MBC Entertainment Awards explained

MBC Entertainment Awards
Current Awards:	2023 MBC Entertainment Awards
Awarded For:	Excellence in variety entertainment
Presenter:	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Location:	Seoul
Year:	1990
Year2:	2023
Runtime:	approximately 140 – 240 minutes

The MBC Entertainment Awards is a Korean awards ceremony held annually and sponsored by MBC. The awards ceremony is held at the end of each year and lasts approximately 140 minutes, being broadcast in two parts on MBC.

Hosts

Year	Hosts	Ref.
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010	Park Mi-sun,
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015		^[1]
2017		^[2]
2018	Jun Hyun-moo, Seungri (Big Bang), Hyeri (Girl's Day)	^[3]
2019		^[4]
2020		^[5]
2021		^[6]
2022	Jun Hyun-moo, Lee Yi-kyung and Kang Min-kyung	^[7]
2023	Jun Hyun-moo, Lee Se-young and Dex	^[8]

History of winners

Sources: From 2010 onward.^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]}

MBC Comedy Broadcasting Awards Grand Prize (1990-1994)

Year	Winner
1990	Joo Byung-jin
1991	Lee Kyung-kyu
1992	Lee Kyung-kyu
1993	Lee Hong-ryeol
1994

MBC Comedy Daesang (1995-2000)

Year	Winner
1995	Lee Kyung-kyu
1996	Kim Gook-jin
1997	Lee Kyung-kyu
1998	Kim Gook-jin
1999	Seo Kyung-seok
2000	Kim Yong-man

MBC Entertainment Awards (2001 - present)

Time #	Year	Grand Prize (Daesang)	Program
1st	2001		—
2nd	2002		—
3rd	2003		—
4th	2004		—
5th	2005		—
6th	2006		Infinite Challenge
7th	2007		High Kick!
		Infinite Challenge	Infinite Challenge
8th	2008		The Knee-Drop Guru
9th	2009		Infinite Challenge
10th	2010		Infinite Challenge
11th	2011	I Am a Singer	I Am a Singer
12th	2012		Infinite Challenge, I Am a Singer (Season 2), Indulge in Comedy
13th	2013	Dad! Where Are We Going?	Dad! Where Are We Going?
14th	2014		Infinite Challenge
15th	2015		King of Mask Singer, Radio Star, My Little Television, Quiz to Change the World
16th			Infinite Challenge
17th			I Live Alone
18th			Omniscient Interfering View
19th			I Live Alone,
20th			Hangout with Yoo
21st			Hangout with Yoo
22nd			I Live Alone, Omniscient Interfering View
23rd			I Live Alone

Best Program Award

Time #	Year	Best Program Award
1st	2003	Nonstop 4 (Best Viewer's Choice Program Awards)
2nd	2004	Exclamation Point (Best Viewer's Choice Program Awards)
3rd	2006	Infinite Challenge (Best Program Award)
4th	2007	Infinite Challenge (Best Program Award)
5th	2008	Infinite Challenge (Best PD's Choice Program Awards)
6th	2009	Infinite Challenge (Best Viewer's Choice Program Awards)
7th	2010	Quiz to Change the World (Best Program Award)
8th	2011	I Am a Singer (Best Entertainment Program of the Year)
9th	2012	Radio Star (Best Entertainment Program of the Year)
10th	2013	Infinite Challenge (Best Viewer's Choice Program Awards)
11th	2014	Infinite Challenge (Best Entertainment Program of the Year)
12th	2015	Infinite Challenge (Best Entertainment Program of the Year)
13th	2016	Infinite Challenge (Best Entertainment Program of the Year)
14th	2017	I Live Alone (Best Entertainment Program of the Year)
15th	2018	I Live Alone (Best Entertainment Program of the Year)
16th	2019	I Live Alone (Best Entertainment Program of the Year)
17th	2020	Hangout with Yoo (Program of the Year)
18th	2021	Hangout with Yoo (Program of the Year)
19th	2022	I Live Alone (Program of the Year)
20th	2023	Adventure by Accident 3 (Program of the Year)

