The MBC Entertainment Awards () is a Korean awards ceremony held annually and sponsored by MBC. The awards ceremony is held at the end of each year and lasts approximately 140 minutes, being broadcast in two parts on MBC.
Hosts Year Hosts Ref.2001 Kim Yong-man, , Kim Gook-jin 2002 Lee Kyung-kyu, Park Kyung-lim 2003 Park Soo-hong, Kim Jung-hwa 2004 Park Soo-hong, Kim Won-hee 2005 , Hyun Young, Kim Je-dong 2006 Lee Kyung-kyu, Hyun Young 2007 Lee Hyuk-jae 2008 Lee Hyuk-jae 2009 Lee Hyuk-jae 2010 Park Mi-sun, 2011 Yoon Jong-shin, Park Ha-sun 2012 Kang Ho-dong, Kwanghee, Kang So-ra 2013 Kim Gu-ra, Kim Soo-ro, So Yi-hyun 2014 Kim Sung-joo, Park Hyung-sik, Kim Sung-ryung 2015 Kim Sung-joo, Kim Gu-ra, Han Chae-ah 2016 Kim Sung-joo, Jun Hyun-moo, Lee Sung-kyung 2017 Kim Hee-chul, Yang Se-hyung, Han Hye-jin 2018 Jun Hyun-moo, Seungri (Big Bang), Hyeri (Girl's Day) 2019 Jun Hyun-moo, Hwasa and P.O 2020 Ahn Bo-hyun, Jang Do-yeon, Jun Hyun-moo 2021 Jun Hyun-moo, Lee Sang-yi and Kim Se-jeong 2022 Jun Hyun-moo, Lee Yi-kyung and Kang Min-kyung 2023 Jun Hyun-moo, Lee Se-young and Dex 2024 Jun Hyun-moo, Yoon Eun-hye and Lee Jang-woo 2025 Jun Hyun-moo, Jang Do-yeon
History of winners Sources: From 2010 onward.
MBC Comedy Broadcasting Awards Grand Prize (1990–1994)
Year Winner 1990 1991 Lee Kyung-kyu 1992 Lee Kyung-kyu 1993 1994
MBC Comedy Daesang (1995–2000)
Year Winner 1995 Lee Kyung-kyu 1996 Kim Gook-jin 1997 Lee Kyung-kyu 1998 Kim Gook-jin 1999 Seo Kyung-seok 2000 Kim Yong-man
MBC Entertainment Awards (2001 - present)
Time # Year Grand Prize (Daesang) Program 1st 2001 Park Kyung-lim — 2nd 2002 Kim Yong-man — 3rd 2003 Kim Yong-man — 4th 2004 Lee Kyung-kyu — 5th 2005 Lee Kyung-kyu — 6th 2006 Yoo Jae-suk Infinite Challenge7th 2007 Lee Soon-jae High Kick! Infinite Challenge Infinite Challenge 8th 2008 Kang Ho-dong 9th 2009 Yoo Jae-suk Infinite Challenge 10th 2010 Yoo Jae-suk Infinite Challenge 11th 2011 I Am a Singer I Am a Singer 12th 2012 Park Myeong-su Infinite Challenge, , 13th 2013 Dad! Where Are We Going? Dad! Where Are We Going? 14th 2014 Yoo Jae-suk Infinite Challenge 15th 2015 Kim Gu-ra King of Mask Singer, Radio Star, My Little Television, 16th 2016 Yoo Jae-suk Infinite Challenge 17th 2017 Jun Hyun-moo I Live Alone 18th 2018 Lee Young-ja Omniscient Interfering View 19th 2019 Park Na-rae I Live Alone, 20th 2020 Yoo Jae-suk Hangout with Yoo 21st 2021 Yoo Jae-suk Hangout with Yoo 22nd 2022 Jun Hyun-moo I Live Alone, Omniscient Interfering View 23rd 2023 Kian84 I Live Alone 24th 2024 Jun Hyun-moo I Live Alone, Omniscient Interfering View, Class Beyond Border, Song Stealer 25th 2025 Yoo Jae-suk Hangout with Yoo
Best Program Award
