As one of the biggest events in the calendars of Hallyu fans, the upcoming awards ceremony to be held at the end of November has promised a stellar 2023 MAMA Awards lineup of performers and presenters, leaving you with no choice but to tune into Mnet’s musical event for the books. With some of the most praised names from the K-pop and K-drama industries ready to own the red carpet and the evening, there’s absolutely no reason as to why you would want to avoid this glimmering gathering of showbiz.
Mega stars such as Jeon Somi and boy group SEVENTEEN, with actors Byeon Woo-seok, Park Eun-bin and others have been confirmed to light up the MAMA stage on November 28-29, 2023, at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. As for the hosts of the two-day showcase, the award ceremony will follow in the footsteps of last year’s MCs as Jeon Somi and Park Bo-gum will be returning to helm the evenings on Day 1 and Day 2 respectively.
2023 MAMA Awards Lineup of Performers
MAMA 2023 Performers are different for both days:
2023 MAMA Awards DAY 1 Lineup: INI, JO1, TVXQ, xikers, Jeon Somi (MAMA ‘Mega’ Stage), Yoshiki with TOMORROW X TOGETHER members Taehyung and Huening Kai + RIIZE members (MAMA ‘Wonder’ Stage), &TEAM, Dynamic Duo, ENHYPEN, JUST B, Kep1er, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Cast of Street Woman Fighter 2, Special ‘Theme’ Stage – LE SSERAFIM’s Hong Eunchae + Lee Youngji +TREASURE’s Choi Hyunsuk, Yoshi and Haruto + ZEROBASEONE’s Zhang Hao
2023 MAMA Awards DAY 2 Lineup: ATEEZ, NiziU, RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE, (G)I-DLE, BOYNEXTDOOR, EL7Z UP, , Special ‘Super’ Stage – GIDLE Minnie + Huh Yunjin of LE SSERAFIM + Xiaoting of Kep1er + Bada Lee and Monika of Street Woman Fighter, SEVENTEEN
2023 MAMA Awards Presenters
The presenters lineup includes Park Eun-bin, Park Gyu-young, Choi Soo-young, Go Min-si, Kim So-hyun, Roh Yoon-seo, Uhm Jung-hwa, Ahn Jae-hong, Byeon Woo-seok, Yoo Yeon-seok, Cha Seung-won, Hwang Min-hyun, Jung Chan-sung, Jung Kyung-ho, Lee Joon-hyuk, Ryu Seung-ryong, Yun Sung-bin, Munetaka Aoki and youtuber RalRal. Other actors included in the list are Lee Je-hoon, Joo Hyun-young, Cha Seung-won and Lee Jun-ho.
Where to Watch MAMA Awards 2023
The MAMA Awards 2023 Red Carpet event will commence at 4 PM KST on both days, i.e. November 28 and 29, following which the main awards ceremony will begin at 6 PM KST.
Fans worldwide can watch the live on-air broadcast of the show on Mnet’s official YouTube channels (CJ ENM’s music channel Mnet and its official YouTube channels Mnet K-POP, Mnet TV, M2 and KCON official). In South Korea, the show will air on the networks Mnet, tvN Show and streaming platform TVING. Japanese fans can use the Mnet Japan, Mnet Smart+ platforms, whereas other Asian countries can tune into the tvN Asia network for the same.
MAMA Awards 2023 Nominations
Read all nominations here.
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