The Korean blockbuster “Descendants of the Sun” capped 2016 with another award. The 16-episode medical-military drama of KBS 2TV bagged the Best Drama Award on Saturday at the Asian Television Award in Singapore.
The award ceremony was held at Suntec City, KBS reported. Launched in 1996, it was the 21st yearly presentation of the most prestigious industry awards in Asia with 267 nominees across 41 categories with entries from 13 Asian nations.
Known as the mega blockbuster Hallyu of 2016, the TV series has been harvesting awards left and right months after it aired its finale in mid-April. In September, “Descendants of the Sun” won three awards at the Seoul Drama Award 2016 as Best Drama. Lead actor Song Joong-ki got the Best Actor Award, while the original sound track “You Are My Everything,” won for K-Pop singer Gummy the Best Theme Song award.
However, Song Joong-ki lost in October in the Korea Drama Award the Grand Excellence Award (Daesang) which was given to Kim So Yeon of “Happy Home.” But in the same month, he won the Grand Excellence Award (Daesang) at the 2016 APAN Awards. He and “Descendants of the Sun” co-star Song Hye Kyo won the Best Couple Award.
For the Best Drama Award, “Descendants of the Sun” bested seven other Asian dramas from Korea, Singapore and Japan. It won over “The Hush” from Singapore, “The Journey: Our Homeland,” “Bingit 3” and “The Dream Makers 2” all from Singapore and “Marriage Contract” from Korea. “Halfworlds” from Singapore and “Downtown Rocket” from Japan were Highly Commended.
The hosts of the awards night were Adrian Pang, Stephanie Carrington, Alden Richards and Baki Zainal. JJ Lin, Charli XCX and Rossa Roslina performed at the Asian Television Awards, Rappler reported.