Top Excellence Award

2001 – 2020

Time #	Year	Show / Variety	Comedy / Sitcom	Music / Talk Show	Radio
1st	2001
2nd	2002	Kang Ho-dong	Kim Kyung-Sik Jeong Da-bin
3rd	2003
4th	2004
5th	2005
6th	2006		Jung Sung-ho
7th	2007	Kim Jae-dong
8th	2008		Lee Moon-sik Yoon Hae-young
9th	2009	Kim Gu-ra
10th	2010
11th	2011				Yang Hee-eun Kang Seok-woo
12th	2012				Sung Si-kyung
13th	2013				Kim Shin-young Shin Dong
14th	2014				Kim Hye-young
15th	2015				Jun Hyun-moo
16th	2016				Bae Cheol-soo
17th	2017				Park Joon-hyung
18th	2018				Kim Shin-young
19th	2019				Yang Hee-eun
20th	2020
Time #	Year	Show / Variety	Comedy / Sitcom	Music / Talk Show	Radio

2021 – present

Time #	Year	Show / Variety	Music / Talk Show	Radio
21st	2021			Jang Sung-kyu
22nd	2022			Jeong Ji-young
23rd	2023			Kim Hyun-chul

Excellence Award

2001 – 2020

Time #	Year	Variety	Comedy / Sitcom	Music / Talk Show	Radio
1st	2001
2nd	2002
3rd	2003
4th	2004	Kim Won-hee
5th	2005
6th	2006
7th	2007
8th	2008
9th	2009
10th	2010
11th	2011				Jungyeop Younha
12th	2012				Kim Gyeong-sik Sweet Sorrow
13th	2013				Jun Hyun-moo Park Joon-young Yoo Chae-young
14th	2014				Park Joon-hyung Jung Gyeong-mi Jung Ji-young
15th	2015				Lee Jin-woo Jonghyun
16th	2016			Solbi	Kim Shin-young Kim Hyun-chul
17th	2017				Yiruma Seo Kyung-seok
18th	2018				Kim Je-dong
19th	2019				Sandeul Rooftop Moonlight
20th	2020				Lee Ji-hye
Time #	Year	Variety	Comedy / Sitcom	Music / Talk Show	Radio

2021 – present

Time #	Year	Variety	Music / Talk Show	Radio
21st	2021	Jang Dong-min		Ahn Young-mi
22nd	2022			Kim Eana Yoon Do-hyun
23rd	2023			Shin Ji Lee Seok-hoon

New Star Award

Time #	Year	Winner	Program
1st	2014		I Live Alone
		Fabien
		Kangnam
2nd	2015		We Got Married
			My Little Television

Best Newcomer / Rookie Award

2001 – 2020

Time #	Year	Show / Variety	Comedy / Sitcom	Show / Sitcom	Music / Talk Show	Radio
1st	2001
2nd	2002
3rd	2003
4th	2004
5th	2005
6th	2006
7th	2007
8th	2008
9th	2009
10th	2010
11th	2011
12th	2012
13th	2013		Do Dae-woong Maeng Seung-ji Park Hyeon-jeong
14th	2014
15th	2015
16th	2016					Kangta Park Soo-hong
17th	2017					Jeong Yu-mi
18th	2018					Ahn Young-mi Choi Wook Yang Yo-seob
19th	2019	Yoo San-seul Jang Sung-kyu				Kim Eana Jang Sung-kyu
20th	2020					Kang Susie Jeon Hyo-seong Pyo Chang-won
Time #	Year	Show / Variety	Comedy / Sitcom	Show / Sitcom	Music / Talk Show	Radio

