Byeon Woo-seok, Jung Hae-in, Jung Soo-min, & more find a spot at the FUNdex Awards 2024, here’s a complete nominees list

The second edition of the FUNdex Awards is set to roll out on December 19, and 2024's most popular Korean actors, such as Kim Tae-ri, Byeon Woo-Seok, Jung Hae-in, Jung Soo-min, and more, have found a spot as the nominees for the best leads. Along with the categories of best actors and actresses of 2024, the FUNdex Awards also include best TV drama, OTT Original Drama category, which includes dramas released on OTT platforms such as Netflix's The 8 Show, Coupang Play's What Comes After Love, among others.

According to Korean news outlet JTBC, the FUNdex Awards claim to be driven by data with the purpose of presenting the best TV and OTT programs and performers. The winners in each category are selected by aggregating the data from verified surveys conducted over the past year. Surveys include topicality surveys, search responses, the FUNdex index, and the number of times a performer entered the top 10 for topicality.

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The FUNdex Awards 2024: Complete list of different categories and their nominees, including Byeon Woo-seok, Jung Hae-in, Jung Soo-min & more.

The award includes eight categories for best works and 10 categories dedicated to best performers. The grand prize, or 'Daesang,' for the best work and the best performer will be selected from among the winners. The FUNdex Performer Awards category includes not just the artists/performers in television dramas but also OTT dramas, variety shows, competition programs, etc.

Nominees for the TV Drama Male Lead:

• Kim Soo-hyun for Queen of Tears
• Byeon Woo-seok for Lovely Runner
• Uhm Tae-goo for My Sweet Mobster
• Jung Hae-in for Love Next Door
• Jo Jung-suk for Captivating the King

Nominees for the TV Drama Female Lead:

• Kim Ji-won for Queen of Tears
• Kim Tae-ri for Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born
• Kim Hye-yoon for Lovely Runner
• Park Min-young for Marry My Husband
• Jung Soo-min for Love Next Door

Nominees for the TV Drama Female Lead (Images via X/@CjnDrama)

Nominees for the OTT Original Drama Male Lead:

• Son Suk-ku and Choi Woo-sik for A Killer Paradox
• Lee Min-ho for Pachinko Season 2
• Lee Joon-hyuk for Dongjae: The Good or The Bastard

Nominees for the OTT Original Drama Female Lead:

• Go Min-si for The Frog
• Kim Min-ha for Pachinko Season 2
• Bona and Jang Da-ah for The Pyramid Game
• Chun Woo-hee for The 8 Show

One of the most highly anticipated categories is Best TV and OTT Dramas.

Nominees for the TV Drama category:

• tvN's Queen of Tears
• tvN's Marry My Husband
• tvN's Lovely Runner
• tvN's Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born
• SBS' Judge from Hell

Nominees for the OTT Original Drama category

• The 8 Show (Netflix)
• What Comes After Love (Coupang Play)
• A Killer Paradox (Netflix)
• A Pyramid Game (Tving)
• A Shop for Killers (Disney+)

Supporting actors are also honored in TV and OTT dramas at the award show. However, unlike the male and female leads, the category of supporting actors is not divided based on gender.

Nominees for Supporting Actors in TV dramas include:

• Kwon Bo-ah and Lee Yi-kyung for Marry My Husband
• Song Gun-hee for Lovely Runner
• Shin Ye-eun and Jung Eun-chae for Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born

OTT Dramas:

• Kim Min for A Killer Paradox
• Ryu Da-in for The Pyramid Game
• Moon Geun-young for Hellbound Season 2
• Lee Hee-joon for A Killer Paradox
• Jung Eun-chae for Pachinko Season 2

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The FUNdex Awards 2024: Nominees for the variety show, mini-series, TV music/dance competition, and more

This unique formatted award show also takes into account TV Steady Variety Shows (long-going shows) such as ENA/SBS Plus I Am SOLO. Other than that, MBC's I Live Alone, SBS' Running Man, tvN's You Quiz on the Block, and JTBC's Strongest Baseball have been nominated for this category.

Mnet's Street Fighter and I-LAND2, TV CHOSUN's Miss Trot 3, MBN's King of Singer of Korea and Japan, and MBN's Current King are nominated for the category of TV music/dance competition entertainment category in the FUNdex Awards.

Netflix's Black and White Chef: Culinary Class War, Tving's EXchage 3, and more are nominated for the OTT Original Show category. Culinary Class War's Kwon Sung-jun, Baek Jong-won, Ahn Sung-jae, Edward Lee, and Choi Hyun-seok are nominated for the OTT original show performer category.

The Frog's Go Min-si is also nominated for the category of TV variety performer for Jinny's Kitcher 2. She has also been nominated for the OTT drama female lead position.

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JTBC also reported that Good Data Corporation, a K-content competitiveness analysis agency, will be organizing this year's FUNdex Awards with the sponsorship of Megazone Cloud and PENTACLE. The award ceremony will be held on December 19 at 2 PM KST and live-streamed on YouTube.

The FUNdex 2024 award winners from each category will be announced in early December. During the ceremony on December 19, only the FUNdex Work Grand Prize and FUNdex Performer Gand Prize will be announced.