I’m sure the list of winners at Friday night’s Korean Drama Awards 2015 will certainly generate lots of buzz, mostly of the dismay and headshaking variety no doubt. This is one of those awards shows that are already low on the legitimacy totem pole, but having the Daesang go to Kim Soo Hyun in Producer for the second year in a row win basically drops it to zero validity. I just wish the boy would start turning these downs behind-the-scenes, because the more he wins the more his genuine acting talent becomes subsumed to his overexposure and K-ent’s now absurd levels of fawning.
Kim Soo Hyun won this particular Daesang over acclaimed veteran Yoo Dong Geun in What’s With My Family, a drama that was the biggest ratings hit in 2014, and over Ji Sung career breakthrough revelatory performance in in Kill He Heal Me. I loved Kim Soo Hyun’s return to dorky in Producer but that was no Daesang-worthy performance any way I look at it. The rest of the winners were no better, with Kim Tae Hee getting a pat on the back for Yongpal, Lee Jong Seok winning for Pinocchio in a very good but not super great turn, but Misaeng taking Best Drama probably is the one thing no one will want to argue about. Thank god for little wins. Check out the full list of winners below.
Grand Prize (Daesang)
What’s With My Family – Yoo Dong Geun
Kill Me Heal Me – Ji Sung
Yongpal – Joo Won
Hwajung – Cha Seung Won
Producer – Kim Soo Hyun
Best Drama
Producer
Yongpal
Misaeng
Kill Me, Heal Me
Heard It Through the Grapevine
Best Screenwriter
I Remember You – Kwon Ki Yung
Yoona’s Street – Kim Woon Kyung
Yongpal – Jang Hyuk Rin
Misaeng – Jung Yoon Jung
Maids – Jo Hyun Kyung
Best Director
Misaeng – Kim Won Seok
Kill Me Heal Me – Kim Jin Man
Heard It Through the Grapevine – Ahn Pan Seok
Maids – Jo Hyun Tak
Producers – Pyo Min Soo and Seo Soo Min
Top Excellence Award, Actor
The Girl Who Sees Smells – Park Yoochun
Bad Guys – Park Hae Jin
Pinocchio – Lee Jong Seok
Misaeng – Im Siwan
Heard It Through the Grapevine – Yoo Joon Sang
Top Excellence Award, Actress
Yongpal – Kim Tae Hee
Angry Mom – Kim Hee Sun
Pinocchio – Park Shin Hye
I Remember You – Jang Nara
Kill Me, Heal Me – Hwang Jun Eum
Excellence Award, Actor
Misaeng – Kim Dae Myeong
Hwajung – Seo Kang Joon
I Remember You – Seo In Guk
Heard It Through the Grapevine – Lee Joon
Oh My Ghostess – Jo Jung Seok
Excellence Award, Actress
My Love Eun Dong – Kim Sa Rang
Let’s Eat 2 – Seo Hyun Jin
Producer – IU
High Society – UEE
My Spring Days – Choi Sooyoung
*Best New Actor: Chanyeol (EXO Next Door)
*Best New Actress: Lim Ji Yeon (High Society)
*Special Jury Award: Im Siwan (Misaeng)
*Star Award: Kim So Hyun (Who Are You: School 2015)
*Korean Drama Award: Park Hae Jin (Bad Guys)
*Hallyu Hot Star: Kim Soo Hyun (Producer), Chanyeol (EXO Next Door)
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The only saving grace is MISAENG won the Best Drama.
I lost faith in the Daesang as a reliable indicator of merit a long time ago. And each year since, it just confirms my opinion that it is a boneheaded popularity contest, even worse than the Oscars - and that's saying something.
I'm just disheartened at this... I really hoped Ji Sung would get some recognition (I know I'm biased but I don't care)
And Lee Min Ho got lifetime achievement? Is that a typo? He hasn't even been around for that long...
Woah.. Lee min ho got an lifetime achievement award? Is that for real? Now that's beyond insane.
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to the veteran actress KIM Young Ae, not LEE Young Ae and Lee Min Ho. Some of the commenters seemed to have read it at Allkpop. But that Allkpop post has a misleading part.
Both Lee Young Ae and Lee Min Ho won the Korean Wave Contribution Award at the SIDA this year.
