2025 SBS Entertainment Awards
19th edition of award ceremony
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The 2025 edition of the SBS Entertainment Awards presented by Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), took place on December 30, 2025, from 21:00 (KST) at SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea. This year the awards held a vote for the 'Most Popular Program Award Chosen by Viewers' on Naver, until December 29.[2] The award ceremony was hosted by Jun Hyun-moo, Cha Tae-hyun, and Lee Soo-ji.[3] The seven candidates for the grand prize of the 2025 Awards were revealed on December 24.[4]
| 2025 SBS Entertainment Awards | |
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Official poster | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in variety entertainment |
| Date | December 30, 2025 |
| Venue | SBS Prism Tower, Sangam-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea |
| Country | South Korea |
| Presented by | Seoul Broadcasting System |
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| First award | 2007 |
| Highlights | |
| Grand Prize (Daesang) | Lee Sang-min |
| Website | SBS Entertainment Awards |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | SBS TV |
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Nominations and winners
Nominations for Grand Prize were announced on December 24, 2025.[5]
Winners are listed first and denoted in bold.[6]
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| Producer Award | Program of the Year Award | ||
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| Top Excellence Award Male | Top Excellence Award Female | ||
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| Excellence Award Male | Excellence Award Female | ||
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| Merit Award | |||
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| The Face of SBS Selected by AI | |||
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Trending Program Award |
Special Award |
Best Team Work Award | |
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Hot Clip Award |
Best Entertainer Award |
Challenge of the Year | |
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ESG Award |
Best Couple Award |
Positive Influence Award | |
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Scriptwriter Award |
Scene Stealer Award |
Radio DJ Award | |
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Rookie UP Award |
Rookie Award (Male) |
Rookie Award (Female) | |
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Controversy
The moment when the winner for the Daesang was announced where Lee Sang-min was chosen by SBS as the winner, has gone viral worldwide, which resulting on both SBS and its Entertainment Awards receiving massive negative public outrage and negative backlash from the viewers around the world, who criticized SBS for their decisions of not giving the Daesang to Jee Seok-jin, as he was heavily favorited to win it in the recent years for his long career and contributions on entertainment industry, with every SBS' social media later were flooded with negative criticism and boycott over the result, where many people believed that SBS mistreated him and his long contributions career on purpose.[7]