Song 'I Promise' Under Controversy Over Eligibility for GBA 「良辰吉時」主題曲奪金鐘 傳'I Promise'非原創

Songwriters Hsu Chang-de and Mavis Fan together won the 57th Golden Bell Award for Best TV Theme Song with their song “I Promise” for the drama series “Twisted Strings” on the night of the 22nd. However, news soon broke out the next day that the song might have been ineligible for the honor. Culture Minister Lee Yung-te said the jury committee is carefully reviewing the song and its details.  

Hsu Chang-te (Oct. 22, 2022), Co-songwriter of " I Promise": “To get nominated for this song was like being thrown in a raffle box, and now I'm lucky enough to get drawn out of the box to receive the award.”

Songwriter Hsu Chang-te happily received the award for Best TV Theme Song on the Golden Bell stage for his song "I Promise" in the drama series "Twisted Strings." A day later, controversy emerged over the eligibility of this song, pointing out that the song was not originally created for "Twisted Strings" but for the Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage celebration that took place in Taichung in 2021. The song had already debuted during the opening ceremony. Culture Minister Lee Yung-te said during interpellation at the Legislative Yuan that the jury committee is currently reviewing the case.

Lee Yung-te, Minister, Ministry of Culture: “We are in the process of investigating this case. We will offer more information to the jury committee for further review. If indeed the song is considered ineligible for the category, the award will be revoked.”

Lee said the award would be revoked if the song was determined ineligible, but a decision has not been made yet on whether the song that received the second-most votes would receive the honor instead. Lee said a conclusion would be reached within two weeks. The team in charge of submitting the song made a statement saying they had turned in full information when they submitted the song for Golden Bell consideration. In response to people commenting on his Facebook regarding eligibility for his song, Hsu Chang-te said the team in charge of submitting the song will offer an official response in time. Hsu did not pick up phone calls from the media. Meanwhile, Culture Minister Lee said the following regarding splitting the Golden Bell Awards ceremony into two days.

Lee Yung-te, Minister, Ministry of Culture: “I would give this year's event a score of 80. This year's the first we're splitting the awards ceremony into two days. We received different opinions and we welcome more. We will try to improve and reach a score of at least 90 next year.”

Lee emphasized that the awards ceremony will be done the same way next year as well. The problem of the event running overtime still exists and that remains to be fixed.

音樂人許常德22日在金鐘典禮上表示：「我覺得入圍就是，自己被丟到摸彩箱，那現在就是獎券摸出來了。」

金鐘獎典禮上，音樂人許常德開心上台，領主題歌曲獎，不過事後卻爆發資格爭議，因為這首獲獎歌曲，早在去年就被當作大甲媽祖遶境活動的開幕曲，而不是為了台劇《良辰吉時》量身打造的新歌曲。文化部長李永得，出席立院備詢表示，目前交由評審委員會鑑定。

文化部長李永得說明：「現在正在調查了解當中，那麼把調查的資料，會交還給這個評審委員會，再去做一次的再一次鑑定，如果有違反報名資格的規定的話，那麼可能會取消他的資格啦。」

調查了解後，如果確定違反報名規定，李永得強調，會取消得獎資格，但會不會由第2名來遞補，還要由評審委員會決定。不過，最快在兩週內，就會有結果。而在爆發資格爭議後，《良辰吉時》報名單位表示，報名時都有揭露歌曲背景，依照報名規章作業。許常德本人23日則在臉書發文，贊同金鐘獎拆兩天辦理，對於網友提問得獎爭議，許常德回應，報名獎項的公司會統一說明，而截稿前他電話也沒人接聽。不過，對於金鐘獎首次分兩天舉辦，李永得給出這樣的分數。

文化部長李永得表示：「（今年金鐘）80分是有的啦，這一次是第一次分開來辦理，當然各方面還是有一些，不同的一些意見，我們還會繼續去蒐集，明年大概要進步到90分。」

李永得強調，金鐘獎明年還是會分兩天舉行，不過對於今年拆開辦，仍有超時問題，要再針對流程做檢討。