We're so seated for the MAMA Awards 2024! They just unveiled their all-star lineup of presenters!
We just entered the last week of October with CJ ENM officially announcing the stellar list of South Korean actors and actresses attending the famous yearend awards show. These South Korean celebrities will be presenting the awards on the second and third day of the ceremony to be held in Osaka, Japan, with the theme: "BIG BLUR : What is Real?"
Actors Byeon Woo Seok (Lovely Runner), Seo In Guk (Death's Game), Ahn Jae Hyun (Cinderella and Four Knights), Kwak Dong Yeon (Queen of Tears), Gong Myung (Be Melodramatic), and Choi Hyun Wook (Twinkling Watermelon) will be gracing the event on November 22, 2024. Joining them are actresses Lee Ji Ah (The Penthouse: War in Life), Seol In Ah (Business Proposal), Kim Min Ha (Pachinko), and Jo Yu Ri. Variety show personalities namely Na Young Suk (The Game Caterers' producer) and Hong Jin Kyung (Beat Coin) will also be present on the said date.
On November 23, 2024, the actors who will be presenting the awards are Park Seo Joon (Itaewon Class), Yim Siwan (Squid Game Season 2), Lee Junho (King The Land), Ma Dong Seok (Badland Hunters), and Moon Sang Min (Wedding Impossible). Actresses Jung Ho Yeon (Squid Game), Kim Hye Joon (A Shop for Killers), and Lee Joo Bin (Queen of Tears) will also be present. Single's Inferno star Dex and South Korean fencer Oh Sanguk will also be making an appearance along with variety producer Na.
When and where will the MAMA Awards 2024 be held?
This year's MAMA Awards will have a three-day ceremony in two different countries. The first day will commence on November 21 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA. Several K-pop groups are already confirmed to open the event in LA namely, ILLIT, KATSEYE, RIIZE, Park Jinyoung (JYP), TWS, and more.
Meanwhile, the mentioned presenters above are set to attend the second and third day of MAMA Awards 2024, which is scheduled for November 22 to 23 at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. K-pop artists from across generations will be coming together for the awards ceremony in Japan.
On November 22, ENHYPEN, IVE, TXT, PLAVE, ME:I, TREASURE, and BOYNEXTDOOR are all confirmed to show powerful performances onstage. Additionally, MAMA's November 23 stage still features a star-studded lineup of performers with Lee Young Ji, MEOVV, INI, Aespa, ZEROBASEONE, (G)-IDLE, BIBI; and get this: G-Dragon! This will be G-Dragon's comeback performance since his last MAMA stage in 2015.
What is the MAMA Awards?
In case you're wondering about the MAMA Awards' significance and why it appears to be a big deal for K-pop (and also the K-drama community), here's a quick explanation. The MAMA Awards, in the simplest sense, are like the VMAs (MTV Video Music Awards) of South Korea. It is spearheaded by the South Korean channel Mnet (under the entertainment company CJ ENM). MAMA Awards stands for Mnet Asian Music Awards.
It celebrates the whole K-pop community across Asia through the various awards given to both established and rising K-pop artists. Through the years, it has also become an avenue for both the K-drama and K-pop worlds to collide, with actors and actresses confirming their attendance at the ceremony.
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