58th Baeksang Arts Awards | |
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Date | May 6, 2022 |
Site | KINTEX, Ilsanseo-gu, Gyeonggi Province |
Hosted by | Shin Dong-yup Bae Suzy Park Bo-gum |
Organised by | JoongAng Group |
Highlights | |
Most awards | Film: Kingmaker (3) Escape from Mogadishu (3) Television: D.P. (3) Squid Game (3) |
Most nominations | Film: Escape from Mogadishu (7) Television: Squid Game (8) |
Grand Prize – Film | Ryoo Seung-wan (director) – Escape from Mogadishu |
Grand Prize – TV | Squid Game |
Website | Baeksang Arts Awards |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | JTBC TikTok (international) |
The 58th Baeksang Arts Awards (Korean: 제58회 백상예술대상) ceremony, organised by JoongAng Group, was held on May 6, 2022, at KINTEX, Ilsanseo-gu, Gyeonggi Province, beginning at 7:45 p.m. KST.[1] The event was hosted by Shin Dong-yup, Bae Suzy and Park Bo-gum and was broadcast live in South Korea by JTBC and internationally by TikTok.[2] For the first time in two years, it was held with an on-site audience.[3] The annual awards ceremony is one of South Korea's most prestigious award shows, recognizing excellence in film, television, and theatre.[4]
The nominees were announced on April 11, 2022, via its official website.[5] All works released between April 12, 2021, and March 31, 2022, were eligible for nominations.[note 1][6] The final candidates for Grand Prize – Film were film Escape from Mogadishu and its director Ryoo Seung-wan.[7]
The highest honors of the night, Grand Prize (Daesang), were awarded to director Ryoo Seung-wan of Escape from Mogadishu in the film division and drama Squid Game in the television division. Escape from Mogadishu and Kingmaker were the most winning films with three awards each, while D.P. and Squid Game also had the most wins of three in the television division. Lee Jun-ho and Kim Tae-ri became the most awarded individuals of the night; Lee won awards for Best Actor – Television and Most Popular Actor for The Red Sleeve while Kim won Best Actress – Television and Most Popular Actress for Twenty-Five Twenty-One.[8]
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