The Allkpop poster seemed to be confused with these two award ceremonies and two Young Ae actresses.
Feel bad to see Lee Min Ho dragged into this irrelevant post and ridiculed because of the poster's mistake at the other blog.
totally agree on questioning lee min ho's lifetime achievement award. Really now.
the award is suppose to RECOGNIZE achievements and serving the industry for practically a long time — not just bringing in the money as per popularity and fan base.
Kim Soohyun is only good at crying.
I actually liked him during DH and before. But I'm getting tired of his excessive. It's not even deserving. His performances in YWCFS and Producers are nowhere near Daesang worthy.
Kim Soohyun can act for shiit.. he cries here and there what a cry baby
*can't*
How ironic that LMH's fan is bashing another actor's acting skills. Something tells me it's going to be a field day for the kiddies in the playground today.
lol.. I ain't lmh fan but I for sure know his better then that shorty.. aside from that stopping crying for screaming out loud
I'd guess I'd be embarrassed to admit being LMH's fan too. Btw, name calling is not cool. And KSH is no where near short.
but at the end of the day soo hyun is more recognized for his acting compared to min ho
dont be so bitter girl. soo hyun owns his own rank
What is good and what is bad? there is no criteria off what is good and is bad today except what few arrogant individuals think.. if you use the real criteria of who is best for the people the answer is Easy and not even close..
LMH is not a fraud or overhype is the actor of the poeple and if the people had the right to award cermonies. LMH would have taken millions of awards by now.. thats the best for and the true criteria of what is actully best.
Lee Min Ho is the peoples actor you can't touch that
KSH and the few arrogant in the industry is like a corrupt regime where LMH is the peoples voice and choice for liberation.. his basically the truth.
He represent the poor and hardworking while The few arrogant individuals represent the elite and arrogant
@washa
LMH is "the people's actor"? LMAO. Just because he has a lot of horny teenage fangirls on social media doesn't mean he's a good actor. You know who has the most Twitter followers? Katy Perry and Justin Bieber. So please stop talking about how many fans LMH has, it says nothing about his talent level.
@omg?
LMH is not a singer tho so you can't really draw comparison from there.. its different worlds.. perhaps Van diesel could be decent comparison they both have awesome charisma..
@washa let's on hold this arguement until your oppa comes back with a drama instead of doing cf and korean-chinese collab movie
Ji sung won daesang in my heart. This list is just meh..
Again prove if the actors are popular and come from big companies, all the awards will come to them. I think, Korea should be shame with this kinda award ceremonies. And the actors also should reject those awards if they think themselves not deserve it. Just saying.
what the heac yong pal best drama ......kim tae hee best acterrs............sigh
So anyone That attended got an award and it was basically a popularity vote.. What a mess of an award function... The only deserving names i see is misaeng and park hae jin for bad guys!! Ji sung and kill me heal me being ignored once again makes me wish for a korean kanye west stunt, where someone goes to the stage and says "soo hyun'a im a let you finish but ji sung had one of the best performances of all times"..but the fact that all the winners are being brushed from the netizens and that only a handful of celebrities attended shows that no one really cares since the validity is nowhere to be found
Brushed meaning bashed.. (hate my cellphones autocorect)
These awards are an insult to the great actors that get overlooked time after time. Ji Sung did such a great job in Kill me Heel me and is ignored.Kim Soo Hyun gets the Daesang award for producer, what a joke.
Who is voting for these awards, Kim Tae Hee best actress WOW!!!
and the joke of the night Lee Min Ho lifetime achievement award please...
"Lee Min Ho lifetime achievement award please…"
WAIT WHAAAAA?! He's not even 30 years old though? HOW SWAY?!
sigh what's up with the award giving bodes in korean nowadays...i can understand for the big 3 public broadcast award but really popularity is everything... i really love kim soo hyun but ji sung's credibility to pull of all the 7 characters in kill me heal me is more daesang-worthy than his dorky performance in producer. same goes to the actress top excellent award.i already gave up on that category since the other nominees are nowhere to be found last night but hwang jung eum really deserve it...
meanwhile on the other side of the world shin hye is being a shopaholic monster in paris lol that girl