At 16:06 on March 9, the official Weibo account of the Hong Kong Entertainment Channel released the list for the second Hong Kong Male Idol Ranking, stating: "The champion is the highly anticipated Dayo Wong, 2nd place is last year's winner Kenneth Ma, 3rd place is Leslie Cheung, and 4th place is Denise Ho, who was nominated for the first time. The subsequent rankings are: 5th Nicholas Tse, 6th Daniel Wu, 7th Francis Ng, 8th Hubert Wu, 9th Chow Yun-fat, 10th Endy Chow, 11th Ruco Chan, 12th Nick Cheung, 13th Edison Chen."
There were 16 male idols nominated this year. Aside from Hubert Wu, who is known for his "filial piety," Denise Ho also made it onto the list, which was a major talking point. Regarding the fact that Denise Ho, a woman, was nominated as a "male idol," netizens left various comments expressing their views. Some congratulated her, saying: "Old Ho actually made it onto the male idol list, congratulations!" Others remarked: "Something strange has entered the mix!" Still others jokingly asked: "I wonder what Denise Ho thinks about being nominated for the first time and beating Nicholas Tse and Daniel Wu."
