2018 MBC Entertainment Awards

List of South Korean MBC Entertainment Awards

Jun Hyun-moo
Seungri
Lee Hye-ri

Television coverageNetworkMBCDuration220 minutesRatings14.4% (Part 1)
18.3% (Part 2)

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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
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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^ "2018 MBC Entertainment Awards Winners". Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (in Korean). 2018. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020.
^ [HOT] Park Na-Rae's Special Stage 'SOLO'. MBC via YouTube (in Korean). December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ [HOT] Undernineteen Celebration stage. MBC via YouTube (in Korean). December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ [HOT] Yu Byeongjae&Bak Seonggwang&Yang Sehyeong Show a special stage. MBC via YouTube (in Korean). December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
^ [HOT] MAMAMOO - Wind flower&Starry Night. MBC via YouTube (in Korean). December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.