So it’s the final day May 4th in the public voting for the 2024 Baeksang Art Awards Popularity Award and it’s not only an open vote the website also listing the current votes for each person. Anyone nominated for an individual acting or entertainer award is eligible and combines both movies and television candidates into one top vote getter for the male and female categories. As of now, the winners are basically locked in, for the ladies its rookie TV star An Yu Jin (Yujin) of the girl group IVE is leading the female votes with 1.2M with runner up Kim Go Eun at 285K and third place Go Yoon Jung with 188K. Yujin is nominated for a TV variety show award and as with any idol nominated for a Baeksang he/she almost always takes home the Popularity Award due to the massive fandom. On the guy side, Kim Soo Hyun has an astonishing 5.45M votes leading over second place Kim Sun Ho at 3.19M, and funnily enough both have won this award before. Kim Soo Hyun who took home both movie and television Popularity Award in 2014 (before Baeksang combined the two categories into one award) for when he nominated for Secretly, Greatly and You From Another Star, and Kim Sun Ho in 2021 for in the year for Hometown Cha Cha Cha.
You can never beat an idol in these things, but I was really hoping for Kim Goeun! I wanted to see the two shot with Kim Soohyun. She and Kim Taeri are the next actresses most of his fans want as costar in a romance.
Yes and yes to both actresses. If I cant get my JJH-KSH reunion, Kim Taeri or Kim Goeun will absolutely do!
How can it make sense to call it “Most Popular Actress” when the person winning is not an actress?? I get combining Film and TV and its been like that for years, but why would they not separate entertainment if the variety starts are being included as an option? Call it “Most Popular Entertainment star” or whatever. YuJin is not an actress, I really dont understand.
^^ deffo agree. It doesnt make any sense to call it ‘most popular actress’ if the winner does not act. They can just call it ‘most popular female celebrity’ if they wont create a new category.
Simple. Because 남자/여자 인기상 doesn’t precisely translate to Most Popular Actor/Actress in the first place, but rather Male/Female Popularity Award in general, so it’s valid for an idol, comedian, or any other performer to be included in the voting regardless of the category as long as he/she is a nominee (except for those in the crew and theater categories who understandably don’t have an established fanbase).
While it’s common knowledge that idols or idol actors will most likely win against pure actors due to their massive fandoms, it’s not always the case when a pure actor has these two important ingredients: (1) highly successful work, and (2) highly enthusiastic and dedicated fans who’ll continuously vote ’til they don’t feel their fingers anymore. HB and SYJ winning against Ong Seong Woo and IU in 2020 is living proof. Struggled at first but triumphed in the end.
Not that simple. Because I dont give a rat’s ass what the exact translation is when Baeksang has a GLOBAL voting website that clearly states “Actress”. You should know very clearly that this award is not exclusively voted by Koreans. It is voted by fans across the world so if they cannot define the name of the award correctly, they need to get a better translator stat.
I could not care less who wins against whom as long as that winner is an “actress” given that is the NAME of the award in ENGLISH. Your example regarding IU/OSW is a moot point because my argument was never that these actresses cannot win against an idol singer. If they have the fandom, they can and will win. Kim Soohyun could have been up against an idol and would have still won. This is not about idol vs actor popularity. Also, just to give context to your own example, IU in 2020 was nominated for Hotel Del Luna (i.e. as an ACTRESS). She wasnt there in a variety or singing capacity. Similarly, Ong Seongwoo was nominated as a new actor. So again, this example is irrelevant because all it proves is that an actor can be more popular, and that is not some novel idea.
Technically, this would be Kim Soo Hyun’s biggest win at this year’s Baeksangs regardless on whether he gets the daesang/actor award 😂 Kim Seon Ho’s fandom is impressive when it comes to strategy and voting capacity.
Its a testament to just how popular Soo Hyun is right now that he is leading with almost double the vote count and in the millions (!!). And in a completely unrelated topic, these two actors should never be in the same article, let alone project. I hate having to type out full names all the damn time 😅
Alot of annoying ksh and kjw shippers are voting for him aswell. Lol they’re probably hoping he gives a shout to her.
I also hope he stars with Kim goeun and kim taeri next an actor of his calibre that matches him well, it’s been years since he had that.
The amount of kim seonho fans is crazy, he has one hit drama and he has that many fans?!
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F. F. S. An actor that matches him well? It’s been exactly 4 days since he’s had that actually.
You’re that delusional shipper who keeps bringing up IOTNBO on every KSH article. Like I told you before, I’m allergic to your kind. Also, hope you don’t go around hating Kim Tae Ri or Kim Go Eun when they have just as explosive chemistry with KSH as KJW did. Stick to your words pls. Thanks.
@ lol nice rebuttal I’m a shipper just cause I have a contrary opinion. I still believe IOTNBO is his best work, the list of award nominations speak for itself, PJE drama’s are a cliche but atleast this time, ksh got alot of material to work with compared with Mlfas. How am I even hating kjw I think shes decent in romcom, that’s her lane. Kge and kTr are award winning chungmuro actresses, like id ever come for them
What a funny comment. Shippers are his fans as well and fans of the drama so I don’t know what’s so annoying about that.
