The 17th

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were held on 10 June 2006 at the

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Summary

Although

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ians were nominated several times for awards, most of the categories were won by mainstream artists. The award ceremony featured

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n pop singer Se7en as a guest artist.

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rap artist Jin also performed with

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singer

Leehom Wang Wang Leehom (; born May 17, 1976), sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. Formally trained at Eastman School of Music, Williams College and Berklee College of Music, his music i ...

for their song titled '' Heroes of Earth''. The ''

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'' also dubbed the ceremony as having one of the "worst performances to date" due to poorly rehearsed performances by

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an artist

Stefanie Sun Stefanie Sun (, born 23 July 1978) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. In 2000, she released her debut album, '' Yan Zi'', which won her a Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist. In 2004, she released her eighth studio album, '' Stefanie'', w ...

and

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singer

Eason Chan Eason Chan Yick Shun (born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Chan was ranked sixth in the 2013 Forbes China Celebrity Top 100 List. In 2006 Chan's Cantonese album ''U87'' was named one of ''Time'' magazine's "Five Asian Albums W ...

Special segments

The mistake made by

Karen Mok Karen Mok (born Karen Joy Morris (), 2 June 1970) is a Hong Kong pop diva who is one of the leading Asian pop singers and actresses with a career spanning three decades. She is the first female Hong Kong singer to win the Golden Melody Award and ...

while presenting the award for Best Male Mandarin Artist at the 16th Golden Melody Awards was revisited with some analysis of the sequence of events. Video has been removed from YouTube for Terms of Use violation

References

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17th Golden Melody Awards nominees

17th Golden Melody Awards winners

17th Golden Melody Awards photographs
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