K-ent News Pundits Predict Who Will Win the 2014 Network Year End Drama Award Daesang

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• If jun ji hyun will not attend the daesang goes to jo in sung she has a habit of not attending the award show so jo in sung for sure and he is so good in iotl BUT knowing how award show works in korea i will not be surprise if kim soo hyun win the daesang.

• JJH deserves the daesung but you're right, she most likely won't attend and JIS will get it... KSH will survive if he doesn't win this one.. Lol

• I wouldn't sleep on Kim soo hyun who is dearly loved in the K-drama and film industry which goes to show all the awards he already won at this age plus the popularity his is an X-factor..

• Both Jeon Ji Hyun and Kim Soo Hyun win it together is better.
  They are Daesang worthy!you don't get a drama like this again for another decade.

• Shin Ha Kyun in Mr. Back over Jang Hyuk in Fated to Love You? I think not. I know this article and your thoughts are based on ratings, but Fated to Love you was very loved and fared well against its competitors. Song Yoon Ah was fab in Mama and if she doesn't win, I'd loved to see a Lee Yoori win for Jang Bori.

  I won't be surprised if Kim Soo Hyun wins because he wins everything. There's going to be a lot of Top Excellence love spread amongst SBS because there's Cha Seung Won, Lee Bo Young, Lee Jong Suk, Lee Seung Gi, Gong Hyo Jin, Park Shin Hye, just to name a few. As long as Jin Se Yeon doesn't win any acting awards, I'm good.

  • Er, no, this article is not based on my thoughts. The frontrunners for each network Daesang is from the K-news critics and drama writers. I merely made my prediction between the two (or three in SBS) discussed. The Daesang is not a Best Actor/Best Actress award. It's basically MVP for the network brass and who wins is usually in discussion and negotiation weeks before. The pictures come from the newspapers. Jang Hyun is not in discussion for the MBC Daesang, it's between Shin Ha Kyun and Song Yoon Ah. Jang Hyuk will probably take away a Top Excellence.

    • Awards based on ratings is one crappy way to reward an actor. Can you imagine if the American tv did the same thing here. Two and half man and Charlie sheen would have won many awards at the height of their popularity. For that I am thankful that this Korean system stays in Korea and hopefully dies there.

    • I think it merits pointing out again that Korean network drama awards are a thank you to the actors who delivered successes. It is not a quality award, it's a year end employee thank you banquet with varying levels of commendations given. If CBS gave Charlie Sheen the Daesang if the network had year end television show awards then so be it, that would be the point of the whole award to begin with.

    • Well, actually, Jang Hyuk is IN the discussion, along with Lee Yoo Ri... http://www.tvreport.co.kr/?c=news&m=newsview&idx=608156

  • FTLY came out strong against competitors but personally I thought Shin Ha-kyun is the better actor. In any way, there's no competition for the MBC Daesang. I think it's 100% Song Yoonah.

  • @coolrepublica LOL Doesn't American shows get axed if the ratings were low? If the show got axed, would the actors/actresses win any award?

• Jeon Ji Hyun will win if she decides to go, but who knows if she will. She doesn't seem too interested in picking up awards and she's kind of lost a bit of buzz she had because of that. It's kind of funny how KSH's performance has now overshadowed Jeon Ji Hyun when during the drama and judging by their actual performances it was the opposite. I could see Jo In Sung if she doesn't go, but not KSH.

  KBS will do weekend dramas for most their awards since they had nothing else. Not sure about MBC.

• If it was down to me, I'd probably pick Jo In Sung over KSH/queen JJH. I'm not even a fan of Jo In Sung, but his performance in IOIL was damn good (Gong Hyo Jin was brilliant too, but then again she always is) and KSH's performance was nothing to write home about imo. Plus, I think KSH has enough awards for that drama already. Let's just give it a rest now.

  I didn't really care for any MBC drama this year apart from Miss Korea. Shame it was so overlooked. I hope at least someone in the cast nabs an award. I doubt it will get any awards love tho :/

• Hopefully Song Yoon Ah wins for Mama because she was brilliant portraying her character. The drama was wonderful to watch so i want to see the drama take in a lot of awards.

• I Hope JIS wins or JJH, KSH does not deserve it JJH's acting was far superior to KSH she owned the series. Ideally I would love for Gong Hyo Jin and Jo In Sung to win it they were both brilliant in It's Ok It's Love, favourite drama this year.

• With "some" of hates over JJH and KSH's ad in China, I would not surprised that JJH will only get Top Excellence, and JIS will get the Daesang.
  And I predict she will come to the show - she needs the publicity. She should come, looking gorgeous and get the positive buzz.

  As for the other stations, I agree with all the predictions.

  • There's no way she's leaving her house to pick up a lesser award. I don't think she needs the publicity either. Nobody really cares about that water ad anymore.

    • I don't think JJH would get dressed even if she's picking up the SBS Daesang. Took the Baeksang to get her to an awards show this year. The general K-public still loves her despite the online K-netizens snippiness over the Chinese water CF.

  • haha I agree with mel. She's either coming to get the Daesang or not coming at all. She's huge! She doesn't need publicity. Her ads are still everywhere in Seoul and she's been a CF queen for what...14 years?

