2024 KBS Entertainment Awards

2024 KBS Entertainment Awards
Official poster
Awarded for	Excellence in variety entertainment
Date	December 21, 2024 (2024-12-21)
Venue	KBS New Wing Open Hall, Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul
Country	South Korea
Presented by	Korean Broadcasting System
Hosted by	Lee Joon Lee Young-ji Lee Chan-won
Highlights
Grand Prize	Lee Chan-won
Viewers' Choice Best Program Award	Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend
Website	KBS Entertainment Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	KBS2, KBS World
Viewership	Ratings: 4.6% Viewership: 811,000[1]
Directed by	Lee Myung-seop Choi Ji-na

The 2024 KBS Entertainment Awards (Korean: 2024 KBS 연예대상; RR: 2024 KBS Yeon-Ye Daesang) presented by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), took place on December 21, 2024, at KBS New Wing Open Hall in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul. It was hosted by Lee Joon, Lee Young-ji, and Lee Chan-won.^[2]

It was announced that singer Park Seo-jin, who is a strong contender for Rookie of the Year award will attend the award ceremony inspite of controversy of his military exemption.^[3]

In the ceremony broadcast live, Lee Chan-won, won the Grand Prize (Daesang) and Entertainer of the Year awards. Viewers' Choice Best Program Award was awarded to Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend.^[4]

Nominations and winners

Lee Chan-won, winner of Grand Prize (Daesang) and Entertainer of the Year awards

Nominations for Grand Prize were revealed on December 21, 2024^[5][6]

(Winners denoted in bold)^[7]

Grand Prize (Daesang)[8]	Viewers' Choice Best Program Award
Lee Chan-won Yoo Jae-suk Jeon Hyun-moo Ryu Soo-young Kim Jong-min	Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend 2 Days & 1 Night 4 Synchro U [ko] Boss in the Mirror Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant Gag Concert Mr. House Husband
Top Excellence Award in Reality Category	Top Excellence Award in Show and Variety Category
Kim Jun-ho - The Return of Superman Jang Minho – Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant Pak Se-ri – Operation Pop-up Landing Park Jin-young – THE DDANDDARA	Shin Yun-seung [ko] - Gag Concert Jo Se-ho – 2 Days & 1 Night 4 DinDin – 2 Days & 1 Night 4 Kim Young-hee – Gag Concert Kim Jun-hyun – Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend
Excellence Award in Reality Category	Excellence Award in Show and Variety Category
Park Soo-hong – The Return of Superman Jung Ji-seon [ko] – Boss in the Mirror Lee Min-woo – Mr. House Husband Ha Seok-jin – Operation Pop-up Landing	Lee Young-ji – The Seasons - Lee Young Ji's Rainbow Lee Joon – 2 Days & 1 Night 4 Lee Yong-jin – Synchro U [ko] Lee Juck – Synchro U [ko] Jung Beom Kyun [ko] – Gag Concert
Producer Special Award
Kim Jong-min – 2 Days & 1 Night 4
Rookie Award
Reality Category	Show and Variety Category
Park Seo-jin – Mr. House Husband Lee Sang-woo – Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant Nam Yoon-su – Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant Park Yeong-gyu – Mr. House Husband Lee Soon-sil – Boss in the Mirror	Karina – Synchro U [ko] Zico – The Seasons Na Hyun-Yeong – Gag Concert Moon Sang-min – Music Bank
DJ Award	Digital Content Award
Lee Gak-kyung [ko] – Lee Gak-kyung's Happy Time 4 o’clock [ko] Cho Jung-sik [ko] – Jo Jeong-sik's FM Grand March [ko]	Shownu and Jungwoo – NOPOGY
Entertainer of the Year	Best Icon Award
Kim Jong-min Ryu Soo-young Yoo Jae-suk Lee Chan-won Jeon Hyun-moo	The Return of Superman Children Uhm Ji-in [ko] – Boss in the Mirror Lee Yeonbok [ko] – Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant
Best Challenger Award	Popularity Award
Synchro U [ko]	Park Yeong-gyu – Mr. House Husband Lee Mu-jin – LeeMujin Service
Best Teamwork Award	Best Entertainer Award
2 Days & 1 Night 4	Moon Se-yoon – 2 Days & 1 Night 4 Lee Juck – Synchro U [ko]
Staff of the Year Award	Broadcast Writer Award
MC Bae	Choi Hye-ran – Mr. House Husband Yang Young-mi – The Seasons
Best Idea Award
Simgok Police Station – Gag Concert
Best Couple Award
Moon Sang-min and Minju – Music Bank Eun Ji-won and Baek Ji-young – Mr. House Husband Jeong Tae-ho [ko] and Nam Hyun-seung [ko] – Gag Concert

References

1. Nielsen Korea ratings:"2024 KBS Entertainment Awards Part 1". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). December 22, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
2. Choi Hee-jae (December 10, 2024). 유재석, 4년만 'KBS 연예대상' 참석…21일 방송 [Yoo Jae-suk to attend 'KBS Entertainment Awards' for the first time in 4 years... broadcast on the 21st]. Edaily [ko] (in Korean). Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via Naver.
3. Lee Ha-na (December 10, 2024). 박서진, 군 면제 잡음 속 'KBS 연예대상' 참석‥신인상 수상할까[공식입장] [Park Seo-jin, attending 'KBS Entertainment Awards' amid military exemption noise... Will he win the Rookie of the Year award? [Official Position]]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved December 11, 2024 – via Naver.
4. Kim Do-hyung (December 22, 2024). "[종합] 'KBS 아들' 이찬원 대상 영예 "앞으로도 방송+예능 절대 포기 못할 것" (2024 KBS 연예대상)" [[Comprehensive] 'KBS Son' Lee Chan-won Grand Prize Honor: "I Will Never Give Up Broadcasting + Entertainment in the Future" (2024 KBS Entertainment Awards)]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
5. Sang-geun Yoon (December 16, 2024). "유재석·전현무·류수영·김종민·이찬원, 2024 KBS 연예대상 후보[공식]" [Yoo Jae-suk, Jeon Hyun-moo, Ryu Soo-young, Kim Jong-min, Lee Chan-won, 2024 KBS Entertainment Awards Nominees [Official]]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
6. Park Jae-hwan (December 21, 2024). "'2024 KBS 연예대상' 시청자가 뽑은 최고의 프로그램상은?" ['2024 KBS Entertainment Awards' What is the best program award chosen by viewers?]. KBS Entertainment (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
7. Kim Do-hyung (December 21, 2024). "[종합] 'KBS 아들' 이찬원 대상 영예 "앞으로도 방송+예능 절대 포기 못할 것" (2024 KBS 연예대상)" [[Comprehensive] 'KBS Son' Lee Chan-won Grand Prize Honor "I will never give up broadcasting + entertainment in the future" (2024 KBS Entertainment Awards)]. My Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
8. Koh Seung-ah (December 21, 2024). "이찬원 대상 영예…"KBS가 낳아주고 길러줘"(종합) [KBS연예대상]" [Lee Chan-won Grand Prize Honor… “KBS gave birth to me and raised me” (Comprehensive) [KBS Entertainment Awards]]. news1 (in Korean). news1. Retrieved December 21, 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)