The first Blue Dragon Series Awards was officially opened this year, an award ceremony hosted by Sports Chosun to honor original Korean series content across streaming platforms, including Netflix, Disney+, Coupang Play, TVING, WAVVE, Apple TV+, Kakao TV, SEEZN, and Watcha.
The event was held on July 19th at 7:00 PM (KST) at Paradise City in Incheon and hosted by Im Yoon-ah and Jun Hyun-moo.
Here are the winners in the drama category at the first ever Blue Dragon Series Awards:
Best Drama: Deserter Pursuit (2021)
Nominees:
- DP: Deserter Pursuit (2021)
- Through The Darkness (2022)
- Squid Game (2021)
- Yumi’s Cells (2021-2022)
- Political Fever (2021)
Best Actor: Lee Jung-jae for Squid Game (2021)
Nominees:
- Jung Hae-in (Deserter Pursuit)
- Lee Je-hoon (Move To Heaven)
- Kim Nam-gil (Through The Darkness)
- Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)
- Im Siwan (Tracer)
Best Actress: Kim Go-eun for Yumi’s Cells (2021-2022)
Nominees:
- Kim Hye-soo (Juvenile Justice)
- Kim Go-eun (Yumi’s Cells)
- Oh Yeon-seo (Mad For Each Other)
- Kim Sung-ryung (Political Fever)
- Han Hyo-joo (Happiness)
Best Supporting Actor: Lee Hak-joo for Political Fever (2021)
Nominees:
- Son Su-kku (Deserter Pursuit)
- Ahn Bo-hyun (My Name)
- Yang Kyung-won (One Ordinary Day)
- Park Hae-soo (Squid Game)
- Lee Hak-joo (Political Fever)
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Shin-rok for Hellbound (2021)
Nominees:
- Lee Jung-eun (Juvenile Justice)
- Keum Sae-rok (Youth Of May)
- Kim Joo-ryoung (Squid Game)
- Kim Shin-rok (Hellbound)
- Bae Hae-sun (Happiness)
Best New Actor: Koo Kyo-hwan for Deserter Pursuit (2021)
Nominees:
- Koo Kyo-hwan (Deserter Pursuit)
- Kang Daniel (Rookie Cops)
- Chang Ryul (My Name)
- Park Seo-ham & Park Jae-Chan (Semantic Error)
- Lee Do-hyun (Youth Of May)
Best New Actress: Jung Ho-yeon for Squid Game (2021)
Nominees:
- Han So-hee (My Name)
- Won Ji-an (Hope Or Dope)
- Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game)
- Park Ji-hoo (All Of Us Are Dead)
- Cho Yi-hyun (All Of Us Are Dead)
Popularity Awards:
Jung Hae-in
Han Hyo-joo
Kang Daniel
DKZ’s Jae-chan
Park Seo-ham
Lee Yong-jin
Congratulations to all the winners!
KORB 