# 2022 KBS Entertainment Awards

The 2022 KBS Entertainment Awards (Korean: 2022 KBS 연예대상; RR: 2022 KBS Yeon-Ye Daesang) presented by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), took place on December 24, 2022, at KBS New Wing Open Hall in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. The 20th anniversary ceremony was opened with a special performance that looks back on the past KBS entertainment and covers it all. The awards ceremony was broadcast live at KBS Hall at 21.15 (KST). It was hosted by Seol In-ah, Moon Se-yoon and Kang Chan-hee.
This year Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend won the 'Best Program Award', directly selected by viewers. In addition, there was a stage dedicated to the late Song Hae, who has firmly maintained his place as a national song boasting MC. Another highlight of this year's ceremony was stars, who are active in various fields attended as presenters. 7 people united as Kondaz, viz. Heo Jae, Kim Byung-hyun, Kim Jung-tae, Lee Dae-Hyung, Jung Ho-young, Yoo Hee-gwan, and Kwak Beom, performed "Never Ending Story" as 'Special stage'.
Shin Dong-yup won the Grand Prize and Entertainer of the Year award along with Kim Sook, Jun Hyun-moo, Kim Jong-min, and Lee Kyung-kyu.

## Nominations and winners

Sources:
(Winners denoted in bold)
| Grand Prize (Daesang) | Viewers' Choice Best Program Award |
| Shin Dong-yup Kim Sook Jun Hyun-moo Kim Jong-min Lee Kyung-kyu | Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend 2 Days & 1 Night 4 Korea Sings Boss in the Mirror Mr. House Husband 2 Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant Dogs Are Incredible [ko] |
| Top Excellence Award in Reality Category | Top Excellence Award in Show and Variety Category |
| Lee Chun-soo - Mr. House Husband 2 Sayuri - The Return of Superman Jang Do-yeon and Kang Hyung-wook [ko] - Dogs Are Incredible [ko] Hur Jae - Boss in the Mirror | DinDin - 2 Days & 1 Night Ryu Soo-young - Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant Hong Jin-kyung - Beat Coin Kim Jun-hyun - Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Jang Yoon-jeong - I Like to Sing [ko] |
| Excellence Award in Reality Category | Excellence Award in Show and Variety Category |
| Jasson - The Return of Superman Kim Byung-hyun - Boss in the Mirror Joo Sang-wook - Second House [ko] Sung Yu-ri - Love Recall [ko] Kang Joo-eun - Godfather [ko] | Kim Shin-young - Korea Sings Lee Chan-won - Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant, Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Boom - Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant Jo Se-ho - Beat Coin Yeon Jung-hoon - 2 Days & 1 Night |
| Producer Special Award | 20th Annual Special Achievement Award |
| Hur Jae - Boss in the Mirror | Song Hae - Korea Sings |
| Rookie Award ||
| Reality Category | Show and Variety Category |
| Yang Se-hyung - Love Recall [ko] Jung Tae-woo - Mr. House Husband 2 Gabee [ko] and Jonathan - Godfather [ko] Lee Mi-joo - Battle Trip 2 | Na In-woo - 2 Days & 1 Night Dynamic Duo - Listen-Up [ko] Jang Woo-young and Joo Woo-jae - Beat Coin Cha Ye-ryun - Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant |
| DJ Award | Digital Content Award |
| Lee Gi-kwang - Gayo Plaza [ko] Lee Min-hyuk - Kiss the Radio | Lee Mu-jin - LeeMujin Service Kim Gu-ra - Guracheol Season 3 |
| Entertainer of the Year | Best Icon Award |
| Kim Sook Shin Dong-yup Jun Hyun-moo Kim Jong-min Lee Kyung-kyu | The Return of Superman Children Boss in the Mirror Bosses |
| Best Challenger Award | Popularity Award |
| Diet [ko] team | Jannabi - Immortal Songs 2 Jang Do-yeon - Dogs Are Incredible [ko] Kim Jun-ho - The Return of Superman |
| Best Teamwork Award | Best Entertainer Award |
| Love Recall [ko] team Beat Coin team | Cha Ye-ryun - Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant Yeon Jung-hoon - 2 Days & 1 Night Park Joo-ho - The Return of Superman |
| Best Couple Award ||
| Jo Se-ho and Joo Woo-jae - Beat Coin Joo Sang-wook and Jo Jae-yoon - Second House [ko] Kim Sook and Jonathan - Godfather [ko] Ryan S. Jhun and Kim Seung-soo [ko] - Listen-Up [ko] ||

## Presenters

| Order | Presenter(s) | Award(s) |
| 1 | Jun Hyun-moo, Song Ga-in | Rookie Award (Reality Category) |
| 1 | Jun Hyun-moo, Song Ga-in | Rookie Award (Show and Variety Category) |
| 2 | Kim Jong-min, Ya Wong-i | Scriptwriter Award |
| 2 | Kim Jong-min, Ya Wong-i | Staff Award |
| 3 | Park So-hyun, Sandara Park | DJ Award |
| 4 | Shortbox (Kim Won-hoon, Uhm Ji-yoon, Jo Jin-sae) | Digital Content Award |
| 5 | Beat Coin (Hong Jin-kyung, Jo Se-ho, Jang Woo-young, Joo Woo-jae) | Best Challenger Award |
| 6 | Lee Dae-hwi, Big Naughty | Best Icon Award |
| 7 | Yang Se-hyung, Sung Yu-ri | Popularity Award |
| 8 | Jonathan, Patricia | Best Entertainer Award |
| 9 | Lee Kyung-kyu | Producer Special Award |
| 10 | Kim Gu-ra, Gree | Best Teamwork Award |
| 11 | Kim Jun-ho, Kim Ji-min | Best Couple Award |
| 12 | Shin Dong-yup | 20th Annual Special Achievement Award |
| 13 | Jang Do-yeon, Ryu Soo-young | Excellence Award |
| 14 | Kim Sook, Choi Jung-hoon (Jannabi) | Top Excellence Award |
| 15 | Jo Hyun-ah, Joo Sang-wook | Viewers' Choice Best Program Award |
| 16 | Kim Ye-chul, Lee Ha-na | Grand Prize (Daesang) |

## Performances

| Order | Artiste | Act performed |
| 1 | Moon Se-yoon, Yoo Seon-ho, DinDin | That That (Originally by PSY) |
| 2 | Baby Singer | Carol Madley |
| 3 | Heo Jae, Kim Byung-hyun, Kim Jung-tae, Kwak Byung Jeong, Ho-young, Yoo Hee-gwan, Lee Dae-hyung | Never Ending Story (Original song Resurrection) |
| 4 | Lee Chan-won | My Life is Ding Dong Dang (Originally by Song Hae) |