The 2024 KBS Drama Awards ceremony was finally broadcast after the live ceremony was cancelled, which was primarily scheduled for December 31, 2024, due to the wake of the Jeju Air tragedy.
This year’s pre-recorded event made the headlines after ‘Iron Family’ actor Kim Jung Hyun made a controversial apology to his former co-star Seohyun, from the girl group (Girls’ Generation) and veteran star Lee Soon Jae, 90, who won Daesang – the Grand Prize, becoming the oldest actor to win.
The award ceremony organizers didn’t hold back to honour all the major drama couples, including 5 couples who were awarded the ‘Best Couple Award’. Award-winners included many fan favourites Im Soo Hyang ‘Beauty and Mr Romantic’, Kim Myung Soo (INFINITE’s L) for ‘Dare to Love Me’ and Park Ji Hoon for ‘Love Song for Illusion’. Other K-pop idols who turned into actors honoured this year were Lee Da Bin (former Momoland singer Yeonwoo), and T-ARA’s Ham Eunjung.
The 2024 KBS drama award winners include:
Best New Actor:
Seo Bum June for ‘Nothing Uncovered’, Park Sang Nam for ‘My Merry Marriage’, Hong Ye Ji for ‘Love Song for Illusion’, and Han Soo Ah for ‘Beauty and Mr Romantic’.
Best Young Actor:
Moon Seong Hyung for ‘Beauty and Mr Romantic’, Lee Seol Ah for ‘Beauty and Mr Romantic’
Top Excellence Award:
Kim Jung Hyun for ‘Iron Family’, Ji Hyun Woo for ‘Beauty and Mr Romantic’, Park Ji Young for ‘Iron Family’, and Im Soo Hyang for ‘Beauty and Mr Romantic’
Excellence Award (Mini-series):
Park Ji Hoon for ‘Love Song for Illusion’, Yeonwoo for ‘Dog Knows Everything‘, and Han Ji Hyeon for ‘Face Me’
Excellence Award (Long Drama):
Shin Hyun Joon for ‘Iron Family’, and Geum Sae Rok for ‘Iron Family’
Excellence Award (Daily Drama):
Baek Sung Hyun for ‘Su Ji and U Ri’, Oh Chang Suk for ‘The Two Sisters’, Ham Eunjung for ‘Su Ji and U Ri’, and Park Han Na for ‘My Merry Marriage’
Popularity Award:
Kim Myung Soo for ‘Dare to Love Me’, and Geum Sae Rok for ‘Iron Family’
Best Supporting Actor:
Choi Tae Joon for ‘Iron Family’, Kim Yong Gun for ‘Dog Knows Everything’, and Yoon Yoo Sun for ‘Beauty and Mr Romantic’
Drama Special Award:
Nam Da Reum for The History of Us, and Oh Ye Ju for ‘To My Lonely Sister’
Best Writer:
Seo Soo Hyang for ‘Iron Family’
Best Couple:
Ji Hyun Woo and Im Soo Hyang for ‘Beauty and Mr Romantic’, Kim Jung Hyun and Geum Sae Rok for ‘Iron Family’, Baek Sung Hyun and Han Eunjung for ‘Su Ji and U Ri’, Park Ji Young, Shin Hyun Joon and Kim Hye Eun for ‘Iron Family’, Yeonwoo, Lee Soon Jae and Ari for ‘Dog Knows Everything’.
DAESANG / Grand Prize:
Lee Soon Jae for ‘Dog Knows Everything’
