Recently, the 61st Baeksang Arts Awards announced the nomination list for the categories of cinema, television and theater.
In particular, many nominations for the TV category are controversial, especially the Best Actress award.
The 5 names chosen by Baeksang are IU from When Life Gives You Tangerines, Go Min Si from The Frog, Kim Tae Ri from Jeong Nyeon: The Star Is Born, Kim Hye Yoon from Lovely Runner and Jang Na Ra from Good Partner.
According to Ten Asia, many viewers were upset because Lim Ji Yeon did not nominate. Although she had an impressive performance as the female lead in the drama The Tale of Lady Ok, she achieved the highest viewership rating of 13% on JTBC.
During the broadcast, Lim Ji Yeon received many compliments for her acting ability and emotional lines when playing the role of "Madam Ok".
This is considered an impressive comeback of the actress, after the dismal performance of the two TV series Lies Hidden in My Garden and The Killing vote with ratings that could not reach 4%.
The Tale of Lady Ok was nominated for Best Drama. Kim Jae Hwa was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Choo Young Woo (the male lead of the film) was nominated for Best New Actor.
In the context of the overall quality of the work being well-regarded and the actors' acting ability being recognized equally, the main actress Lim Ji Yeon, who hosted the story, failed to nominate for the acting award, causing many viewers to criticize this as an "unconvincing nomination".
A person in the broadcasting industry said: "Baeksang limits the number of nominations in each category to 5 people, so in years when there are many great works, there will be times when the works are often removed from the nomination list.
However, there could still be controversy if other actors from a certain work were nominated and the main actor of that work was eliminated.
While absent from the TV female lead category, Lim Ji Yeon was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the documentary Revolver.
Some opinions said that Lim Ji Yeon may have been nominated for an acting award in the film industry, so she was eliminated in the television category. But in reality, Baeksang does not ban overlapping nominations between categories.
Previously, there have been cases where candidates were nominated in both television and film at the same time, so this explanation is not very convincing.
In particular, what caused Baeksang to be criticized was because the audience thought that there were faces that did not deserve to appear in the nomination list.
Baeksang selects nominated actors by evaluating them based on many aspects such as acting ability, contribution to the work and popularity, and the role's influence on the public.
Therefore, at the Best Actress award, Go Min Si caused the most negative reaction. Not only is The Frog a commercial failure, Go Min Sis acting has also been criticized by many audiences.
