Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Ji-won & more get nominated at the 2024 Korea Drama Festival: Complete nominations list, how to vote, & all you need to know

The 2024 Korea Drama Festival is an upcoming award show conducted by the Korea Drama Festival Organizing Committee and sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. It is expected to take place over the span of one week, between October 11 and October 20, at the Jinju Knowledge Industry Center and the Gyeongnam Culture and Arts Center in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do.

The award ceremony gathered a huge list of K-drama actors who excelled in performance in K-drama releases in the years 2023 and 2024. Unlike many other award ceremonies, the 2024 Korea Drama Festival has nominated a huge number of K-drama actors and actresses. Additionally, the selection of the winners will also be largely based on fans' voting.

There are a total of six categories for the 2024 Korea Drama Festival: the OST Award, Global Star Award, Hot Star Award Male, Hot Star Award Female, and Hot Icon Award. It also stands as a platform that aids the exploration and development of Korean dramas and other aspects of the broadcasting and video industry.

The upcoming award ceremony, the 2024 Korea Drama Festival, marks the 15th year of the event. The following article will unravel the nominees and voting process.

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From Kim Soo-hyun to Kim Hye-yoon: All nominees for the 2024 Korea Drama Festival

Here are the nominees for the 2024 Korea Drama Festival for each of a total of six categories:

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The 2024 Korea Drama Festival: OST Award

• Lovely Runner's Sudden Shower
• Missing Crown Prince's Love You More Gradually
• Queen of Tears' Way Home
• Serendipity's Embrace's SECRET NUMBER
• Doctor Slump's Lean on Me
• Miss Night & Day's I Like That
• Lovely Runner's Star
• Miss Night and Day's Stay
• My Demon's Our Night is more beautiful than your day
• Beauty and Mr. Romantic's A Happy Day
• Queen of Tears' Love You With All My Heart
• Lovely Runner's Spring Snow
• Queen of Tears' The Reasons of My Smiles
• The Best Hit's Beautiful
• Wedding Impossible's Butterfly
• Queen of Divorce's Don't Go Back
• FlexxCop's Hey!
• My Happy End's In Some Dreams
• Miss Night and Day's Lucky Charm
• Man and Woman' Stay
• Doctor Slump's In My Memory
• I'm Dying Soon's Even if there's no miracle
• Welcome to Samdalri's Dream
• Queen of Tears' More Than Enough
• Love Song for Illusion's Be My Wind
• Connection's Wind Blows
• The First Responders 2's Flame
• The Matchmakers' Say I Love You
• Marry My Husband's Wounds of Time
• Wedding Impossible's START
• The Midnight Studio's Destiny
• The Rebel's The Red Knot
• Chief Detective 1958's 100 WINS
• Knight Flower's Love from the Beginning
• Flexx Cop's Our Memories
• Knight Flower's Blade
• Missing Crown Prince's Breath
• Doctor Slump's Not Alone

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The 2024 Korea Drama Festival: Global Star Award

• Byeon Woo-seok
• Kim Hye-won
• Kim Ji-won
• Rowoon
• Kim Soo-hyun
• Cha Eun-woo
• Kim Yu-jung
• Kim Seon-ho
• Kim Woo-sun
• Park Hyun-sik
• Yoo San-ha
• Lee Jun-hyuk
• Go Youn-jung
• Go Min-si
• Kim Ji-yeon
• Gong Seung-yeon
• Koo Kyo-hwan
• Kim Do-hoon
• Kim So-hyeon
• Kim Young-dae
• Kim Jae-joong
• NaNa
• La In-woo
• Nam Joo-hyuk
• No Jung-ui
• Park Min-young
• Park Bo-young
• Park Sung-hoon
• Park Shin-hye
• Park Ji-hoon
• Baek In-hyuk
• BIBI
• Seo In-guk
• Son Na-eun
• Son Seok-koo
• Song Kang
• Song Geon-hee
• Suho
• Shin Se-kyung
• Shin Hye-sun
• Ahn Bo-hyun
• Ahn Eun-jin
• Um Tae-gu
• Yeon-woo
• Yoo Seon-ho
• Yoon Kye-sang
• Lee Do-hyun
• Lee Dong-wook
• Lee Dong-hae
• Lee Sun-bin
• Lee Se-young
• Lee Seung-hyub
• Lee Lee-kyung
• Lee Jae-wook
• Lee Jung-ha
• Lee Jae-hoon
• Lee Jun
• Lee Jae-min
• Lim Si-won
• Lim Ji-yeon
• Jang Na-ra
• Jan Da-a
• Jang Dong-yoon
• Jae Chan
• Jung So-min
• KRYSTAL aka Jung Su-jung
• Jung Eun-ji
• Jung Hae-in
• Ju Hyun-young
• Ji Chang-wook
• Jinyoung
• Chae Jung-hyub
• Chun Woo-Hee
• Choi Min-ho
• Choi Shi-won
• Choi Woo-shin
• Choi Hyun-wook
• Tiffany Woo
• Pyo Ye-jin
• Han Sun-hwa
• Han So-hee
• Han Hyo-joo

