On the past year, twenty-one stars who illuminated K-content will grace the stage of the 2026 D Awards.
The 2nd D Awards (D Awards with upick) on the 27th revealed 21 presenters who will serve as award presenters. drama·variety·musical·sports·creators, figures who stood out in each field last year are evenly lined up, drawing attention.
Actors who solidified the stature of K-storytelling will make a large appearance. Ahn Eun-jin of Dynamite Kiss, Jeon Yeo-been of Ms. Incognito, Ahn Hyo Seop of Netflix's K-pop Demon Hunters, as well as Lee Joo-an of Bon Appétit, Your Majesty, and Im Soo-hyang, who shows a different charm on Run to Live 2, will appear as presenters. The two male leads of Our Universe, which premieres on Feb. 4, Bae In Hyuk and Park Seoham, will also be seen on stage. Bae In Hyuk was selected as a presenter for the second consecutive year.
Channel A's hit show protagonists will also join. Choi Jin-hyuk·Oh Yeon-seo·Hong Jong Hyun·Kim Dasom of Positively Yours, which dominated weekend prime-time TV, will all appear. Kim On-a, an Asian Games handball gold medalist and a core member of the sports variety show that opened a new horizon, Baseball queen, and tennis queen Song A-do will also appear.
Broadcasters and creators who dominated the variety show scene in 2025 were invited as D Awards presenters. Leading the era of alter egos is Lee Suji, along with the YouTube channel Romantic Couple duo Kim Haejun·Na Bo-ram, and power YouTubers Kangnam and Mimiminwoo. Kangnam and Mimiminwoo will join the D Awards for the second consecutive year.
Men and women representing K-musical, such as Moon Yoo-kang of Anna Karenina and Park Ji-yeon of Maybe Happy Ending, who boasts six Tony Awards, will also appear. You Jae-phil, who will host the red carpet event for the second consecutive year, will also meet K-pop fans as a presenter at this awards ceremony.
This year's D Awards will feature 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), totaling 16 acts (members). The main MCs are Lee Jong-won, Shin Ye Eun and BOYNEXTDOOR's Myung Jae-hyun.
The 2nd D Awards will be held on Feb. 11 starting at 6 p.m. at Hwajeong Gymnasium, Korea University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. It will be broadcast live on Channel A Plus, and will be rebroadcast on Channel A the same day at 11:40 p.m.
[Photo] Provided by D Awards.
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