Never underestimate the power of a hot star and his amazingly organized and powerful fan base. 2010’s Yahoo Buzz Awards, a fan-voted awards show (the very definition of a popularity contest), closed its voting three days ago. The winner of both the Top Buzz Male Korea Star Award and the Top Buzz Male Asia Star Award is Jang Geun Seok. His votes more than doubled the votes of the second place vote getter Kim Hyun Joong (who won two awards last year at this gin joint). Congrats to Jang Geun Seok and his fans (the eels, am I correct?).
The awards ceremony will be held on December 17th in Hong Kong. I’m assuming Jang Geun Seok will attend to personally receive the award, but it’s also around the time Mary Stayed Out All Night films its finale episodes. Let’s hope everything works out for his schedule.
I’m not surprised that Jang Geun Seok won. His You’re Beautiful aired all over Asia earlier this year, and his name and face recognition clearly gained widespread exposure because of this popular and fun drama. My one quibble is that my least favorite Jang Geun Seok incarnation is awards show Jang Geun Seok. He tends to show up in the most “interesting” outfits, to say the least. My favorite Jang Geun Seok incarnation is, no surprise, in-character Jang Geun Seok. I think he has about earned an eternal pass from me after introducing Kang Mu Gyul to the world.
A totally cute random aside to share with everyone. Jang Geun Seok hosted last year’s SBS Drama Awards banquet, alongside Moon Geun Young (who was the Daesang winner the year before that). Isn’t it adorable to see Mae Ri and Mu Gyul all dolled up and looking so glam? I can’t get enough of the M&M couple.
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I heard that Moon Geun Young also wins in yahoo asia buzz, is that correct ockoala?
yeah...she won in the female category!♥
jang geun suk is really deserving to win...and FYI we eels(jang geun suk fans) did no cheated...and to be honest my hand really hurts because of clicking the mouse(eagerly voting for him) ....
Hua.congrats geun suk.are moon also win the female award?I hope so,so that both of them can be together on stage.I love M&M couple.
I know, his award show appearance is umm.. unique.. to say the least lol
I love him regardless of those flukes .. he could get inspiration from Hwang Tae Kyung!
aw, yay him! :) so...his fan club is called "eels"? HM...
HJ's fanclubs must be pissed...right...about...now? LOL
Yup, JSG fans are called Eels, and Heechul fans are called Petals.
Don't ask me where these names came from. I had to ask you guys to explain Hyunnies, Perfects, Triple S to me. Clearly fandom and I are like parallel universes that rarely collide.
But yes, I've heard this is an uproar over the voting results. I have no beef in this fight, so I can't even begin to tell you if there is any merit in the controversy. Personally, I don't care. Like both JGS and KHJ just fine. This award won't make or break them.
Heh, to be honest I went over to one of HJ fan blogs and there was one popularity poll for music. My intentent was to vote for HJ... but the moment I saw Taeyang, I shrugged and was like "Sorry, HJ, hubby takes the vote."
XD
But as for fandom names, there always is a quirky story behind their names...
absolute uproar over the voting results. Yahoo can't even confirm whether the voting numbers for the 2 actors are accurate or not, blah blah blah due to their server overload, system error etc etc. so who is to say who is the final winner?
of course i would think the 2 guys are veteran enough to realise that these popularity awards are quite subjective, n not take it too much to heart.
but it's still pretty unfair to the fans on both sides who spent lots of time / effort on voting. and also unfair to either of the guys. imagine the question that runs through their mind if/when either turns up for the award ceremony: "er, did I get this due to a system error?"
what a reputation fluke for Yahoo
@ivy, reputation fluke for Yahoo
indeed. Ah dedicated fangirls. Although in honestly think HJ's fandom lost cause they're diverted by the barage of news KeyEast put out a week ago due to Pk's end and that they were getting themselves ready for his Asia tour.
So yay for JGS fans for prevailing over the server upload!
...and this year's Baeksang Awards too:)
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9862/jks28.jpg
what's so amazing about it is that they look totally like a different couple:) Showbiz celeb couple^^
Thanks you Ockoala posting good news of JGS.
Congratulation JANG GEUN SEOK.
I like both JGS & KHJ, so they both on top two........
I am glad for that.
awwww at that glam pic of geun-geun couple. one of those rare times when his outfit does not elicit a serious head-shaking on my part. haha. but then again, its JGS...we all love him and he can get away with wearing whatever the heck he wants to wear.
@ockoala and JJ: i can't seem to remember where the name "eels" came from but i think its an English translation of Jang-something. also, JGS loves to write to his "eels" and use the expression "cri" as in "critical". lol. so when he posts something on his official site he often ends a sentence with ~~cri. ;)
It's like a play on words. Eel is the literal translation of Jangeo. And Jangeo also means Jang's fans or something.
actually the real winner is kim hyun jung.
there's something wrong but ..
i like them both,,
but i just wanna clarifies the truth
"The truth"? It's fine to be sad the person you supported lost, but please cut it with the conspiracy theories and the unsubstantiated allegations. It lessens any meaningful comment you might have to make.
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congrats jks!!
there was an outrage about that buzz awards, between the khj fans and the jks fans.
but i both love them, so I hope that fans would just let the issue rest now.
this just proves the popularity of the both of them, I hope they will both get more projects in the future. ^^