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Time of India
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
4th Blue Dragon Series Awards winners: After Baeksang snub, IU wins best actress for Netflix's When Life Gives You Tangerines
The 4th Blue Dragon Series Awards delivered redemption for fans of Netflix's When Life Gives You Tangerines (WLGYT), as IU took home the Best Actress just months after both she and co-star Park Bo-gum were snubbed at the Baeksang Arts Awards. The July 18 ceremony, held at Paradise Resort in Incheon, proved to be a turning point for the beloved series. Hosted by Jun Hyun Moo and YoonA for the fourth year in a row, the event shed spotlight on the best K-Dramas and variety content released on various streaming platforms between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025. Organized by Sports Chosun, the awards continue to grow in prestige as they reflect the rapidly evolving landscape of Korean digital entertainment. While expectations were cautious after the Baeksang snub, WLGYT received the recognition many felt it deserved, with IU's win serving as one of the best moments as she too was in shock. Here's the full list of winners from this year's Blue Dragon Series Awards: Grand Prize (Daesang) The prestigious Grand Prize, or Daesang, was awarded to Netflix's When Life Gives You Tangerines. Accepting the honour on behalf of the drama, actor Park Bo Gum expressed heartfelt thanks: "I sincerely thank the crew who worked hard through all four seasons. It was an honour to portray Gwan Sik. This was made possible thanks to the child actors and senior actor Park Hae Joon." Best Drama The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, another Netflix title, took home the award for Best Drama. Studio& CEO Kwon Mi Kyung remarked, "We're grateful that so many people resonated with the importance of this show." Director Lee Do Yoon also shared his appreciation and praised the support of his lead actor: "Whenever I lost my way on set, he stood as a solid pillar. I dedicate this honor to the viewers who embraced our imperfect drama." Best Actress IU earned her first-ever Best Actress trophy for her emotionally resonant role in When Life Gives You Tangerines. Reflecting on the significance of the project, she spoke and said, "This will likely remain the proudest work of my life. It made me feel more alive and expressive than ever." She went on to dedicate the win to the drama's characters and their real-life counterparts: "To all the Aesoons who lived their lives vividly in a world that told us to stay blurry, and to every Geummyeong who planted their dreams with boldness, I dedicate my respect and gratitude." Best Actor Ju Ji Hoon won Best Actor for his performance in The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call. Speaking about the challenges of adapting the series, he said, "Bringing a comic book to life is no easy feat. Thanks to everyone who helped make it realistic, especially my comrade, Director Lee Do Yoon." Upbit Popularity Award This year's Upbit Popularity Awards, determined entirely by fan votes, went to Park Bo Gum, Hyeri, Lee Jun Hyuk, and IU. A humorous moment unfolded during the ceremony when Lee Jun Young mistakenly walked onstage due to a name mix-up, bringing a touch of levity to the otherwise glamorous night. Full list of winners – 4th Blue Dragon Series Awards Grand Prize (Daesang): When Life Gives You Tangerines (Netflix) Best Drama: The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (Netflix) Best Variety Show: Culinary Class Wars (Netflix) Acting Awards Best Actress: IU – When Life Gives You Tangerines Best Actor: Ju Ji Hoon – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Best Supporting Actress: Yeom Hye Ran – When Life Gives You Tangerines Best Supporting Actor: Lee Kwang Soo – Karma Best New Actress: Kim Min Ha – Way Back Love Best New Actor: Choo Young Woo – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Entertainment & Variety Best Female Entertainer: Lee Soo Ji – SNL Korea Best Male Entertainer: Kian84 – Kian's Bizarre B&B Best New Female Entertainer: Mimi – Kian is CEO Best New Male Entertainer: Moon Sang Hoon – The Blank Menu for You Special Awards OST Popularity Award: Yeonjun (TXT) – Cinderella at 2 AM Upbit Popularity Stars: Park Bo Gum, Hyeri, Lee Jun Hyuk, IU LG U+ Good Influence Award: Ji Ye Eun – Kian's Bizarre B&B For all the latest K-drama, K-pop, and Hallyuwood updates, keep following our coverage here.
