On Tuesday, December 30, the annual year-end award ceremony, 2025 MBC Drama Awards, is expected to roll out at 8:50 PM KST. The red carpet for the same will kickstart around 5:30 PM KST, and the event will be hosted by Lee Sun-bin and Kim Sung-joo. Fans and interested viewers can stream the event live through multiple mediums. For domestic viewers from South Korea, the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation channel (MBC) will be broadcasting the livestream.
Additionally, international viewers can catch the event through KOCOWA+ and Viki. With certain restrictions to select regions, the official website of MBC, onair.imbc.com, also provides streaming options for the 2025 MBC Drama Awards. The final streaming option comes from NAVER’s video streaming service, CHZZK, an official service that provides real-time coverage of the award ceremony. The upcoming award ceremony is also expected to hold a variety of exciting events for the viewers.
From stage performances by actors such as In Your Radiant Season’s Lee Sung Kyung and Chae Jong Hyeop to award presentations from the much-awaited Perfect Crown couple, IU and Byeon Woo-seok, fans can look forward to multiple interesting segments at the 2025 MBC Drama Awards. The following article will unveil more details about the upcoming annual award show, such as the nominees, presenters’ lineup, expected performances, and more.
All you need to know about the upcoming year-end award show, the 2025 MBC Drama Awards
The MBC Drama Awards is an annual award show presented by the South Korean Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. It’s held to recognize and honor the outstanding performances rolled out by actors for the K-dramas released through the MBC network.
For this year, the 2025 MBC Drama Awards have not made their entire nominee list public, and the only category that was revealed was the Best Couple nominations. The nominations revolved around the major MBC dramas released this year, such as Motel California, Undercover High School, Crushology 101, Oh My Ghost Clients, To the Moon, and Moon River.
Therefore, the other categories are also expected to pull out winners from this lineup of 2025 K-dramas. Here’s the complete list of nominees for the 2025 MBC Drama Awards’ Best Couple category:
- To The Moon’s Lee Sun-bin and Kim Young-dae
- Undercover High School’s Jin Ki-joo and Seo Kang-joon
- Crushology 101’s Roh Jeong-eui and Lee Chae-min
- Moon River’s Kim Se-jeong and Kang Tae-oh
- Motel California’s Lee Se-young and Na In-woo
On the other hand, here’s the complete presenters’ lineup at the upcoming award show:
- In Your Radiant Season’s Lee Sung-kyung and Chae Jong-hyeop
- Perfect Crown’s IU and Byeon Woo-seok
- Fifty Fifty’s Shin Ha-kyun and Heo Sung-tae
However, more presenters who haven’t been revealed yet can also be expected at the award ceremony. On the other hand, South Korean film and drama award shows typically feature one to two performances. For the upcoming MBC drama awards ceremony, the renowned and veteran South Korean rock band Jaurim will take to the stage to bring a celebratory tone to the event.
Therefore, fans and netizens have been eagerly awaiting the final winners‘ reveal at the upcoming award show.
Edited by Aishwarya Sai
