49th Baeksang Awards - Full List of Nominees (TV)

It's almost time of the year again for Baeksang Awards which will be held on 9 May 2013. The national dramas My Husband's Got a Family & My Daughter, Seo Young dominated the nomination lists and the newest SBS drama which just aired its finale episode yesterday, That Winter the Wind Blow managed to get 4 nominations.

I think the voting for most popular actor & actress will be very competitive, with many young actors from Park Yoochun, Jaejoong, JooWon, Lee Min Ho, Song Joong Ki, Lee Seung Gi, Jang Geun Suk, etc are nominated and young actresses Moon Geun Young, Suzy, UEE, Eunji, Yoona, etc are nominated for most popular actress on this year's Baeksang Award.

So will Park Yoochun hit the jackpot and win triple crown Baeksang's Popularity Award? Or will other young actor gets the honor of receiving this award this year.

Here are the full lists of 49th Baeksang Award Nominations (Drama TV Awards Only)

Best Picture (Drama): 

- My Husband's Got a Family / You who rolled in unexpectedly (넝쿨째 굴러온 당신) [KBS]
- Lights & Shadows (빛과 그림자) [MBC]
- A Wife Credentials (아내의 자격) [JTBC]
- The Chaser (추적자) [SBS]
- School 2013 (학교 2013) [KBS]

Best Director(s):

- Kwon Suk Jang, Lee Yoon Jung from Golden Time [MBC]
- Kim Kyu Tae from That Winter the Wind Blows [SBS]
- Kim Hyung Suk from You who rolled in unexpectedly [KBS]
- Lee Joo Hwan, Lee Sang Yeob from Lights & Shadow [MBC]
- Jo Nam Kook from The Chaser [SBS]

Best Leading Actor:

- Son Hyun Joo from The Chaser [SBS]
- Uhm Tae Woong from The Equator Man [KBS]
- Yoo Joon Sang from You who rolled in unexpectedly [KBS]
- Lee Sang Yoon from My Daughter, Seo Young [KBS]
- Lee Sung Min from Golden Time [MBC]

Best Leading Actress:

- Kim Nam Joo from You who rolled in unexpectedly [KBS]
- Kim Sung Ryung from Yawang / Queen of Ambition [SBS]
- Kim Hee Ae from A Wife's Credentials [JTBC]
- Song Hye Kyo from That Winter the Wind Blows [SBS]
- Lee Bo Young from My Daughter, Seo Young [KBS]

Best New Actor:

- Kim Woo Bin from School 2013 [KBS]
- Seo In Guk from Reply 1997 [tvN]
- Lee Jung Shin from My Daughter, Seo Young [KBS]
- Lee Hee Joon from You who rolled in unexpectedly [KBS]
- Jo Jung Suk from The King 2Hearts [MBC]

Best New Actress:

- Park Se Young from Faith [SBS]
- Yoon Jin Yi from A Gentleman's Dignity [SBS]
- Lee Yoo Bi from Nice Guy [KBS]
- Jung Eun Ji from Reply 1997 [tvN]
- Choi Yoon Young from My Daughter, Seo Young [KBS]

Best Writer:

- Park Kyung Soo from The Chaser [SBS]
- Park Ji Eun from You who rolled in unexpectedly [KBS]
- Lee Woo Jung  from Reply 1997 [tvN]
- Choi Hee Ra from Golden Time [MBC]
- Ha Myung Hee from Can We Get Married? [JTBC]

Most Popular Actor:

Most Popular Actress:

Source: Baeksang Award's Official Website

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Nominees for 2012 Seoul Drama Awards - OST Awards

I've been too pre-occupied with the upcoming dramas, that I forgot to post the 26 nominees for 2012 Seoul Drama Awards - OST Awards. 

If you have Daum account, you can cast your vote (once per day) here

The voting opens from July 10 - August 6, 2012 and all the nominees are the drama OSTs for dramas aired between January 2011 - May 2012. 

2012 Seoul Drama Awards - OST Awards Nominees:

KBS

* Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Suzy, Kim Soo Hyun, JOO: Dream High  (Dream High)

* Kim Soo Hyun: Dreaming (Dream High)

* Baek Ji Young: I'm Loving You Today (The Princess' Man)

* Park Wan Kyu: One Day of Love (The Princess' Man)

* Sweet Sorrow: You Are Heaven (My Husband Got a Family)

* Yoo Jun Sang: Ce Song ( My Husband Got a Family)

* Hyorin: Because It's You (Glory Jane)

* Bobby Kim: Heartburn (Glory Jane)

MBC

* BEAST: Because of You (My Princess)

* Yang Yoseob: Cherish That Person (My Princess)

* Huh Gak: Don't Forget Me (Best Love)

* Baek Ji Young: I Can't Drink (Best Love)

* Lyn: Back in Time (The Moon that Embraces the Sun)

* Kim Soo Hyun: The One and Only You (The Moon that Embraces the Sun)

* Taeyeon: Missing You Like Crazy (The King 2Hearts)

* K Will: Love is Crying (The King 2Hearts)

SBS

* Yim Jae Bum: Viper (Sign)