I like those two actresses too. I bet another round of shippers will appear if he does pair with any one of them. I fall in love with onscreen couples and I know deep down I have my favorites and who I dream of being together. At the end, i just remind myself it’s just a show and they’re just doing it for money. So I try not to read too much into all the intimate so called cute gestures bts. Most couples I like don’t often become reality couples and somehow will end up dating or marrying someone unexpected.
I fantasize and ship but when I’m done with the show, I try to move on. I know my heart will be broken if I continue to ship beyond the drama
Definitely not as annoying as “Hyunji” shippers. And not you acting like KSH is a thespian of the highest order like Somg Kangho lmao and using unrelated people like KGE and KTR to hate on KJW. KJW is definitely an actor of his supposed ‘caliber’.
Don’t worry. Kim soo hyun isn’t dating Kim ji won. I don’t think he is dating seo ye ji either. He can be dating someone totally unexpected or someone like Kim Sae Ron lol. I know it’s denied but we never know what their personal lives are truly like. Don’t get mislead by their onscreen image.
Was there any doubt on KSH winning any poll, let alone the Baeksang popularity? This man legit everywhere even his Instagram posts gets 10 articles 🤪
Why Yu jin is included? Is she an actress? Kim go Eun should win
5M+ votes… damn the Kim Soohyun fandom worked hard. That is a LOT of votes lol
Kind of hate it that idol fans are invading drama/movie land despite their idol is lesser then stellar. This is KGE’s year w/ an overwhelming popular movie and one of the best performances of the year. She deserves the popular awards. But it’s fair game I understand since it’s by voting
More importantly, I want to add that how sad for our actual actresses who acts full time. Their voting is not even close to the male’s counterpart. Girls/women make actors rich and they continues to demand so much; whereas our actress continue to fall behind and make so much less. Even the top pay actresses can’t even compare to much lower actor of our actress. How are us women suppose to reach the level of men, when we don’t even suppose our own gender.
Whut??
The reason the male voting is so crazy is because there are two fandoms trying to out do each other while in the actress category, there wasnt a competitor strong enough to fight an idol for the top spot. You really think if IU was in this race it wouldnt be in the millions too? This is not about ‘Girls/women’. Why do women like pulling that card for anything and everything? The other actresses nominated just does not have a strong fanbase. Its logical, not political.
Its just a popularity award, it’s not a serious award. Hope Kge wins an acting award.
3 KSH related articles in a row. Koala on fire hehe
Thought it would be a way closer race but yup, looks like we are officially back to YFAS days. Crazy how someone can do that a literal decade later. Never seen it happen before.
5.5 million votes in the span of 10 days is bananas. I am shooketh at it all because he seems to be handling his career at whim. He stopped acting to discover himself or something 8 yrs ago. Took an almost 4 yr hiatus and in the interim got into semi-professional bowling (tf?) along with enlistment.
For 3 yrs now, KSH be chillin and sippin wine in his lair without a care. Then out of nowhere suddenly decided he feels like joining the top wolf race and just like that he is at the top of Everest. Its soo absurd
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Okay this is a hilarious description of KSH’s career. L O L
For some reason I thought one ordinary day was recent but it was 2021. I think queen of tears started filming in 2023. So he didn’t exactly take 4 year hiatus
@jungho – Wasnt talking about this decade at all. Bowling and enlistment = prior to 2020. KSH did not do a drama for 5 years in total in fact between mid 2015 – mid 2020.
Carrisa – Pffftttt. Dead.
It did not even occur to me that KSH took such a long break until I looked up his filmography. I’m slightly stumped because it certainly never felt like he was gone all those years. His presence is omnipotent even when he is not around.
But concur @PrincyW initial point regarding his return to the peak IT Guy status. I cannot recall an actor (or actress in fact) who has stayed at the top whilst also reaching “peak” twice. Gong Yoo is more of a come and go actor. Maybe Hyun Bin with Secret Garden and Cloy? But he fell off somewhere in the middle and even then Cloy always felt buoyed by the collective power of his real-life love life more so than primarily being an individual career defining peak.
TLDR; I’m mightily impressed by KSH’s staying power.
I never even heard of this Yujin. Can we get clarification on why an idol variety person is included in the popular actress category. Even Na PD is in the popular actor category (adorably getting more votes than NGM and SJK LOL). But I digress… point is why is this a thing? I cannot remember if its always been like that but how dumb.
It could have been a tight race between KGE and GYJ if not for a rando getting the spot. It is actually so stupid please make it make sense someone.
I am surprised that Kim Ji Won doesn’t even ranked in top 3 in view of the popularity of QoT.
I never understand why they need to lump tv variety and drama. I mean, I still feel bitter that Yoo Jae Suk won Daesang (sorry if anyone here offended but I meant no hate). Should the categories were separated (drama and variety), then Shin Ha Kyun would have won Daesang and Lee Jun Ki could win the Best Actor award.
