I agree with most of these, and am especially happy for Namgoong Min, Lee Jung-ha (almost didn't recognize him now that he lost the Moving weight), and Yoo-na. I didn't see "Mask Girl," but I've liked both these actors in other things and no one else in those categories jumped out at me. I am a little disappointed that Honey Lee prevailed over both Ra Mi-ran and Ahn Eun-jin. It's not like she didn't deserve this award, per se, but I don't think her work in "Knight Flower" was more impressive than what these other actresses did in much more challenging roles.

The only real WTF moment for me is that the director of "Worst of Evil" won over the director of "Moving." I get that fight scenes can be challenging to both choreograph and film, and WoE had a ton of them. But it fell woefully short on characterization and continuity, whereas "Moving" did everything well.

Yoo-na totally deserved that!!
Happy for Lee Jung-ha!!

I loved La Ha-Nee in Knight flower, but Ahn Eun-jin played a much more complex role and I think she did a phenomenal job there.

Namgoong Min Was a no contest! Well deserved.

Nobody expected "Moving" to be as good as it was when it was announced, its wins are deserved imo, it was a grear character driven drama that was simply dressed up fight scenes and special effects.

Happy for Namgoong Min!!!, i am going to secretly pretend that he won for Chief Kim instead.

Honey Lee's win is a pleasant suprise, comedic performances almost never get recognised by "serious" awards shows, im glad she won, she deserved it, and Lee Jong-wons reaction to her win and speech was adorable.

Yoo-na's speech made me tear up a little!! Also props to the stylist, she looked like a fairy ✨

I've not watched Knight Flower so I'm biased for sure but honestly was surprised Ahn Eun-jin didn't win Best Actress because she delivered the performance of a lifetime in My Dearest . I had my fair share of qualms with the plot in the second half but not for one second was I not fully immersed/absolutely forgot I was even watching a drama and the result of the passion and dedication both lead actors put into their craft. Nevertheless, congrats all the same to Lee Hanee - she's a fantastic actress and a win is a win all the same 👏

Speaking of surprises, I thought My Dearest would take out the Grand Prize and Moving would be a strong contender for Best Drama but it was the opposite!! Go Moving team, I'm so happy they're getting the accolades they deserve!

DB is mostly about dramas, but the film section also involves some drama and film actors who alternate between the small and big screen.
My favorite part of this award show was seeing two of my favorites, Tang Wei, announce and present the Best Actress award to Kim Go-Eun. I got teary-eyed listening to Go-Eun's acceptance speech. I worried about her after watching her disappear into this dark role in "Exhuma." The shamanism ritual was chilling and creepy. It gives me nightmares.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjhIOGohmfk&t=5s&ab_channel=NETFLIXPROBLEMS

I'm happy for Yoo Na and Lee Jung Ha. I can see them having a bright career.
Yoo Na was easily the best part of Kidnapping Day, and Jung Ha was also a big part of the charm of Moving.

Most of the categories repeat the same dramas over and over again. But it's interesting how in this repetition of dramas, even a few actors from shows of this year (2024) got mentioned once, but Jang Dong Yoon didn't get even a nomination after being in 4 shows, and being completely incredible in one of them.

I am glad that saeguk dramas received the top prizes this year, one for best actor (Nam Goong Min), one for best actress (Lee Honey, although I am rooting for Ahn Eun Jin) and one for best drama (My Dearest).

As for WTF....I am shocked when the Worst of Evil won the best director award. I thought Moving or Revenant should win it.

I screamed so loud when Lee Do-hyun won Best New Actor for Exhuma. He's now won Best New Actor in both the television and film categories. Kim Go-eun won Best Actress as well, so go Exhuma.

-Best Actor: I'm very happy for Namgoong Min. I was rooting for Ryu Seung-ryong, so I'm happy that Moving got the Daesang, which kinda makes up for Han Hyo-joo being snubbed.
-Best Actress: I did not expect for Honey Lee to win over Ra Mi-ran, whom I'd predicted to win, though I was rooting for Ahn Eun-jin.
-Best Supporting: Ahn Jae-hong and Yeom Hye-ran deserved their awards, and while I was rooting for Yoo-na to win Best New Actress, Lee Han-byeol was outstanding in Mask Girl. Her part was the best part of the drama.

Like @missvictrix, I was also so happy for Lee Yi-kyung to be nominated, and Song Ha-yoon would 100% have gotten a nomination if not for her scandal.

thanks for the photo link!!!

Congratulations to the winners. It was neck and neck in some categories while some nominations were a little bit off.
My main gripes are best writing and best directing especially the latter. IMO Revenant was more deserving of the writing award and despite dropping Worst of evil, I don't think it portrayed something impressive enough for best director award. The Matchmakers and My Dearest were far more deserving.
Best Actor for me Nam Goong-min since the first episode of My Dearest aired so I am thrilled to bits now that he really won.
As for Best Actress, I was rooting for Honey Lee since the beginning. I can understand fellow beanies, though, for being disappointed that Ahn Eun Jin didn't win as her performance was amazing. But the two dramas were two completely different genres. AEJ's role was more layered and the drama had longer episodes while Knight Flower had shorter episodes and fewer details.
Best new actor and actress were clear winners though I hope Lee Jong-won will get more recognition in the future.
I haven't watched Mask Girl so I can't say anything regarding the supporting actor and actress.
Best Drama was a battle between My Dearest, Moving and Revenant. But in the end, it went to My Dearest, and the Daesang went to Moving. Which are totally deserving btw, yet it hurts how MD2 went a bit awry and the last few episodes of Moving didn't hit us emotionally as much as the earlier ones did.