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The 2024 Korea Drama Festival: Popular Couple Award

• Lovely Runner's Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon
• Queen of Tears' Kim Soo-hyeon and Kim Ji-won
• My Demon's Song Kanf and Kim Yoo-jung
• Doctor Slump's Park Hyung-sik and Park Shin-hye
• Serendipity's Embrace's Kim So-hyun and Chae Jong-hyeop
• Pyramid Game's Kim Ji-yeon and Ryu Da-in
• Queen of Divorce's Lee Ji-ah And Kang Ki-young
• Frankly Speaking's Go Kyung-pyo and Kang Han-na
• No Gain, No Love's Shin Min-ah and Kim Young-dae
• Bad Memory Eraser's Kim Jae-joong and Jin Se-yeon
• Marry My Husband's Park Min-young and Na In-woo
• The Matchmakers' Rowoon and Cho Yi-hyun
• Gyeongseong Creature's Han So-hee and Park Seo-joon
• Love Song for Illusion's Park Ji-hoon And Hong Ye-ji
• The Story of Park's Marriage Contract's Baek In-hyun and Lee Se-young
• The First Responders' Son Ho-joon and Gong Seung-yeon
• Missing Crown Prince's Suho and Hong Ye-ji
• Thank You's Shin Ha-kyun and Lee Jung-ha
• My Sweet Mobster's Uhm Tae-goo and Han Sun-hwa
• The Midnight Romance in Hagwon's Jung Ryeo-won and Wi Ha-joon
• Between Him and Her's Lee Seol and Lee Dong-hae
• Maestra: Strings of Truth's Lee Young-ae and Lee Moo-saeng
• Chief Detective 1958's Lee Je-hoon and Lee Dong-hwi
• Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale's Pyo Ye-jin and Lee Jun-young
• Knight Flower's Lee Hanee and Lee Jong-won
• Boyhood's Im Si-Wan and Lee Sun-Bin
• The Atypical Family's Jang Ki-yong and Chun Woo-hee
• Good Partner's Jang Na-ra and Nam Ji-hyun
• Wedding Impossible's Jeon Jong-seo and Moon Sang-min
• Love Next Door's Jung Hae-in and Jung So-min
• Captivating the King's Jo Jung-suk and Shin Se-kyung
• Welcome to Samdalri's Ji Chang-wook and Shin Hye-sun
• DNA Lover's Choi Si-won and Jung In-sun
• Miss Night and Day's Jung Eun-ji and Choi Jin-hyuk

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The 2024 Korea Drama Festival: Hot Star Award (Male)

• Byeon Woo-seok
• Kim Soo-hyun
• Cha Wun-woo
• Kim Seon-ho
• Yoon San-ho
• Kim Woo-suk
• Suho
• Rowoon
• Park Hyung-sik
• Song Kang
• Lee Do-hyun
• Chae Jung-hyeop
• Kang Ki-young
• Go Kyung-pyo
• Koo Kyo-hwan
• Kwan Sang-woo
• Kwan Yul
• Kim Nam-hwi
• Kim Do-hyun
• Kim Dong-jun
• Kim Min-gyu
• Kim Young-kwang
• Kim Young-dae
• Kim Jae-jung
• Kim Jun-han
• Kim Ji-hoon
• Nam In-woo
• Nam Joo-hyuk
• Ryu Kyung-soo
• Ryu Jun-yeol
• Moon Sang-min
• Park Sung-hoon
• Park Jung-min
• Park Ji-hoon
• Baek In-hyuk
• Byun Yoo-han
• Seo In-guk
• Seo Hoo
• Son Suk-ku
• Song Kon-hwi
• Shin Ha-kyun
• Ahn Bo-hyeon
• Ahn Jae-hong
• Uhm Tae-gu
• Yeon Woo-jin
• Hwi Ha-jun
• Yoo Seon-ho
• Yoo Yeon-ho
• Yoo Yeon-seok
• Yoon Kye-sang
• Lee Dong-wook
• Lee Dong-hae
• Lee Dong-hwi
• Lee Moo-seung
• Lee Sang-ee
• Lee Sang-min
• Le Jae-wook
• Lee Seung-hyub
• Lee Lee-kyung
• Lee Jung-jae
• Lee Jung-ha
• Lee Jae-hoon
• Lee Jong-won
• Lee Jun
• Lee Jung-young
• Lee Joon-hyuk
• Lee Chae-min
• Lim Si-won
• Lim Jae-hyuk
• Jang Ki-young
• Jang Dong-yoon
• Jae Chan
• Jung Hae-in
• Joo Jung-suk
• Joowon
• Joo Ji-hoon
• Jisung
• Ji Chang-wook
• Jinyoung
• Cha Seung-won
• Choi Min-ho
• Choi Soo-jung
• Choi Si-won
• Choi Woo-shik
• Choi Hyun-wook
• Pyo Ji-hoon