Time # Year Best Program Award 1st 2003 (Best Viewer's Choice Program Awards) 2nd 2004 Exclamation Point (Best Viewer's Choice Program Awards) 3rd 2006 Infinite Challenge (Best Program Award) 4th 2007 Infinite Challenge (Best Program Award) 5th 2008 Infinite Challenge (Best PD's Choice Program Awards) 6th 2009 Infinite Challenge (Best Viewer's Choice Program Awards) 7th 2010 (Best Program Award) 8th 2011 I Am a Singer (Best Entertainment Program of the Year) 9th 2012 Radio Star (Best Entertainment Program of the Year) 10th 2013 Infinite Challenge (Best Viewer's Choice Program Awards) 11th 2014 Infinite Challenge (Best Entertainment Program of the Year) 12th 2015 Infinite Challenge (Best Entertainment Program of the Year) 13th 2016 Infinite Challenge (Best Entertainment Program of the Year) 14th 2017 I Live Alone (Best Entertainment Program of the Year) 15th 2018 I Live Alone (Best Entertainment Program of the Year) 16th 2019 I Live Alone (Best Entertainment Program of the Year) 17th 2020 Hangout with Yoo (Program of the Year) 18th 2021 Hangout with Yoo (Program of the Year) 19th 2022 I Live Alone (Program of the Year) 20th 2023 (Program of the Year) 21st 2024 I Live Alone (Program of the Year) 22nd 2025 Wonder Coach (Program of the Year)
Top Excellence Award 2001 – 2020 Time # Year Show / Variety Comedy / Sitcom Music / Talk Show Radio 1st 2001 Lee Kyung-kyu Yang Dong-geunPark Kyung-lim 2nd 2002 Kang Ho-dongKim Kyung-SikJeong Da-bin 3rd 2003 Kim Yong-manYoo Jae-suk Jeong Jun-ha 4th 2004 Kim Yong-manLee Kyung-kyu Han Ye-seul 5th 2005 Lee Yoon-seokPark Hee-jin Kim Je-dongKim Won-hee 6th 2006 Park Myeong-suJo Hye-ryun Jung Sung-ho 7th 2007 Kim Jae-dong Na Moon-hee 8th 2008 Lee Hwi-jaePark Mi-sun Lee Moon-sikYoon Hae-young 9th 2009 Kim Gu-ra Jeong Bo-seokPark Mi-sun 10th 2010 Park Myeong-suJo Hye-ryun Kim Sung-sooSong Ok-sook 11th 2011 Yoo Jae-sukPark Mi-sun Kim Kap-sooYoon Yoo-sun Yang Hee-eunKang Seok-woo 12th 2012 Yoon Jong-shinPark Mi-sun Sung Si-kyung 13th 2013 Park Mi-sunJung Hyung-donKim Soo-ro Kim Shin-youngShin Dong 14th 2014 Seo Kyung-seokJeong Jun-ha Kim Gook-jinYoon Jong-shin Kim Hye-young 15th 2015 HahaKim Young-chulKim So-yeonHan Chae-ah Kim Sung-joo Jun Hyun-moo 16th 2016 Jeong Jun-haLee Guk-joo Kim Sung-joo Bae Cheol-soo 17th 2017 Park Myeong-suPark Na-rae Kim Gook-jin Park Joon-hyung 18th 2018 Cha In-pyoHan Hye-jinLee Si-eonSong Eun-i Yoon Jong-shin Kim Shin-young 19th 2019 Yang Se-hyungSong Eun-i Noh Hong-chulKim Sook Yang Hee-eun 20th 2020 Sung HoonHwasa Yang Se-hyungLee Hyo-ri Time # Year Show / Variety Comedy / Sitcom Music / Talk Show Radio
2021 – present Time # Year Show / Variety Music / Talk Show Radio 21st 2021 Ahn Jung-hwanKian84Shin Bong-sun Jang Sung-kyu 22nd 2022 BoomAhn Young-mi Jeong Ji-young 23rd 2023 Lee Jang-wooHahaPark Na-rae Kim Hyun-chul 24th 2024 Jang Do-yeonKian84Park Na-rae 25th 2025 Yoo Se-yoonKim Sook
