2024 APAN Star Awards

The 2024 APAN Star Awards (Korean: 2024 에이판 스타 어워즈) ceremony will take place on December 28, 2024, at Dongdaemun Design Plaza Arthall 1 Jung-gu, Seoul. The 10th anniversary award show will be hosted by Kim Seung-woo and Park Sun-young and broadcast exclusively on tvN and BigK. The awards ceremony integrates content from all channels, including domestic terrestrial broadcasting, general programming, cable, OTT, and web dramas, aired from October 2023 to November 2024.^[1]

2024 APAN Star Awards
Official poster
Date	December 28, 2024 (2024-12-28)
Site	Dongdaemun Design Plaza Arthall 1, Jung-gu, Seoul
Presented by	Korea Entertainment Management Association Seoul Economic Promotion Agency
Hosted by	Kim Seung-woo Park Sun-young
Website	APAN Star Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	tvN BigK
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Winners and nominees

Nominations were announced on December 3.^[2][3]

Grand Prize (Daesang) TBA	Drama of the Year Korea–Khitan War (KBS2) Good Partner (SBS TV) Queen of Tears (tvN) Boyhood (Coupang Play) Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born (tvN)
Best Director Song Yeon-hwa [ko] – Doubt Yoon Jong-ho – Lovely Runner Lee Myoungwoo – Boyhood Jeon Woo-sung – Korea–Khitan War Jung Ji-in – Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born	Best Screenwriter Park Kyung-hwa – The Midnight Romance in Hagwon Park Ji-eun – Queen of Tears Lee Nam-gyu – Daily Dose of Sunshine Lee Si-eun – Lovely Runner Choi Yu-na – Good Partner Choi Hyo-bi – Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Kim Soo-hyun – Queen of Tears Byeon Woo-seok – Lovely Runner Im Si-wan – Boyhood Ji Sung – Connection Ji Chang-wook – Welcome to Samdal-ri	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Kim Ji-won – Queen of Tears Kim Tae-ri– Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born Kim Hye-yoon – Lovely Runner Jang Na-ra – Good Partner Jang Na-ra – My Happy End Lee Hanee – Knight Flower
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Ahn Bo-hyun – Flex X Cop Byun Yo-han – Black Out Lee Dong-hwi – Chief Detective 1958 Lee Yi-kyung – Marry My Husband Lee Jong-won – Knight Flower	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Go Min-si – The Frog, Sweet Home 2 Park Shin-hye – The Judge from Hell Shin Ye-eun – Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born Lee Mi-sook – Queen of Tears Jung Eun-chae – Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born and Your Honor
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Kim Dong-jun — Korea–Khitan War Seo Jun-young – The Brave Yong Su-jeong Yoon Sun-woo – The Third Marriage Lee Won-jong – Korea–Khitan War Ji Seung-hyun – Korea–Khitan War	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Oh Hyun-kyung — Suji & Uri Yoon Hae-young – The Third Marriage Lee Hyo-na – Unpredictable Family Lim Ju-eun – The Brave Yong Su-jeong Cha Hwa-yeon – Beauty and Mr. Romantic
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Kim Jung-hyun — Iron Family Baek Sung-hyun – The Three Musketeers Um Ki-joon – The Escape of the Seven Ji Hyun-woo – Beauty and Mr. Romantic Choi Soo-jong – Korea–Khitan War	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Keum Sae-rok — Iron Family Uhm Hyun-kyung — The Brave Yong Su-jeong Uee — Live Your Own Life Im Soo-hyang — Beauty and Mr. Romantic Ham Eun-jung — Suji & Uri
