Moving Takes Home Drama Daesang, The Worst of Evil Wins Best Director, Namgoong Min Gets Long Awaited Best Actor, and Honey Lee Upsets for Best Actress in Fun Night at the 2024 Baeksang Arts Awards

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• The red carpet was boring and aside for a few actors , the photos aren't flattering at all ! I know that it 's not the Met gala but it may exist something between extravagance an the black and white concept ! Don't they know that we aren't anymore in the 50's and that the technology gave us colorized version !

  • Every Korean awards red carpet is like this.
    At this point we should all just accept it will always be like this. At least Im Ji-yeon and Suzy had some colour.
    That is 2 more than what we have seen in previous years.

    • I read that K-Netizens criticized Suzy’s pink dress color, but praised her stage dress which ended up being black. At this point I would say that the Korean national dress code for red carpets is either Funeral or Bridal. Perhaps they do this to distinguish themselves from the Chinese red carpets. Which, personally, I think is a shame as the C-red carpet fashion looks always rock with glamour and adventure. My opinion, of course.

• Congrats to all the winners!! Particularly KGE for best actress was well deserved since I felt like she should’ve won the popularity award too. Yujin left early and didn’t even stay for her actual nomination… Also nice to see LDH there despite his enlistment although now I wish HB could’ve done the same when he won for Secret Garden.

  I hated the social distancing type chair set up for the attendees. So weird in 2024, and just in general the venue looked so dark and small. Even the red carpet felt very boring since they weren’t coming out of a limo and instead from back stage. But it was such an emotional event with Lee SungJae’s performance, the song commemorating the history of Baeksang etc.

  Maybe there was a pre-set condition of being a KSH fan in order to buy an event ticket. He continuously kept getting ear splitting screams for each 0.5sec clip they showed of him on the big screen lol.

  • 😂 Baeksang really tried to milk the KSH craze. Had him blown up every 5-10 min in that 3 long hours. It was playing as background for me yet you knew each time he was being shown without fail. The roar of fangirls were Sol x 4589845

  • Honestly 2024 feels a lot like time travelling back to 2014. The level of fangirling for a 36yo technically veteran actor is so hilarious. And it helps that he looks like he's still stuck in 2014 too.

    • His fan base is crazy. He net a lot of new ones from the queen of tear whether it’s his solo fans or shipper fans

  • @all - the mass crowd waiting for him in addition to the ones watching live was so psychotic. Legit Baeksang was forced to send a push notification via the Prizm app so they can tell the public KSH was in fact NOT at the venue still 40 minutes before the event started hahahhahaha, so comical

    I think he wasnt planning to be at the red carpet at all but the organizers mustve asked him to show up because of the hysteria he was the last of the nominees to walk it and as soon as he was done, the 3 MCs walked and the red carpet was curtained. I am feeling an equal mix of ridiculousness and amazement at the popularity of KSH currently because this is not normal for someone who has been in the entertainment industry for almost 20 years and has already experienced this level of fame before, its not just some bursting in the scene newbie.

    • Omg ye ye. The topic on KSH popularity is so hot now and kfans were saying it has the feel of a rookie bursting into the scene despite him being TOP of the top forever ago.

      So many Byun Wooseok kfans always compare him to KSH which is super funny and inappropriate. its such an unusual situation really and someone already said but feels like timelooping 10 years ago when he exploded

      I did not save the main topic on this, but in case someone is interested, here is the link to a couple of mini instiz post few hours ago on same topic. it comes up a lot these days

      https://www.instiz.net/name_enter/92067851?page=1&category=3&k=%EA%B9%80%EC%88%98%ED%98%84&stype=9

      https://www.instiz.net/name_enter/92067437?page=2&category=3&k=%EA%B9%80%EC%88%98%ED%98%84&stype=9

    • I think KSH is just one of those once-in-a-generation type of stars that have a wide mass appeal and have the general public in a chokehold forever lol. Not sure if we'll see this type of star again in the future. Doesn't help that we don't have a monoculture anymore

    • @mel, it’s annoying to see how fans always compare different stars and pit them against one another and that’s how arguments and uproars explode among fans. Lovely runner is a hit lately and the guy is having his first fan meet. I enjoy the drama too but I don’t think it’s appropriate to compare since he and KSH are unique in their own ways. No one is forever on the top. As they age; some fans may also mature and will not rave about their idols as much as they were In their 20s and 30s.

