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| The logo of the Seoul International Drama Awards / Screenshot from the SDA website |
The organizing committee of the annual SDA said it will collect votes for the three categories of awards: Outstanding Asian Star, Outstanding Performance (in a Korean drama), and Best OST.
The voting for the 17th SDA will open from Aug. 1 for one month on Idol Champ, an app developed by Neowiz and MBC Plus, where fans can vote for various competition programs, having some 8 million users.
For the Outstanding Asian Star category, fans will select up to five actors and actresses from Asian nations except for Korea. Last year's winners were Marcus Chang from Taiwan for "Lost Romance," Amanda Manopo from Indonesia for "The Ties of Love," Kentaro Sakaguchi from Japan for "Signal Special Episode," Lusi Zhao from China for "Chang Ge Xing ― the Long Ballad," and PP-Krit Amnuaydechkorn from Thailand for "I Told Sunset About You."
In the Outstanding Performance category, male and female actors who have appeared in Korean dramas will be candidates after being recommended by terrestrial and cable networks and streaming service platforms. Last year, actor Song Joong-ki from "Vincenzo" and actress Bae Suzy from "Start-Up" won the award.
The Best OST category selects one person who sang in a Korean drama soundtrack. Trot singer YoungTak took the award last year for "Okay," the original soundtrack for "Revolutionary Sisters."
This year, a new category will also be made to pick a K-pop singer who also performs as an actor, to recognize those who contribute to the development of hallyu, or the Korean wave, in both the pop music and drama fields.
In this year's SDA, there were entries of 225 dramas from 39 countries. The winners will be announced at the awarding ceremony on Sept. 22, which will be held offline after two years of the ceremony being held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
