The 8th Annual Seoul International Drama Awards took place last night, and it includes winners from around the world in countries where dramas or serials are produced. For the most part it was K-drama centric but it did try hard to acknowledge dramas in other parts of the world while simultaneously promoting K-dramas. Win and Win, I suppose. I’ll only talk about the K-dramas and Korean actors and actresses that won in various categories, because my brain sort of shut down in taking this particular award seriously the moment I heard Suzy won Best Actress for Gu Family Book. Take a minute, no take as long as you need, to process that. The performance I would have nominated for Worst Actress of the year actually won some sort of award that deemed her the best. Not just good, but better than every other actress in a K-drama for the 2012-2013 year. Of course, this award also deemed Lee Jun Ki in Arang and the Magistrate worthy of Best Actor, and while it’s not my favorite Jun Ki performance it was still very well done on his part so I have no complaints. But I wouldn’t have given Best Actor to him either, there were quite a few equally capable if not better performances by his compatriots. I’ll just treat this as a popularity win for Jun Ki with a dash of being somewhat deserving. So this award flew out the window of even having a shred of legitimacy with Suzy’s win, but at least I got to enjoy Jun Ki’s sassy stroll down the red carpet and the fact that he brought his onscreen Two Weeks baby mama Park Ha Sun as his date for the event. The cameras kept panning to them sitting side-by-side in the audience and I grinned like a loony because they are so adorable together and because it’s a nice breather to see those two not running for their lives or crying all the time. You can easily track down the list of winners yourselves so enjoy this post for some fashion sightings of the pretty and not so pretty variety.
Little Soo Jin’s parents had a rare night out that didn’t involved evading bad guys and law enforcement. I approve! Jun Ki also needs to teach a class to male K-stars on how to dress for formal events.
Suzy and Lee Sung Jae. Seeing them standing together is such a weird visual experience from the characters they played in GFB.
Jaejoong. Sigh, so much pretty shoved into so much unpretty. I’m fascinated by what that suit is made out of? Polyester mimicking snakeskin?
Nicky Wu. Hot mess from head to toe. Nicky, you are not 25 anymore. You’re not even 35 anymore. You’re almost 45, so please dress your age. Take a page from the classy Lee Jun Ki playbook for formal wear – when in doubt, pull out the most expensive traditional tux you own and put it on.
Fujii Mina. Pretty but she’s just so terribly bland to me.
No Min Woo. He singlehandedly ruined the second half of The Blade and Petal. If I could metaphorically shove his character’s head in a toilet I would, plus his acting just plain sucks in that drama. Here? He continues to look like an anorexic bat with a bowl haircut.
Kim So Hyun. She’s so seasoned onscreen so it’s a nice reminder of how young she is. Up next for her is a pretty hefty role as the eldest daughter in The Suspicious Housekeeper with Choi Ji Woo.
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Awww...Lee Jun Ki and Park Ha Sun. So nice to see them together. I'm loving him more and more each day.
Suzy won over Moon Chae Won? What a joke.
I heard so many people are mad about this. Moon Chae Won deserved it hands down.
so true. moon chae won deserves the award more than suzy.
I agree. Moon Chae Won deserved this award. This is not fair. Song Joong Ki deserved it over Lee Jun Ki, but at least he can act. Suzy, omg, what were they thinking?
@Dyingrightnow...Dont get me wrong i love Song Joong Ki,he is one of my absolutely favorite actors but Lee Jun Ki deserved the award more... :)
@Dessy_Gloria I am glad Lee Jun-Ki won too. I am loving him in Two Weeks. It's just that Song Joong Ki was too good in Nice Guy, like Lee Jun Ki is too good in Two Weeks.
A lot of people think Bae Suzy is a bad actress. Why does she still get the main leading role and win best actress awards???
Lee Jun-ki was too good in Arang too, just like Soong Joong-ki was so good in TreeWDR. Sageuk has a higher level of difficulty for actors compared to contemporary dramas, because of the speech, actions etc. Not many actors can do sageuk well...
wait, Moon Chae Won was in contention for Nice Guy and the award went to THAT?
Sorry JYP, you can push her in our faces all you want, but Suzy is simply not actress material and we're not buying it, she should stick to modelling and variety if she really must do other activities.