Excellence Award, Actor in a Short Drama Kim Seon-ho — The Tyrant Lee Sang-woon – O'PENing: My Trouble-Maker Mom Lee Sang-yi – Spice Up Our Love Jeong Sang-hoon – I Hate Pork Cutlet	Excellence Award, Actress in a Short Drama Kim Jung-young – O'PENing: My Trouble-Maker Mom Jeon Hye-bin – I Hate Pork Cutlet Jung In-sun – Grand Shining Hotel Han Ji-hyun – Spice Up Our Love
Excellence Acting Award, Actor Kwak Dong-yeon — Queen of Tears Kim In-kwon – The Judge from Hell Park Ji-hwan – Queen Woo & Seoul Busters Seo Hyun-chul – Welcome to Samdal-ri & Boyhood Yoo Jae-myung – Uncle Samsik and No Way Out: The Roulette	Excellence Acting Award, Actress Kim Jung-nan – Queen of Tears Seo Yi-sook – Red Swan Lee Jung-eun – Miss Night and Day Lee Hye-young – Bitter Sweet Hell Jung Young-joo – Lovely Runner and Miss Night and Day Han Ye-ri – Doubt
Best New Actor Kim Jung-jin – Boyhood Noh Jae-won — Doubt & Daily Dose of Sunshine Baek Seo-hoo — Miss Night and Day Lee Seung-hyub – Lovely Runner Lee Si-woo – Boyhood Heo Nam-joon – Sweet Home 3 & Your Honor	Best New Actress Kang Mi-na — Welcome to Samdal-ri Kang Hye-won – Boyhood Geum Hae-na – A Shop for Killers Jang Da-ah – Pyramid Game Jo Yoon-su — The Tyrant Chae Won-bin – Doubt
Best Child Actor Kim Kang-hoon — Goodbye Earth and Death's Game Moon Seong-hyun – Queen of Tears Shin Seo-woo – Family by Choice Lee Joo-won – Queen of Tears & My Sweet Mobster	Best Child Actress Kim Do-eun – Welcome to Samdal-ri Park So-yi – The Atypical Family Ahn Se-bin – A Shop for Killers Oh Eun-seo – Perfect Family
Popularity Star Award, Actor Byeon Woo-seok — Lovely Runner Kim Soo-hyun – Queen of Tears Cha Eun-woo Park Hyung-sik Lee Joon-hyuk Lee Je-hoon Son Suk-ku Byun Yo-han	Popularity Star Award, Actress Kim Hye-yoon — Lovely Runner Kim Ji-won – Queen of Tears Shin Hye-sun Jang Na-ra Shin Min-ah Kim Yoo-jung
Global Star Award Song Kang Kentaro Sakaguchi Go Min-si Shin Ye-eun Byeon Woo-seok Park Jae-chan	Best Couple Award Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won – Queen of Tears Jung Hae-in and Jung So-min – Love Next Door Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon – Lovely Runner Lee Se-young and Kentaro Sakaguchi – What Comes After Love Song Kang and Kim Yoo-jung – My Demon
Best Entertainer Award Do Kyung-soo Cha Eun-woo Kang Daniel Park Jae-chan Yoon Bo-mi	Best Original Soundtrack Boo Seok-soon – Queen of Tears – "The Reasons of My Smiles" Taeyeon – Welcome to Samdal-ri – "Dream" N.Flying – Lovely Runner – "Star" Zerobaseone – Love Next Door – "Reaching for You" Eclipse – Lovely Runner – "Sudden Shower"

References

1. Lee Min-ji (December 3, 2024). 김수현·변우석→김지원·김태리 '2024 에이판스타어워즈' 후보 공개 [Kim Soo-hyun, Byun Woo-seok → Kim Ji-won, Kim Tae-ri '2024 A-Pan Star Awards' Candidates Revealed]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 5, 2024.
2. "APAN Star Awards 2024 Nomination List Out, Queen Of Tears And Lovely Runner Receive Many Nods". December 3, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
3. Yoo Jeong- min (November 21, 2024). '아이돌챔프', '2024 APAN STAR AWARDS' 인기상 6개 부문 투표 오픈! ['Idol Champ', '2024 APAN STAR AWARDS' Popularity Award Voting Open in 6 Categories!]. MBC Entertainment (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 6, 2024.

External links

• Official website