Nominations announced for the 4th Blue Dragon Series Awards

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• Best series
• Best actor
• Best Actress
• Best supporting actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best New Actor
• Best New Actress
• Best variety program
• Best host
• Best host
• Best New Host
• Best New Host

Visit 4th Blue Dragon Series Awards recently unveiled the list of nominated series and personalities!

Created by Sports Chosunwhich also organizes the prestigious Blue Dragon Film AwardsThis ceremony was launched in 2022 to reward productions designed specifically for Korean streaming platforms. With the continued growth of OTT (Over-the-Top) streaming services, these awards highlight the excellence of series and variety shows produced for these platforms.

The nominees were chosen following online voting between June 11 and 24, supplemented by evaluations by Sports Chosun's specialist journalists and surveys of industry experts. Only original content broadcast between June 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025 has been taken into account in this selection.

Best series

• "Family Matters
• "Way Back Love
• "Karma
• "The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
• "When Life Gives You Tangerines

Best actor

• Park Bo-gum ("When Life Gives You Tangerines")
• Park Hae-soo ("Karma")
• Lee Byung-hun ("Squid Game 2")
• Lee Jun-hyuk ("Dongjae, The Good or the Bastard")
• Ju Ji-hoon ("The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call")

Best Actress

• Park Eun-bin ("Hyper Knife")
• Seo Hyun-jin ("The Trunk")
• IU ("When Life Gives You Tangerines")
• Hyeri ("Friendly Rivalry")
• Cha Joo-young ("The Queen Who Crowns")

Best supporting actor

• Park Byung-eun ("Hyper Knife")
• Yoon Kyung-ho ("The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call")
• Lee Kwang-soo ("Karma")
• Lee Jun-young ("Weak Hero Class 2")
• Choi Dae-hoon ("When Life Gives You Tangerines")

Best Supporting Actress

• Gong Seung-yeon ("Karma")
• Kim Guk-hee ("Family Matters")
• Claudia Kim ("Gyeongseong Creature 2")
• Yeom Hye-ran ("When Life Gives You Tangerines")
• Jung Eun-chae ("Your Honor")

Best New Actor

• Kang You-seok ("When Life Gives You Tangerines")
• Lomon ("Family Matters")
• Bae Hyeon-seong ("Gyeongseong Creature 2")
• Choo Young-woo ("The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call")
• Heo Nam-jun ("Your Honor")

Best New Actress

• Kim Min-ha ("Way Back Love")
• Lee Su-hyun ("Family Matters")
• Lee Yi-dam ("The Queen Who Crowns")
• Chung Su-bin ("Friendly Rivalry")
• Ha Young ("The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call")

Best variety program

• "Kian's Bizarre B&B
• "The Devil's Plan: Death Room
• "My Name is Gabriel"
• "Bloody Game 3
• "Culinary Class Wars

Best host

• Kian84 ("Kian's Bizarre B&B")
• Kim Won Hoon ("SNL Korea 6" and "SNL Korea 7")
• Shin Dong Yup ("SNL Korea 6" and "SNL Korea 7")
• Jang Dong Min ("Bloody Game 3")
• Choo Sung Hoon ("Try? Choo-ry!")

Best host

• Gabi ("My Name is Gabriel")
• Uhm Ji Yoon ("Becoming a baseball nerd")
• Lee Soo Ji ("SNL Korea 6" and "SNL Korea 7")
• Hyeri ("Agents of Mystery")
• Ji Ye Eun ("Kian's Bizarre B&B")

Best New Host

• Moon Sang Hoon ("The Blank Menu For You")
• Yoon Nam No ("Culinary Class Wars")
• Lee Jin Hyuk ("SNL Korea 6" and "SNL Korea 7")
• Jung Geun Woo ("Kim Seong Geun's Winter Vacation")
• Jung Hyun Gyu ("The Devil's Plan: Death Room")

Best New Host

• Mimi ("Kian is CEO")
• Seo Hye Won ("SNL Korea 6")
• Yoon So Hee ("The Devil's Plan: Death Room")
• Risabae ("The Influencer")
• Tsuki ("Zombieverse: New Blood")

The ceremony will take place on July 18, 2025 at 8:30pm (KST).