It’s not exactly awards season yet in K-ent but the chips are falling as expected even for the one-off awards event such as the just held APAN Star Awards sponsored by the Daejeon Drama Festival. The big winner was Descendants of the Sun, taking home Best Drama, as well as its male lead Song Joong Ki, sweeping up the Daesang, adding a Best Couple award with costar Song Hye Kyo, and winnng an APAN Star award as a bonus. His costars Jin Goo and Kim Ji Won also took home acting awards but Song Hye Kyo lost out to the Best Award prize to Han Hyo Joo for W: Two Worlds. Han Hyo Joo’s win is a headscratcher over not just Song Hye Kyo but also Kim Hye Soo for Signal and Park Shin Hye for Doctors. Critically acclaimed Signal did take home best screenwriter and a win for male lead Jo Jin Woong but overall this was really a popularity contest as usual.
Daesang:
Song Joong Ki – Descendants of the Sun (KBS)
Best Drama:
Descendants of the Sun (KBS)
Best Writer:
Kim Eun Hee – Signal (tvn)
Best Director:
Shin Won Ho – Answer Me 1988 (tvN)
Best actor/actress in a serial drama (top excellence award):
Ahn Jae Wook – Five Children (KBS)
Kim So Yeon – Happy Home (MBC)
Best actor/actress in a miniseries (top excellence award):
Jo Jin Woong – Signal (tvn)
Han Hyo Joo – W: Two Worlds (MBC)
Best actor/actress in a serial drama (excellence award):
Lee Pil Mo – Happy Home (MBC)
Jung Yoo Mi – Six Flying Dragons (SBS)
Best actor/actress in a miniseries (excellence award):
Namgoong Min – Remember (SBS)
Seo Hyun Jin – Another Oh Hae Young (tvN)
Best Actor (tied):
Kim Ui Sung – W: Two Worlds (MBC)
Jin Goo – Descendants of the Sun (KBS)
Best Actress (tied):
Kim Ji Won – Descendants of the Sun (KBS)
Ye Ji Won – Another Oh Hae Young (tvN)
Best New Actor/Actress:
Park Bo Gum – Answer Me 1988 (tvN)
Yoon Kyun Sang – Doctors (SBS)
Kim Yoo Jung – Moonlight Drawn By Clouds (KBS)
Hyeri – Answer Me 1988 (tvN)
Best Couple Award:
Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo – Descendants of the Sun (KBS)
APAN Star Awards Rising Stars:
Hwang Chi Yeol
Darren Wang
Best APAN Star Award:
Song Joong Ki
Kim Hee Sun
Thanayong Wongtrakul
Joe Taslim
Jessy Mendiola
Narimiya Hiroki
Special Actor Award of the Year:
Kunimura Jun
Global Star Award:
Lee Byung Hun
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Best drama..DotS? Wow!! I totally agree, this is definitely a popularity contest.
Ur right. Bec they based the winners according to the # of votes...
Men...dots only deserves award for ost and cinematography as well supporting cast.
And it's that jung so min also there ???
Total JOKE :P
Last night's most outstanding recipient was actually Singer Hwang Chi Yeul. A totally well deserved award. His song performance was simply amazing, expressive and mesmerizing. I think it is worthwhile to search for the clip to watch it.
Koala, thanks for your article. @unknownunknown - I agree completely with you :) Biased fan of Hwang Chi Yeul here - he's simply the best. Great singer, dancer, variety show performer, and above all, an amazing personality that makes his fans adore and respect him. The HCY video uploaded by MBCEntertainment is well worth a watch. His performance is outstanding, especially considering that the day before (1 October) he was still suffering from a cough and cold.
Those of you who can watch Vlive can catch him, Gummy and Lyn live at the Busan One Asia concert tonight (starting 6 pm KST time). Also, his OST for "Moonlight Drawn By Clouds" should hopefully be released by this week or next (he recorded it over a month ago). Can't wait!
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In my excitement in writing about Chi Yeul, I forgot to add - congratulations to Kim Yoo Jung and Park Bo Gum on a well-deserved win!
You mean their wins for best new actor/actress?! Calling either of them new to the industry is a joke in itself, not that they don't deserve recognition for their amazing acting skills.
I do not place much importance to these popularity awards but still I am happy that Seo Hyun Jin received recognition for her role in Another Oh Hae Young and Signal's SW and Jo Jin Woong were appreciated as well.
who is the one in pink? The 8th pic.
She seems awfully familar but I cannot place her name.
Hi, I went to check - she's Jo Bo Ah.
Missing Noir M. NO WONDER.
thanks a lot.
How funny that Kim Yoo Jung in new actress category? She may be young and MDBC is the first drama that she headlined but she is a veteran with so many acting projects under her belt. At least, the category should be named as "Breakout Star" instead of "New Actress". Korean awards really is a joke.
this year 'meh" is less compared to last year when KSH won daesang. lmao!
Signal always no 1..... W, Signal deserved best drama..period and best actress should went to kim hye soo
Agree.daesang for jo jin woong
Whew! At least there's a spade of color in these dresses compared to the usual black & white...
Daesang : Joo Jin Wong
Best drama : Signal