* Kim Jin Pyo & Suk Hee: A Good Man (Sign)

* Yim Jae Bum: Love (City Hunter)

* Kim Bo Kyung: Suddenly (City Hunter)

* JK Kim Dong Wook: Bucket List (Scent of a Woman)

* Lee Dong Wook & Kim Sun Ah: Us Again (Scent of a Woman) 

--> Note: I think there's an error in the voting box, as they wrote "Lee So Ra" instead of "Lee Dong Wook & Kim Sun Ah" as singer name for this OST. Lee So Ra did sing this song, but as far I'm aware, she didn't sing this OST for Scent of a Woman

* Yangpa: I will Remember (Tree with Deep Roots)

* Kim Bum Soo: Don't Say (Tree with Deep Roots)

* Baek Ji Young: After a Long Time (Rooftop Prince)

* Ali: Hurt (Rooftop Prince)

To make it easier, I translated the songs' name & singers' name below:

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2012 Mnet 20's Choice Awards - Winners

20's Drama Star (Male) & Hottest Star - Kim Soo Hyun

20's Drama Star (Female) - Han Ji Min

20's Movie Star (Female) - Suzy

20's Movie Star (Male) - Lee Je Hoon

20's Trendy Music - TaeTiSeo

20's Online Music - Busker Busker

20's Performance - HyunA & HyunSeung


*they didn't attend the award ceremony


20's Band Music - The Koxx

20's Sports Star - Koo, JaCheol

20's Variety Star - Han Hye Jin

20's Gag Character - Raitto

20's Style - Jang Yoon Ju

20's Global Star - Super Junior

20's Booming Star - Jo Jung Suk

Upcoming 20's - Yeo Jin Goo

20's Click - Fashion King

20's Sexiest Performance - Sistar

20s Do Dont's - Park Jin Young

Pictures credit: 20schoice twitter & MNET


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2012 Mnet 20's Choice Awards - Voting Results and My Rough Prediction

The voting was officially closed midnight last night. 20 days of voting period - more than 6.6million votes and controversies in between, so who came out victorious?


20's Drama Star (Male) - Kim Soo Hyun

All nominated actors are great actors in their own ways; so I'm happy with any of them winning award in this category.

20's Drama Star (Female) - YoonA

The voting in this category was also quite competitive. Both YoonA and Ha Ji Won were neck-and-neck; even though to be honest, I prefer Ha Ji Won to win in this category. YoonA's acting has improved tremendously in Love Rain (I watched this drama and I was pleasantly surprised) but she's still not up to par with the other nominated actresses). However, because online votes contributes 50% of the overall score, there's a big chance YoonA will take home the award tonight. Han Ji Min is also a well-deserved winner, she's fantastic in Padam-Padam and so cute in Rooftop Prince.

20's Movie Star (Male) - Lee Je Hoon

I'm not a movie-person, so can't really predict the winner. Read many rave reviews about Lee Je Hoon's solid acting in this movie. His acting in Fashion King (cough.. cough...) was brilliant too!

20's Movie Star (Female) - Suzy

Suzy won the Best Rookie Award (Movie) at Baeksang this year and has swept many newcomers award in drama and movie too. Got a feeling she may win tonight. I'm actually more excited to see her joint performance with Busker Busker! With First Love concept, it's going to be a very romantic performance. 

20's Trendy Music - TaeTiSeo

I'm not into k-pop so much, but I do enjoy all these 5 nominees' songs. So I'm happy with whoever comes up victorious tonight. My prediction? It's going to be TaeTiSeo's night. The girls have been preparing for TaeTiSeo's party for tonight's award ceremony and I really want to join their vibrant fun party!

20's Online Music - SE7EN

Not quite sure about this category, but I assume this is about the online download? Or digital sales? I followed the votes closely and IU has been leading but in the end, Se7en won the poll. Please forgive me, Se7en fans, because I don't really follow him I don't really know if he has a strong online digital sales. But as far as I know IU, T-ara, Leessang & Busker Busker do. Overall, I love all of them, so happy if any of them win the award tonight.

20's Performance - Shinhwa

Shinhwa has been confirmed to attend the ceremony, so I think they will take home the award. Happy for them because they're the perfect example that even though they may not be as young as the other nominees, but they can still compete with them and won the poll! =)

20's Band Music - Guckkasten

20's Sports Star - Son Yeon Jae

20's Variety Star - Garie

Out of these 5 nominees, to be honest, I only watch Garie's and Leeteuk's variety shows. So I'm happy if either of them win the award. They're both very natural and humble. Pleasantly surprised that Garie topped the poll though =)

 20's Gag Character - Raitto

20's Style - G-Dragon

I always love G-Dragon's style so happy that he won the poll. Hopefully he'll win tonight too.

20's Global Star - Super Junior

I didn't even think that Jang Geun Suk could be in the 2nd place because of massive votings done by both ELFs and SONES. But anything could happen when fans united together to vote for their artists. My prediction: SuJu will win tonight.