Excellence Award 2001 – 2020 Time # Year Variety Comedy / Sitcom Music / Talk Show Radio 1st 2001 So Yoo-jin Zo In-sung 2nd 2002 Yoon Jung-soo Choi Min-yong 3rd 2003 Park Soo-hongYoon Jung-soo 4th 2004 Kim Won-hee 5th 2005 Noh Hong-chulJung Ryeo-won Jeong Hyeong-don 6th 2006 HahaHyun Young Park Hae-miKim Se-ah 7th 2007 Kim Gu-raHyun Young Um Ki-joon 8th 2008 Shin Jung-hwanJeong Hyeong-donSeo In-youngSol Bi 9th 2009 Im Ye-jinNoh Hong-chul Yoon Jong-shin 10th 2010 Kim Hyun-chulKim Shin-young Choi Yeo-jinLee Kyu-han 11th 2011 Kim Tae-wonPark So-hyun Yoon Kye-sangPark Ha-sun JungyeopYounha 12th 2012 Kim Na-youngYoo Se-yoon Kim Soo-hyun Kim Gyeong-sikSweet Sorrow 13th 2013 So Yi-hyunLee So-yeonSung Dong-ilKim Kwang-kyu Jun Hyun-mooPark Joon-youngYoo Chae-young 14th 2014 Ra Mi-ranHong Jin-youngPark Gun-hyungJun Hyun-moo Cho Kyuhyun Park Joon-hyungJung Gyeong-miJung Ji-young 15th 2015 Kim Dong-wanJung Gyu-woonHwang Seok-jeongKim Hyun-sook Kim Yeon-wooLim Ji-yeon Lee Jin-wooJonghyun 16th 2016 Park Na-raeHeo Kyung-hwan Solbi Kim Shin-youngKim Hyun-chul 17th 2017 Henry LauYang Se-hyungHan Hye-jin Park Han-byul YirumaSeo Kyung-seok 18th 2018 Kian84Kim Jae-hwaPark Sung-kwang Cha Tae-hyunKim So-hyun Kim Je-dong 19th 2019 Yoo Byung-jaeSung HoonHwasa Jo Se-hoAhn Young-mi SandeulRooftop Moonlight 20th 2020 BoomSon Dam-biJang Do-yeon Kim Jong-minJessiUhm Jung-hwa Lee Ji-hye Time # Year Variety Comedy / Sitcom Music / Talk Show Radio
2021 – present Time # Year Variety Music / Talk Show Radio 21st 2021 Jang Dong-minHong Hyun-hee Yoo Se-yoon Ahn Young-mi 22nd 2022 KeyLee Guk-joo Yang Se-chanLee Mi-joo Kim EanaYoon Do-hyun 23rd 2023 Joo Woo-jaeJang Do-yeon Shin JiLee Seok-hoon 24th 2024 Lee Yi-kyungHong Hyun-hee Park Young-jinSunwoo (The Boyz) 25th 2025 DexKoo Sung-hwanShin Bong-sun Kim Il-joong
New Star Award
Time # Year Winner Program1st 2014 I Live Alone Fabien Kangnam2nd 2015 Kwak Si-yang We Got Married Joy Park Choa My Little Television
Best Newcomer / Rookie Award 2001 – 2020 Time # Year Show / Variety Comedy / Sitcom Show / Sitcom Music / Talk Show Radio 1st 2001 Elon Musk 2nd 2002 Sung Yu-ri Lee Jin 3rd 2003 Kim Je-dong Bong Tae-gyu 4th 2004 Noh Hong-chulHan Ji-hye Kang Kyung-joon 5th 2005 Boom Kang Eun-bi 6th 2006 CharlesOh Sang-jinKim Sae-rom Kim Mi-ryeo 7th 2007 Park Shin-hye Jung Il-wooPark Min-youngLee Guk-joo 8th 2008 Yoo Se-yoon 9th 2009 UeeHwang Jung-eumGilKim Yong-jun Shin Se-kyungHwang Jung-eumChoi Daniel 10th 2010 GainJo Kwon Yoon Doo-joonKrystal 11th 2011 Kim HeechulHahm Eun-jung 12th 2012 Park Eun-jiYoon Se-ahHwang Kwang-heeCho Kyuhyun Jung So-minYim Si-wan 13th 2013 Park Hyung-sikSam HammingtonKim So-hyunJeong Yu-mi Park Hyeon-jeong 14th 2014 Song Jae-rimHenry LauLee Hye-riKim Yura 15th 2015 SleepyYook SungjaeAmber LiuSeo Yu-ri Kim Hyun-seokPark Na-rae 16th 2016 Lee Si-youngPark Chan-ho Shin Go-eunHan Dong-geun KangtaPark Soo-hong 17th 2017 Lee Si-eonHan Chae-young KaiSeol In-ah Jeong Yu-mi 18th 2018 GamstHwasaKang Daniel MinaSeungkwan Ahn Young-miChoi WookYang Yo-seob 19th 2019 Yoo San-seulJang Sung-kyuHong Hyun-hee Kim EanaJang Sung-kyu 20th 2020 Kim Kang-hoonGo Eun-ah Kang SusieJeon Hyo-seongPyo Chang-won Time # Year Show / Variety Comedy / Sitcom Show / Sitcom Music / Talk Show Radio