    • @Cammy haha it’s not that serious really. BWS has teen fans and since the current KSH syndrome feels very rookie-like they feel they need to compete. But thats just a feeling and the real case is KSH has been in the same top spot for 12yrs so the comparison is funny and inappropriate. Most kfans just roll their eyes and carry on.

      Its not accurate that actors cannot remain on top forever. LBH, LJJ, HJM, CMS, KHA, KHS were at the top forever ago and still now. It is all about being able to pick the right projects, get critical acclaim and stay trustworthy and likeable to all age groups which KSH continues to do by being a household name in Korea. He needs to eventually take on more movies but for now he is in an ideal top of top place in his career

• No major controversies on the winners list, but then there were no questions on the nominees list either. The nomination was already so hard earned and precious so anyone winning from the list was completely valid.

  LDH giving a shout out to LJY was sweet. There were some fangirls complaining about that which was so funny since they conveniently forgot these actors are publicly dating. Idc for fashion stuff, but there were some good speeches! I particularly loved HJM & KGE. These awards meant a lot to them clearly. I wish HJM got Daesang because his acting was spellbinding. I would have given the Best Actor to any of the other nominees. His tears were so sincere it made me tear up too. KSH’s speech was also quite lovely despite being short. He looked so confident and happy. I have seen so many of his past speeches and he always ends up stuttering, tearing up or just being plain nervous. So nice to see him assured with that beautiful smile on stage. He seems so sweet and has such a likeable personality.

  • Totally agree with you on KSH. I've been a fan since DH and this is the most comfortable I have ever seen him in an awards show despite not having anyone from the QOT team with him. I think he had a minor case of imposter syndrome in his 20's based on how much he mentioned fearing the love and accolades he got. But now he looks so confident in his skin and seems to know he belongs at the top. Its so reassuring to see that.

  • @ potato & butterfly

    Glad I am not the only one. Seeing Kim SooHyun so relaxed made me so happy. I am an introvert with anxiety so I understand the internal struggle of trying to stave off awkwardness and pretend you’re fine while mentally wanting to dig a hole and die lol. This time it was heartwarming to watch him be truly fine on the biggest stage. We don’t know him outside of what he willingly shows the public obv but solely based on that, he invokes a certain protectiveness in me. When I saw how bright his eyes and smile was holding the trophy, I was genuinely happy.

• Congratulations to all the winners!!

  The fashion was boring af (shocker!) but at least they are all gorgeous to look at. I am *convinced* Kim Soo Hyun is actually Do Min Joon's current persona LOLOLOL How on earth does he look *younger* than his YFAS days? On the other hand, what was Kim Go Eun's sytlist thinking? This is not it. Everyone needs to learn how to dress from Suzy. What a way to carry a bold color.

• SO HAPPYYY for Lee Honey!
  No one gave her an iota of a chance when she was nominated in both Film and TV. Amazing year for her and I could not be more happier.
  My Dearest winning best drama over GMBM, Daily doze of sunshine and Revenant is frankly a wtf call. That drama went spiralling down the drain in the second half held together by just the acting. WTF choice.

  • Yes... Lee Honey really deserved that award... some are just mad because their faves lost 🤦‍♂️

• Most shocking moment for me was finding out Krystal - KRYSTAL - was nominated for an acting award at the Baeksang. I must have been on comma for the past several years because I last remember her in My Lovely Girl and the less said about that the better. Suzy, Krystal and Yoona all now have a Baeksang nomination. 2nd gen idol actresses WOWWW.

• yay to all the winners and nay to monochrome fashion but please let me just talk about KSH being caught deer on headlights literally returning from the washroom of all places and being asked to do hyun woo ~ I am born cute ~ scene live on national tv

  🤣

  Why does he always get caught in situations like this,,, omg it was completely hysterical. This poor childd

  • I died laughing when I saw the vid of it. He was so bamboozled first with his name being called out of nowhere and then the request he couldn't quite figure out. They didn't even give him a mic lmfao. A+++ content

  • Best moment of Baeksang 2024 😹

    He has the perfect personality for variety. He can be so naive and willing to do anything he is asked so easy to exploit really. I hope Na PD goes ahead with his wishes and calls him heheh

  • This may become an internet meme for awhile lol

  • Kim Soo Hyun is such a ✨ mood ✨

    Things that happen to him are never intentional but always hilarious. He is the most awkward A-lister, no, S-tier star I’ve ever seen in my life. Never change please!