International Business Times
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- International Business Times
Blue Dragon Series Awards 2025 Complete Winners: When Life Gives You Tangerines Bags Grand Prize
Updated July 18, 2025 21:54 +08 Blue Dragon Series Awards 2025 Sports Chosun Blue Dragon Series Awards 2025 winners are revealed by a star-studded lineup of celebrities through a live telecast from Paradise City in Incheon. People from various parts of the world, including Canada, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Mexico, watch the award ceremony live online from the comfort of their homes. K-drama fans across the globe, including the US and Canada, look forward to the fourth annual Blue Dragon Series Awards winners. The nominees for this year include dramas and variety shows produced by streaming services, released between May 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025. The surveys conducted by officials and regular viewers chose the nominees for this year. The entertainment news reporters from Sports Chosun also took part in the evaluation process. This annual award show differs from other K-drama award shows because it focuses on shows produced by streaming platforms. It aims to boost the growth of the original series content industry by honoring excellence in variety shows and dramas produced by streaming services. Blue Dragon Series Awards 2025 Winners List: Blue Dragon's Choice (Grand Prize) When Life Gives You Tangerines - WINNER Best Drama Family Matters Way Back Love Karma The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call - WINNER When Life Gives You Tangerines Best Actor Park Bo Gum for When Life Gives You Tangerines Park Hae Soo for Karma Lee Byung Hun for Squid Game 2 Lee Jun Hyuk for Dongjae, The Good or the Bastard Ju Ji Hoon for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call - WINNER Best Actress Park Eun Bin for Hyper Knife Seo Hyun Jin for The Trunk IU for When Life Gives You Tangerines - WINNER Hyeri for Friendly Rivalry Cha Joo Young for The Queen Who Crowns Best Supporting Actor Park Byung Eun for Hyper Knife Yoon Kyung Ho for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Lee Kwang Soo for Karma - WINNER Lee Jun Young for Weak Hero Class 2 Choi Dae Hoon for When Life Gives You Tangerines Best Supporting Actress Gong Seung Yeon for Karma Kim Guk Hee for Family Matters Claudia Kim for Gyeongseong Creature 2 Yeom Hye Ran for When Life Gives You Tangerines - WINNER Jung Eun Chae for Your Honor Best New Actor Kang You Seok for When Life Gives You Tangerines Lomon for Family Matters Bae Hyeon Seong for Gyeongseong Creature 2 Choo Young Woo for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call - WINNER Heo Nam Jun for Your Honor Best New Actress Kim Min Ha for Way Back Love - WINNER Lee Su Hyun for Family Matters Lee Yi Dam for The Queen Who Crowns Chung Su Bin for Friendly Rivalry Ha Young for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Best Variety Show Kian's Bizarre B&B The Devil's Plan: Death Room My Name is Gabriel Bloody Game 3 Culinary Class Wars - WINNER Best Male Entertainer Kian84 for Kian's Bizarre B&B - WINNER Kim Won Hoon for SNL Korea 6 and SNL Korea 7 Shin Dong Yup for SNL Korea 6 and SNL Korea 7 Jang Dong Min for Bloody Game 3 Choo Sung Hoon for Try? Choo-ry! Best Female Entertainer Gabi for My Name is Gabriel Uhm Ji Yoon for Becoming a baseball nerd Lee Soo Ji for SNL Korea 6 and SNL Korea 7 - WINNER Hyeri for Agents of Mystery Ji Ye Eun for Kian's Bizarre B&B Best New Male Entertainer Moon Sang Hoon for The Blank Menu For You - WINNER Yoon Nam No for Culinary Class Wars Lee Jin Hyuk for SNL Korea 6 and SNL Korea 7 Jung Geun Woo for Kim Seong Geun's Winter Vacation Jung Hyun Gyu for The Devil's Plan: Death Room Best New Female Entertainer Mimi for Kian is CEO - WINNER Seo Hye Won for SNL Korea 6 Yoon So Hee for The Devil's Plan: Death Room Risabae for The Influencer Tsuki for Zombieverse: New Blood OST Popularity Award Yeonjun for Boyfriend from Cinderella at 2 AM - WINNER TIRTIR Popular Star Award Park Bo Gum Lee Hye Ri IU Lee Joon Hyuk
Forbes
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Who Will Win The Blue Dragon Series Awards?
