2023 APAN Star Awards

2023 APAN Star Awards
2023 APAN Star Awards
	Official poster
Date	December 30, 2023
Site	Dongdaemun Design Plaza Arthall 2, Jung-gu, Seoul
Presented by	Korea Entertainment Management Association; Seoul Economic Promotion Agency;
Hosted by	Kim Seung-woo ; Jang Ye-won
Highlights
Grand Prize	Lee Jun-ho
Website	APAN Star Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	tvN; Naver Now;

The 2023 APAN Star Awards (Korean: 2023 에이판 스타 어워즈) ceremony took place on December 30, 2023, at Dongdaemun Design Plaza Arthall 2 Jung-gu, Seoul, and was hosted by Kim Seung-woo and Jang Ye-won.^[1] It was broadcast exclusively on tvN and Naver Now. The awards ceremony integrates content from all channels, including domestic terrestrial broadcasting, general programming, cable, OTT, and web dramas, aired from October 2022 to November 2023.^[2]

In the award ceremony Lee Jun-ho won 5 awards including the Grand Award for his role in King the Land.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Nominations were announced on December 19.^[4]

Winners are listed first and denoted in bold.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Grand Prize (Daesang) Lee Jun-ho – King the Land	Drama of the Year Little Women (tvN) The Glory (Netflix) Moving (Disney+) My Dearest (MBC TV) Reborn Rich (JTBC)
Best Director Park In-je – Moving Ahn Gil-ho – The Glory Jung Dae-yoon – Reborn Rich Kang Yoon-sung – Big Bet Kim Seong-yong, Cheon Soo-jin, Lee Han-jun – My Dearest Kim Young-hoon – Mask Girl	Best Screenwriter Kang Yoon-sung – Big Bet Kim Eun-sook – The Glory Song Soo-han – Agency Kang Full – Moving Hwang Jin-young – My Dearest Yang Hee-seung, Yeo Eun-ho – Crash Course in Romance
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Ryu Seung-ryong – Moving Choi Min-sik – Big Bet Kim Woo-bin – Black Knight Lee Jong-suk – Big Mouth Lee Jun-ho – King the Land Lee Sung-min – Reborn Rich & Shadow Detective Namkoong Min – My Dearest & One Dollar Lawyer Song Joong-ki – Reborn Rich	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Uhm Jung-hwa — Doctor Cha Im Yoon-ah – King the Land Jeon Do-yeon– Crash Course in Romance Kim Hye-soo – Under the Queen's Umbrella Song Hye-kyo – The Glory Kim Tae-ri – Revenant Lee Bo-young – Agency Ra Mi-ran – The Good Bad Mother & Cruel Intern
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Park Hae-soo — Narco-Saints Jo Han-chul — Reborn Rich & Stealer: The Treasure Keeper Park Ji-hoon – Weak Hero Class 1 Yang Se-jong – Doona! Wi Ha-joon – Little Women Lee Do-hyun – The Good Bad Mother & The Glory Ji Chang-wook – The Worst of Evil Cha Eun-woo – Island	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Kim Seo-hyung — Pale Moon Uhm Ji-won — Little Women Moon Chae-won – Payback Kim Jung-eun– Strong Girl Nam-soon Lim Ji-yeon – Lies Hidden in My Garden & The Glory Jeon Jong-seo – Bargain & Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area Han Ji-min – Behind Your Touch Hwang Jung-eum – The Escape of the Seven
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Go Soo — Missing: The Other Side 2 Han Suk-kyu – Dr. Romantic 3 Kim Rae-won – The First Responders Lee Je-hoon – Taxi Driver 2 Son Hyun-joo – The Good Detective 2	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Lee Sung-kyung — Dr. Romantic 3 Baek Jin-hee – The Real Has Come! Jang Seo-hee – Game of Witches [ko] Lee Ha-na – Three Bold Siblings Uee – Live Your Own Life