  • KSH can always be relied on to be caught in the most funniest circumstances at these functions. The same host once asked him to impromptu yodel out of thin air lol. The way he transformed his face to Baek Hyun-woo was pitch perfect. Is it okay to call an 88'er adorable? -.-

• Happy for NGM as I think he is an amazing actor. I’d be lying if I say I’m not disappointed that KSH didn’t win, but everyone nominated deserved to win too so it doesn’t feel unfair either. Just sad that KSH’s incredible performance won’t have a Baeksang, but then again, a Baeksang nomination call from judging just his 6 episodes aired is pretty darn amazing in itself. His bone chilling performances came in the latter half of the drama that may not have even been aired before the decision was made, so to be nominated so early on is such a flex and I’m so proud of him for it.

  Now that QOT is officially wrapped up, onwards to Knock Off! Hope it comes out by February so we get to see him again in next Baeksang! And yup, I am literally that confident he’ll be in the list - again.

  P.s. Lee Honey is so gorgeous even with that simple flat ironed hair. She is such a star and I'm ecstatic for her!

  • Same thoughts on KSH but its ok. He is Baeksang favourite after all. He already has one and it is never a challenge for him to get nominated. He was last minute addition this year too hehe. He has loads more opportunities in the future!

    I think Knock off will be released next summer. Filming starts July and with post production, maybe Feb is too early. Depends on the platform too really

    • I also read somewhere there isn’t a lot of stars who will win a second time. Not sure how true it is. I didn’t verify details but Ksh has won before

    • @Macy I think Baeksang tries to give everyone a win but its not that someone cannot win twice. OJS won back to back, LSM has a couple and LBH has uncountable haha. This time the timing of the decision was unfortunate. But KSH will win again in the future for sure

    • @Macy

      Multiple wins happen a lot in the Film division because there are a few actors and actresses who star in commercial films. Not so much when it comes to the Drama division because there are so many actors and actresses eligible every year. Kim Namjoo, Kim Heeae, Lee Byunghun & Lee Sungmin are the only double winners for Drama in the past 15 years.

• Initially I was pretty upset that KSH didnt win. I went through instiz to find others to be upset together with haha. But actually, so many fans just said whats the big deal it’s ok, he can just win it next year hahaha. He gets nominated almost every time he acts so it’s not like this is some rare opportunity which is so right. So I got over the upset mostly haha.

  I really loved NGM in Lovers. He is deserving too. But Lovers as a drama did not… Devil or Bad Mother were better options. There are so many comments on how bad that decision was. LHN was so surprising too, but very deserving. No one expected but I am so happy for her!!

  • I wonder if only the first 8 episodes were considered since the eligibility cut off date was March 31. It would be a pity if that’s the case because the three scenes in Episode 14 were so impactful. I can’t even listen to Choi Yu Ree’s Promise without getting teary eyed because images of his breakdown scene immediately plays in my head.

    • I think the winners were picked the week between ep 12 and 14. So his scene as Eunseong was counted maybe but not everything after. I could not find concrete info, but other knetz mentioned these dates. It’s sad because ep 14 was top tier acting from him. Tears timing was too bad throughout. PDs could have been nominated too and also KDY-PSH for supporting actors. But its ok. He can just do it again next time seriously

    • If true, that’s very unfortunate the winner was already chosen before Episode 14 aired. Thank goodness ratings were good, the whole year of filming paid off for everyone involved.

    • Cut-off is for purposes of eligibility. To know which dramas will be included among the pool of potential nominees. The nominations and especially the votes for the winners are for episodes aired and unaired at the cut-off. The judges have two weeks from ep 14 to the day prior to Baeksang night to vote.

    • There was an article published a few days ago, only the first 8 episodes of QoT were reviewed.

  • @Mel, is there anyway to DM you?

