2018 KBS Entertainment Awards

The 2018 KBS Entertainment Awards presented by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), took place on December 22, 2018 at KBS New Wing Open Hall in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Shin Hyun-joon, Yoon Shi-yoon and AOA's Seolhyun.^[1][2]

2018 KBS Entertainment Awards
Awarded for	Excellence in variety entertainment
Date	December 22, 2018
Site	KBS New Wing Open Hall, Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Hosted by	Shin Hyun-joon Yoon Shi-yoon Seolhyun (AOA)
Television coverage
Network	KBS2, KBS World
Duration	250 minutes
Viewership	Ratings: 7.1% (Part 1) 8.2% (Part 2) 7.7% (Part 3) Viewership:1.577 million
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Nominations and winners

(Winners denoted in bold)^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Grand Prize (Daesang)		Viewers' Choice Best Program Award
Lee Young-ja – Hello Counselor, Red Cheek You Kim Jun-ho – 2 Days & 1 Night, Gag Concert Lee Dong-gook – The Return of Superman Shin Dong-yup – Hello Counselor, Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Yoo Jae-suk – Happy Together Season 4		2 Days & 1 Night Season 3 Gag Concert Happy Together Season 4 Hello Counselor Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Mr. House Husband The Return of Superman
Top Excellence Award
Variety Category	Talk/Show Category	Comedy Category
Defconn – 2 Days & 1 Night Sam Hammington – The Return of Superman Kim Jong-min – 2 Days & 1 Night Song Eun-i – Problem Child in House	Kim Sook – Battle Trip Moon Hee-joon – Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Jun Hyun-moo – Happy Together Season 4 Shin Hyun-joon – Entertainment Weekly [ko]	Male
		Kwon Jae-kwan [ko] – Pigeon Magic Troupe, YOLO Inn Kim Dae-hee [ko] – Bongsunga School, So Touching, We Need to Talk 1987 Kim Won-hyo [ko] – I'd Like to Ask a Favor, Refreshing Statements Park Young-jin [ko] – Love Ladder, Say Anything Festival Yoo Min-sang [ko] – The Everything Show, Love Ladder, Momentary Home Shopping
		Female
		Shin Bong-sun – Ms. Shin, We Need to Talk 1987 Kang Yoo-mi [ko] – Professional Stand-ins, Ugly Inside Kim Min-kyung [ko] – Decline, Myeonghun, Myeonghun, Myeonghun Oh Na-mi [ko] – Myeonghun, Myeonghun, Myeonghun, Ms. Shin
Excellence Award
Variety Category	Talk/Show Category	Comedy Category
Kim Seung-hyun [ko] – Mr. House Husband Ko Ji-yong – The Return of Superman Bong Tae-gyu – The Return of Superman Jung Joon-young – 2 Days & 1 Night Yoon Shi-yoon – 2 Days & 1 Night	Jo Se-ho – Happy Together Season 4 Sung Si-kyung – Battle Trip Do Kyung-wan [ko] – I Like to Sing [ko] Jeong Hyeong-don – Dancing High [ko], Hyena on the Keyboard Kim Tae-gyun – Hello Counselor	Male
		Song Joon-geun [ko] – Bongsunga School, How Awkward, So Touching Kim Sung-won [ko] – Bongsunga School, The Participation Show Ryu Geun-ji [ko] – The Everything Show, The Participation Show Seo Tae-hoon [ko] – Love Ladder, Ms. Shin, The Participation Show Song Young-gil [ko] – The Everything Show, The Participation Show, Sloppy Kung Fu, Ugly Inside
		Female
		Park So-ra [ko] – How Awkward, Two Job Republic Kim Seung-hye [ko] – YOLO Inn Lee Hyun-jeong [ko] – Call Center, Refreshing Statements Lee Soo-ji [ko] – Bongsunga School, Child Romance
Rookie Award
Variety Category	Talk/Show Category	Comedy Category
Lee Hanee – The Secret and Great Private Lives of Animals [ko] Eric Nam – Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong Bae Jeong-nam [ko] – Where on Earth??, 1 Percent of Friendship Choi Min-hwan – Mr. House Husband JooE – Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong Moon Ga-bi – Red Cheek You	Choi Won-myeong – Music Bank Kei – Music Bank Jo Hyun-ah – The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project Lee Hye-sung – Entertainment Weekly [ko]	Male
		Lee Seung-hwan [ko] – Bongsunga School, The Everything Show Bae Jeong-geun [ko] – Pigeon Magic Troupe Lee Jae-yool – Bongsunga School Park Jin-ho [ko] – Are You Human?, The Everything Show Shim Moon-gyu [ko] – Child Romance, Pigeon Magic Troupe
		Female
		Kim Ni-na [ko] – The Everything Show, The Girl That Used to be Pretty Choi Hee-ryung [ko] – Come On!, Group Assignment Hwang Jeong-hye [ko] – Bongsunga School, Countryside Love, The Everything Show Jang Ha-na [ko] – Bongsunga School, Let's Do This.
Other Awards
Best Entertainer Award	Staff of the Year Award	Best Idea Award
Choi Yang-rak [ko] and Paeng Hyun-sook [ko] – Mr. House Husband Kim Tae-jin [ko] – Entertainment Weekly [ko] Yoon Shi-yoon – 2 Days & 1 Night	Kim Young-seon (photographing director)	Gag Concert – Refreshing Statements
Broadcasting Screenwriter Award	Best Teamwork Award	Popularity Award
Jang Jong-won – Gag Concert Screenwriter team – Hello Counselor Shim Eun-ha – Mr. House Husband	Hello Counselor	The Return of Superman Children
New DJ of the Year Award	Entertainment DJ of the Year Award	DJ of the Year Award
Lee Su-hyun – Akdong Musician Suhyun's Volume Up Yangpa – Yangpa's Music Garden [ko]	Jang Hang-jun – Jang Hang-jun and Kim Jin-soo's Mister Radio [ko] Kim Jin-soo [ko] – Jang Hang-jun and Kim Jin-soo's Mister Radio [ko]	Park Eun-young [ko]
Producers' Special Award	2018 Hot Issue Entertainer Award	2018 Hot Issue Variety Program
Shin Hyun-joon – Entertainment Weekly [ko]	Bae Jeong-nam [ko] – Where on Earth??, 1 Percent of Friendship Bong Tae-gyu – The Return of Superman Hwasa and Loco – Hyena on the Keyboard Jung Chae-yeon – To. Jenny	Joy of Conversation [ko]
Achievement Award	Best Couple Award
Bae Cheol-soo	Kim Eon-joong and Baek Ok-ja – Mr. House Husband Kim Jun-ho and Kim Jong-min – 2 Days & 1 Night

