Apparently...
...the organizers of the Fei Tian Awards had already canceled the decision to remove a 'particular' person's name from the nomination list and pretended like it had never happened.
After all, everyone was currently siding with Tangning and knew the secret behind her retreat from the industry. If they still went ahead with removing her from the nomination list because of the reasons they previously had, then they were being too heartless.
"Although Tangning had a reason for retreating from the industry, this entire incident has gone out of hand and has had a negative impact on the awards...As a result, regardless of whether we give the award to her or not, the public already has their doubts towards us."
"Now that Yang Xi has been eliminated, we only have 4 nominees. We need to be careful with our selection."
In the end, the judges were worried about how the public would react.