This is JYP we are talking about, so just resign yourselves to being force-fed cr*p for years to come. He's got a huge stable of no-talent louts, and he knows how to promote them.
Nicky wu's pants - how do i unsee it? worst pants i have ever seen....
I LOL so hard when looking at his pant, but handdown that it's not the most ridiculous pant ever (especially compared to the one Kim Jae Wook put on at the press conference of Who Are You) :D
It was so unpleasant to the eyes. Literally. The contrast was so jarring -- everything on top looked nice, and then my eyes traveled south and i wish it hadn't.
I so agree!
LOL, Ms. Koala, at your comment about No Min Woo. You're so right...he really ruined the latter half of TBP drama for me too. I'm right after you in ducking his head in the toilet.
I love Park Ha Sun and I love Lee Jun Ki...they look great together :-)
OMG! OMG! Suzy got best actress award!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable.....anything can happen with these awards....totally worthless...
It wasn't a best actress award...
Kim So Hyun... what the...!? I know she is young but she ain't 8 years old. Dress is definitely on the ugly side. Love the shoes though.
No words for Suzy winning the award. EVERY other actress would've deserved it more than her.
Moon Chae Won from Nice Guy deserved it! This is total crap...
Absolutely! This is fandom at its worst... that's the only reason why she won. I don't even think it's good for her to win a award like this. But yeah what can we do?
I know right! The thing that sucks is that Moon Chae Won was leading the poll, but then BOOM Suzy fans came out of nowhere. If I was a BIG fan of Suzy's, I still wouldn't vote for her because she does not deserve Best Actress. Fans need to learn how to be objective about these things LOL. Though I think the judges were at fault for nominating her in the first place.
Stupid fangirls. I wonder how much money JYP paid the judging panel to get her nominated in the first place.
Actually what Suzy and Jun Ki won were more of Hallyu awards, as it was based on 70% fan votes. Still they should call the award Hallyu star or something rather than Outstanding Actress as it confuses people. I was surprised Suzy was nominated, let alone awarded. In my opinion, Moon Chae Won deserved that award for her portrayal in Nice Guy. She came close to winning too leading the polls almost through the whole run, but we can't underestimate the power of Suzy fans. And also, it feels like every award show that is broadcast on MBC is total bull. I mean the 3 broadcasting stations take turns broadcasting the Seoul International Drama Awards. Last year, it was on KBS and I feel that the results were more fair and made more sense. Still, congratulations to everybody!
You're right. Or, they could have named them Popularity awards. In that case, i completely understand her win. Otherwise, it's so silly how they could have won best actress.
How can the show be bull when best drama awards went to Generation War and The Chaser, and best screenwriter award to Real Humans. Last year's show made more sense, really? When Park Yoochun won over Lee Seung Gi, Park Shihoo and Kim Sohyun, and HanJimin over Moon Chaewon and Ha Jiwon...
Awww! Kim So Hyun looks so adorable!!!!!! She looks like she should be performing the ballet Swan Lake! This girl is so cute plus she's a very good actress, especially for her age! I honestly can't wait till she grows up and is the leading lady instead of the leading lady childhood portion of dramas!
Honestly I have to say I took about 5-10 minutes to process that Suzy won best actress for Gu Family Book, I kept looking at being like: "It's September 6th right? Not April 1st!" Literally cannot comprehend how she was chosen AT ALL! I have no faith in awards ceremonies any more! There all baloney from here on out!
LOOLOLOLOL April 1st. That made my day
I didn't recognise Kim So Hyun at first - she looks adorable! Girl should wear swan dresses all she wants, she's young after all.
I agree with you, how could Suzy win best actress?
Also, the comments you made on No Min Woo were overboard and in no way related to his acting. I know some bad actors get on our nerves to a point where it just makes us want to kick them, but calling him anorexic as a dig? Not very cool.
...but he does look anorexic? Not to be mean, but the man needs to eat. He looked so much better and healthier before.
I understand what you mean when you use that word - but anorexia is not a "look" but a serious illness that should not be used as an aesthetic criteria.
He is most definitely anorexic. Just remember, that cameras always add a few pounds and then look at his upper arms in this suit.
Even when the fashion world wants us to believe, that this is a healthy body, it is NOT normal or healthy. Far from it. It is angst-inducing sick.
I can't believe Suzy won over Soo Ae or Moon Chae Won.. *sigh*..