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Son Ho-jun — The First Responders 2 Kim Min-jae – Dr. Romantic 3 & Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist 2 Yoo Jun-sang – The Uncanny Counter 2 & Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow Kim Eui-sung – Taxi Driver 2 Baek Sung-hyun – The Love in Your Eyes	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Kim Ok-vin — Arthdal Chronicles 2 Kim So-eun – Three Bold Siblings Ahn So-hee– Missing: The Other Side 2 Cha Joo-young – The Real Has Come! Kim Se-jeong – The Uncanny Counter 2
Excellence Award, Actor in a Short Drama Joo Jong-hyuk — Do You Know Ashtanga Go Soo – O'PENing: Summer, Love Machine, Blues Kim Ki-hae – Currently Offline Park Ho-san – Hunted [ko] Cha Hak-yeon – The Stain	Excellence Award, Actress in a Short Drama Shin Eun-soo — Nineteen Sea Otters Uhm Ji-won – O'PENing: Summer Cold Kim Sae-byuk – Silence of the Lambs Choi Soo-young – Fanletter, Please! Lee Yeon – Shoot for Love
Excellence Award, Actor in a Webseries Choo Young-woo — Once Upon a Small Town Go Ho-jung – Choco Milk Shake Kim Tae-hee – Set Three Men and Women Yoo Jung-hoo – Bitch X Rich & New Love Playlist Yoon Jae-chan – Set Three Men and Women	Excellence Award, Actress in a Webseries Yeri — Bitch X Rich Ryu Hye-young – Adult Kids Oh Yoo-jin – New Love Playlist Lee Eun-saem – Bitch X Rich Joy – Once Upon a Small Town
Excellence Acting Award, Actor Lee Dong-hwi — Big Bet Jung Seok-yong — D.P. 2 Kim Hee-won – Han River & Behind Your Touch Kim Won-hae – The Good Bad Mother & Revenant Lee Hak-joo – My Dearest & Shadow Detective Jung Hee-tae – Reborn Rich & Lies Hidden in My Garden Jo Woo-jin – Narco-Saints	Excellence Acting Award, Actress Shin Ye-eun — Revenge of Others & The Secret Romantic Guesthouse Yeom Hye-ran — The Glory, The Uncanny Counter 2 & Mask Girl Myung Se-bin – Doctor Cha Jeon Hye-jin – Not Others Oh Yoon-ah – Queen of Masks Park Ji-hyun – Reborn Rich Son Na-eun – Agency
Best New Actor Kim Dong-hwi — Missing: The Other Side 2 & The Deal Moon Sang-min — Under the Queen's Umbrella Choo Young-woo – Oasis Kim Ki-hae – Duty After School Lee Jung-ha – Moving Ryeoun – The Secret Romantic Guesthouse & Twinkling Watermelon	Best New Actress Lee Han-byeol — Mask Girl Jo Ah-ram — Doctor Cha Go Youn-jung – Alchemy of Souls & Moving Kim Hieora – The Glory & The Uncanny Counter 2 Shin Eun-soo – Twinkling Watermelon
Best Child Actor Jung Hyeon-jun — Twinkling Watermelon & See You in My 19th Life Lee Si-on – Strong Girl Nam-soon & Pale Moon Moon Woo-jin – Castaway Diva Park Da-on – Cruel Intern & The Good Bad Mother	Best Child Actress Jeon Yu-na — The Kidnapping Day Ahn Tae-rin – Queen of Masks Park So-yi – See You in My 19th Life Seo Yi-soo [ko] – Strong Girl Nam-soon Yoo Chae-hee – Pale Moon
Best Couple Lee Jun-ho & Im Yoon-ah — King the Land	Best Original Soundtrack *Young Tak — "Go Your Own Way" (Live Your Own Life* OST)**
Popularity Star Award, Actor Lee Jun-ho — King the Land	Popularity Star Award, Actress Im Yoon-ah — King the Land
Global Star Award Lee Jun-ho — King the Land	Best Manager Award CEO Baek Chang-ju - C-JeS Studios
Best Character Award Lee Jun-ho — King the Land	Seoul League Actors Award Lee Sung-kyung – Dr. Romantic 3
Global Creator of the Year Award Anushka Sen Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao Karimova Elina Cassandra Bankson Kristel Fulgar Kika Kim	Achievement Award Byun Hee-bong