    • Hi I dont think there is an option for dm in this website… but if you really want to ask something you cant here, maybe you can let me know your sns and I’ll message?

    • Thank you @Mel. Could you please DM me on Twitter (X) @timepassacc812

  • Yes... Lee Hanee is so deserving. I also did not expect her to win. I thought Ra Miran or Uhm Junghwa would take it but after she was announced as the winner... I realized... Baeksang does not care about what public says and I tried to think and I came to understand why Lee Hanee won. She basically carried the entire show by herself and made it a big hit. She owned the genre and she is the only actress in that category who performed comedy, emotional scenes and action in one drama! So... yeah... she is more than deserving of that award!

• I feel meh on honey Lee's win, ahn eunjin was much better oh well. I'm just glad that worst of evil got one win, atleast the director gave a shout out to jcw even if he wasn't nominated.
  I agree with what someone said in the last post I'm tired of this ksh and kjw association, like the one they showed kjw and her past male costars but showed ksh twice when they could've included jcw. Or the panning to ksh's face when they showed kjw and sukku, they know what they're doing. It must be annoying for the actors too.

  • They didn’t include JCW because he has never been nominated for Baeksang best actor before. Maybe they could’ve used a pic of Song Joong Ki instead of two KSH. But what was the purpose of that anyway?

    • He's been nominated for a film one. SJK would also make sense to include. It's intentional, they be looking like a shipper...

    • That was a new actor nomination not best actor like the other three.

      Even the media are jumping on the ship (for the sake of getting readers attention) when their fan meetings were announced, the headline say husband’s fan meet is in Japan and wife’s fan meet is in Korea.

    • I saw that article headline too awhile back lol. And how coincidental they also have their fan meetings on the exact day. Maybe Korean showbiz is so boring these days and there hasn’t been a drama with such high ratings for awhile so they need to keep something catchy to keep the public attention for while and to draw eyeballs.

      Who was the last onscreen couple constantly being associated in public when they haven’t confirmed dating ?

    • I enjoyed shipping Ksh and kjw during the whole drama but the drama is over and since I haven’t seen any news of the two caught in public aside from filming, I have decided to stop shipping them. I hope the media will stop teasing us former shippers with these kinds of snippets like randomly focusing on ksh’s reaction when he sees Kim ji won with other co-stars lol.

      The media at least didn’t focus song joong ki’s reaction when shk delivered the awards

  • Yeah, I'm agree with that. The way Baeksang tried to milk they ship was so obvious, KSH's smile dropped the moment he saw his face oncreen next to MLN thumbnail. He knew that they're doing. It ruined my mood actually, and many KJW fans were pissed off how they used KJW despite not nominated her.
    And, of course, their shippers reacted just "Omg, he stopped smiling because he saw her with another man!!!😍😍😍" Just how stupid can they be.

    • If the award ceremony took place two weeks ago and they did this, I will be like the delusional shipper and wow. But now that the show is over, I’m annoyed to see how the media is trying to use them to tease fans. They’re not dating and the media ought to stop making them look like they are a real life couple

    • What’s also annoying is their agencies are helping the media to create these illusions of the two as a real life couple for the sake of money or their benefits. Kjw posted a bride pic a few days ago when the special aired and it happened to be in the same time frame Ksh posted or vice versa. I didn’t check the time stamp but one article said it's within 5 min or less. That’s a plan move by their agencies. It can’t be that coincident. Probably deep down Ksh and kjw are tired of it but they can’t say no consider the drama achieved massive ratings and they benefit too. Their association won’t end that soon. I bet Ksh will be asked about kjw in his Asia fan tour

  • I guess I wasn’t only one who saw that clip about sukku and kjw. But why was kjw even mentioned or showed up on the big screen when she wasn’t nominated ?

    • To show Ksh face at that moment for clickbait posts, of course. The way his smile dropped showed that he knew what they were doing.
      After that my respect to Baeksang became less

  • I would also feel the same if Ahn Eunjin won... cause Uhm Junghwa and Ra Miran did better... even Lee Hanee did better than Ahn Eunjin. Lee Hanee was recognized and given the award for her incredible performance in Knight Flower. She performed comedy, action and emotional scenes perfectly.