2016 MBC Entertainment Awards explained

2016 MBC Entertainment Awards
Award:	MBC Entertainment Awards
Date:	December 29, 2016
Site:	MBC Public Hall, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Network:	MBC
Duration:	170 minutes
Ratings:	11.8% (Part 1) 11.1% (Part 2)
Last:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 MBC Entertainment Awards presented by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), took place on December 29, 2016, at MBC Public Hall in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Kim Sung-joo, Jun Hyun-moo and Lee Sung-kyung. The nominees were chosen from MBC variety, talk and comedy shows that aired from December 2015 to November 2016.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Nominations and winners

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Grand Prize (Daesang)		Program of the Year
Yoo Jae-suk - Infinite Challenge Jeong Jun-ha - Infinite Challenge Kim Gu-ra - Radio Star Kim Sung-joo - King of Mask Singer	Infinite Challenge I Live Alone King of Mask Singer Radio Star We Got Married Season 4
Top Excellence Award
in Variety Show	in Music/Talk Show	in Radio Show
Male	Kim Sung-joo - , King of Mask Singer Kim Gu-ra - King of Mask Singer, Radio Star	Bae Cheol-soo - Bae Cheol-soo's Music Camp
Jeong Jun-ha - Infinite Challenge Yoo Jae-suk - Infinite Challenge
Female
Lee Guk-joo - I Live Alone, We Got Married Season 4 Han Chae-ah - I Live Alone Han Hye-jin - I Live Alone Seo In-young - Real Men Season 2
Excellence Award
in Variety Show	in Music/Talk Show	in Radio Show
Male		- Kim Shin-young -
Heo Kyung-hwan - Real Men Season 2 Hwang Kwanghee - Infinite Challenge Jun Hyun-moo - I Live Alone Sleepy - I Live Alone, We Got Married Season 4	- King of Mask Singer Cho Kyuhyun - Radio Star Kim Gook-jin - Radio Star, - King of Mask Singer
Female
Park Na-rae - I Live Alone, We Got Married Season 4 Cao Lu - We Got Married Season 4 Lee So-ra - I Live Alone Seo Yu-ri - My Little Television	Solbi - King of Mask Singer, Radio Star Ali - King of Mask Singer Baek Ji-young - Duet Song Festival Kim Sae-ron - Show! Music Core
Rookie Award
in Variety Show	in Music/Talk Show	in Radio Show
Male		Kangta - Park Soo-hong -
Park Chan-ho - Real Men Season 2 Lee Si-eon - I Live Alone, Real Men Season 2 Jackson Wang - Real Men Season 2 Yang Se-chan - We Got Married Season 4	Han Dong-geun - Duet Song Festival Cha Eun-woo - Show! Music Core Parc Jae-jung - , Radio Star Roy Kim - King of Mask Singer
Female
Lee Si-young - Real Men Season 2 Cheng Xiao - Idol Star Athletic Championship XII, My Little Television Kim Jin-kyung - We Got Married Season 4 Solar - We Got Married Season 4	- King of Mask Singer, Lee Soo-min - Show! Music Core Lee Sun-bin - King of Mask Singer, Radio Star Park Jin-joo - King of Mask Singer
Popularity Award	MC Award	PD's Award
Han Hye-jin - I Live Alone Jo Se-ho and Cao Lu - We Got Married Season 4 Yang Se-hyung - Infinite Challenge	Baek Ji-young, Sung Si-kyung, Yoo Se-yoon - Duet Song Festival	Kim Gu-ra - King of Mask Singer, My Little Television, Radio Star
Best Teamwork Award	Achievement Award	Special Award
King of Mask Singer team		Ha Hyun-woo - King of Mask Singer (Singer) Jun Hyun-moo - I Live Alone (Variety Show) Yoon Jong-shin - Radio Star (Music/Talk Show)
Scriptwriter of the Year
in Variety	in Current Events	in Radio
Lee Hae-young - Real Men Season 2	Jo Hee-jeong - PD Note Heo Hyun-jeong -	Park Geum-seon -
Best Couple Award		Contribution Award
Eric Nam and Solar - We Got Married Season 4 Choi Tae-joon and Yoon Bo-mi - We Got Married Season 4 and - My Little Television Jo Se-ho and Cao Lu - We Got Married Season 4 Jota and Kim Jin-kyung - We Got Married Season 4 Sleepy and Lee Guk-joo - I Live Alone, We Got Married Season 4	Republic of Korea Army Republic of Korea Navy
Special Awards		Achievement Award in Radio
in Current Events	in Radio
Wang Sang-han -	Jung Cheol-jin - Lee Ha-na -	Amberin