Anyway, it’s impossible to beat idols when comes to popularity given their rabid fans. Lol
Orrrr… KSH himself could have won the Best Actor award since you are specifying 2021 Baeksang Awards where both KSH and LJK had 1 vote each from the judges. LJK wasnt exactly second in contention.
Daesang in itself is an award for the person or drama or show that contributed / achieved most in the year. It is ~NOT~ an acting award so YJS is absolutely justified to have won that year if the judges felt he gave more than SHK did. KES has won this award too and she is not an actress either.
You are right but IMO Lee Jun Ki really stood a chance should Shin Ha Kyun won daesang.
I can understand KES win of Daesang despite not being an actor and she won still for drama. It just doesn’t feel right that variety and drama being lump since they are so different.
Kim Ji Won wasn’t ranked because she wasn’t nominated on popularity award. As I see, only people nominated in other categories are represented in this nomination.
Weird. Why was she not nominated? Just curious
@Alexa
Want to know myself 😒 I haven’t watched any other dramas in that nomination, but people say that all of them are good actresses. I can’t be objective about this, cause for me, Kim Ji Won is one of the best actress in Korea, and she was incredible in QOT. So I’m just waiting for other awards.
@Alexa, oh, if you asked about Popularity award, judging by the nominees, only people represented in other nominations can participate
Koala,i think you are wrong. Thats is Ahn yu jin actress from drama My Dearest. Not ahn yu jin idol.
No, I’m not wrong. An Yu Jin is 1.2M votes, next to her is Ahn Eun Jin with 37K votes. You can see the live tally at the voting site.
https://global.prizm.co.kr/story/2024bsvoteen
Voting closes in 2 hours. Kim Soo Hyun is up to 5.5M votes, insane volume.
Oo i am sorry. So she nominee for variety, thats why she also can get vote
Everyone here is bang on. WTAF is an idol star doing in the contenders list?! I did not even vote and it is pissing me off lol. I thought also KGE and GYJ had strong fanbases. The numbers are hardly that crazy on the actress side for them to have not caught up if they were stronger.
We have the most obvious of obvious wins on the actors side, and the most unlikeliest of unlikely on the actress side. Soooo ridiculous
Exactly, thank you.
1. There should not be an idol in the nominees for best ACTRESS. Period.
2. Even if there was, these competing actresses have a weak fandom or they would have still given the idol a run for their money.
Maybe the previous years were already like this, but it is a standout right now because this literal non-actress is winning a “most popular actress” award next to the literal most popular actor who is in fact an actor.
Yeah yujin is best! Am so fan!
Absolutely nothing against Yu Jin but like most commenters here, I also wish the nominees were just actresses. I’m really curious who the winner would’ve been if it was just actresses who are in contention.
As for the actors side, Kim Soo Hyun is a guaranteed win already, but I must say I’m also impressed that Kim Seon Ho is in second place, considering he had a scandal and hasn’t had a drama for years. I guess it goes to show he’s still quite popular with Koreans and still has star power. I know people here didn’t like that he got paired up with GYJ, but I’m really curious how his upcoming drama will do. I’m pretty neutral about him
Also, can someone tell me how popular Kim Ji Won is in Korea right now? I find it weird that she’s not nominated even for popularity awards. I can’t read Hangul so I can’t understand Korean articles online and don’t have a grasp on who is the most buzzy actors and actresses in Korea currently aside from obvious ones like Kim Soo Hyun, Han So Hee, etc., so I have no idea how popular KJW is currently
I think Kim Ji Won is ineligible for a popularity award because she wasn’t nominated for her work as an actress this year. TV counts both drama and variety that’s why Yunjin can be nominated for the popularity award. A Variety star can even win the Daesang. Yoo Jae Suk and Kang Ho Dong have both won it.
Oh yeah, that makes sense
I hope she is popular. She deserves it. She worked hard for so many years. I’m happy to see she is hosting her first ever fan meeting on 6/21, coincidentally same day as Kim Soo hyun in Japan. I hope Kim Ji Won gets more job offers after this. Her prior works as main lead didnt explode like queen but they got decent reviews like my liberation notes and fight my way
Same, I definitely think she deserves to be really popular. She always do great, even in short appearances like in Mr. Sunshine
I’m sure she’s already getting offers, but if she wins this and she can act on top of it, I totally see her being a top idol turned actress of her generation. With IVE’s popularity, I heard all about Wooyoung being Korea’s new it girl, but when I saw the group at the Melon Music Awards in 2022, it was Yujin that stood out to me. She had the so called ‘actress aura’ that often gets talked about. I’m honestly not surprised she wound up hosting the award show the following year.
@Chrissy, in regards to your comment about Hyun Bin’s Cloy being buoyed by his love life. I thought when the drama was aired, there was no confirmation he and Son Ye Jin are dating. They denied for awhile. I do feel Cloy gave his career another peak after secret garden. But, his dramas in between are mediocre at best.
Kim Soo Hyun’s dramas are all hits. Maybe I haven’t checked social media that much. Kind of felt One Ordinary Day was one of the underrated dramas. Perhaps, it was a web series?
No one will forever remain at the top. Eventually, another wave of stars will emerge. I wonder who will be his successor.