2021 – present

Time #	Year	Show / Variety	Music / Talk Show	Radio
21st	2021			Jeong Jun-ha Shin Ji
22nd	2022			Choi Young-jae Park Young-jin Lee Seok-hoon
23rd	2023			Kim Il-joong Jaejae Tei

PD's Award

Time #	Year	PD's Award
1st	2003	Kim Hyun-chul MC Mong Joo Young-hoon
2nd	2004	MC Mong Jo Hye-ryun Park Soo-hong Yoon Jung-soo
3rd	2005	Kim Yong-man Jo Hye-ryun
4th	2006	Jo Hyung-ki
5th	2007	Lee Kyung-kyu Kim Yong-man
6th	2008	Infinite Challenge
7th	2009	Yoo Jae-suk
8th	2011	Yoon Jong-shin Kim Won-hee
9th	2012	Yoo Jae-suk
10th	2013	Kim Sung-joo Seo Kyung-seok
11th	2014	Haha Jung Woong-in
12th	2015	Radio Star
13th	2016	Kim Gu-ra
14th	2017	King of Mask Singer team
15th	2018	Real Man 300 team
16th	2020	Baek Jong-won
17th	2021	I Live Alone team
18th	2023	Kim Sung-joo

Screenwriter of the Year Award

Time #	Year	Variety	Radio
1st	2016	Lee Ae-young (Real Men)	Park Geum-sun (Women's Time)
2nd	2017	Lee Kyung-ha (I Live Alone)	Lee Yoon-yong (Two O'clock Hurray!)
3rd	2018	Yeo Hyun-jeon (Omniscient Interfering View)
4th	2019	Jung Da-won
5th	2020	Choi Hye-jung (Hangout with Yoo)
6th	2021	Park Hyeon-jung (Radio Star)	Park Se-hoon (The Economy in the Hands of Lee Jin-woo)
7th	2023	Yoo Ji-hye (Adventure by Accident 3)	Jang So-young (Yoon Do-hyun at 4 p.m.)

Best Entertainer Award

Time #	Year	Variety	Music/Talk	Sitcom
1st	2018			Kwon Yu-ri Shin Dong-wook
2nd	2019
3rd	2021
4th	2022
5th	2023

Best Teamwork Award

Time #	Year	Show
1st	2014	I Live Alone
2nd	2015	Real Men (3rd Female Edition)
3rd	2016	King of Mask Singer
4th	2017	Wizard of Nowhere
5th	2018
6th	2019	Henry Lau, Kian84, Lee Si-eon, Sung Hoon from I Live Alone
7th	2020	Omniscient Interfering View
8th	2021	MSG Wannabe from Hangout with Yoo
9th	2022	Hur Jae, Kim Byung-hyun, Moon Kyung-eun, Woo Ji-won, Hong Sung-heon, and Lee Dae-hyung from It's Good If We Don't Fight
10th	2023	I Live Alone

Best Couple Award

Time #	Year	Couple
1st	2010	Jo Kwon & Son Ga-in
2nd	2011	Park Myung Soo & Jeong Jun-ha
3rd	2012	Kim C & Jo Jung-chi
4th	2013	G-Dragon & Jung Hyung-don
5th	2014	Song Jae-rim & Kim So-eun
6th	2015	Yook Sung-jae & Joy
7th	2016	Eric Nam & Solar
8th	2017	Kian84 & Park Na-rae
9th	2018	Park Sung-kwang & Im Song
10th	2019	Kian84 & Henry Lau
11th	2020	Yoo Jae-suk & Lee Hyo-ri
12th	2021	Yoo Jae-seok, Mijoo & Haha
13th	2022	Jun Hyun-moo, Park Na-rae & Lee Jang-woo
14th	2023	Kian84, Dex & Park Jae-han

