2025 APAN Star Awards

2025 APAN Star Awards
2025 APAN Star Awards
	Official poster
Date	December 29, 2025 (2025-12-29)
Site	Dongdaemun Design Plaza Arthall 1, Jung-gu, Seoul
Presented by	Korea Entertainment Management Association; Seoul Economic Promotion Agency;
Hosted by	Kim Seung-woo; Park Sun-young;
Highlights
Most awards	When Life Gives You Tangerines (7)
Most nominations	When Life Gives You Tangerines (12)
Grand Prize	IU
Drama of the Year	When Life Gives You Tangerines
Website	APAN Star Awards
Television/radio coverage
Network	tvN; TVING;
	APAN Star Awards

11th edition of award ceremony

The 2025 APAN Star Awards (Korean: 2025 에이판 스타 어워즈) ceremony took place on December 29, 2025, at Dongdaemun Design Plaza Arthall 1 Jung-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Kim Seung-woo and Park Sun-young. The awards ceremony integrates content from all channels, including domestic terrestrial broadcasting, general programming, cable, OTT, and web dramas, aired from November 2024 to October 2025.^[1]

At the awards ceremony, IU received the Daesang for her performance in When Life Gives You Tangerines while the drama itself was awarded with the title of Best Drama of the Year.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Nominations were announced on December 1.^[3]^[4]

Grand Prize (Daesang) IU - When Life Gives You Tangerines	Drama of the Year When Life Gives You Tangerines (Netflix) Our Unwritten Seoul (tvN, Netflix) The Tale of Lady Ok (JTBC) You and Everything Else (Netflix) Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (tvN, Netflix)
Best Director Kim Won-seok – When Life Gives You Tangerines Park Shin-woo – Our Unwritten Seoul Lee Do-yoon – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Jang Tae-yoo – Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Jo Young-min – You and Everything Else	Best Screenwriter Jang Hyun-sook – Typhoon Family Park Ji-sook – The Tale of Lady Ok Song Hye-jin – You and Everything Else Lee Kang – Our Unwritten Seoul Lim Sang-choon – When Life Gives You Tangerines
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Lee Jun-ho – Typhoon Family Kim Nam-gil – Trigger, The Fiery Priest 2 Park Bo-gum – Good Boy, When Life Gives You Tangerines Park Hyung-sik – Buried Hearts Joo Ji-hoon – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Love Your Enemy	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Cha Joo-young – The Queen Who Crowns Kim Go-eun – You and Everything Else Park Bo-young – Our Unwritten Seoul IU – When Life Gives You Tangerines Im Yoon-ah – Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Lee Jun-young – When Life Gives You Tangerines, Pump Up the Healthy Love Park Hae-joon – When Life Gives You Tangerines, Love, Take Two Yoo Yeon-seok – When the Phone Rings Lee Joon-hyuk – Love Scout, Mercy for None Choo Young-woo – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Head over Heels	Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Shin Ye-eun – The Murky Stream, A Hundred Memories Go Youn-jung – Resident Playbook Park Ji-hyun – You and Everything Else Yum Jung-ah – Love, Take Two, The Defects Jang Yoon-ju – Ms. Incognito
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Ahn Jae-wook – For Eagle Brothers Son Chang-min – Good Luck! Song Chang-eui — Desperate Mrs. Seonju Jung Il-woo – Our Golden Days Hwang Dong-joo – Marie and Her Three Daddies	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Uhm Ji-won – For Eagle Brothers Park Ha-na — My Merry Marriage Jang Shin-young — The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun Han Groo — Cinderella Game Hahm Eun-jung — Queen’s House
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Seo Ha-jun – The Woman Who Swallowed the Sun Kim Dong-wan – For Eagle Brothers Park Sang-nam — My Merry Marriage Seo Jun-young – Queen's House Yoon Hyun-min – Our Golden Days	Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Park Eun-hye — Marie and Her Three Daddies Shim Yi-young — Desperate Mrs. Seonju Lee Si-a — A Graceful Liar Lee Tae-ran — Our Golden Days Jung In-sun — Our Golden Days
Excellence Award, Actor in a Short Drama or Web Drama Jung Gun-joo – The Road in Between Kim Ki-hyun – No MZ for Old Men Park Sung-woong – A Head Coach's Turnover Park Soo-oh — A Head Coach's Turnover Lee Dong-gun – A Love That's Completely Useless Cha Sun-woo – He Is Back, Competition with me Cha Hak-yeon – The Killer Next Door	Excellence Award, Actress in a Short Drama or Web Drama Park Ha-sun – A Love That's Completely Useless, Psychopath Yeo Soon-jeong Lee Soo-ji – No MZ for Old Men Ha Ye-eun – Boss Yeo stays behind Lee Hye-ri – Friendly Rivalry
Excellence Acting Award, Actor Ko Kyu-pil - Genie, Make a Wish, Twelve Yoon Kyung-ho — The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call Sung Dong-il – Typhoon Family, The Art of Negotiation Lee Hae-young – Buried Hearts Choi Dae-hoon – When Life Gives You Tangerines, Shin's Project	Excellence Acting Award, Actress Oh Na-ra – Villains Everywhere, The Nice Guy Kim Shin-rok – Undercover High School, Tastefully Yours Kang Ae-shim – Squid Game 2, 3, Love, Take Two Yeom Hye-ran – When Life Gives You Tangerines, Law and the City Won Mi-kyung – Our Unwritten Seoul
Best New Actor Lee Chae-min – Bon Appétit, Your Majesty, Crushology 101 Kang You-seok — Resident Playbook, When Life Gives You Tangerines Kim Min-kyu – Bitch x Rich 2, Love, Take Two Kim Yo-han — The Winning Try Ryeoun – Weak Hero Class 2, Namib	Best New Actress Ha-young – The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Face Me Hong Hwa-yeon – Buried Hearts, Tastefully Yours, I Am a Running Mate Bang Hyo-rin [ko] — Aema Shin Si-ah – Resident Playbook Yoon Seo-ah – The Tale of Lady Ok, Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
Best Child Actor Kim Tae-yeon — When Life Gives You Tangerines Lee Cheon-mu – When Life Gives You Tangerines Kim Si-a – Walking on Thin Ice Moon Woo-jin – My Dearest Nemesis Jo Dan – Villains Everywhere	Best Couple Award Lee Hye-ri with Chung Su-bin – Friendly Rivalry Im Yoon-ah with Lee Chae-min – Bon Appétit, Your Majesty Bae Suzy with Kim Woo-bin – Genie, Make a Wish
Popularity Star Award, Actor Lee Jun-ho Park Seo-ham Ji Chang-wook	Popularity Star Award, Actress Kim Hye-yoon Im Yoon-ah Kim Se-jeong
Global Star Award Lee Jun-ho Byeon Woo-seok Yook Sung-jae	Best Entertainer Award Cha Eun-woo Jeong Yun-ho Lee Jun-young
Best Original Soundtrack Lim Young-woong – "More Beautiful than Heaven" – Heavenly Ever After Young Tak – "Unknown Life" – For Eagle Brothers Jongho – "Just Like the First Time" – The Nice Guy	Asia Star Award Jinyoung Chung Su-bin

