the end credit song rose after the show ended, everyone stood up and applauded Director Yau. It felt very awe inspiring." He thanked fans who resided in Europe for flying to Italy to support the film. ANSONBEAN went to the Singapore Chinese Film Festival with Director Yau, and he was pleased that the audience would appreciate the film carefully and ask very detailed questions. Many of the ideas that he thought only Hong Kong people would understand actually could also resonate with audiences in other places. Some even gave away support items for the film on their own.

ViuTV would remake classic Japanese drama LONG VACATION with Edan Lui Cheuk On in Takuya Kimura's role, which has become a hot topic. In Yutaka Takenouchi's role, Kong Yip Sun said that he has not paid attention to reports and would expect comparison between the original and the remake casts would be inevitable. "I wouldn't pay too much attention to it, I would just do my job and play the character well. I am grateful to be a part of it. I have seen the original and believe that it would be difficult to surpass. I would use my own method to interpret the role anew, without any intention for imitation."

In addition, MIRROR member Keung To recently revealed his academic qualifications at the birthday party and announced that he would not release a new song this year. AK felt that Keung To was already 27 and a big boy, so he must go through considerations for every decision he makes. As the assistant captain he would definitely support any decision a teammate would make. He said, "The only thing we can do is to support him. Since he is able to talk about this decision, he must know what he is facing. Everyone should give him more space and time to adjust." AK said that Keung To did not notify the other members before announcing it, and believed that he has thought for a long time before making a decision. No matter what he has decided to do, AK would definitely support it. As for the issue of academic qualifications and many online comparing the results between MIRROR members. AK said, "It's a part of my history, it is whatever everyone sees. I don't care, no matter what everyone's education is, everyone is doing the same thing now. Academic qualifications are just a thing of the past, we are now in the same group and the same company. Although the salaries are different, but it's that simple." As for Keung To's collapse moment this year, AK believed that he could handle it. He said that Keung To was used to dealing with it alone and would rarely find someone to talk to, so his teammates also respect him. As for Lee Kai Yin's (Ah Mo) father who passed away due to illness a few days ago, AK said that he knew but was not at liberty to comment. He admitted that he would send his condolences to Ah Mo over the air.