Despite being the perennial prime time ratings loser in 2014, the KBS Drama Awards was heads and tails better than what MBC put on the night before in both fashion, star power, and actually awarding quality acting. Of course not every deserving performance got recognized but the network tried and didn’t pander as much to promoting the young and pretty. Veteran Yoo Dong Geun left with the Daesang for being the awesomest Papa Cha around in ratings juggernaut weekend drama What’s With This Family, while contender Jo Jae Hyun won Top Excellence Actor for Jeong Do Jeon. My gorgeous Joseon Gunman couple Lee Jun Ki and Nam Sang Mi attend the ceremony arm-in-arm and won Excellence and couples awards together. Even lowly rated Discovery of Love got tons of love for the fantastic acting and chemistry of leads Eric and Jung Yumi. I pretty much nodded my way through the evening and even loved the blue and purple color scheme this year LOL. Enjoy the fashion spread and full list of winners below.
2014 KBS Drama Awards winners:
Daesang: Yoo Dong Geun (What’s With This Family)
Top Excellence Actor: Jo Jae Hyun (Jeong Do Jeon)
Top Excellence Actress: Kim Hyun Joo (What’s With This Family)
Excellence Actor in a medium-length drama: Lee Jun Ki (Joseon Gunman)
Excellence Actress in a medium-length drama: Nam Sang Mi (Joseon Gunman)
Park Min Young (Healer)
Excellence Actor in a mini-series: Eric (Discovery of Love)
Excellence Actress in a mini-series: Jung Yumi (Discovery of Love)
Excellence Actor in a full-length drama: Park Yeong Kyu (Jeong Do Jeon)
Kim Sang Kyung (What’s With This Family)
Excellence Actress in a full-length drama: Kim Ji Ho (Wonderful Days)
Excellence Actor in a daily drama: Choi Jae Sung (Abiding Love Dandelion)
Excellence Actress in a daily drama: Choi Yoon Young (My Dear Cat)
Shin So Yul (Love and Secret)
Best Child Actor: Kwak Dong Yeon (Inspiring Generation)
Best Child Actress: Ahn Seo Hyun (Abiding Love Dandelion)
Hong Hwa Ri (Wonderful Days)
Special Short Drama Award: Kim So Hyun (Different Cries)
Jo Dal Hwan (Repulsive Love)
Best Supporting Actress: Lee Chae Yeong (Two Mothers)
Han Eun Jung (Golden Cross)
Best Supporting Actor: Shin Sung Rok (The King’s Face)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Kim Ja Ok
PD Award: Jo Jae Hyun
Best Screenwriter: Kang Eun Kyung (What’s With This Family)
ung Hyun Min (Jeong Do Jeon)
Best Couple Award:
Kim Sang Kyung & Kim Hyun Joo (What’s With This Family)
Lee Jun Ki & Nam Sang Mi (Joseon Gunman)
Eric & Jung Yumi (Discovery of Love)
Park Hyung Sik & Nam Ji Hyun (What’s With This Family)
Ji Chang Wook & Park Min Young (Healer)
Netizen Award: Jung Yumi (Discovery of Love)
Eric (Discovery of Love)
Popular Actor: Joo Won (Cantabile Tomorrow)
Ji Chang Wook (Healer)
Popular Actress: Lee Da Hee (Big Man)
Jung Eunji (Trot Lovers)
Best New Actor: Park Hyung Sik (What’s With This Family)
Seo In Guk (The King’s Face)
Best New Actress: Kim Seul Gi (Discovery of Love)
Nam Ji Hyun (What’s With This Family)
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It's a pity about the low ratings of KBS. For me it just goes to show that the quality and enjoyment of dramas have little to do with their domestic ratings. Personally, my favourite dramas this year (with the exception of YFAS) were all from KBS. I adored Discovery of Romance for its frank discussion of adult dating and relationships and its flawed characters were so much fun. So I am glad to see Discovery of Romance getting plenty of appreciation at the award's ceremony.
Cantabile Tomorrow was another of my favourite's this year. Joo won was excellent in it, and I just enjoyed the plot and the message of the drama.
Right on the heels of that, Healer has been getting low ratings so far, but I am hooked on that drama and I think it looks really promising given the current material!
Hope KBS will get better ratings next year, because they had really good stuff in 20141
Seeing the stars from KBS Drama Awards made me missed Moon Chae Won so much..
Who's the guy in the 4th pic from Lee Jun ki and Nam Sang Mi?Anyone knows his name,pls tell me..thanks..
If you mean him http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae145/ockoala/Awards/kho.jpg
then it's Park Bo Gum.
Kim Hyun Joo and Nam Ji Hyun are Lovely...
Ji Chang Wook, what happen with his face, to much bb cream ?? Lol
Does NSM have eczema? He arms look worrisome.
Best drama that KBS has put outthis year is the currently airing Healer,
I can't praise it enough, it has the right balance of great acting, great chemistry with OTP, great cast, great action scenes, great characters that are not so easy to define, great romance, it's simply great. How I wish it could be on everyday. Glad to see both Ji Chang Wook and Park Min Young at the awards.
If you have time Miss Koala, please check out healer, it really is a must watch drama, it's better than City Hunter imo (but I did really like CH too).
Happy New Year to you Miss Koala and to everyone who comments here, all the best wishes for 2015, thanks Miss Koala for your super blog,
AMEN I so agree with everything you said @Minihaha
I was soooooo Happy that both Ji Chang Wook and Park Min Young got awards and top of it also a couple award. Their chemistry is to die for, they are so compatible. Thank you for bringing them on screen <3
@Mariechisoo
Thank you :) glad to know of another Healer fan. It really is a super show.
Just fyi, there's a lower section to the right of this page dedicated to Mrs Koala's currently recapping and watching dramas. You'll be happy to read that Healer is on the latter list. ;-)
Really?!!! Wow awesome! But I want to know her thoughts on the OTP and their chemistry :P
This is the most sensible drama awards results i've seen so far.i'm happy for LJK and NSM.they always look fabulous together.and the tuxedo look so good in him.well,seeing their pictures together makes my heart feel happy and bitter at the same time.my ship is sinking..TT anyway,I still hope they could reunite again someday in drama or movie.
Me too. I was a fan since the two did TBDAW.
Another my shipping that already sunk before sails away...
Way to go KBS! Beat MBC to it's core! Give us more good dramas based on good actings not ratings! At least this station don't have many over rated and mediocre idol actors!
Love Ji Chang Wook's acting so far. He never disappoints for such a young actor!
@Anon
I second that, i hate to admit this but this is the first time I have watched Ji Chang Wook in a drama (only discovered him in Healer), but boy is he an excellent skilled actor, his eyes, his facial features and expression, his voice and tones, and each persona he plays is believable. I'm gonna follow his acting from now on, he is truly amazing.
My inner Changjo fangirl went beserk after getting confirmation of Eric's Award. *woooot*
Now, I wish to make a few comments on the guests pictured above. Is that Han Ye Seul on the 2d pic? The color contrast of her face skin and the rest of her body is bothersome. So unnatural.
Also has my memory failed me into thinking that until recently Korean actresses would be unlikely to walk the red carpet with a revealing cleavage, except to seek media attention? The trend has shifted, apparently and has become a common occurrence.
It's Soso from Inspiring Generation/Age of Feeling.
Also the girl who was crushing so much on Lee Jong Seok's character in I Hear Your Voice.
Thank you (Song Jae Rim's ?) Mary. :)