References

^ Kim, Ye-eun (December 1, 2025). 박보검·이준호에 아이유·윤아…'에이판 스타 어워즈', 치열한 트로피 경쟁 예고 [Park Bo-gum, Lee Jun-ho, IU, Yoona… 'Apan Star Awards' anticipates fierce trophy competition]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved December 1, 2025 – via Naver.
^ Cho, Eun-soo (December 30, 2025). '에이판 스타 어워즈', 아이유 대상... 수상자 명단은?. Kumkang Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved January 1, 2025.
^ Kim, Won-hee (December 1, 2025). 박보검 VS 이준호, '에이판 스타 어워즈'서 맞붙는다 [Park Bo-gum and Lee Jun-ho to Face Off at the A-Pan Star Awards]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved December 1, 2025 – via Naver.
^ @idolchamp1 (November 29, 2025). ✨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬✨ 드디어 대망의 결선! APAN 현재 순위를 함께 살펴볼까요🔎 [✨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 ✨ Finally, the final round! Let's take a look at APAN's current rankings. 🔎] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved December 3, 2025 – via Twitter.

External links

Official website

[1] Kim, Ye-eun (December 1, 2025). 박보검·이준호에 아이유·윤아…'에이판 스타 어워즈', 치열한 트로피 경쟁 예고 [Park Bo-gum, Lee Jun-ho, IU, Yoona… 'Apan Star Awards' anticipates fierce trophy competition]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved December 1, 2025 – via Naver.

[2] Cho, Eun-soo (December 30, 2025). '에이판 스타 어워즈', 아이유 대상... 수상자 명단은?. Kumkang Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved January 1, 2025.

[3] Kim, Won-hee (December 1, 2025). 박보검 VS 이준호, '에이판 스타 어워즈'서 맞붙는다 [Park Bo-gum and Lee Jun-ho to Face Off at the A-Pan Star Awards]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved December 1, 2025 – via Naver.

[4] @idolchamp1 (November 29, 2025). ✨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬✨ 드디어 대망의 결선! APAN 현재 순위를 함께 살펴볼까요🔎 [✨𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 ✨ Finally, the final round! Let's take a look at APAN's current rankings. 🔎] (Tweet) (in Korean). Retrieved December 3, 2025 – via Twitter.