Lee Jong-Suk (Photo : Twitter/Lee Jong Suk Society)
With seven total awards, the webtoon “W Two Worlds” was the biggest winner at the 2016 MBC Drama Awards.
Actor Lee Jong Suk was the Grand Prize Daesang award, but his very short acceptance speech and even the awardee determined by fan vote only were criticized by netizens, AllKPop reported. Besides Lee Jong Suk, Song Jae Jung won Best Scriptwriter of the Year, Han Hyo Joo and Lee Jong Suk were the Best Couple, Kim Eui Sung got the Golden Acting Award, both Han Hyo Joo and Lee Jong Suk received the High Excellence Awards in the Mini-series category, and “W” won Drama of the Year, Soompi reported.
Very Short Speech
In his 40-second speech, Lee Jong Suk thanks fans and some people, but because it was very brief, the MCs asked the actor to add more. He admitted taking two herbal supplement relaxation pills and becoming drowsy because of the pills, so he could not say more.
However, his reply was seen as rude by some netizens. It further led to netizens questioning the Daesang determined 100 percent by fan votes which should be by performance. Others opined that Kim So Yeon is more deserving of the award than Lee Jong Suk.
Frustration led one netizen to comment, “From next year, just do one award for the most popular and one for actual acting ability. This Daesang is a joke....If you do it by fan votes, of course, a young male actor will win!”
Winners’ List
Here is the complete list of winners:
Grand Prize – Lee Jong Suk (“W”)
Drama of the Year – “W”
Male High Excellence Award for Mini-Series – Lee Jong Suk (“W”)
Female High Excellence Award for Mini-Series – Han Hyo Joo (“W”)
Male High Excellence Award for Serial Drama – Lee Sang Woo (“Happy Home”)
Female High Excellence Award for Serial Drama – Kim So Yeon (“Happy Home”)
Male High Excellence Award for Special Production Drama – Lee Seo Jin (“Marriage Contract”)
Female High Excellence Award for Special Production Drama – Uee (“Marriage Contract”)
Male Excellence Award for Mini-Series – Seo In Guk (“Shopping King Louie”)
Female Excellence Award for Mini-Series – Lee Sung Kyung (“Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo”)
Male Excellence Award for Serial Drama – Son Ho Jun (“Blow Breeze”)
Female Excellence Award for Serial Drama – Lim Ji Yeon (“Blow Breeze”)
Male Excellence Award for Special Production Drama – Seo Ha Joon (“The Flower in Prison“)
Female Excellence Award for Special Production Drama – Jin Se Yeon (“The Flower in Prison”)
Golden Acting Award for Mini Series – Kim Eui Sung (“W”) and Im Se Mi (“Shopping King Louie”)
Golden Acting Award for Serial Drama – Kim Ji Ho and Lee Pil Mo (“Happy Home”)
Golden Acting Award for Special Production Drama – Lee Hwi Hyang (“Marriage Contract”) and Jung Joon Ho (“The Flower in Prison”)
Best New Actor – Nam Joo Hyuk (“Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo) and Ryu Jun Yeol (“Lucky Romance“)
Best New Actress –
Nam Ji Hyun (“Shopping King Louie”) and Jo Bo Ah (“Monster“)
Best Couple Award – Lee Jong Suk and Han Hyo Joo (“W”)
Best Scriptwriter of the Year – Song Jae Jung (“W”)
Best Voice Actor – Choi Soo Jin
Best Child Actor – Ku Kun Min (“Working Mom, Babysitting Daddy”) and Jung Da Bin (“The Flower in Prison”)
