Best Kdrama Couple Nominees Revealed for Year-End SBS and MBC Award Shows

The year-end highlight of the entertainment scene is in full swing on the Hallyu side of things as the best Kdrama couple nominees have also been revealed on December 18, 2023. Both leading Korean drama networks, SBS and MBC unveiled their respective nominations for this category, thus announcing the shortlisted few names of Kdrama pairs who won over the audiences this year. From certain ongoing to recently wrapped up romance sagas, these pairings made way for some of the most memorable breakthroughs as they managed to keep viewers on their toes, with a mixed dose of angst, love, drama, heart-fluttering moments and whatnot.

2023 MBC Drama Awards will be held on December 30, 2023. The ceremony is to be hosted by A Good Day to be a Dog‘s Park Gyu-young, who’ll be making her debut as an official host for a grand ceremony like this, along with Kim Sung-joo, who’ll be continuing his streak as the show’s MC for the fourth year in a row. MBC and Naver Now will be broadcasting the live coverage of the show slated to take place at the MBC Media Center Public Hall in Seoul. The voting for the best couple category has commenced on the MBC Drama Awards official website, and will be open till December 25, 12 AM KST.

On the contrary, the 2023 SBS Drama Awards are to take place on December 29, for which Shin Dong-yup and My Demon’s Kim Yoo-jung will be reuniting at the SBS Prism Tower in Seoul. Voting for the SBS Drama Awards Best Couple category has also opened, and fans can cast their votes on the SBS Drama Awards official website.

Here are the Best Kdrama Couple Nominees

Best Couple Nominees at the MBC Drama Awards 2023

1. Joseon Attorney couple: Woo Do-hwan and WJSN’s Bona

2. My Dearest couple: Namkoong Min and Ahn Eun-jin

3. A Good Day to Be a Dog couple: Cha Eun-woo and Park Gyu-young

4. The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract couple: Bae In-hyuk and Lee Se-young

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Best Couple Nominees at the SBS Drama Awards 2023

1. The Secret Romantic Guesthouse couple: Ryeoun and Shin Ye-eun

2. Dr Romantic 3 couple: Ahn Hyo-seop and Lee Sung-kyung

3. My Demon couple: Song Kang and Kim Yoo-jung

Best Kdrama Couple Nominees - SBS Drama Awards 2023

Which of these pairs are you rooting for to win the Kdrama Best Couple Award 2023 at the SBS and MBC Drama Awards ceremonies respectively? Let us know your favourites in the comments section below.

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Ashima Grover
Ashima Grover
Ashima Grover is a Sub-Editor at Leisure Byte with 3 years of writing experience. She holds a post graduate degree in English, and is passionate about looking at the changing trends in Hallyu content with the ever-rising piles of K-pop and K-drama releases.

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