2018 MBC Entertainment Awards

2018 MBC Entertainment Awards
Date	December 29, 2018
Site	MBC Public Hall, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Hosted by	Jun Hyun-moo Seungri Lee Hye-ri
Television coverage
Network	MBC
Duration	220 minutes
Ratings	14.4% (Part 1) 18.3% (Part 2)

The 2018 MBC Entertainment Awards presented by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), took place on December 29, 2018 at MBC Public Hall in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Jun Hyun-moo, Seungri and Lee Hye-ri.[1]

Nominations and winners

(Winners denoted in bold) [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Grand Prize (Daesang)		Program of the Year
Lee Young-ja – Omniscient Interfering View Kim Gu-ra – King of Mask Singer, Radio Star, Talk Nomad – Give Generously [ko], Those Who Cross the Line Jun Hyun-moo – I Live Alone, Omniscient Interfering View, Unexpected Q Park Na-rae – I Live Alone		I Live Alone King of Mask Singer Omniscient Interfering View Radio Star
Top Excellence Award
Variety Category	Music/Talk Category	Radio Category
Male	Yoon Jong-shin – Radio Star Eun Ji-won – Unexpected Q Kim Gook-jin – Radio Star Lee Soo-geun – Unexpected Q	Kim Shin-young – Kim Shin-young's Noon Song of Hope [ko]
Cha In-pyo – Curious Husband's Get Away [ko] Lee Si-eon – I Live Alone Kim Yong-man – Curious Husband's Get Away [ko] Yang Se-hyung – Omniscient Interfering View
Female
Han Hye-jin – I Live Alone Song Eun-i – Omniscient Interfering View Lee Si-young – Those Who Cross the Line Oh Hyun-kyung – Living Together in Empty Room
Excellence Award
Variety Category	Music/Talk Category	Radio Category
Male		Jung Seon-hee [ko] – Jung Seon-hee & Moon Cheon-sik's Now is the Era of Radio [ko] Kim Je-dong – Good Morning FM, It's Kim Je-dong [ko]
Kian84 – I Live Alone Park Sung-kwang – Omniscient Interfering View Kwon Oh-joong – Curious Husband's Get Away [ko] Yoo Byung-jae – Omniscient Interfering View, Those Who Cross the Line	Cha Tae-hyun – Radio Star Lee Sang-min – Section TV [ko], Cafeteria [ko] Shin Dong-wook – Dae Jang Geum Is Watching Yoo Se-yoon – Unexpected Q
Female
Kim Jae-hwa – Real Man 300 Choi Jung-won – Living Together in Empty Room Jung Hye-sung – Dunia: Into a New World Oh Yoon-ah – Real Man 300	Kim So-hyun – Under Nineteen Kwon Yu-ri – Dae Jang Geum Is Watching Seol In-ah – Section TV [ko] Shin Bong-sun – King of Mask Singer
Rookie Award
Variety Category	Music/Talk Category	Radio Category
Male		Ahn Young-mi and Choi Wook – Ahn Young-mi, Choi Wook's Eheradio [ko] Yang Yo-seob – Yang Yoseob's Dreaming Radio [ko]
Gamst – Real Man 300 Kang Daniel – It's Dangerous Beyond the Blankets Matthew Douma – Real Man 300 Jo Tae-kwan – Curious Husband's Get Away [ko] Sung Hoon – I Live Alone	Seungkwan – King of Mask Singer, Unexpected Q Kim Ho-young – King of Mask Singer, Real Man 300 Kim Jeong-hyun – Section TV [ko] Lee Dong-jin – Talk Nomad – Give Generously [ko] Mark – Show! Music Core
Female
Hwasa – I Live Alone JooE – Real Man 300 Lee Yu-bi – Real Man 300 Luda – Dunia: Into a New World	Mina – Show! Music Core Ahn Hyun-mo [ko] – Cafeteria [ko] Gyeongree – Section TV [ko] Lee Yeol-eum [ko] – Dae Jang Geum Is Watching
Popularity Award	Best Entertainer Award	PD's Award
Im Song, Kang Hyun-seok, Song Sung-ho and Yoo Gyu-seon managers – Omniscient Interfering View	Shin Dong-wook and Kwon Yu-ri – Dae Jang Geum Is Watching (Sitcom) Lee Sang-min – Section TV [ko], Cafeteria [ko] (Music/Talk) Sung Hoon – I Live Alone (Variety) Yoo Byung-jae – Omniscient Interfering View, Those Who Cross the Line (Variety)	Real Man 300 team
Best Teamwork Award	MC Award	Achievement Award in Radio
Curious Husband's Get Away [ko] team	Kim Sung-joo – King of Mask Singer	Korea District Heating Corporation
Entertainer of the Year Award	Best Couple Award	Contribution Award
Gim Gu-ra – King of Mask Singer, Radio Star, Talk Nomad – Give Generously [ko], Those Who Cross the Line Jun Hyun-moo – I Live Alone, Omniscient Interfering View, Unexpected Q Lee Young-ja – Omniscient Interfering View Park Na-rae – I Live Alone	Park Sung-kwang and manager Im Song – Omniscient Interfering View Cha In-pyo and Kim Yong-man – Curious Husband's Get Away [ko] Lee Young-ja and manager Song Sung-ho – Omniscient Interfering View Park Na-rae and Kian84 – I Live Alone Park Na-rae and Kim Choong-jae [ko] – I Live Alone Shin Dong-wook and Kwon Yu-ri – Dae Jang Geum Is Watching	Republic of Korea Army
Special Awards
Variety Category	Current Events Category	Radio Category
Welcome, First Time in Korea? team	Lee Cheol-yong [ko] Lee Jin [ko]	Jang Yong Shin Chae-yi reporter
Scriptwriter of the Year
Variety Category	Current Events Category	Radio Category
Yeo Hyun-jeon – Omniscient Interfering View	Lee So-young	Kim Se-yoon – FM Film Music, It's Han Ye-ri [ko]

