61st Baeksang Arts Award Reveals Its Winners For the Year
The Baeksang Awards announced its award winners for the year. Its 61st award ceremony took place at Coex in Gangnam District on 5 May 2025 at 20:00 (KST). The live telecast of the show was streamed by platforms like JTBC, JTBC2, and JTBC4. The show was hosted by Shin Dong-yup, Bae Suzy, and Park Bo Gum. It is the trio’s 7th time hosting the show. The show revealed more surprises once the ceremony began. The results of the award categories are announced after a thorough analysis by 60 experienced reviewers, judges, and other experts in the industry.
The Baeksang Arts Award is one of the most prestigious award ceremonies in South Korea, like the Golden Globes Awards. The ceremony brought the fans’ favourite couples, Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon (Lovely Runner), Seo In-guk and Jeong Eun-ji (Replay 1997), and Go Kyung-pro and Seohyun (Private Lives), once again together in front of the fans.
The Major Winners: ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ and ‘Lovely Runner’
The popular K-dramas of 2024, ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ and ‘Lovely Runner’ did not leave the show freehand.
Both shows won numerous awards in various categories. The other major competitors were ‘The Tale of Lady Ok’, ‘The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call’, and ‘Doubt’.
Inspired by the real-life story, ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ presents the viewers with a couple from Jeju. The characters Oh Ae-sun and Yang Gwan-sik, played by IU and Park Bo-gum, respectively, entered the hearts of the viewers without much hurdle. Many of the viewers find the sweet and sour life story of Oh Ae-sun and Yang Gwan-sik relatable to their lives. Though the actors IU and Park Bo-gum could not get their hands on the best actor and best actress awards, they became the best couple in viewers’ hearts unopposed. (Watch the show on Netflix.)
The other categories in which the drama received acknowledgement are best screenplay, best supporting actress, best supporting actress, best supporting actor, and best drama.
The time-slip drama, ‘Lovely Runner’, was a showstopper of 2024. The couple portrayed by the actors Kim Hye-yoon and Byeon Woo-seok won the PRIZM popularity award. With its intriguing storyline, the show was a box office hit.
61st Baeksang Arts Awards Winners List
- Best New Actress (film)
Roh Yoon-seo – ‘Hear Me: Our Summer’ - Best New Actress (TV)
Chae Won-bin – ‘Doubt’ - Best New Actor (Film)
Jung Sung-il – ‘Uprising’ - Best New Actor (TV)
Choo Young-woo – ‘The Tale of Lady Ok’ - PRIZM Popularity Award
Kim Hye-yoon and Byeon Woo-seok – ‘Lovely Runner’ - Best Screenplay (Drama)
Im Sang-choon – ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ - Best Screenplay (Film)
Shin Chul and Park Chan – ‘Uprising’ - Best Supporting Actress (Film)
Claudia Kim – ‘A Normal Family’ - Best Supporting Actress (Drama)
Yeom Hye-ran – ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ - Best Supporting Actor (Film)
Yoo Jae-Myung – ‘Land of Happiness’ - Best Supporting Actor (Drama)
Choi Dae-hoon – ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ - Best Director (Drama)
Song Yeon-hwa – ‘Doubt’ - Best Director (Film)
Oh Seung-wook – ‘Revolver’ - Best New Director (Film)
Oh Jung- min – ‘House of the Seasons’ - Best Technical Achievement (Drama)
Jang Young-gyu – ‘Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born’ (music) - Best Technical Achievement (Film)
Jo Yeong-wook – ‘Uprising’ - Best Film
‘Harbin’ - Best Drama
‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ - Best Actress (Film)
Jeon Do-yeon – ‘Revolver’ - Best Actor (Film)
Jo Jung-suk – ‘Pilot’ - Best Actress (Drama)
Kim Tae-ri – ‘Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born’ - Best Actor (Drama)
Ju Ji-hoon ‘The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call’ - Daesang (Grand Prize)
Hong Kyung-pyo (cinematographer) – ‘Harbin’ and ‘Culinary Class Wars’ - Gucci Impact Award
‘The Land of Morning Calm’ - Best Educational Show
‘Special-Hakjeon’ - Best Male Variety Performer
Shin Dong-yup - Best Female Variety Performer
Lee Soo-ji - Best Variety Show
‘Punghyanggo’ - Best Technical Achievement
Jang Yeong-gyu – ‘Jeongyeon: The Star is Born’ - Best Acting (Theatre)
Kwak Ji-sook – ‘Jews Malta’ - Best Play
‘Toongso Whistles’ - Young Theatre Award
‘Gongnori Club’
