Blue Dragon Series Awards: BTS' Jin left out as 'Kian's Bizarre B&B' stars earn nods - here's the full nominees list
The second round of netizen voting will run exclusively on Celeb Champ from June 30 to July 17. The awards ceremony will take place on July 18 at Paradise City, Incheon, and will be broadcast live on KBS 2TV.
Among the nominees, The Great Gianjang (also known as Kian's Bizarre B&B) earned nods for Kian84 and Ji Ye-eun in the Best Male Variety Star and Best Female Entertainer categories. However, BTS' Jin, who brought significant attention to the show with the support of the ARMY fanbase, was notably excluded from the final list.
Let's have a look at the full nominees list: Drama Category Nominees
Best Drama
Family Plan
A Week Before I Die
Bad Romance
Trauma Center
Fooled in a Box
Best Actor
Park Bo-gum (Bad Romance)
Park Hae-soo (Bad Romance)
Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game Season 2)
Lee Joon-hyuk (Good or Bad Dong-jae)
Joo Ji-hoon (Trauma Center)
Best Actress
Park Eun-bin (Hyperknife)
Seo Hyun-jin (Trunk)
IU (Bad Romance)
Lee Hye-ri (Rivalry)
Cha Joo-young (Wonkyung)
Best Supporting Actor
Park Byung-eun (Hyperknife)
Yoon Kyung-ho (Trauma Center)
Lee Kwang-soo (Bad Romance)
Lee Joon-young (Weak Hero Class 2)
Choi Dae-hoon (Bad Romance)
Best Supporting Actress
Gong Seung-yeon (Bad Romance)
Kim Kook-hee (Family Plan)
Soo-hyun (Gyeongseong Creature Season 2)
Yeom Hye-ran (Fooled by a Thing)
Jung Eun-chae (Your Honor)
Best New Actor
Kang Yoo-seok (Fooled by a Thing)
Romon (Family Plan)
Bae Hyun-sung (Gyeongseong Creature Season 2)
Choo Young-woo (Trauma Center)
Heo Nam-joon (Your Honor)
Best New Actress
Kim Min-ha (A Week Before I Die)
Lee Soo-hyun (Family Plan)
Lee Yi-dam (Wonkyung)
Jung Soo-bin (Rivalry)
Ha-young (Trauma Center)
Let's have a look at the full nominees list: Variety Category Nominees
Best Variety Series
The Great Gianjang
Devil's Plan: Death Room
My Name is Gabriel
Game of Blood 3
Black and White Chef: Culinary Class War
Best Male Variety Star
Kian84 (The Great Gianjang)
Kim Won-hoon (SNL Korea Season 6 & 7)
Shin Dong-yup (SNL Korea Season 6 & 7)
Jang Dong-min (Game of Blood 3)
Choo Sung-hoon (Chu Lai Chu Lai)
Best Female Entertainer
Gabi (My Name is Gabriel)
Uhm Ji-yoon (Baseball Representative: League of Nerds Season 1 & 2)
Lee Soo-ji (SNL Korea Season 6 & 7)
Lee Hye-ri (Mystery Investigation Team)
Ji Ye-eun (The Great Gianjang)
Rookie Male Entertainer Award
Moon Sang-hoon (Housekeeping)
Yoon Nam-no (Black and White Chef: Culinary Class War)
Lee Jin-hyeok (SNL Korea Season 6 & 7)
Jung Keun-woo (Kim Sung-geun's Winter Vacation)
Jung Hyun-gyu (Devil's Plan: Death Room)
Rookie Female Entertainer Award
Mimi (Gian-i-seo)
Seo Hye-won (SNL Korea Season 6)
Yoon So-hee (Devil's Plan: Death Room)
Lee Sa-bae (The Influencer)
Tsuki (Zombieverse: New Blood)
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