6th APAN Star Awards

6th APAN Star Awards
Date	October 13, 2018
Site	Kyunghee University
Hosted by	Kim Seung-woo
Highlights
Best Drama Serial	Mr. Sunshine
Most awards	Mr. Sunshine (4)
Television coverage
Network	tvN

The 6th APAN Star Awards (Korean: 제6회 에이판 스타 어워즈) ceremony was held on October 13, 2018 at Kyunghee University Peace Hall, Seoul, hosted by Kim Seung-woo. First held in 2012, the annual awards ceremony recognizes the excellence in South Korea's television. Nominees were selected from 93 Korean dramas that aired on broadcasting networks MBC, KBS and SBS and cable channels tvN, jtbc, OCN, MBN and TV Chosun, from September 2, 2017 to September 2, 2018.^[1][2]

The highest honor of the ceremony, Grand Prize (Daesang), was awarded to the actor Lee Byung-hun of the drama series Mr. Sunshine.^[3]

Nominations and winners

Lee Byung-hun — Grand Prize (Daesang) winner for Mr. Sunshine

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a dagger (†).^[1][2]

Grand Prize (Daesang) Lee Byung-hun – Mr. Sunshine † Kim Nam-joo – Misty Son Ye-jin – Something in the Rain Lee Sun-kyun – My Mister Cho Seung-woo – Life
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Park Seo-joon – What's Wrong with Secretary Kim † Lee Dong-wook – Life Lee Jong-suk – While You Were Sleeping Jung Kyung-ho – Life on Mars Jo Jung-suk – Two Cops	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Lee Ji-eun (IU) – My Mister † Kim Sun-a – Should We Kiss First? Lee Bo-young – Mother Jung Ryeo-won – Witch at Court Jung Yu-mi – Live
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Lee Sang-woo – Marry Me Now † Park Si-hoo – My Golden Life Lee Sung-jae – Goodbye to Goodbye Jang Hyuk – Money Flower Jung Woong-in – Goodbye to Goodbye	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Shin Hye-sun – My Golden Life † Do Ji-won – Bravo My Life Lee Yoo-ri – Hide and Seek Chae Shi-ra – Goodbye to Goodbye Han Ji-hye – Marry Me Now
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Jung Hae-in – Something in the Rain † Yoo Yeon-seok – Mr. Sunshine Yoon Shi-yoon – Grand Prince Park Hae-soo – Prison Playbook Park Hyung-sik – Suits	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Go Ah-sung – Life on Mars † Go Ara – Ms. Hammurabi Park Min-young – What's Wrong with Secretary Kim Bae Suzy – While You Were Sleeping Jang Na-ra – Confession Couple
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Jang Seung-jo – Money Flower † Kim Kang-woo – My Contracted Husband, Mr. Oh Kim Ji-hoon – The Rich Son Song Chang-eui – The Secret of My Love Jo Hyun-jae – Let Me Introduce Her	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Jo Bo-ah – Goodbye to Goodbye † Nam Sang-mi – Let Me Introduce Her Park Se-young – Money Flower Wang Bit-na – Mysterious Personal Shopper Uee – My Contracted Husband, Mr. Oh
Best Supporting Actor Park Ho-san – Prison Playbook † Yoo Jae-myung – Life † Bae Seong-woo – Live Choi Gwi-hwa – Suits Huh Joon-ho – Come and Hug Me	Best Supporting Actress Kim Min-jung – Mr. Sunshine † Jang So-yeon – Something in the Rain † Ko Sung-hee – Mother Ra Mi-ran – The Miracle We Met Seo Jeong-yeon – Come and Hug Me
Best New Actor Yang Se-jong – Temperature of Love † Jang Ki-yong – My Mister † Kim Myung-soo – Ms. Hammurabi Kim Min-jae – Tempted Woo Do-hwan – Mad Dog	Best New Actress Kim Tae-ri – Mr. Sunshine † Won Jin-ah – Rain or Shine † Lee Sun-bin – Sketch Lee Yoo-young – Your Honor Jin Ki-joo – Misty
Best Production Director Kim Won-seok – My Mister †	Best Screenwriter Lee Soo-yeon – Life †
Drama of the Year Mr. Sunshine †	OST Award Song Dong-woon †
K-Star Award, Actor Jung Hae-in – Something in the Rain † Park Seo-joon – What's Wrong with Secretary Kim Yang Se-jong – Temperature of Love Lee Dong-wook – Life Lee Byung-hun – Mr. Sunshine Lee Jong-suk – While You Were Sleeping	K-Star Award, Actress Park Min-young – What's Wrong with Secretary Kim † Kim Min-jung – Mr. Sunshine Kim Tae-ri – Mr. Sunshine Bae Suzy – While You Were Sleeping Son Ye-jin – Something in the Rain Lee Ji-eun – My Mister
Global Star Award Park Hae-jin †	Best Manager Bae Sung – HM Entertainment †

References

1. Jung, Yu-jin (October 13, 2020). 이병헌, APAN 대상 영예…‘미스터 션샤인’ 4관왕(종합) [Lee Byung-hun, APAN Grand Prize...'Mr. Sunshine' 4 Crowns (Comprehensive)]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved December 4, 2020.
2. Lee, Jeonghyun (September 27, 2018). 김남주·손예진·이병헌·이선균·조승우, APAN 대상 후보 [Kim Nam-joo, Son Ye-jin, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Sun-gyun, and Cho Seung-woo, APAN Grand Prize candidates]. Yonhap (in Korean). Retrieved December 4, 2020.
3. Yim, Hyun-su (October 14, 2020). "Mr. Sunshine Lee Byung-hun wins top prize at APAN Star Awards". The Korea Herald. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

External links

• Official website (in English and Korean)