61st Golden Bell Awards program ceremony held in Taipei

The 61st Golden Bell Awards program category ceremony took place at the Taipei Music Center on October 25, following a delay caused by Typhoon Rose. The event was hosted by Chen Han-dian and featured opening performances by A-Han and South Korean cheerleader Lee Da-hye.

Key winners included Shen Yu-lin and Melody Yin for the Variety Program Host Award for ‘11 O'Clock Hot Quarrel Shop’. Tseng Pao-yi received the Lifestyle Program Host Award for ‘We Go Home 3’. The reality program hosts of ‘Hunger Games’—Sun Hsiao-chih, Wang Jen-fu, Hsu Meng-che, Qun Qun, and Tsai Huang-ju—won the Reality Program Host Award. ‘Universe Cheerleaders’ took home the Most Popular Variety Program award.

Technical awards were also distributed, with the team from ‘I Am Chen Pai-pai’ winning for Animation, Art Design, and Sound Design. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Lin Teng-yi for his contributions to the broadcasting industry. The ceremony concluded with ‘Weekend Strongest’ winning the Variety Program Award.