Blue Dragon Series Awards: BTS' Jin left out of nominations

The 4th Blue Dragon Series Awards announced its final nominees on June 27, following a multi-step selection process. Eligible works included dramas and entertainment programs released on both domestic and international streaming platforms between June 1, 2019, and May 31, 2025. The nominees were selected through public voting - held from June 11 to 24 on the official website - along with input from Sports Chosun entertainment reporters and a panel of industry experts.

The second round of netizen voting will run exclusively on Celeb Champ from June 30 to July 17. The awards ceremony will take place on July 18 at Paradise City, Incheon, and will be broadcast live on KBS 2TV.

Among the nominees, The Great Gianjang (also known as Kian's Bizarre B&B) earned nods for Kian84 and Ji Ye-eun in the Best Male Variety Star and Best Female Entertainer categories. However, BTS' Jin, who brought significant attention to the show with the support of the ARMY fanbase, was notably excluded from the final list.

Best Drama

Family Plan

A Week Before I Die

Bad Romance

Trauma Center

Fooled in a Box

Best Actor

Park Bo-gum (Bad Romance)

Park Hae-soo (Bad Romance)

Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game Season 2)

Lee Joon-hyuk (Good or Bad Dong-jae)

Joo Ji-hoon (Trauma Center)

Best Actress

Park Eun-bin (Hyperknife)

Seo Hyun-jin (Trunk)

IU (Bad Romance)

Lee Hye-ri (Rivalry)

Cha Joo-young (Wonkyung)

Best Supporting Actor

Park Byung-eun (Hyperknife)

Yoon Kyung-ho (Trauma Center)

Lee Kwang-soo (Bad Romance)

Lee Joon-young (Weak Hero Class 2)

Choi Dae-hoon (Bad Romance)

Best Supporting Actress

Gong Seung-yeon (Bad Romance)

Kim Kook-hee (Family Plan)

Soo-hyun (Gyeongseong Creature Season 2)

Yeom Hye-ran (Fooled by a Thing)

Jung Eun-chae (Your Honor)

Best New Actor

Kang Yoo-seok (Fooled by a Thing)

Romon (Family Plan)

Bae Hyun-sung (Gyeongseong Creature Season 2)

Choo Young-woo (Trauma Center)

Heo Nam-joon (Your Honor)

Best New Actress

Kim Min-ha (A Week Before I Die)

Lee Soo-hyun (Family Plan)

Lee Yi-dam (Wonkyung)

Jung Soo-bin (Rivalry)

Ha-young (Trauma Center)

Let's have a look at the full nominees list: 

Best Variety Series

The Great Gianjang

Devil’s Plan: Death Room

My Name is Gabriel

Game of Blood 3

Black and White Chef: Culinary Class War

Best Male Variety Star

Kian84 (The Great Gianjang)

Kim Won-hoon (SNL Korea Season 6 & 7)

Shin Dong-yup (SNL Korea Season 6 & 7)

Jang Dong-min (Game of Blood 3)

Choo Sung-hoon (Chu Lai Chu Lai)

Best Female Entertainer

Gabi (My Name is Gabriel)

Uhm Ji-yoon (Baseball Representative: League of Nerds Season 1 & 2)

Lee Soo-ji (SNL Korea Season 6 & 7)

Lee Hye-ri (Mystery Investigation Team)

Ji Ye-eun (The Great Gianjang)

Rookie Male Entertainer Award

Moon Sang-hoon (Housekeeping)

Yoon Nam-no (Black and White Chef: Culinary Class War)

Lee Jin-hyeok (SNL Korea Season 6 & 7)

Jung Keun-woo (Kim Sung-geun’s Winter Vacation)

Jung Hyun-gyu (Devil’s Plan: Death Room)

Rookie Female Entertainer Award

Mimi (Gian-i-seo)

Seo Hye-won (SNL Korea Season 6)

Yoon So-hee (Devil’s Plan: Death Room)

Lee Sa-bae (The Influencer)

Tsuki (Zombieverse: New Blood)

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