Presenters

Order	Presenter	Award	Ref.
1	Kwanghee, Mijoo	Rookie Award in Music/Talk Category
2	Lee Young-ja, manager Song Sung-ho	Rookie Award in Variety Category
3	Shin Dong-wook, Kwon Yu-ri	Top Excellence/Excellence/Rookie Award in Radio Category
4	Lee Sang-min, Seol In-ah	Scriptwriter of the Year PD's Award
5	Park Na-rae, Kang Daniel	Special Award MC Award
6	Yoo Min-sang [ko], Kim Jun-hyun	Best Couple Award
7	Alberto Mondi, DinDin	Best Teamwork Award
8	Song Eun-i, Kim Shin-young	Popularity Award
9	Han Hye-jin, Kian84	Best Entertainer Award
10	Jo Bin, JooE	Excellence Award in Music/Talk Category
11	Lee Si-eon, Sung Hoon	Excellence Award in Variety Category
12	Kim Jae-hwa, Henry	Top Excellence Award in Music/Talk Category
13	Kim Gu-ra, Cha Tae-hyun	Top Excellence Award in Variety Category
14	Cha In-pyo, Kim Yong-man	Program of the Year
15	Jun Hyun-moo	Grand Prize (Daesang)

Special performances

Order	Artist	Song/Spectacle	Ref.
1	Park Na-rae	"Solo" (Original: Jennie)	[12]
2	Under Nineteen	"We Are Young"	[13]
3	Park Sung-kwang, Yang Se-hyung, Yoo Byung-jae	"Idol" (Original: BTS)	[14]
4	Mamamoo	"Wind Flower" + "Starry Night" (별이 빛나는 밤)	[15]

References

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10. Lee Ha-na (December 30, 2018). "[종합] 'MBC 연예대상' 이영자 대상 2관왕, '전참시X나혼자 산다' 적수없는 질주". Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved December 30, 2018.
11. "2018 MBC Entertainment Awards Winners". Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (in Korean). 2018. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020.
12. [HOT] Park Na-Rae's Special Stage 'SOLO'. MBC via YouTube (in Korean). December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
13. [HOT] Undernineteen Celebration stage. MBC via YouTube (in Korean). December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
14. [HOT] Yu Byeongjae&Bak Seonggwang&Yang Sehyeong Show a special stage. MBC via YouTube (in Korean). December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
15. [HOT] MAMAMOO - Wind flower&Starry Night. MBC via YouTube (in Korean). December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.

External links

• Official website