The four shows of "Golden Songs of Our Century" kicked off on Wednesday evening with a star-studded line-up including Liza Wang, Adam Cheng, Frances Yip, Suzanna Kwan, Ng Wai Kwok, Dave Wang, Annabel Lui, Fen Nei, Ron Ng, Raymond Lam and Kevin Cheng. Special guest stars on the night were Miriam Yeung and Vincy. Liza was suffering from flu, but battled on despite singing a little out of tune and off key, showing her professionalism and dedication to her work, winning the praises of all and the applause from the audience.
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Originally, Liza had been arranged to sing three songs and then join Adam in a rendition of "Jee Chai Han", but in the end this was reduced to just one song of "Man Shui Chin Shan Jung Si Ching" instead because of her illness. When she came onto stage, she said: "I hope you are all well, I am not so good. I hope you will forgive me as I have had a bad cold for five days now. Flu is spreading now, so everyone should be careful. My performance will not be up to scratch tonight, I am very sorry!" The audience joined in applause to support her and she tried her best in her performance, but it was not a good one and even she commented afterwards: "Haha, it was terrible!" After her song, she apologised again for just singing one song and promised to sing more in the future.
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After the show, the performers cracked open the champagne backstage and when Raymond opened the bottle, he turned the bottle towards Fen Nei and sprayed her from head to toe with champagne. A rather embarrassed Raymond helped her to wipe it off, but avoided her sensitive regions. After the show, Liza immediately returned home to rest. When TVB executive Virginia Lok was asked whether Liza would be in the next three shows, she indicated that she has not received notice from Liza of withdrawl and praised her for her professionalism.
