# 5th APAN Star Awards

The 5th APAN Star Awards (Korean: 제5회 에이판 스타 어워즈) ceremony was held on October 2, 2016 at MBC Sangam Culture Plaza, Sangam-dong, Seoul. Shin Dong-yup and Lee Hanee were the host of the award ceremony. First held in 2012, the annual awards ceremony recognizes the excellence in South Korea's television. The nominees were chosen from 63 Korean dramas that aired on broadcasting networks MBC, KBS and SBS and cable channels tvN, jtbc, OCN, MBN and TV Chosun from September 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016.
The highest honor of the ceremony, Grand Prize (Daesang), was awarded to the actor Song Joong-ki of the drama series Descendants of the Sun.

## Nominations and winners

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a dagger (†).
Grand Prize (Daesang)
Song Joong-ki - Descendants of the Sun † :
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Cho Jin-woong - Signal † Kim Rae-won - The Doctors Lee Jong-suk - W Song Joong-ki - Descendants of the Sun | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Han Hyo-joo - W † Kim Hye-soo - Signal Park Shin-hye - The Doctors Song Hye-kyo - Descendants of the Sun |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Ahn Jae-wook - Five Enough † Choi Min-soo - The Royal Gambler Go Soo - Flowers of the Prison Kim Myung-min - Six Flying Dragons | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Kim So-yeon - Happy Home † Choi Kang-hee - Glamorous Temptation Shin Se-kyung - Six Flying Dragons So Yoo-jin - Five Enough |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Namkoong Min - Remember † Eric Mun - Another Miss Oh Kim Woo-bin - Uncontrollably Fond Park Hae-jin - Cheese in the Trap | Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Seo Hyun-jin - Another Miss Oh † Bae Suzy - Uncontrollably Fond Kim Ah-joong - Wanted Uee - Marriage Contract |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Lee Pil-mo - Happy Home † Jang Keun-suk - The Royal Gambler Kang Ji-hwan - Monster Sung Hoon - Five Enough | Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Jeong Yu-mi - Six Flying Dragons † Hong Eun-hee - Working Mom Parenting Daddy So Yi-hyun - Secrets of Women Won Mi-kyung - Happy Home |
| Acting Award, Actor Jin Goo - Descendants of the Sun † Kim Eui-sung - W † Choi Moo-sung - Reply 1988 Lee Seung-joon - Descendants of the Sun Ma Dong-seok - Squad 38 | Acting Award, Actress Kim Ji-won - Descendants of the Sun † Ye Ji-won - Another Miss Oh† Jeon Hye-bin - Another Miss Oh Kim Sun-young - Reply 1988 Oh Yeon-seo - Come Back Mister |
| Best New Actor Park Bo-gum - Reply 1988 † Yoon Kyun-sang - The Doctors † Kang Min-hyuk - Entertainer Kim Min-seok - Descendants of the Sun Kwak Si-yang - Second to Last Love | Best New Actress Kim Yoo-jung - Love in the Moonlight † Lee Hye-ri - Reply 1988 † Kim Go-eun - Cheese in the Trap Nana - The Good Wife Park So-dam - Cinderella with Four Knights |
| Rising Star Award Hwang Chi-yeul † Darren Wang † | Best Production Director Shin Won-ho - Reply 1988 † |
| Best Writer Kim Eun-hee - Signal † | Drama of the Year Descendants of the Sun † |
| Best Couple Award Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo - Descendants of the Sun † Jin Goo and Kim Ji-won - Descendants of the Sun Kim Rae-won and Park Shin-hye - The Doctors Lee Jong-suk and Han Hyo-joo - W Eric Mun and Seo Hyun-jin - Another Miss Oh | Best APAN Star Award Kim Hee-sun † Jessy Mendiola † Hiroki Narimiya † Song Joong-ki † Joe Taslim † Thanayong Wongtrakun † |
| Global Star Award Lee Byung-hun † | Best Manager Kim Jeong-yong - Blossom Entertainment † |
| Special Actor of the Year Jun Kunimura † | Special APAN Award Gökhan Alkan and Zeynep Çamcı† |