It’s a shame Twinkling Watermelon is not even in any nomination though the reason for it I quite understand. Exhuma and Moving deserve the awards they got.

Art Direction should have gone to Matchmakers😞 Why did they not have a separate section for documentaries😬
The best male supporting actor is a great actor rarely in the main role unless it’s an unusual drama/film so it’s good that he got an award as recognition of his talent.
I am really surprised a drama about mental health and based on a webtoon was in the running for best drama amongst some popular dramas that’s such great news. The fact we also had Dr Slump covering other elements of mental and having popular actors in the key roles should hopefully lead to more realistic portrayals of strategies to manage mental health in K-dramaland.

I don't really like the categories, I think they should added ones. For example, they could separate platforms and TV kdramas.

I wished The Matchmakers won the Technical Price but again, why they mixes very different jobs, these categories deserve their own price, and it's a documentary that won...

Because it would make a very long night, they could make one night TV and one night cinema.

Congratulations to all the winners!!!

I am especially happy for Namgoong Min for winning Best Actor finally!!
I am also happy for ny other faves Lee Jung Ha, Yoo Na and Honey Lee!
Ahn Jae Hong and Yeom Hye Ran for Mask GirL.

If “The Good bad mother” had won in the best drama and best screenplay categories, someone in the audience should have screeched as they do in makjangs and there should have been a riot afterwards. At least, those travesties were averted. Good grief. Even being nominated was outrageous enough.

Wow, those of us who watched The Kidnapping Day SAID the child actress killed her role and deserved awards!

Good on her.
Same for Honey Lee and Knight Flower.
I'm not even a little surprised Namgoong Min nomination or win. Kudos to him too.

Congrats to Lee Yi Kyung on his nomination. He totally deserved it.

I'm kind of shocked that the 2ML from Marry My Husband was nominated but not the 2FL, who was amazing and got a lot of buzz.

I'm also shocked that LTNS was nominated for best screenplay. I thought it was kind of a mess.

My thoughts for both the nominees and winners

**Best Drama and Daesang**
I really thought Moving will pull a clean sweep here, and i'm in real worry that Good Bad Mother might pull an upset since .... that darned drama earned second highest nominations (!!!) after Moving. Thankfully, it turns out Moving won the Daesang instead, and even the Best Drama went to the much honourable My Dearest.

**Best Director**
It seems very weird to me that 4 of the 5 directors listed here does not have their dramas compete in the Best Drama category ... and it is even weirder for the Worst of Evil PD to win here... how? In terms of complexity, Moving, a sprawling epic with multiple POV storylines, big-budget action scenes, and a balancing act between fantasy, family, dark and warmth elements are .... much harder to direct compared to Worst of Evil - I know that the 90s Seoul underbelly vibe in Worst of Evil is no walk in the park to direct as well, but still!

**Best Screenplay**
In terms of pure screenwriting, Kim Eun Hee's Revenant is the most superior script out of five, and again I don't understand how Good Bad Mother earned its spot there ... Kim Eun Hee had won before though (for Signal), and I fully understand if they want to give the award to other newer writers - so they chose MOVING as the winner.

**Best Actor**
I believe this is a race between NGM vs RSR (vs possible ISW - but I haven't seen Boyhood, in fact, how to stream that drama?) and NGM had been nominated numerous times before yet he had to won one, so I clearly understand the jury's decision to make him as the winner here.

**Best Actress**
Here's the most baffling part of this list: Kim Ji-Won (QoT), Kim Tae-Ri (Revenant), and Han Hyo Joo (Moving - a DESERVING winner) should HAVE BEEN nominated. Yet they are skipped over and yes I think this is a really stacked category. I very much preferred Ra Mi-Ran's performance in Good Bad Mother (the only saving grace of that show, other than Ahn Eun-Jin & Lee Do-Hyun) and I don't understand how it went to Honey Lee instead ... Really, if only they nominated HHJ ... (but HHJ had won Baeksang long time ago for DongYi, so they probably just want to spread the awards)

**Best Supporting Categories**
No objection to both mother-son villain performances in Mask Girl winning the supporting categories, they are fantastic performances indeed. If only SHY had not been embroiled in the bullying scandal, she would've steamrolled through the supporting actress category. Also, the supporting actress category seems a bit - weak (not gonna lie I had to search Asianwiki to find who's playing what)

**Best New Actor**
Personally I preferred Kim Yo-Han (A Killer Paradox), but they got it okay with Lee Jung-Ha.

**Best New Actress**
Initially, I'm a bit skeptical that they would let Yu-Na win, given how popular Go Youn-Jung is. But I'm glad they made the right choice.

Yay for NGM, I rooted for him!

MY DEAREST as a whole for Best Drama tho? I mean, if we only take into account like first 6 episodes of Season1, then sure, but afterwards... hmmm.

I like Honey Lee and totally believe she delivered despite me not watching her drama, but poor AEJ, hope she got at least a few votes for her performance in MD.

REVENANT not getting Best Drama because it 100% was for me Best Directing is baffling - acting aside (there cannot be any reasonable explanation of KTR and OJS not being nominated other than them winning before recently), it was the best thing about the show, NOT the script (you can fit a fully grown sandworm into one of plotholes there!).

Seeing LYK nominated feels surreal, he's finally getting places)))

Overall, this was a year when a lot of deserving actors got overlooked due to "can't fit them all" problem, which is a damn shame.

I am always pleased when one of my favorite character actors is recognized for their work. Congratulations Yeom Hye-ran! I see she is part of a terrific cast surrounding Park Bo-gum and IU in Netflix’s upcoming period drama in 2025 WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU TANGERINES.