'When Life Gives You Tangerines' is up for several awards, including Best Drama. In just one day k-drama fans will find out which Korean drama and actor takes home the prize at the Blue Dragon Series Awards. The series awards, a spinoff of the annual Blue Dragon Film Awards, was launched in 2022 in response to the growing global streaming market. The awards ceremony will feature a variety of presenters, including actors Park Bo-young, Yim Si-wan, Go Youn-jung, Ahn Eun-jin and Jeon Do-yeon. Nominees were selected through online voting as well as evaluations by Sports Chosun entertainment news reporters and industry expert surveys. The nominees for best drama are Family Matters, Way Back Love, Karma, The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and When Life Gives You Tangerines. Best actor nominees are Park Bo-gum for When Life Gives You Tangerines, Park Hae-soo for Karma, Lee Byung-hun for Squid Game 2, Lee Jun-hyuk for Dongjae, The Good or the Bastard and Ju i-hoon for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call. Cha Joo-young stars in the historical k-drama 'The Queen Who Crowns.' Best actress nominations went to Park Eun-bin for Hyper Knife, Seo Hyun-jin for The Trunk, IU for When Life Gives You Tangerines, Hyeri for Friendly Rivalry and Cha Joo-young for The Queen Who Crowns. Best supporting actor nominations went to Park Byung-eun for Hyper Knife, Yoon Kyung-ho for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Lee Kwang-soo for Karma, Lee Jun-young for Weak Hero Class 2 and Choi Dae-hoon for When Life Gives You Tangerines. Best supporting actress nominations went to Gong Seung-yeon for Karma, Kim Guk-hee for Family Matters, Claudia Kim for Gyeongseong Creature 2, Yeom Hye-ran for When Life Gives You Tangerines and Jung Eun-chae for Your Honor. Choo Young-woo received a Best New Actor nomination for his role in 'The Trauma Code: Heroes On ... More Call.' Bets new actor nominations went to Kang You-seok for When Life Gives You Tangerines, Lomon for Family Matters, Bae Hyeon-seong for Gyeongseong Creatures 2, Choo Young-woo for The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and Heo Nam-jun for Your Honor. Best new actress nominations at the Blue Dragon Series Awards went to Kim Min-ha for Way Back Love, Lee Su-hyun for Family Matters, Lee Yi-dam for The Queen Who Crowns, Chung Su-bin for Friendly Rivalry and Ha Young for The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call. Which drama would you vote for? Which actors ranked high on your list?
International Business Times
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- International Business Times
Blue Dragon Series Awards 2025 Presenters, Performers Lineup: Park Bo Young, Ahn Jae Hong, and More
July 16, 2025 16:31 +08 Blue Dragon Series Awards 2025 Sports Chosun Blue Dragon Series Awards 2025 productions announced on Wednesday (July 16) the lineup of stars to present at the fourth annual ceremony. Park Bo Young and Ahn Jae Hong are among the presenters set to announce the winners this year. Meanwhile, the producers also announced the names of K-pop bands and artists gearing up to perform live during the glamorous event. The fourth annual award ceremony will feature a dazzling lineup of presenters and performers on stage, making the ceremony even more spectacular. The stars set to present award this year include Go Youn Jung, Kwak Joon Bin, Geum Hae Na, Park Bo Young, Park Ji Hyun, Shin Dong Yup, Ahn Eun Jin, Ahn Jae Hong, Um Tae Goo, Yoon Ga Yi, Lee Jung Ha, Yim Si Wan, Jang Ki Yong, Jang Do Yeon, and Jeon Do Yeon. Girls' Generation member YoonA and veteran television personality Jun Hyun Moo will host the glamorous event, which will feature dazzling celebrity performances. Among the confirmed performers' lineup are a few groups set to feature unique and distinct performances. JAESSBEE will take the stage and showcase their unique style. Rookie girl group KiiiKiii is also getting ready to deliver an impressive act. Blue Dragon Series Awards 2025 The annual award ceremony will be held on Friday (July 18) at 8:30 pm KST. People in Korea and other parts of the world, including the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UAE, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, India, Kenya, Denmark, Mexico, China, Thailand, and the UK, can watch the annual award ceremony live online. The glam event was available to watch live online through the official website and the YouTube channels of KBS Entertainment and KBS K-pop last year. Streaming details for this year will be revealed by the organizers in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned for all updates. Sports Chosun is organizing the glam event, which premiered in 2022. The event focused on various dramas and variety shows for streaming platforms. The organizers continue to focus on the programs released through various OTT (over-the-top) streaming platforms. They honor the excellence in variety shows and dramas produced by several streaming platforms. The organizers considered dramas and variety shows released between June 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024, for this year's nominations. The nominees were selected through online voting, which took place between June 10 and 25. Sports Chosun, entertainment news reporters, and industry experts evaluated the voting results to prepare the nomination list.
