Gary Cao Is Crowned Best Male Mandarin Artist At 19th Golden Melody Awards; He Shouts, "I am a 'King of Songs!'"

Gary Cao Ge, nominated for Best Male Mandarin Artist (Popular Music) for the second time, was selected as the recipient of the prestigious honor for the 19th Golden Melody Awards.

Newly "crowned" Best Male Mandarin Artist (Popular Music) Gary Cao received the award from the hands of Eason Chan YiXun, who had also been nominated for Best Male Mandarin Artist. In his acceptance speech, he thanked all of his supporting fans, his friends, and his family. He especially thanked his girlfriend for clearing up the rumors and speculations that he was, in fact, gay.

Gary then performed his 起床歌 [Qi Chuang Ge] [The Wake-up Song]. Unable to contain his excitement and happiness over winning, he shouted, "I'm a 'King of Songs'!"

The nominees for Best Male Mandarin Artist (Popular Music) were Eason Chan YiXun for 認了吧/Admit It, Tank for 延長比賽/Keep Fighting, Shin for I Am Me, 楊培安 Yang PeiAn for 楊培安 II/Yang PeiAn II, Gary Cao Ge for Super Sunshine, and Khalil Fong DaTong for Wonderland未來/The Coming Wonderland.