20's Booming Star - Lee Jong Suk

Upcoming 20's - Kang Seung Yoon

20's Social Artist - Choi Si Won

20's Click - Who's on First

The selection criteria to decide the winner for 2012 Mnet 20's Choice Awards:

Online Votes 50% + 20's Research Result 30% + Special Judge 20%

The voting results can NOT be used to predict the winners, because it only counts 50% of the overall score. Moreover, Mnet has a no show no award policy (even though they still gave awards to 2 artists who didn't attend last year).

So far, the following artists are confirmed to attend:
- Suzy
- Busker Busker
- Leeteuk, Shindong, Eunhyuk and Donghae
- Shinhwa
- TaeTiSeo
- SISTAR

Special Stage:
- Suzy & Busker Busker Joint Performance
- 2PM Wooyoung's Debut Solo Performance
- TaeTiSeo Twinkling Party

Blue Carpet will be broadcast starting from 5PM KST and the ceremony will start at 7PM KST. Live streaming at http://youtube.com/mnet.

If you have twitter account, follow live tweet of 2012 Mnet 20's Choice awards global supporters in your own languages.

cr: MnetKR FB

Hope everyone will enjoy the blue carpet and the party tonight! =)




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Mnet 20's Choice Awards - Nominees, Info & Special Memories from last year's ceremony

The only annual Summer Award Ceremony, this year Mnet 20's Choice Awards will be held on June 28, 2012 and will be broadcast live on Mnet Youtube Channel, global.mnet.com, etc. The main ceremony will start at 7PM KST and the Blue Carpet at 5PM KST. The theme is "Do [Don’ts] Super 20’s". And the dress code is: Pool Side Party Look + Neon Color Point. I hope the weather will be good because I really want to see the vibrant & colorful red carpet fashion! Last year it rained heavily so the red / blue carpet were a bit subdued.

The MCs are still unknown (which is a bit late, isn't it? As the ceremony will be held tomorrow afternoon). Last year's MCs were Miss A's Suzy and Song Joong Ki; they announced the MCs 3 weeks prior to the ceremony. I thought I  missed out on this year's MC announcement, but as far as I remember, I haven't read any news about it.

I still remember all the fiasco and complains from this particular award show last year; that people believe that it's rigged and Mnet gave the awards to artists who could attend the ceremony. Which was not 100% true, as both IU (Hot CF Star) & Son Yeon Jae (Hot Sport Star) didn't attend the ceremony but still won the awards.

But to be honest, I didn't truly enjoy the ceremony; it was probably because of the gloomy weather & the laughable award categories. The only things I enjoyed were the Top Gear guy who magically appeared behind some of the winners when they accepted the awards and Kim Hyung Joong's The King of Pirates wet sexy performance!

For this year, thankfully they have removed the ridiculous categories!

So here are the awards categories and the nominees for Mnet 20s Choice 2012 Awards:


20's Drama Star (Male)

- Kim SooHyun
- Song Joong Ki
- Um TaeWoong
- Lee SeungGi
- Joo Won


20's Drama Star (Female)

- Shin Se Kyung
- YoonA
- Jung RyeoWon
- Ha Ji Won
- Han Ji Min


20's Movie Star (Male)

- Ryu Seung Ryong
- Park Hae Il
- Yoo Ah In
- Lee Je Hoon
- Ha Jung Woo

20's Movie Star (Female)

- Gong Hyo Jin
- Kim Go Eun
- Kim Min Hee
- Suzy
- Lim Soo Jung

20's Trendy Music

- Bigbang
- SISTAR
- TaeTiSeo
- FTISLAND
- miss A

20's Online Music

- Leessang
- Busker Busker
- SE7EN
- IU
- T-ara


20's Performance

- SHINee
- Shinhwa
- MBLAQ
- Ulala Session
- HyunA&HyunSeung

20's Band Music

- Guckkasten
- Glen Check
- Daybreak
- Monni
- The Koxx


20's Sports Star

- Kang Jeong Ho
- Koo Ja Cheol
- Park Chan Ho
- Son Yeon Jae
- Jung Chan Sung

20's Variety Star

- Garie
- Kyu Hyun
- Kim Joon Ho
- Lee Teuk
- Han Hye Jin

 20's Gag Character

- Raitto
- Emergency Planning Committee
- Americano
- Gaeparta
- Brave Guys

20's Style

- Go Joon Hee
- Soo Young
- Yoo Ah In
- Jang Yoon Ju
- G-Dragon

20's Global Star

- Kim Hyun Joong
- Beast
- Girls` Generation
- Super Junior
- Jang Geun Suk

20's Booming Star

- Ailee
- Lee Sang Min
- Lee Jong Suk
- Im Si Wan
- Jo Jeong Seok

Upcoming 20's

- Kang Seung Yoon
- Kang Ji Young
- Kim You Jung
- Sul Li
- Yeo Jin Goo

20's Social Artist

- Kim Jang Hoon
- Park Jin Hee
- Lee Hyori
- Cha In Pyo
- Choi Si Won

20's Click

- You got a ugly girlfriend
- Sound of the heart
- Reverse! Weird Cooking
- Who's on first
- Fashion King

Voting will close at midnight tonight KST.

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