55th Baeksang Arts Awards | |
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Date | May 1, 2019 |
Site | Hall D, COEX, Seoul |
Hosted by | Shin Dong-yup Bae Suzy Park Bo-gum |
Organised by | Ilgan Sports JTBC Plus |
Highlights | |
Most awards | Film: Miss Baek (2) Television: Sky Castle (4) |
Most nominations | Film: Believer & Burning (6) Television: Mr. Sunshine & Sky Castle (9) |
Grand Prize – Film | Jung Woo-sung (actor) – Innocent Witness |
Grand Prize – TV | Kim Hye-ja (actress) – The Light in Your Eyes |
Website | baeksangartsawards |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | JTBC |
Viewership | 2.5% (Nielsen Korea)[1] |
The 55th Baeksang Arts Awards (Korean: 제55회 백상예술대상) ceremony, organised by Ilgan Sports and JTBC Plus, took place on May 1, 2019, at Hall D, COEX, Seoul, beginning at 9:00 p.m. KST. It was hosted by Shin Dong-yup, Bae Suzy and Park Bo-gum for the second consecutive year and was broadcast live on JTBC. One of South Korea's major awards shows, the annual awards ceremony recognizes excellence in film and television.[2][3]
The highest honors of the night, Grand Prize (Daesang), were awarded to actor Jung Woo-sung of Innocent Witness in the film division and actress Kim Hye-ja of The Light in Your Eyes in the television division.[4]