According to Sina , the 31st White Magnolia Awards (also known as the Shanghai Television Festival) have just concluded, but the controversies continue. One topic that has garnered significant attention is the defamatory and demeaning portrayal of actress Liu Yifei.
Specifically, Liu Yifei did not attend the 2026 White Magnolia Awards ceremony (June 27th) because she did not have a work in competition. However, a topic appeared on Weibo: "One year since Liu Yifei ran away from the White Magnolia Awards." This referred to Liu Yifei's absence from the closing ceremony and awards presentation of the 2025 White Magnolia Awards.
In 2025, Liu Yifei was expected to win Best Actress for her role in " The Story of the Rose ," but the award ultimately went to Song Jia for " When the Forest Flowers Bloom ." Liu Yifei was absent from the awards ceremony, despite having previously attended the White Magnolia Award nominations. Many speculated that Liu Yifei knew the outcome beforehand and didn't win, thus choosing not to attend. However, her disappearance from the red carpet sparked controversy. Many viewers felt she couldn't accept defeat, lacked professionalism, had low emotional intelligence , acted like a queen, and had a short-sighted perspective.
Of the three major Chinese television awards—Flying Goddess, Golden Eagle, and White Magnolia—the White Magnolia Award has more lenient criteria, not considering nationality. This suited Liu Yifei, as she holds American citizenship, making it difficult for her to be nominated for the Flying Goddess and Golden Eagle Awards. However, Liu Yifei canceled her attendance at the White Magnolia Awards at the last minute, disappointing many. The keywords "Liu Yifei didn't walk the red carpet" and "Liu Yifei White Magnolia" attracted over 60 million views.
In 2026, Liu Yifei's absence from the White Magnolia Awards ceremony was brought up again. Some believe that the conflict between Liu Yifei and the White Magnolia Awards organizers has not been resolved, making it difficult for the actress to receive acting awards in the future.
Even after the keyword "One year since Liu Yifei ran away from the White Magnolia Awards" achieved high engagement, the White Magnolia Awards subsequently included it in their media performance report.
However, many viewers also believe that the White Magnolia Awards are acting narrowly, exploiting the topic of tarnishing the image of female artists to increase attention to their event. This is a blatant act of suppressing innocent female artists.
"The Magnolia Awards are supposed to be a prestigious award, but because of their popularity, they don't need to show it anymore. Exploiting a topic that tarnishes the reputation of female artists is despicable and utterly low-class," "The Shanghai Television Festival even included trending topics that tarnish the reputation of unrelated artists in its performance report, showing a pathetic lack of popularity," many viewers expressed their outrage that Liu Yifei's fame was being exploited by the Magnolia Awards.
Furthermore, after the White Magnolia Awards ceremony, some viewers argued that Yang Zi did not deserve the Best Actress award because her acting in the drama "The Tree of Life" was controversial and the film's performance was not high. Keywords such as "Water Queen" (referring to the pre-arranged Best Actress award) and "White Magnolia Award prestige" had to be blocked from commenting due to the significant number of negative opinions.
Source: https://tienphong.vn/luu-diec-phi-het-duong-nhan-giai-thuong-post1855512.tpo
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