"2026 D Awards' fourth lineup and broadcast schedule have been finalized.
'The 2nd D Awards (D Awards with upick)' on the 20th announced its fourth lineup, FIFTY FIFTY and Hi-Fi Un!corn. The ceremony will be broadcast on Channel A again this year following last year, and will be streamed live on Channel A Plus.
FIFTY FIFTY, which will appear grants at the D Awards for the second consecutive year, solidified their position as a representative fifth-generation girl group last year with the double hits Pookie and Rock Paper Scissors. In particular, Pookie's "fishing dance" became a hot topic, earning them the nickname "challenge goddess."
Hi-Fi Un!corn is a Korea-Japan joint band formed through the TV audition program THE IDOL BAND: BOY'S BATTLE. They make their first entry into the D Awards. Returning in October last year with Teenage Blue, they have been going back and forth between Korea and Japan, establishing themselves as a "youth band."
The artists set to shine at this year's D Awards are P1Harmony, ENHYPEN, FIFTY FIFTY, xikers, BOYNEXTDOOR, Hi-Fi Un!corn, ZEROBASEONE, 82MAJOR, QWER, NCT WISH, NEXZ, izna, KickFlip, AHOF, AxMxP, CHUEI LI YU (in debut order), for a total of 16 acts.
The MCs are Lee Jong-won, Shin Ye Eun, and Boynextdoor leader Myung Jae-hyun. Lee Jong-won will be the "guardian," Shin Ye Eun will be the "muse," and Myung Jae-hyun will be the "frontman" leading the D Awards.
Along with the fourth lineup announcement, the broadcast schedule was also revealed. The live broadcast will air on Channel A Plus from 6 p.m. on Feb. 11, and a delayed broadcast will air on Channel A from 11:40 p.m. that day. It will also be streamed live locally on Japan's TBS Channel 1 (CHANNEL1) and on the OTT platform U-NEXT.
Hosted by Sports Donga and with upick serving as the naming sponsor, the 2nd D Awards will be held on Feb. 11 at Hwajeong Gymnasium, Korea University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul.<
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