61st Baeksang Awards 2025 Full Winners List: When Life Gives You Tangerines Wins Big
61st Baeksang Arts Awards: While IU and Park Bo Gum missed out on acting wins, When Life Gives You Tangerines led the Baeksang Awards 2025 with top honours including Best Drama.
The 61st Baeksang Arts Awards, South Korea's most prestigious ceremony honouring excellence across television, film, and theatre, unfolded on April 5, 2025, bringing with it a mix of surprises and expected wins. While some of the biggest fan-favourite titles of the year walked away with major awards, not all frontrunners clinched individual acting honours.
The widely loved Netflix K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines emerged as the night's biggest winner, taking home the award for Best Drama. Loosely based on a real-life couple from Jeju Island, the series stars Park Bo Gum and IU and tells the story of lifelong companions Oh Ae Sun and Gwan Sik. Spanning decades of their life together, the emotionally rich slice-of-life drama follows their journey through family struggles, personal sacrifices, and unconditional love. Despite its massive popularity and eight nominations, both IU and Park Bo Gum lost out in their respective acting categories.
Still, When Life Gives You Tangerines secured major wins including Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Choi Dae Hoon), and Best Supporting Actress (Yeom Hye Ran). The show beat stiff competition from Lovely Runner, The Tale of Lady Ok, Doubt, and The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call.
Meanwhile, Lovely Runner, another buzz-worthy series, didn't score wins in the major categories but its cast emerged victorious in the popularity segment.
In the film section, Harbin, led by Hyun Bin, won the coveted Best Film award. The historical action drama edged out titles like Love In The Big City, Revolver, House of the Seasons, and Uprising. Director Oh Seungwook won Best Director for Revolver, while the same film also delivered Jeon Doyeon a win in the Best Actress category for her performance.
Actor Cho Jungseok earned the Best Actor award for his turn in the aviation-themed film Pilot, besting fellow nominees like Yoon Joosang, Lee Byunghun, Lee Heejoon, and Hyun Bin.
Check out the full list of winners below.
TV/Drama
Grand Prize: Netflix 'Culinary Class Wars"
Best Drama: Netflix 'When Life Gives You Tangerines"
Best Actor: Ju Ji Hoon ('The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call")
Best Actress: Kim Tae Ri ('Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born")
Best Variety Show: DdeunDdeun 'Punghyanggo"
Best Educational Show: SBS 'Special-Hakjeon" (literal title)
Best Male Entertainer: Shin Dong Yup
Best Female Entertainer: Lee Soo Ji
Best Director: Song Yeon Hwa ('Doubt")
Best Supporting Actor: Choi Dae Hoon ('When Life Gives You Tangerines")
Best Supporting Actress: Yeom Hye Ran ('When Life Gives You Tangerines")
Best Screenplay: Im Sang Choon ('When Life Gives You Tangerines")
Best New Actor: Choo Young Woo ('The Tale of Lady Ok")
Best New Actress: Chae Won Bin ('Doubt")
Best Technical Direction: Jang Yeong Gyu ('Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born" – music)
Film
Grand Prize: Hong Kyung Pyo ('Harbin" – cinematographer)
Best Film: 'Harbin"
Best Actor: Jo Jung Suk ('Pilot")
Best Actress: Jeon Do Yeon ('Revolver")
Best Director: Oh Seung Wook ('Revolver")
Best Supporting Actor: Yoo Jae Myung ('Land of Happiness")
Best Supporting Actress: Claudia Kim ('A Normal Family")
Best Scenario: Shin Chul, Park Chan Wook ('Uprising")
Best New Director: Oh Jung Min ('House of the Seasons")
Best New Actor: Jung Sung Il ('Uprising")
Best New Actress: Roh Yoon Seo ('Hear Me: Our Summer")
Best Technical Direction: Jo Young Wook ('Uprising" – music)
Gucci Impact Award: 'The Land of Morning Calm"
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