I said it earlier and agree with netizens that this is as best a chance as any for widely acclaimed actor Namgoong Min to finally get his Baeksang Arts Award Best Actor trophy to take home. This year’s nomination for My Dearest is his 4th nom in 8 years after Remember, Good Manager (Chief Kim), and Hot Stove League. It was Hot Stove League that everyone felt he should have won, that year he lost to Kang Ha Neul for When the Camellia Blooms, and I felt Kang Ha Neul won that one on how popular the drama was and he would easily have won for other better performances. Sometimes that is how things roll. This year Namgoong Min up until the recent two months was the front runner but the last minute arrival of Kim Soo Hyun and delivering the mega hit in Queen of Tears, not to mention both younger actors have to contend with veteran dark horse Ryu Seung Ryong in Moving as Baeksang loves rewards seasoned stars as well. It’s a three way between them but I still think Namgoong Min is going to win Best Actor, Ryu Seung Ryong deserves it as well but Moving was more of an ensemble piece at the end of the day, and Kim Soo Hyun will either take Daesang or just the Popularity Award. I will be SOOOO happy for Namgoong Min to stop being the Susan Lucci of the Baeksangs haha.
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While I'm ok with the prospect of KSH winning, can he just be a dear and let NGM with this one? He already won his years ago let my man win this one T_T.
Haha maybe they can both win!
Man this is a tough one because all 3 of these nominees (NGM, RSR, KSH) were some of my favorite performances and I'd understand any of them winning this but I have a feeling KSH might be up for daesang instead since he already won the actor award before.
And while RSR was excellent in Moving, I can't help but root for NGM to FINALLY get that Baeksang trophy... Its been years and its about time he gets his flowers!
Not a popular opinion but I really don't feel his performance in My Dearest is that spectacular to win an award. In fact, I never understand the drama's hype.
My mom really likes Namgoong Min but even she commented he was being over dramatic in his performance, what's with how slow-mo he opened his mouth to utter words or the slow-mo batting of eyelids or turning his head. Arghhh...that drama frustrates me to no end that I refused to watch the second part.
I am all for Ryu Seung Ryong taking the award. Unlikely KSH will win but he will definitely nab the Most Popular Actor award.
Samee... NGM tends to be OTT sometimes and my dearest is not really his best performance to date... He is better with comedic roles but he is way too intense and off putting in melo roles i feel... And I think many wont relate to this comment but he does not have very good diction... I am not a native speaker myself but I can understand well... But for NGM dramas, I use subtitles because he mumbles a lot or swallows his own words... I dont know how to explain better...
Btw, i also think RSR would win best actor. daesang i dont know since the candidate for it is too vast and wide range.
I love NGM and disagree about him being over the top but I have to nod about the diction issue. This is a very common issue knetz always bring up. Basically Korean subtitles only show up at reruns so during Lover broadcast some comments said they prefer watching rerun due to difficulty in catching words. It is a bigger issue in sageuk too because its both tone and diction.
Omg I thot I was the only one about My Dearest. I don't get the hype over that drama or NGM's acting in that either!
It's about time RSR won，he has amazing range. He was so evil in Kingdom and so funny in Extreme Job. I hope he gets it.
Kim Soo Hyun is too good in Queen of Tears to just get popularity award. He’s going to get either BA or Daesang.
KSH for daesang always makes me laugh. I am willing to bet anything that he won't even be in contender list for daesang.
Even for best actor, it's going to be between Siwan and NGM. Surprised at no mention of Siwan bec he really was splendid in boyhood. The only thing KSH is winning is the popularity award
I don’t remember the last time an actor won Daesang in Baeksangs. Probably Hyun Bin for Secret Garden eons ago. In general Daesang doesnt really go to only actors but this year I feel it has to. Packed lineup to be sure, but KSH imo should be getting Daesang. Best actor is a toss between ISW and NGM imo. If it’s not an actor getting Daesang, my pick is obvious for best actor. We’ll soon see!
Went to Park Eunbin last year
She well deserved it. Cannot speak of the same thing about KSH though even his acting in QoT is solid.
Moving deserves Daesang among all the nominees.
Yep I know. I meant actor - male (not actress). In the past 10 years only JJH, KHJ and PEB won Daesang. It’s a mix of dramas, writers, entertainment etc. so it’s not a given it will be an actor this year is what I’m saying. But if there was a year when they should pick an actor Daesang, it would be this year no doubt.
I think actors who wind up winning the Daesang are the ones who either delivered a performance so strong it eclipsed all of their peers, they created an iconic character in a hit drama that took the nation by storm, and/or veteran actors who made a long awaited return playing a role that got the most buzz that year in a drama that became a monster hit. I think this year it might go to a drama, a PD, or a screenwriter. I wouldn't be surprised if it went to either Moving, the director of Moving, or My Dearest.
I know KSH already has a Baeksang, but I feel it would be way too tragic for him to not win for his performance in QoT. It was way too raw and brilliant and I think he'll be up for daesang too. Im Siwan has been nominated few times too so I will stick with him this time.
I still cannot believe Kang Ha Neul won best actor against Hyun Bin, Nam Goong Min and Park Seo Joon. This is the one single time Baeksang got it wrong. Serious WTF decision which I saw live tweeted and thought was a prank someone was pulling. He was the weakest actor in that group of nominees with an acting performance that was best described as so-so. He should not even have been nominated in the first place over Jo Jung Suk in Hospital Playlist. So weird even if I think of it today.
Whats done is done but Hot Stove League was still Nam Goong Min's best performance. My Dearest was too over the top and slightly overacted. My favourites would be either Ryu Seung Ryung or Kim Soo Hyun. Does anyone know who the knetz think will win?
Knetz are rooting for KSH according to the poll on Naver. He has 52% of the votes.
https://m.entertain.naver.com/poll/result?id=278&serviceId=2
Also still raving about his scenes in QoT.
https://theqoo.net/hot/3213650257
I also like him best in Hot Stove League, after I marathoned Doctor Prisoner, Chief Kim, etc.
Hope he wins an award.
I did not watch the nominated dramas of HB and NGM (that I will check and watch at some points). But if KHN was competing against PSJ (for Itaewon Class) alone, I personally think that Baeksang award was so unjustified. HKN overacted A LOT all over the top in WtCB. His acting of a country bumpkin is overkill. LOL.
My favorite for the nomination this year is either NGM or RSR based upon acting alone since I dislike almost everything of My Dearest except for NGM but love everything about Moving including all the cast. Both actors were pretty impressive.
💯 on KHN. And I don’t even agree that it’s due to popularity of the drama. That’s BS. He was up against Hyun Bin as you mentioned. The difference in the popularity of CLOY vs Camellia is not even worth discussing. Even the ratings are similar except one is in cable and the other in terrestrial.
There was a post on TheQoo just yesterday with around 250 responses to this same question. Here is the link:
https://theqoo.net/hot/3212519521?filter_mode=normal&page=4
Most knetz said KSH or RSR from what I gather. NGM was mentioned as well.
Ps I agree about KHN... actually he is well regarded in Korea so there wasnt too much controversy but also to me really makes no sense to win. This was the year JJH also was candidate for Hyena so I dont know what the judges were thinking seriously.
He deserved it many times but still didn't get it cuz he is not as popular as the other actors, I don't think he will win this year too
Tbh Baeksang has never been predictable so for all we know, YYS will win this year 😂
We’ll see. I feel like anyone winning is fair game but I’m picking KSH and NGM for Daesang and best actor respectively. They could both come out with nothing but the popularity award amongst them and it wouldn’t exactly shock me either lol.