Choi Soo Jong and Sky Castle Take Home Top Prizes at 2019 Korean Drama Awards

I found the nominees released last week for the 2019 Korean Drama Awards already super meh and now the winners mostly meh as well. The only worthwhile wins went to veteran leading man Choi Soo Jong for SBS hit weekend drama My One and Only taking home the Daesang Award and to ratings smashing cable drama Sky Castle in winning Best Drama. The rest were a smattering of random nominees and wins, almost like whomever agreed to attend in person took home a trophy. For exampled, Kim Dong Wook won for Special Labor Inspector Jo but totally should have been nominated and won for horror drama The Guest. Anyhoo, if this is the start of awards season consider me vastly disappointed and will now dial down my expectations on both deserving winners and the fashion parade because this red carpet was also extremely boring other than Kim Min Jung cross-dressing.

Daesang:

• Yum Jung Ah (“SKY Castle”)
• Choi Soo Jong (“My One and Only“)
• Kim Hae Sook (“Mother of Mine”)
• Jo Jung Suk (“Nokdu Flower”)

Best Drama Award: 

• “Mother of Mine” (KBS)
• “Sky Castle” (jTBC)
• “The Fiery Priest” (SBS)
• “Doctor Prisoner” (KBS)

Best Script Award:

• Jo Jung Sun (“Mother of Mine”)
• Yoo Hyun Mi (“SKY Castle”)
• Park Jae Bum (“The Fiery Priest”)
• Park Gye Ok (“Doctor Prisoner”)

Male Top Excellence Award:

• Jung Kyung Ho (“When the Devil Calls Your Name“)
• Park Shin Yang (“My Lawyer, Mr. Joe 2: Crime and Punishment“)
• Lee Jung Jae (“Advisor”)
• Kim Dong Wook (“Special Labor Inspector Mr. Jo“)

Female Top Excellence Award:

• Kim Ha Neul (“The Wind Blows“)
• Im Soo Jung (“Search: WWW”)
• Kim Min Jung (“My Fellow Citizens”)
• Park Shin Hye (“Memories of the Alhambra”)

Male Excellence Award:

• Lee Kyu Hyung (“Doctor John“)
• Shin Sung Rok (“Perfume“)
• Kang Ki Young (“Moments of 18”)
• Lee Joon Hyuk (“Designated Survivor: 60 Days”)

Female Excellence Award:

• Kim Ji Won (“Arthdal Chronicles”)
• Lee Yoo Young (“My Fellow Citizens”)
• Lee Se Young (“The Crowned Clown“)
• Yoo In Na (“Touch Your Heart“)

Best New Actor Award:

• Ahn Hyo Seop (“Abyss”)
• Ong Seong Wu (“Moments of 18”)
• Choi Sung Jae (“Liver or Die“)
• L (“Angel’s Last Mission: Love”)

Best New Actress Award:

• Na Hye Mi (“Home for Summer”)
• Kim Ha Kyung (“Mother of Mine”)
• Kwon Nara (“Doctor Prisoner”)
• Shin Hyun Bin (“Confession”)