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The 2024 Korea Drama Festival: Hot Star Award (Female)

• Kim Hye-yoon
• Kim Ji-won
• Kim Yu-jung
• Kim So-hyun
• Go Yoon-jung
• Park Bo-young
• Kim Ji-yeon
• Kang Han-na
• Go Min-si
• Kang Seung-yeon
• Kwak Son-young
• Kim Nam-joo
• Kim Ji-eun
• Kim Hwi-sun
• NaNa
• No Jung-ui
• Nam Ji-hyun
• Ryu Da-in
• Park Gyu-young
• Park Min-young
• Park So-dam
• Park Shin-hye
• Park Joo-hyun
• Park Ji-hyun
• BIBI
• Son Na-eun
• Shin Min-ah
• Shin Se-kyung
• Shin Hye-son
• Ahn Eun-jin
• Yeon-woo
• Lee Bo-young
• Lee Sun-bin
• Lee Se-young
• Lee Som
• Lee Young-ae
• Lee Yu-bi
• Lee Jung-eun
• Lee Joo-young
• Lee Ji-ah
• Lee Chung-ah
• Lee Han-nui
• Lim Se-mi
• Lim Ji-yeon
• Jang Na-ra
• Jang Da-ah
• Jun Mi-do
• Jun Jong-seo
• Jung Ryeo-won
• Jung So-min
• Jung Soo-jung
• Jung Eun-ji
• Jo Ah-ram
• Jo Lee-hyun
• Joo Hyun-young
• Jin Ki-joo
• Jin Ji-hwi
• Chun Woo-hwi
• Tiffany Young
• Pyo Ye-jin
• Han Sun-hwa
• Han Soo-hee
• Han Ji-un
• Han Hyo-joo
• Hwang Jung-eum

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The 2024 Korea Drama Festival: Hot Icon Award

• Suho
• Do Kyung-so
• Cha Eun-woo
• Lee Jun-ho
• Yoon San-ha
• Song Ji-hyo
• Lee Seung-hyeop
• Lee Ji-eun
• Jo Jung-suk
• Ahn Eun-jin
• Kang Daniel
• Go Min-si
• Kim Ji-yeon
• Kim Hwi-jae
• Na In-woo
• Ji Chang-wook
• Kang Hoon
• Koo Sung-hwan
• Kwan Yu-ri
• Kim Yo-han
• Kim Jae-jung
• Kim Ji-suk
• Kim Hwi-sun
• Ryu Su-yeong
• Moon Sang-min
• Park Bo-gum
• Park Seo-joon
• Bong Jae-hyun
• BIBI
• Seo In-guk
• Soyoung
• Ahn Jae-hyun
• Yeom Jung-ah
• Yu Lee
• Yu In-na
• Yuk Sung-jae
• Lee Dong-hae
• Lee Sun-jin
• Lee Seung-ki
• Lee Chae-min
• Jae Chan
• Jung Eun-ji
• Jo In-sung
• Joo Hyun young
• Cha Tae-hyun
• Choi Min-ho
• Choi Si-won
• Choi Woo-shik
• Pyo Ji-hyoon
• Han Seung-yeon
• Hye-ri

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How to vote for the 2024 Korea Drama Festival?

The voting period for the 2024 Korea Drama Festival starts on August 19 and will be open till midnight on September 1. However, this is only to choose the top 20 candidates from the long list of nominees. Once the top 20 candidates are chosen from the first round of voting, the final voting will take place over the span of three weeks, from September 8 to September 28.

Fans can vote for their favorite K-drama actors for the 2024 Korea Drama Festival through two Korea-based applications, My1Pick and Celeb Champ. After the voting period, the results of both these platforms will be combined. In order to vote, fans will be required to download one of these applications on their desktop or mobile phone and register an account.

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With only a few days left for the 2024 Korea Drama Festival's top 20 candidates to be chosen, fans have been enthusiastically voting for their favorite actors.