*Jeong Jun-ha and Kim Sung-joo were the Grand Prize initial nominees alongside Yoo Jae-suk and Kim Gura, but after they won the Top Excellence Awards, their names were eliminated as the Grand Prize nominees at the end.

Presenters

Order	Presenter	Award	Ref.
1	Park Myeong-su, Kwanghee	Rookie Award in Music/Talk Show	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uIecqo4jtQ
2	Lee Soo-geun, Heechul (Super Junior)	Rookie Award in Variety Show	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asLf4y4_dwwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Vn6LPaznI
3	Jonghyun (SHINee), Sunny (Girls' Generation)	Top Excellence/Excellence/Rookie Award in Radio Show	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkDOdijMwwwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs_IM6azgAE
4		Scriptwriter of the Year PD's Award	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozv6uhJIOXg
5		Best Teamwork Award
6		Best Couple Award Special Award	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUfv0E9JnyQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNCurPiPDfo
7		Achievement Award
8		Popularity Award
9		MC Award
10		Excellence Award in Music/Talk Show
11	Yoon Jong-shin, Kyuhyun (Super Junior)	Excellence Award in Variety Show	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqf_CrdvRKI
11		Top Excellence Award in Variety Show, Female	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcUvTdW9hAQ
12	Sung Si-kyung, Seohyun (Girls' Generation)	Top Excellence Award in Music/Talk Show Top Excellence Award in Variety Show, Male	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRsgdZjLP8U
13		Program of the Year
14		Grand Prize (Daesang)	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXwXUanI9I

Special performances

Order	Artist	Song/Spectacle	Ref.
1		Dance opening	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77in-CIJmVM
	Lee Soo-min & Kim Sae-ron	"Russian Roulette" (러시안 룰렛)
	&	"My Ear's Candy" (내 귀에 캔디)
	Lee Guk-joo & Sleepy	"Who's Your Mama" (어머님이 누구니)
2	Kim Gu-ra, DinDin,, Heo Kyung-hwan,	"Cheer Up"	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJfyPGd9rQc
3		"Just the Way We Love" (우리 사랑 이대로)	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sz0qHBkCjY
4		"Hit Da Hit" (히트다 히트)	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmCVGr8HkQ
5		"Couple" (커플)	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Btg2YX8oy0

Notes and References

1. News: Won Ho-sung. [2016 MBC 방송연예대상] 유재석, 국민 MC 클래스 보여준 대상과 '꽃길' 수상소감 (종합)]. Seoul Economic Daily. December 30, 2016. December 30, 2016. ko. December 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161230090844/http://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1L5G3PY9NO. live.
2. News: Park Hyun-min. [2016 MBC 연예대상] 유재석, 대상 품었다..'무도' 4관왕 [종합]]. OSEN. The Chosun Ilbo. December 30, 2016. December 30, 2016. ko. December 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161230144127/http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/12/30/2016123000108.html. live.
3. News: Kim Soo-jeong. MBC '대상' 유재석 "어려울 때 나라 구하는 건 국민". No Cut News. December 30, 2016. December 30, 2016. ko. December 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160242/http://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4709386. live.
4. Web site: 2016 MBC Entertainment Awards Winners. ko. 2016. Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. https://web.archive.org/web/20170102005315/http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/ent/event/2016mbc/winner/ent.html. 2017-01-02. live.