Candidated for the Grand Acting Award,

The candidates for the Grand Acting Award in the 3 different broadcasting companies are receiving people’s attentions.

In each of the broadcasting companies, the candidates are quite dazzling. In some cases, the title of the drama and the character matches perfectly and some of the other important individuals in the drama are roasting up a hot attention this end of year. Most of the time, the viewing rates were exceptionally high during the airing of the drama so each of the main characters received a lot of attention to begin with.

Especially, through MBC ‘Time between dog and wolf’, Lee Jun Ki who showed off his great acting skills last year did really well in this year’s SBS ‘Iljimae’, solidifying his presence during the drama airing time. Currently, Kim Bum Soo, Kim Ha Neul, Park Yong Ha, Song Yoon Ah, etc. from ‘On Air’, Oh Hyun Kyung from ‘Wife club’, Park Shin Yang and Mun Geun Young from ‘Painter of the Wind’ etc. These strong candidates are all competing for the award.

The reason why Lee Jun Ki stands out is because he is in good terms due to the high viewing rates and his acting skills. ‘Iljimae’ was a hero drama, which wasn’t a trend back then, but he still managed to receive viewing rates higher than 30%. Most of the actors and actresses in the drama turned their honor to Lee Jun Ki for the drama’s success after the drama has ended.

Title-roll refers to an actor/actress who has helped at least halfway of the making the drama with just the main character’s strength. Similar to Lee Jun Ki case, in the MBC weekend drama ‘Invincible Park Jung Geum’, there’s Bae Jong Ok. In the SBS drama ‘My man’s girl’, the three characters participated in their role evenly whereas in the ‘Invincible Park Jung Geum’, it’s special that the drama was aired with mostly the main character’s strength.

Not only upgrading the recessing MBC weekend drama, the drama also was thought of as a title-role. Due to this, Bae Jong Ok, Kim Sun Ah, Lee Mi Sook, Choi Jin Sil was all nominated for the Best Acting award. Moreover, they might even look over the Grand Acting Award with 7 additional candidates.

On the other hand, the KBS Grand Acting Award is planned to have a warm atmosphere with the harmony of the old and the new. In this year Best Acting award, the 4 experienced actors/actresses are included as the candidates Lee Soon Jae, Baek Il Sup, Kim Hae Ja, Jang Mi Hee from the ‘My mom’s angry’ as well as Kim Myung Kil from ‘King Sae-Jong’. These are rather young actors/actresses Kim Sang Kyung, Kang Ji Hwan, Song Il Gook, Kim Ji Soo.

The main character from ‘My mom’s angry’, Kim Hae Ja is a strong candidate as the Grand Prize Award despite her position as an experienced actress. This is also due to the drama’s title-role as ‘Mom’. This drama had the highest rating this year due to the all the actors/actresses efforts and Kim Hae Ja’s role in this drama was huge.

Anyways, Lee Jun Ki, Bae Jong Ok, and Kim Hae Ja, the three main characters in each of the broadcasting companies are spending an anxious holiday.

Source: yahoo korea news
Korean news credits to: lococo@asiae.co.kr
Korean to English Translations: Nahnus of Lee Jun-ki Crunchyroll Fan Group

ILJIMAE WINS

Through the [2008 Innolife•Prize], the best star in each category was chosen. The [2008 Innolife•Prize] poll started last month on the 19th lasted till the 18th of this month which ended with success due to a lot of participants. This poll was divided into 12 sections and the best star in each category was chosen.

In the ‘Drama part’, the most attention was focused on Lee Jun Ki’s drama [Iljimae] with 37.1% (3620 votes) 1st place, followed by 2nd place [Gourmet] 33.5% (3263 votes). Even in the best male actor, the main character of [Iljimae] Lee Jun Ki won first place with 38.8% (3790 votes) followed by Kim Rae Won from [Gourmet] with 33.8% (3299 votes). For the best female actress, the main character of [On Air] Kim Ha Neul won with 55.4% (724 votes) followed by Han Hyo Joo from [Iljimae] with 19.4% (254 votes). In terms of the most popular drama, [Iljimae] was the most popular.