Presenters

Order	Presenter(s)	Award	References
1	Yoo Jae-suk, Jo Yoon-hee	Rookie Award in Comedy Category	[8]
2	Hwang Seok-jeong, Kim Ho-young	Rookie Award in Veriety Category Rookie Award in Talk/Show Category
3	Cha Tae-hyun	New DJ of the Year Award Entertainment DJ of the Year Award DJ of the Year Award
4	Lee Hwi-jae, Park Eun-young [ko]	Broadcasting Screenwriter Award
5	You Hee-yeol, JooE	Popularity Award Achievement Award
6	Andy, Eric Nam	2018 Hot Issue Entertainer Award 2018 Hot Issue Variety Program
7	Kim Sook, Hwasa	Producers' Special Award
8	Lee Moo-song [ko], Noh Sa-yeon	Best Couple Award
9	Kim Hye-seon [ko], Lee Soo-ji [ko]	Best Teamwork Award
10	Bae Jeong-nam [ko], Moon Ga-bi	Best Entertainer Award
11	Shin Dong-yup	Staff of the Year Award
12	Jun Hyun-moo, Son Na-eun	Excellence Award in Comedy Category
13	Kim Jun-ho, Cha Tae-hyun	Excellence Award in Talk/Show Category Excellence Award in Variety Category
14	Sung Si-kyung, Jung Chae-yeon	Top Excellence Award in Comedy Category
15	Lee Young-ja, Baekhyun	Top Excellence Award in Talk/Show Category Top Excellence Award in Variety Category
16	Lee Chang-hyun, Lee Si-young	Viewers' Choice Best Program Award
17	Yang Seung-dong, Uee	Grand Prize (Daesang)

Special performances

Order	Artist	Song/Spectacle	References
1	Gag Concert team	"I Wanna Be a Celeb" (셀럽이 되고 싶어) (Original: Celeb Five)	[9]
2	Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong team	"Ring Ring" (따르릉) (Original: Kim Young-chul & Hong Jin-young) Bboom Bboom (뿜뿜) (Original: Momoland)	[10]
3	Gag Concert team	"Dope" (쩔어) + "Blood Sweat & Tears" (피 땀 눈물) + "Idol" (Original: BTS)	[11]
4	Yoo Min-sang [ko], Song Young-gil [ko], Kim Soo-young [ko]	돼너	[12]
5	Twice	"Yes or Yes"	[13]

References

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9. 2018 KBS 연예대상 - 1부 축하공연 개그콘서트팀 - 셀럽이 되고 싶어.20181222. KBS via YouTube (in Korean). December 22, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
10. 2018 KBS 연예대상 - 1부 특별공연 삼청동 외할머니팀 - 따르릉~♬.20181222. KBS via YouTube (in Korean). December 22, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
11. 2018 KBS 연예대상 - 2부 축하공연 개그콘서트팀 'BTS - 쩔어+피 땀 눈물+IDOL'.20181222. KBS via YouTube (in Korean). December 22, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
12. 2018 KBS 연예대상 - 2부 특별공연 개그콘서트 - 돼너.20181222. KBS via YouTube (in Korean). December 22, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
13. 2018 KBS 연예대상 - 3부 축하공연 트와이스 - Yes or Yes.20181222. KBS via YouTube (in Korean). December 22, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• 2018 KBS Entertainment Awards on KBS World