Blue Dragon Series Awards 2025: K-dramas When Life Gives You Tangerines, The Trauma Code takes takes top honours
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The Blue Dragon Series Awards 2025 was announced and K-dramas When Life Gives You Tangerines and Trauma Code were leading with six and five nominations respectively. The ceremony took place in Incheon, South Korea.
The Blue Dragon Series Awards are an annual awards ceremony that gives accolades for excellence in streaming television and OTT in South Korea. This year's award ceremony took place on July 18, KST, at the Paradise Resort in Incheon, South Korea, which was organized by Sports Chosun. This year's nominees were chosen from the works released between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025.
Let's check out the complete list of winners:
Top Honours
Grand Prize (Daesang): When Life Gives You Tangerines
Best Drama: The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call
Best Actor: IU (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
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Popularity Award: Park Bo Gum, IU, Lee Jun Hyun, Hyeri
Drama Category
Best Supporting Actor: Lee Swang Koo (Karma)
Best Supporting Actress: Yeom Hye Ran (When Life Gives You Tangerines)
Best New Actor: Choo Young Woo (The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call)
Best New Actress: Kim Min Ha (Way Back Love)
Variety & Entertainment Winners
Best Variety Show: Culinary Class Wars
Best Male Entertainer: Kian 84 (Kian's Bizarre B&B)
Best Female Entertainers
Lee Soo Ji: SNL Korea 6 & 7
Ji Ye Eun: Kian's Bizzaer B & B
Best New Male Entertainer: Moon Sang Hoon (The Blank Menu For You)
Best New Female Entertainer: Miami- Kian is CEO
For the unversed, When Life Gives You Tangerines had led the night with six nominations, followed closely by The Trauma Code with five nominations.
All about Blue Dragon Series Awards
The Blue Dragon Series Awards considers only original dramas and variety shows produced and invested in by streaming services offered in Korea, including Netflix, Disney+, seezn, Apple TV+, WATCHA, wavve, Kakao TV, Coupang Play, and TVING.
It was created in 2022 by the Sports Chosun newspaper. The 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards ceremony was held on July 19, 2022, at the Incheon Paradise Hotel.
