| 7th APAN Star Awards | |
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 Official poster | |
| Date | January 23, 2021 |
| Site | Kyung Hee University |
| Hosted by | Kim Seung-woo |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Crash Landing on You & It's Okay to Not Be Okay (4) |
| Grand Prize (Daesang) | Hyun Bin (Crash Landing on You) |
| Drama of the Year | Itaewon Class |
| Website | APAN Star Awards |
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The 7th APAN Star Awards (Korean: 제7회 에이판 스타 어워즈) ceremony was held on January 23, 2021, at Kyung Hee University Peace Hall, Seoul, and was hosted by Kim Seung-woo. It was broadcast exclusively on online platforms Olleh TV and Seezn. First held in 2012, the annual awards ceremony recognizes the excellence in South Korea's television. Nominees were selected from dramas that aired on free-to-air networks MBC, KBS and SBS and cable channels tvN, JTBC, OCN, MBN and TV Chosun.
Originally set to take place on November 29, 2020,[1] the physical ceremony was indefinitely postponed on November 18, 2020, after Level 1.5 social distancing rules went into effect amid a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Seoul and surrounding metropolitan areas.[2] On December 17, it was announced that the awards will be held in 2021 on January 24.[3] It was again rescheduled for January 23; it was a two-day integrated event collectively referred to as the APAN MusicStar Awards.[4]
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- ^ Kim, Bo-young (November 18, 2020). [단독] '2020 APAN AWARDS' 1.5단계 격상에 시상식 연기…"안전 최우선" [Stage 1.5 of the "2020 APAN AWARDS" award ceremony postponed..."Safety first"]. E-Daily Star (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021 – via Naver.
- ^ Kim, Mi-ji (December 21, 2020). '2020 APAN AWARDS', 1월 23일·24일 개최..방탄소년단·강다니엘 인기상 확정[공식입장] [[Official] "2020 APAN AWARDS" will be held on January 23rd and 24th. BTS/Kang Daniel Popularity Award confirmed]. X Sports News (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 21, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021 – via Daum.
- ^ Shin, Ji-won (January 23, 2021). '2020 APAN AWARDS' 23일-24일 양일간 개최…대상 수상의 영광은? ['2020 APAN AWARDS' held for two days from 23 to 24... What is the glory of winning the grand prize?]. Korea Economic Daily. Retrieved January 23, 2021 – via Naver.