The OTT K-drama industry shone bright with the 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards held on July 19 at Incheon's Paradise City. The awards ceremony was created to recognize excellence in series and variety shows aired on and produced by streaming platforms.The title Blue Dragon already has a prominent stature, as the Blue Dragon Film Awards, hosted annually by Sports Chosun, is one of the highly-coveted awards in South Korea. A ceremony specifically for OTT shows was conceptualized after the expanse of streaming platforms proved to be ever-increasing.The most significant awards of the night went to Lee Jung-jae for Best Actor, Kim Go-eun for Best Actress, and D.P. for Best Drama.Squid Game and D.P. emerge with the highest wins in the 1st Blue Dragon Series AwardsThe Seoul Story@theseoulstory EXO Kai and Joo Hyun Young won Best New Entertainers at the 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards today, congratulations! #BlueDragonSeriesAwards#BlueDragonSeriesAwards202264012912🏆 EXO Kai and Joo Hyun Young won Best New Entertainers at the 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards today, congratulations! 🎉#BlueDragonSeriesAwards#BlueDragonSeriesAwards2022 https://t.co/M0ZzYbgEzHThe 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards was hosted by Girls' Generation's YoonA and prominent T.V. personality Jun Hyun-moo. Since the announcement of its inception a month ago, the audience waited with bated breath as it was the first ceremony created solely for streaming services.Coupang Play, Kakao TV, WATCHA, TVING, wavve, seezn, Apple TV+, Disney+, and Netflix are the streaming services that are currently available in South Korea.In the drama category, D.P. and Squid Game won the highest number of wins, i.e., two awards. Read below for the entire winners' list.Best Drama: D.P.Best Actor: Lee Jung-jae for Squid GameBest Actress: Kim Go-eun for Yumi's CellBest Supporting Actor: Lee Hak-joo for Political FeverBest Supporting Actress: Kim Shin-rok for HellboundBest Rookie Actor: Goo Kyo-hwan for D.P.Best Rookie Actress: Jung Ho-yeon for Squid GameTIRTIR Popularity Award: Jung Hae-in, Han Hyo-joo, KANGDANIEL, Lee Yong-jin, DKZ's Jaechan, and Park SeohamHappy Me@MB_112021Iconic. The winners of the first ever Blue Dragon Series Awards!Tonight is BH Ent's night. Congrats ladies! You've all done well. #HanHyoJoo #KimGoEun #JungHoYeon #BlueDragonSeriesAwards2022183Iconic. The winners of the first ever Blue Dragon Series Awards!Tonight is BH Ent's night. Congrats ladies! You've all done well. #HanHyoJoo #KimGoEun #JungHoYeon #BlueDragonSeriesAwards2022 https://t.co/K8T64dBe9qK-Drma Typo Catsing@kdramacastingCongratulations to #KooKyoHwan for winning Best New Actor at #BlueDragonSeriesAwards2022.#DP1633509Congratulations to #KooKyoHwan for winning Best New Actor at #BlueDragonSeriesAwards2022.#DP https://t.co/SbAqiaiFEIThe variety section only had five categories. The winners were:Best Variety Program: Transit LoveBale Male Entertainer: Kang Ho-dong for New Journey to the West Special: Spring CampBale Female Entertainer: Celeb Five (Song Eun-yi, Ahn Young-mi, Shin Bong-sun, Kim Shin-young) for Celeb Five: Behind the CurtainBale Rookie Male Entertainer: EXO's KAI for New WorldBale Rookie Female Entertainer: Joo Hyun-young for SNL KoreaINTLKAI 🐌@INTLKJI[INFO] 220719Congratulations to Kai for receiving the Rookie Male Entertainer Award at the 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards for his participation in 'New World! This marks his first variety-related award #NewWorldStarKAI #KAIatBSA202255853857[INFO] 220719Congratulations to Kai for receiving the Rookie Male Entertainer Award at the 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards for his participation in 'New World! 🎉This marks his first variety-related award 💛#NewWorldStarKAI #KAIatBSA2022 https://t.co/PPjkpAWlqtNumerous celebrities adorned the red carpet for the 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards. Girls' Day's Hyeri and Yura, Park Ji-hu, Choi Yi-hyun, Lee Do-hyun, Kim Young-dae, Yoo Jae-suk, Kang Ho-dong, Lee Jung-eun, and many others attended the awards ceremony.The presenters' list announced previously was also star-studded. SHINee's KEY, Park Hyung-sik, Lee Se-young, and Noh Jong-ui were some celebrities who presented awards to their respective winners.Meanwhile, fans' reactions to the 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards were positive, as the ceremony gave them yet another reason to catch some priceless moments revolving around their favorite stars. The sweet interactions between celebrities and the winning speeches had fans talking about them non-stop on Twitter.che❄🍓@wintersonghwaaanot hyojoo and goeun raising their hands when MC yoo jaesuk said he was looking for people who are willing to appear on a variety show even if they aren’t confident SOMEONE PLEASE CAST THE BH SISTERS TOGETHER I BEG #BlueDragonSeriesAwards2022 676167not hyojoo and goeun raising their hands when MC yoo jaesuk said he was looking for people who are willing to appear on a variety show even if they aren’t confident😭 SOMEONE PLEASE CAST THE BH SISTERS TOGETHER I BEG #BlueDragonSeriesAwards2022 https://t.co/hKqrUshrMlann. #MoneyHeistKorea@dohyunfoxSo precious how #ImSiwan was filming #ParkHyungSik with that “im so proud of you sweetie, you are doing amazing” smile on his face #BlueDragonSeriesAwards #BlueDragonSeriesAwards202247293So precious how #ImSiwan was filming #ParkHyungSik with that “im so proud of you sweetie, you are doing amazing” smile on his face #BlueDragonSeriesAwards #BlueDragonSeriesAwards2022 https://t.co/74aZ92eP6cAlthough a few were disheartened as shows such as All of Us are Dead, and Lee Do-hyun did not receive any awards, it was nevertheless a fun-filled and exciting day for viewers who love OTT content.