2021 – present Time # Year Show / Variety Music / Talk Show Radio 21st 2021 Parc Jae-jungMijoo Jeong Jun-haShin Ji 22nd 2022 Code KunstPark Jin-joo Choi Young-jaePark Young-jinLee Seok-hoon 23rd 2023 Kim Dae-hoDex Kim Il-joongJaejaeTei 24th 2024 Koo Sung-hwanChoi Kang-hee Son Tae-jinYoon Tae-jin 25th 2025 Choi Hong-manKim Yeon-koung Eric (The Boyz)
Ratings Award
Time # Year Program 1st 2014 Real Men - Female Special
PD's Award
Time # Year PD's Award 1st 2003 Kim Hyun-chulMC MongJoo Young-hoon 2nd 2004 MC MongJo Hye-ryunPark Soo-hongYoon Jung-soo 3rd 2005 Kim Yong-manJo Hye-ryun 4th 2006 5th 2007 Lee Kyung-kyuKim Yong-man 6th 2008 Infinite Challenge 7th 2009 Yoo Jae-suk 8th 2011 Yoon Jong-shinKim Won-hee 9th 2012 Yoo Jae-suk 10th 2013 Kim Sung-jooSeo Kyung-seok 11th 2014 HahaJung Woong-in 12th 2015 Radio Star 13th 2016 Kim Gu-ra 14th 2017 King of Mask Singer team 15th 2018 Real Man 300 team 16th 2020 Baek Jong-won 17th 2021 I Live Alone team 18th 2023 Kim Sung-joo 19th 2024 Boom 20th 2025 Lee Yoon-seok
Screenwriter of the Year Award Time # Year Variety Radio 1st 2016 Lee Ae-young(Real Men) Park Geum-sun(Women's Time) 2nd 2017 Lee Kyung-ha(I Live Alone) Lee Yoon-yong(Two O'clock Hurray!) 3rd 2018 Yeo Hyun-jeon(Omniscient Interfering View) 4th 2019 Jung Da-won() 5th 2020 Choi Hye-jung(Hangout with Yoo) 6th 2021 Park Hyeon-jung(Radio Star) Park Se-hoon(The Economy in the Hands of Lee Jin-woo) 7th 2023 Yoo Ji-hye() Jang So-young(Yoon Do-hyun at 4 p.m.) 8th 2024 Lee Kyung-ha (I Live Alone) 9th 2025 Noh Min-seon (Hangout with Yoo)
Best Entertainer Award Time # Year Variety Music/Talk Sitcom 1st 2018 Sung HoonYoo Byung-jae Lee Sang-min Kwon Yu-riShin Dong-wook 2nd 2019 Jang Do-yeon 3rd 2021 Yang Se-hyungYoo Byung-jae 4th 2022 Kwon Yul 5th 2023 BoomYang Se-hyung 6th 2024 Choi DanielJoo Woo-jae 7th 2025 Lee Si-eonOk Ja-yeon
Best Teamwork Award Time # Year Show 1st 2014 I Live Alone 2nd 2015 Real Men (3rd Female Edition) 3rd 2016 King of Mask Singer 4th 2017 Wizard of Nowhere 5th 2018 6th 2019 Henry Lau, Kian84, Lee Si-eon, Sung Hoon from I Live Alone 7th 2020 Omniscient Interfering View 8th 2021 MSG Wannabe from Hangout with Yoo 9th 2022 Hur Jae, Kim Byung-hyun, Moon Kyung-eun, Woo Ji-won, Hong Sung-heon, and Lee Dae-hyung from It's Good If We Don't Fight 10th 2023 I Live Alone 11th 2024 Half-Star Hotel in Lost Island 12th 2025 Wonder Dogs Team (Wonder Coach)
Best Couple Award Time # Year Couple 1st 2010 Jo Kwon & Son Ga-in 2nd 2011 Park Myung Soo & Jeong Jun-ha 3rd 2012 Kim C & Jo Jung-chi 4th 2013 G-Dragon & Jung Hyung-don 5th 2014 Song Jae-rim & Kim So-eun 6th 2015 Yook Sung-jae & Joy 7th 2016 Eric Nam & Solar 8th 2017 Kian84 & Park Na-rae 9th 2018 Park Sung-kwang & Im Song () 10th 2019 Kian84 & Henry Lau 11th 2020 Yoo Jae-suk & Lee Hyo-ri 12th 2021 Yoo Jae-seok, Mijoo & Haha 13th 2022 Jun Hyun-moo, Park Na-rae & Lee Jang-woo 14th 2023 Kian84, Dex & Park Jae-han 15th 2024 Yoo Jae-suk & Haha 16th 2025 Kim Yeon-koung & Inkushi
Special Award