| 2025 SBS Entertainment Awards | |
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 Official poster | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in variety entertainment |
| Date | December 30, 2025 (2025-12-30) |
| Venue | SBS Prism Tower, Sangam-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea |
| Country | South Korea |
| Presented by | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Hosted by |
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| First award | 2007 |
| Highlights | |
| Grand Prize (Daesang) | Lee Sang-min |
| Website | SBS Entertainment Awards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | SBS TV |
| Viewership |
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The 2025 edition of the SBS Entertainment Awards presented by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), took place on December 30, 2025, from 21:00 (KST) at SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea. This year the awards held a vote for the 'Most Popular Program Award Chosen by Viewers' on Naver, until December 29.[2] The award ceremony was hosted by Jun Hyun-moo, Cha Tae-hyun, and Lee Soo-ji.[3] The seven candidates for the grand prize of the 2025 Awards were revealed on December 24.[4]
Nominations and winners
Nominations for Grand Prize were announced on December 24, 2025.[5]
Winners are listed first and denoted in bold.[6]
| Grand Prize (Daesang) | |||
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| Producer Award | Program of the Year Award | ||
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Controversy
The moment when the winner for the Daesang was announced where Lee Sang-min was chosen by SBS as the winner, has gone viral worldwide, which resulting on both SBS and its Entertainment Awards receiving massive negative public outrage and negative backlash from the viewers around the world, who criticized SBS for their decisions of not giving the Daesang to Jee Seok-jin, as he was heavily favorited to win it in the recent years for his long career and contributions on entertainment industry, with every SBS' social media later were flooded with negative criticism and boycott over the result, where many people believed that SBS mistreated him and his long contributions career on purpose.[7]
References
- ^ Nielsen Korea ratings:"2025 SBS Entertainment Awards". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). December 31, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
- ^ Kim, Se-ah (December 19, 2025). 연이어 하차 터졌는데…전현무, 돈 쓸어 담는다 'SBS 연예대상'서 파격 변신 [A series of departures followed... Jeon Hyun-moo's shocking transformation at the SBS Entertainment Awards, raking in the cash]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Retrieved December 24, 2025 – via Naver.
- ^ Nam, Jeong-hyeon (December 10, 2025). 전현무, 'SBS 연예대상' 2년 연속 MC…이수지·차태현 합류 [Jeon Hyun-moo MCs the SBS Entertainment Awards for the Second Consecutive Year, Joining Lee Su-ji and Cha Tae-hyun]. Newsis (in Korean). Retrieved December 24, 2025 – via Naver.
- ^ Jo, Yoon-sun Yoon (December 24, 2025). 유재석·전현무·탁재훈·신동엽·이상민·서장훈·지석진, '2025 SBS 연예대상' 후보 7人 공개 [Yoo Jae-suk, Jeon Hyun-moo, Tak Jae-hoon, Shin Dong-yup, Lee Sang-min, Seo Jang-hoon, and Ji Suk-jin: Seven Nominees for the 2025 SBS Entertainment Awards]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved December 24, 2025 – via Naver.
- ^ Kim, Ji-woo (December 24, 2025). 유재석→지석진…'2025 SBS 연예대상' 후보 7인 공개됐다 [Yoo Jae-suk → Ji Suk-jin… Seven nominees for the '2025 SBS Entertainment Awards' revealed]. My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved December 24, 2025 – via Naver.
- ^ Hong, Se-young (December 31, 2025). 'SBS 연예대상' 이상민 대상줬지만, 지석진·서장훈 홀대 최악 [종합] [The SBS Entertainment Awards awarded Lee Sang-min the grand prize, but Ji Suk-jin and Seo Jang-hoon were treated with the utmost disrespect]. Sports Dong-a (in Korean). Retrieved December 31, 2025 – via Naver.
- ^ Kim, Soo-hyung (December 30, 2025). 지석진 대상 또 불발...이상민이 주인공 "큰 상 받을 줄 몰라" [2025 SBS연예대상] [Ji Seok-jin fails to win the grand prize again... Lee Sang-min, the main character, says, "I didn't know I'd win such a big award" [2025 SBS Entertainment Awards]]. OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved December 30, 2025 – via Naver.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