  • no, JJH does not need any publicity, SBS needs it more than her

  • Publicity? I doubt jun ji hyun need a publicity even wayback before she managed to stay lowkey and avoid any award show despite her a list status in the movie industry she is different from others that need an exposure to stay relevant jun ji hyun is not like that.publicity is not her thing.

  • Lesser actors like Kim Soo Hyun,Lee Min Ho,Park Shin Hye,Go Ara,Lee Seung Gi etc come to these awards shows because they need constant promotion, they need to be seen, they need the publicity. No matter how popular they are they still don`t have the iconic status in Korea.

    People like Jun Ji Hyun,Kim Hye Soo,Won Bin,Ha Jung Woo,Ha Ji Won,Choi Min Suk,Ryu Seung Ryong,Song Kang Ho,Lee Jung Jae,Jeon Do Jeon etc. can sit at home all year and people will still go watch their project the moment they come out.

    • @flore

      Loool.. you must be kidding right, all these actors/actress you named as veterans except Ginna jun, have never reached or will reach the level off Lee min Ho, Kim soo hyun and park shin hye.

      come out or don't come out it all comes down to box office? who watches your projects and who dosen't? it dosen't matter what your good or not? the answer is can you make people love and support?

      and for these people who actully think or believe that MYLFTS was successful because of Ginna Jun are lying to themselves. It all comes down to Kim Soo hyun, and what amazes me on this board is people who deserve credit don't get it. maybe do to being jalousi.

      Lee min ho is an national Icon, followed by Kim soo hyun and Park shin hye who are also ridilously popular and Icons.

    • @Joey100 Instead of saying this on computer go to Korea and say this to their faces. You will either get slapped in the face or get laughed at.

    • @flore

      These actors are so yesterday and you know what they didn't even had the popularity back in the days.. but some people tune in to watch but nobody really cares..

      Popularity means everything in the showbiz.. I have even seen great actors who have been doing sub-supporting actors or sub sub sub- supporting actors for 20+ odd years.

      LMH and KSH are making the money, awards and popularity thats the sad fact.. They have even bulit hallyu a reputation outside of korea

    • Actually, I laughed when I saw Jeon Do Jeon. Really? It's like a mix-up between her name and the drama. Haha... I get what you mean though, but (arguably) the best actress in South Korea doesn't deserve to have her name spelt wrong.

    • ROFL at the infantile comments, Won Bin, Ha JungWoo, Ha JiWon, Choi MinSik etc. have never reached the level of LMH, KSY & PSH? The latter may be popular now with the teenybopper fangirls/fanboys, but the actors/actresses named by flore are the real STARS.

      The 3 youngsters will be delirous with joy, if they ever get cast in a project with these greats, or get cast by Ha JungWoo in one of his projects. Come to think of it, wasn't Lee JungJae the lead in the box office hit "The Thieves" where KSH was acting in a suppporting role? And PSH acting in a supporting role as Ryu SR's daughter in "Miracle in Cell No. 7"? And talking about box office, did you somehow miss the latest box office hit in 2014 by your "so yesterday" actors Choi MS and Ryu SR?

      And LMAO on the comment that LMH and KSH built Hallyu a reputation outside of Korea? Do you even know what Hallyu means?

    • Yes i had to agree with kitai on JDJ lol! Those you mentioned, flore were in the dramas when hallyu wave first came.

      Instead of clingin toward the old ones why not embrace the new and upcoming ones in the recent years.

    • @Febe

      I guess you mean the admiral: current roarings? That movie did good because of the plot and history involved.. it also created alot of buzz between the korean and japanese fans on youtube which kinda helped the movie reach maximum hype.

      BTW KSH was making a name for himself back then, and the same goes to PSH. btw don't forget that LMH alone is more famous then all these old veterans combined.

      I respect the veterans, but you have to respect S.Korea's golden age actors/actresses who really put korea on the map for real.

      Credit goes to LMH, KSH, and PSH. but to realize there popularity they surpassed the legend himself PSY on social media fans wise which pretty much means the top level of popularity on domestic and international level.

      I don't think that they would be amazed because of there popularity but maybe do to there veteran rank and hard work of many years.

      Korea is for real on the MAP now thanks to these youth actors as you labelled them.

    • "Clinging to the old ones"? A great actor doesn't suddenly lose his or her talent (then crawl into a cave to shrivel up and die) when they turn thirty or forty. In fact, experience only makes them better at their craft, and this longevity should be celebrated. Today's young actors would be super lucky to have the careers of Ahn Sung-ki or Song Kang-ho or Choi Min-sik or Jeon Do-yeon, who are STILL relevant in Korean cinema, still headlining movies, getting critical acclaim and churning out box office hits.

      This casual ageism is a bit appalling.

      But then, saying (with authority! like it's actually fact!) Lee Min-ho/Kim Soo-hyun/Park Shin-hye > Ha Jung-woo etc. is even more laughably ridiculous. Korean drama fandom (particularly the Hallyu-based fandom bubble) doesn't comprise the entirety of Korean entertainment, you know.