61st Baeksang Arts Awards: Lovely Runner’s Byun Woo Seok, Kim Hye Yoon win popularity poll amid vote rigging controversy

The Baeksang Arts Awards 2025 has formally kicked off by crowning the winners of its first category. The actor and actress who took house the PRIZM Recognition Award were equipped on Could 2, with some of the heavily speculated female leads, from amongst Kim Hye Yoon, IU and Hyeri, winning in the category. Given the vote casting controversy surrounding the head three female contenders, there are blended reactions regarding the discontinue result.

The actor who grew to alter into the fan approved and won the 61st Baeksang Arts Award in the PRIZM Recognition category used to be Elegant Runner’s Byeon Woo Seok. His Elegant Runner co-big title, Kim Hye Yoon, claimed the female category title, showcasing that they remained a loved on-screen couple even after a year since the conclusion of their drama. They grew to alter into the fourth pair from the identical drama to procure the fashioned decision Baeksang award and likewise broke the document for the most effective vote count in Baeksang historical previous.

Byun Woo Seok earned over 2.4 million votes, leaving in the encourage of When Lifestyles Gives You Tangerines’ Park Bo Gum by 1,798,208 votes. The 2d-placed actor earned over 0.6 million votes, adopted by Jung Hae In in third assign with over 0.1 million votes. LEW Jun Hyuk and Dex ended in the No. 4 and 5 spots, respectively. In the actress category, Kim Hye Yoon won with more than 7.8 million votes, adopted carefully by Friendly Competitors’s Hyeri (over 6.9 million votes). IU, Haewon and Kim Tae Ri took the 3rd, 4th and fifth places, respectively.

The dwell 5 contenders for PRIZM Recognition Award:

Male category

1. Byun Woo Seok – 2,404,031 votes
2. Park Bo Gum – 605,823 votes
3. Jung Hae In – 180,165 votes
4. Lee Jun Hyuk – 105,072 votes
5. Dex – 87,384 votes

Female category

1. Kim Hye Yoon – 7,873,877 votes
2. Hyeri – 6,923,153 votes
3. IU – 3,474,101 votes
4. Haewon – 40,209 votes
5. Kim Tae Ri – 33,424 votes

With most followers being chuffed with the discontinue result, some expressed concerns regarding the earlier allegations of computerized vote casting for the female category. As per them, it be unsafe whether or no longer the speculations were appropriate and in the occasion that they impacted the final outcomes. The awards ceremony is scheduled to rob assign on Could 5.