3rd My Astro Music Awards 2012

MY FM deejays Jack Lim, Wan Wai Fun, Royce Tan and Bernard Hiew held the show together in their capacity as hosts and entertained the crowd with their wit and gift of the gab.

The 3rd MY Astro Music Awards was jointly organised by MY FM and Astro and presented by Volkswagen.

IT WAS a long night for singer Nicholas Teo at the 3rd MY Astro Music Awards presentation on March 17 at the Arena of Stars, Resorts World Genting, as his awards were all announced towards the end of the show.

But it was well worth the wait in the end as he was announced the winner of three of the most coveted awards that night.

“At last, I now get to touch the award,” Teo said as he received his first award – the MY Astro choice for best local singer award. “I thought I was just going to be here as a performing artiste.”

He then went up the stage again to collect the best local male artiste award, and later, the best song of the year award where he graciously cited Yoga Lin’s Xiang Zi You (Thinking of Freedom) as his pick for song of the year.

Lin, however, did not leave empty-handed as he was named best breakthrough international male singer as well as best performing international male artiste.

Lin appeared to be in high spirits the whole evening, practising his Cantonese – which snowballed into other artistes also showing off their language skills – and generally hamming it up for the audience.

Fish Leong, who took home the best love ballad, best local female performer and best local female singer awards, showed off her sexy side with an off-shoulder outfit and later a low-cut dress.

She thanked her genes for her ability to sing. “My parents sing very well and of course, there’s my cousin (Z-Chen who grabbed the best local male performer as well as best album awards),” she said.

Teo, Chen, Leong and Jess Lee also took turns to pay tribute to the late Whitney Houston and Fung Fei-fei, singing I Will Always Love You (Lee), One Moment in Time (Chen), and Fung’sZhang Shen Xiang Zi (Teo and Leong). Their performance proved to be one of the highlights of the evening.

While local singers shone, the international artistes did not do too badly either, with Taiwanese hunk Wilbur Pan going home with best stage performer, MY Astro choice for best international singer, and best international male singer titles.

Fellow Taiwanese artiste Della Ding took home best international female performer and best international female artiste awards.

That night also saw 25 songs named as best golden melodies.

Several singers, including Ding and Leong, also took the opportunity to announce their upcoming concerts in Malaysia to the delight of their fans.