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[PHOTOS] Top 10 Best Highlights From 2016 KBS Drama Awards + Full Winner List

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| January 1, 2017

2016 has been a great year for K-drama productions, as we see ratings soar over a number of hit dramas like ‘Descendants Of The Sun’, ‘Love In The Moonlight’, ‘On The Way To The Airport’, and more. The annual KBS Drama Awards was held yesterday in Seoul to celebrate the year’s best drama productions, giving recognition to various actors and actresses, as well as the scriptwriters who’ve contributed much to the dramas’ success.

There’s no doubt that ‘Descendants Of The Sun‘ and ‘Love In The Moonlight‘ were the biggest winners of the night, especially for the Song-Song couple, Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo, whom were honoured with Asia’s Best Couple Award presented by Viu, Best Couple Award, as well as the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 2016 KBS Drama Awards.

Check out our pick of the Top 10 Best Highlights from the Awards Ceremony as well as the full winner list below!

#1. When child actress Heo Jung Eun picked Song Joong Ki over Oh Ji Ho (her father in the drama ‘My Fair Lady – 2016’) because he was more handsome, which brought much laughter to the audience!

#2. Park Bo Gum’s touching speech (when he won the Top Excellence Award – Male Category) that made his close friend Song Joong Ki teared.

#3. Song Joong Ki and Park Bo Gum showing their close friendship on stage!

#4. When Lee Joon Hyuk won the Best Supporting Actor Award for his well-loved role, Eunuch Jang from Love in the Moonlight, and exclaimed it was his first time attending an awards ceremony! He also received an award (Female Excellence Award in Mid-Length Drama) on behalf of co-star Kim Yoo Jung who was absent at the ceremony, wishing her a speedy recovery.

#5. When Kim Ji Won re-enacted the heart-fluttering scene from Descendants Of The Sun, “Don’t get hurt, that’s an order.”

#6. When the “Hwarang” actors, Park Hyung-sik and Park Seo Joon made an appearance and presented the Female Excellence Award in Mini-Series to Kim Ji Won.

#7. Jin Young, winner of the Best New Actor Award, thanked the cast from Love In The Moonlight as well as B1A4 members & BANAs for the award!

#8. Gummy awed the audience with performances of ‘Moonlight Drawn By Clouds’ and ‘You Are My Everything’, the popular soundtracks from Love In The Moonlight and Descendants Of The Sun respectively.

#9. When actor Kim Soo Hyun made an appearance to present the Daesang Award to the Song-Song couple!

#10. Song-Song couple (Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo) who’re the biggest winners of the night, giving their speech during the Daesang Award.

Winners from 2016 KBS Drama Awards:

Best Child Actor & Actress – Jung Yoon Suk (“Five Enough”, “Jang Yeong Sil”, “Love In The Moonlight”) and Heo Jung Eun (“My Fair Lady – 2016”, “Love In The Moonlight”)
Best Supporting Actor – Lee Joon Hyuk (“Love In The Moonlight”)
Best Supporting Actress – Ra Mi Ran (“The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop”)
Asia’s Best Couple Award (presented by Viu) – Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo (“Descendants Of The Sun”)
Best Actor for Short Dramas – Kim Sung Oh (“Baek Hee Has Returned”) and Lee Dong Hwi (“Drama Special – Red Teacher”)
Best Actress for Short Dramas – Kang Ye Won (“Baek Hee Has Returned”) and Jo Yeo Jeong (“Babysitter”)
Netizen Popularity Award – Park Bo Gum (“Love In The Moonlight”)
Best Scriptwriter – Kim Eun Sook and Kim Won Suk (“Descendants of the Sun”)
Best New Actor – Sung Hoon (“Five Enough”) and Jinyoung (“Love In The Moonlight”)
Best New Actress – Kim Ji Won (“Descendants of the Sun”) and Lee Se Young (“The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop”)
Best Couple – Kim Ha Neul and Lee Sang Yoon (“On the Way to the Airport”), Oh Ji Ho and Heo Jung Eun (“My Fair Lady 2016”), Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo (“Descendants of the Sun”), Cha In Pyo and Ra Mi Ran (“The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop”), Park Bo Gum and Kim Yoo Jung (“Love In The Moonlight”), and Jin Goo and Kim Ji Won (“Descendants of the Sun”), Lee Se Young and Hyun Woo (“The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop”)
Male Excellence Award in Serial Drama – Lee Dong Gun (“The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop”) and Ahn Jae Wook (“Five Enough”)
Female Excellence Award in Serial Drama – So Yoo Jin (“Five Enough”), and Jo Yoon Hee (“The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop”)
Male Excellence Award in Daily Drama – Oh Min Seok (“Secrets Of Women”)
Female Excellence Award in Daily Drama – Lee Yu Ri (“The Promise”) and So Yi Hyun (“Secrets Of Women”)
Male Excellence Award in Mini-Series – Lee Sang Yoon (“On the Way to the Airport”)
Female Excellence Award in Mini-Series – Kim Ji Won (“Descendants Of The Sun”)
Male Excellence Award in Mid-Length Drama – Song Il Gook (“Jang Yeong Sil”)
Female Excellence Award in Mid-Length Drama – Kim Yoo Jung (“Love In The Moonlight”)
Top Excellence Award (Male) – Park Shin Yang (“My Lawyer, Mr. Jo”) and Park Bo Gum (“Love In The Moonlight”)
Top Excellence Award (Femae) – Kim Ha Neul (“On the Way to the Airport”)
Grand Prize (Daesang) – Song Joong Ki and Song Hye Kyo (“Descendants Of The Sun”)

Be sure to catch the full episode of #2016KBSDramaAwards and other year-end KBS & SBS Award Ceremonies as well as all the winning drama series which are already available for streaming and downloading on Viu with both English and Chinese subtitles for free!

Special thanks to Viu for extending their invite to us to witness one of the greatest moments in the drama history!

(Photos: Nicole)