'I don't have the heart to criticise them': Jacky Cheung on why he rejected 9-digit pay being mentor on singing competition

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Not even this large sum of money is enough to sway Jacky Cheung's soft spot for competitive singers. Jacky revealed in an episode of the new Hong Kong talk show We Love This Place why he rejected a position as judge and mentor on a singing competition show that came with a nine-figure pay. The 61-year-old Hong Kong pop legend...

Jacky Cheung turned down an offer to mentor and judge in a competitive singing show where he would have been paid a 9-figure sum.Not even this large sum of money is enough to sway Jacky Cheung's soft spot for competitive singers.why he rejected a position as judge and mentor on a singing competition show that came with a nine-figure pay.

Jacky, now dubbed the God of Songs, found success after winning the Amateur 18-Hong Kong district singing contest in 1984 where he outlasted 10,000 talents. Feeling like he "really didn't understand" and didn't know how to teach others to sing, he said he wasn't able to take on the role of a mentor for the show as he "didn't have the skills".

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