Special Award

Time #	Year	Variety	Talk Show / Music	Singers	Radio
1st	2016			Ha Hyun-woo
2nd	2017
3rd	2018	Welcome, First Time in Korea? team
4th	2019		Park Hyun-woo Jeong Kyung-cheon Lee Geon-woo
5th	2020				Kim Eun-ae
6th	2021				Yeom Min-joo Heo Il-hu
7th	2022	WSG Wannabe - Gaya-G			Kim Ga-young Min Ja-young
8th	2023				Yang Hyo-geol Yeom Gyu-hyun Bae A-ryang

Popularity Award

Time #	Year	Winners
1st	2015	Oh Min-suk & Kang Ye-won Choi Min-ho (talk show)
2nd	2016	Yang Se-hyung Cao Lu & Jo Se-ho Han Hye-jin
3rd	2017	P.O Han Eun-jung
4th	2018	Im Song Kang Hyun-seok Song Sung-ho Yoo Gyu-seon
5th	2019	Seo Jang-hoon Ahn Jung-hwan Kim Byung-hyun
6th	2020	Ahn Young-mi
7th	2021	Key Sandara Park Kim Jong-min
8th	2022	Lee Jang-woo Lee Yi-kyung
9th	2023	Code Kunst OneTop

MC Award

Time #	Year	Winners
1st	2016	Baek Ji-young Sung Si-kyung Yoo Se-yoon
2nd	2017	Lee Sang-min
3rd	2018	Kim Sung-joo
4th	2021	Boom Park Seon-young
5th	2023	Oh Eun-young

Entertainer of the Year Award

Time #	Year	Winner
1st	2018	Kim Gu-ra Jun Hyun-moo Lee Young-ja Park Na-rae
2nd	2019	Kim Gu-ra Jun Hyun-moo Lee Young-ja Park Na-rae Yoo Jae-suk Kim Sung-joo
3rd	2020	Park Na-rae Kim Sung-joo Lee Young-ja Kim Gu-ra Yoo Jae-suk
4th	2021	Kim Gu-ra Kim Sung-joo Park Na-rae Yoo Jae-suk Lee Young-ja Jun Hyun-moo
5th	2022	Park Na-rae Kim Sung-joo Ahn Jung-hwan Yoo Jae-suk Lee Young-ja Jun Hyun-moo Kim Gu-ra
6th	2023	Kian84 Yoo Jae-suk Jeon Hyun-moo

Achievement Award

Time #	Year	Winner
1st	2019	Yoon Sang
2nd	2020	Kim Gook-jin
3rd	2021
4th	2022	Lee Kyung-kyu
5th	2023	Lee Young-ja

