TVB’s JSG 2012 Best 10 Awards Presentation was held on Sunday, January 13. As predicted, “Triple threat” Raymond Lam (林峯) won Most Popular Male Singer, his first best singer win since debuting in the music industry with Searching For You In Loving Memories <愛在記憶中找你> in 2007. Raymond, who lost Best Actor win to Wayne Lai (黎耀祥) at the 2012 TVB Anniversary Awards, was said to have been bitter with TVB for his loss. Allegedly, Raymond turned down all of his 2013 TVB drama offers in order to focus on film and mainland Chinese dramas. It was claimed that TVB stepped up to have Raymond win the JSG Most Popular Male Singer award in order to compensate for Raymond’s Best Actor loss. At the after-party for the JSG Awards, Raymond said incredulously, “You can’t compensate such a thing. Each award has its own criteria! In short, everyone should embrace a healthy and positive attitude when attending award ceremonies, and focus on our work!” Since his debut as a singer in 2007, Raymond has won JSG’s Asia Pacific Most Popular Male Singer award three years in a row. At this year’s JSG Music Awards, it was Taiwanese boy band Lollipop F (棒棒堂F) who took home the award. Rumors claim that Raymond only had eyes on the Most Popular Male Singer award, and TVB was more than happy to hand down the Asia Pacific category to other singers. Regarding these claims, the actor-singer sighed, “No one contacted me about winning any award! Before the ceremony was held, no one asked me whether or not I wanted to win this award!” Witnesses claim that Raymond was seen changing his wardrobe right before winning the award. Raymond said, “I had a dance segment, so I needed to prepare!” Creds: Oncc