In the ‘Movie part’, [Fate] was selected as the best movie which was participated by Song Seung Heon and Kwon Sang Woo with 42.4% (1591 votes). Followed by Lee Byung Heon and Jung Woo Sung’s movie called [No no no] with 31.8% (1195 votes). As the best male movie actor, Kwon Sang Woo from [Fate] won with 44.3% (1781 votes). As the best female movie actress, Soo Ae from [My dear is far away] won 1st place with 29.2% (141 votes) followed by Son Ye Jin with 25.1% (121 votes).

In the ‘Singer part’, Dong Bang Shin Ki sold the most album and won first place with 26% (1380 votes), followed by Shinhwa 24.4% (1297 votes). In the best female part, Wonder Girls won first place with their songs [so hot] and [nobody] with 47.3% (238 votes) followed by Lee Hyo Ri 33% (166 votes). As the best new singer, the group called Cho Shin Sung won first place with 48% (2574 votes) which anticipated their future performances in 2009.

As the best new male hallyu actor, Kang Ji Hwan from [Movie is a movie] and from drama [Hong Gil Dong] won with 52.2% (1316 votes). For the best female actress, the young actress who participated in a variety of dramas and CMs, Ara won with 42.1% (263 votes).

As the best popular couple, Hyun Bin and Song Hye Gyo was first place with 23.5% (1201 votes) throughout the poll session but during halfway through the poll, Solbi and Andy won first place with 33.9% (1733 votes).

Through competitiveness, the best representing star in each category was chosen from
[2008 Innolife•Prize]. In 2009, it’s curious to know which stars’ project will gain the hearts of the viewers.
Thank you for all those people who’ve participated in the [2008 Innolife•Prize].

Source: innolife
Japanese to Korean Translations: nogurin of dcjunki
Korean to English Translations: Nahnus of Lee Jun-ki Crunchyroll Fan Group

Best Actor/Actress: Lee Jun Ki & Nam Sang Mi

With the Seoul Drama Festival 2008’s 14th ceremony ahead, Yahoo! Korea and Yahoo! Japan, together, conducted a survey on who is the best between South Korea and Japan stars, from September 4th to October 5th (about a month).

The survey has gotten a total of 27 million online votes, the most popular TV drama being “Time Between Dog and Wolf” with the total of 59.9 percent with overwhelming support from the fans.

Coming in second place was KBS 2 TV’s “Hong Gil Dong” with the total of 39 percent and coming in third place was MBC’s “Coffee Prince with the total of 1.5 percent.

The best male/female actor/actress was, of course, none other than the main characters in “Time Between Dog and Wolf”, Lee Jun Ki and Nam Sang Mi.

Korea’s most famous actor

Actor Lee Jun Ki became Korea’s most famous actor.

For the upcoming 14th, ‘Seoul Drama Festival’ held an online popularity poll for a month and Lee Jun Ki received most than half of the votes and came in 1st place. The poll started last month on the 4th till the 5th of October and Lee Jun Ki received a total of 58.9% votes and became Korea’s most famous actor. Following him, Kang Ji Hwan placed 2nd and Gong Yoo placed 3rd. Like online poll trends, new actors received more votes due to their popularity amongst young adults.

Lee Jun Ki has recently been in conflict with his company and this result must have a more special meaning for him. His fans seem to encourage him with this online poll.

On the other hand, Lee Jun Ki’s recent drama ‘Iljimae’ is planning to be aired on the 25th of next month in Japan’s famous broadcasting program ‘Sky Perfect TV’ so his popularity in Korea is soon going to head on to Japan as well.

Source & credits to: Sportsseoul
Korean to English Translations by: nahnus of Lee Jun-ki Crunchyroll Fan Group