Digital Content Award

Time #	Year	Winner	Program
1st	2020
2nd	2021	Transform My Home - Spin-off of

Ratings

2001 – 2020

Time #	Date	AGB Nielsen^[23]
		width=150	Nationwide !	width=150	Seoul National Capital Area
1st	December 29, 2001	16.8% (Part 1) 15.7% (Part 2)	18.0% (Part 1) 16.9% (Part 2)
2nd	December 29, 2002	23.6% (Part 1) 22.5% (Part 2)	24.8% (Part 1) 23.7% (Part 2)
3rd	December 29, 2003	(Part 1) (Part 2)	(Part 1) (Part 2)
4th	December 29, 2004	11.9% (Part 1) 10.8% (Part 2)	13.2% (Part 1) 12.1% (Part 2)
5th	December 29, 2005	16.1% (Part 1) 15.0% (Part 2)	17.3% (Part 1) 16.2% (Part 2)
6th	December 29, 2006	17.7% (Part 1) 17.3% (Part 2)	18.3% (Part 1) 17.8% (Part 2)
7th	December 29, 2007	22.4% (Part 1) 22.1% (Part 2)	23.4% (Part 1) 22.5% (Part 2)
8th	December 29, 2008	21.1% (Part 1) 20.6% (Part 2)	22.2% (Part 1) 21.5% (Part 2)
9th	December 29, 2009	22.4% (Part 1) 24.0% (Part 2)	23.9% (Part 1) 25.5% (Part 2)
10th	December 29, 2010	17.7% (Part 1) 13.2% (Part 2)	18.8% (Part 1) 14.4% (Part 2)
11th	December 29, 2011	16.6% (Part 1) 15.5% (Part 2)	18.0% (Part 1) 17.3% (Part 2)
12th	December 29, 2012	9.8% (Part 1) 13.1% (Part 2)	10.2% (Part 1) 13.9% (Part 2)
13th	December 29, 2013	13.7% (Part 1) 15.2% (Part 2)	15.4% (Part 1) 16.9% (Part 2)
14th	December 29, 2014	13.6% (Part 1) 14.4% (Part 2)	15.2% (Part 1) 16.6% (Part 2)
15th	December 29, 2015	13.1% (Part 1) 13.5% (Part 2)	13.5% (Part 1) 13.7% (Part 2)
16th	December 29, 2016	11.8% (Part 1) 11.1% (Part 2)	11.8% (Part 1) 11.2% (Part 2)
17th	December 29, 2017	9.9% (Part 1) 12.1% (Part 2)	9.5% (Part 1) 11.9% (Part 2)
18th	December 29, 2018	14.4% (Part 1) 18.3% (Part 2)	14.5% (Part 1) 18.8% (Part 2)
19th	December 29, 2019	11.0% (Part 1) 14.7% (Part 2)	11.0% (Part 1) 15.1% (Part 2)
20th	December 29, 2020	6.3% (Part 1) 7.3% (Part 2)	6.7% (Part 1) 8.6% (Part 2)
In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.

2021 – present

Time #	Date	AGB Nielsen^[24]
		width=150	Nationwide !	width=150	Seoul National Capital Area
21st	December 29, 2021	6.4% (Part 1) 7.2% (Part 2)	6.5% (Part 1) 7.2% (Part 2)
22nd	December 29, 2022	(Part 1) (Part 2)	(Part 1) (Part 2)
23rd	December 29, 2023	6.4% (Part 1) 8.9% (Part 2)	6.7% (Part 1) 9.0% (Part 2)
In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.

See also

• List of Asian television awards

External links

• 2003 MBC Entertainment Awards
• 2004 MBC Entertainment Awards
• 2005 MBC Entertainment Awards
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• 2018 MBC Entertainment Awards
• 2019 MBC Entertainment Awards
• 2020 MBC Entertainment Awards
• 2021 MBC Entertainment Awards
• 2022 MBC Entertainment Awards
• 2023 MBC Entertainment Awards (Current)

Notes and References

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4. Web site: '2019 MBC 방송연예대상' MC 전현무X화사X피오, 예고 영상 공개!. 2019-12-18. MBC 연예. ko. 2019-12-30.
5. Web site: POP. 헤럴드. 2020-11-24. 전현무X장도연X안보현, '2020 MBC 방송연예대상' MC 확정[공식]]. 2020-11-24. pop.heraldcorp.com. ko.
6. Web site: 2021 MBC 연예대상' 전현무·이상이·김세정, MC 확정. Kim So-yeon. '2021 MBC Entertainment Awards' Jeon Hyun-moo, Lee Sang-i, Kim Se-jeong confirmed as MCs. Star Today. Naver . November 23, 2021. November 23, 2021. ko.
7. Web site: 전현무·이이경·강민경, 2022 MBC 방송연예대상 MC 확정. Yoo Jeong-min. Jeon Hyun-moo, Lee Yi-kyung, Kang Min-kyung confirmed as MCs for the 2022 MBC Entertainment Awards. iMBC. Naver. November 16, 2022. November 16, 2022. ko.
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16. Web site: 2017 MBC Entertainment Awards Winners. ko. 2017. MBC. https://web.archive.org/web/20190516163921/http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/ent/event/2017mbc/winner/ent.html. 2019-05-16. live.
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