Time of India
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Park Gyu Young breaks silence on Squid Game 3 spoiler controversy: 'I felt a deep sense of guilt toward the director'
Actor Park Gyu Young, who portrayed one of the pink guards, No-Eul, in Squid Game 3, has finally broken her silence on the spoiler controversy that erupted earlier this year. In a heartfelt interview, she addressed the now-deleted Instagram post that inadvertently revealed the return of Lee Jin Wook's character and clarified rumours about a penalty. The photo that sparked it all In an interview with Sports Chosun on July 2, 2025, Park had shared a behind-the-scenes photo of herself in costume, but fans quickly noticed a blurred figure in the background believed to be Lee Jin Wook, whose character's fate had been left ambiguous in Season 2. The post was deleted, but not before it went viral. 'I think I showed a disappointing side of myself' In her interview, Park began with a sincere apology, saying, 'Over the past few months, I think I showed a disappointing side of myself. Many of you may have been let down. But since I have this opportunity to speak to you directly, I want to address the questions I previously avoided out of concern they might harm the project.' She added, 'I believe I caused a lot of disappointment by unintentionally spoiling something on social media. Although I was asked about it at the press conference, I don't think I gave a proper response then, so I'd like to take this opportunity to explain.' Immediate apologies to the team Park revealed that she contacted the production team, director Hwang Dong Hyuk, and Lee Jin Wook right after the incident. 'Right after I uploaded the photo, I immediately contacted the production team, the director, and senior actor Jin Wook to apologize. The director told me, 'Let's make sure this kind of mistake never happens again.' Although Jin Wook sunbae said he was totally fine, I still spent a long time reflecting on my lack of awareness and maturity, and how I failed to take full responsibility for the project'. She also shared how Lee Jin Wook reacted with kindness, quoting, 'I reached out to him right away, and he actually comforted me by joking that he appreciated the attention. I felt even more sorry and grateful because of that. During the press conference, too, he tried to comfort me, and I was deeply thankful but also felt I didn't deserve it.' 'I just want to speak without excuses' To her fans, Park offered a direct and emotional apology, saying, 'I just want to speak without excuses. I know many of you had high expectations for Season 3 after Season 2 ended. And I'm sure you began the season already guessing certain developments, like Lee Jin Wook's survival and character arc. I sincerely apologize for that, without offering any defense'. She added, 'I did blame myself a lot, but more than that, I felt a deep sense of guilt toward the director, who constructed such a thoughtful storyline, and the production team who brought it to life.' 'There was no mention of penalties' Addressing rumours of a Netflix fine, Park clarified, 'I can't go into the specifics of the contract, but rather than penalties, the response was more focused on ensuring that nothing like this happens again. There were pre-filming guidelines about being careful with leaks or exposure, but there was no mention of penalties, and I want to clarify that as carefully as I can.' 'I spent a long time reflecting' In a separate interview with JoongAng Daily, Park said, 'There's no excuse — it was a foolish mistake, and I've reflected deeply on it.' Further added, 'Honestly, I felt a huge sense of guilt. I blamed myself a lot, and I really reflected a lot on the responsibility that an actor should carry within a project.' She concluded with, 'Even though I was forgiven, I spent a long time thinking about whether I was mature enough and responsible enough for my work.'