References

^ Nam Seung-woo (December 31, 2023). [포토종합] 위즈온컴퍼니 ‘서울콘 에이판 스타 어워즈’ 성료… 글로벌 인플루언서 시장 본격 진출 [[Photo Comprehensive] WizOn Company’s ‘Seoul Con Apan Star Awards’ successfully concluded… Entering the global influencer market in earnest] (in Korean). Cheonji Ilbo. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
^ Son, Bong-seok (November 7, 2023). 대한믄국 대종문화예술 축제 '에이판 스타 어워즈' 12월 30일 개최 [Daejong Culture & Arts Festival 'APAN Star Awards' will be held on December 30] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved December 30, 2023 – via Naver.
^ Choi, Na-young (December 31, 2023). 이준호, '2023 APAN 스타어워즈' 대상 수상..5관왕 영예 "전세계 시청자들 감사" [Lee Jun-ho wins the grand prize at the '2023 APAN Star Awards'...honored with 5 awards "Thanks to viewers around the world"] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved December 31, 2023 – via Naver.
^ Lee Ha-na (December 19, 2023). "'재벌집'부터 '더글로리'까지..'APAN STAR AWARDS' 치열한 수상 후보 공개" [From 'Chaebol House' to 'The Glory'... 'APAN STAR AWARDS' fierce award candidates revealed] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on December 25, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023 – via Naver.
^ Kang, Da-yoon (December 31, 2023). 이준호의 대세 입증…대상 수상→총 5관왕 영예 [에이판 스타어워즈](종합) [Lee Jun-ho's trend proven...Grand Prize Winner→ Total 5 Honors [APAN Star Awards] (Overall)] (in Korean). Media Daily. Retrieved December 31, 2023 – via Naver.
^ Ahn Tae-hyun (December 31, 2023). "이준호, '2023 에이판 어워즈' 대상 영예…5관왕 올랐다 - 뉴스1" [Lee Jun-ho, grand prize winner at the ‘2023 APAN Awards’… Won 5 awards]. News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
^ "'King The Land' couple Lee Junho and YoonA lead the way at the 2023 APAN star awards - see complete list of winners". The Times of India. December 31, 2023. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
^ Hwang Jae-ha (December 31, 2023). 이준호, 2023 APAN 어워즈 대상…"많은 분 대표해 받은 것" (in Korean). Yonhap News. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] Nam Seung-woo (December 31, 2023). [포토종합] 위즈온컴퍼니 ‘서울콘 에이판 스타 어워즈’ 성료… 글로벌 인플루언서 시장 본격 진출 [[Photo Comprehensive] WizOn Company’s ‘Seoul Con Apan Star Awards’ successfully concluded… Entering the global influencer market in earnest] (in Korean). Cheonji Ilbo. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.

[2] Son, Bong-seok (November 7, 2023). 대한믄국 대종문화예술 축제 '에이판 스타 어워즈' 12월 30일 개최 [Daejong Culture & Arts Festival 'APAN Star Awards' will be held on December 30] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved December 30, 2023 – via Naver.

[3] Choi, Na-young (December 31, 2023). 이준호, '2023 APAN 스타어워즈' 대상 수상..5관왕 영예 "전세계 시청자들 감사" [Lee Jun-ho wins the grand prize at the '2023 APAN Star Awards'...honored with 5 awards "Thanks to viewers around the world"] (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved December 31, 2023 – via Naver.

[4] Lee Ha-na (December 19, 2023). "'재벌집'부터 '더글로리'까지..'APAN STAR AWARDS' 치열한 수상 후보 공개" [From 'Chaebol House' to 'The Glory'... 'APAN STAR AWARDS' fierce award candidates revealed] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on December 25, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023 – via Naver.

[5] Kang, Da-yoon (December 31, 2023). 이준호의 대세 입증…대상 수상→총 5관왕 영예 [에이판 스타어워즈](종합) [Lee Jun-ho's trend proven...Grand Prize Winner→ Total 5 Honors [APAN Star Awards] (Overall)] (in Korean). Media Daily. Retrieved December 31, 2023 – via Naver.

[6] Ahn Tae-hyun (December 31, 2023). "이준호, '2023 에이판 어워즈' 대상 영예…5관왕 올랐다 - 뉴스1" [Lee Jun-ho, grand prize winner at the ‘2023 APAN Awards’… Won 5 awards]. News1 (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.

[7] "'King The Land' couple Lee Junho and YoonA lead the way at the 2023 APAN star awards - see complete list of winners". The Times of India. December 31, 2023. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.

[8] Hwang Jae-ha (December 31, 2023). 이준호, 2023 APAN 어워즈 대상…"많은 분 대표해 받은 것" (in Korean). Yonhap News. Retrieved January 1, 2024.

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