The winners of the Outstanding Asian Star and Outstanding Korean Drama OST (original soundtrack) at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2024 will be determined by votes from fans around the world.

Seoul International Drama Awards Organizing Committee (headed by Chairman Park Min) and TNK Factory announced that a global vote will be conducted through the “Idol Champ” app for the SDA 2024 between June 15 and July 14. 

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Voting categories are Outstanding Asian Star (South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) and Outstanding Korean Drama OST.

The Outstanding Asian Star is conducted by voting for actors who have excelled in dramas over the past year. 

Particularly in Korea, the awards are divided into male and female categories and feature actors and actresses who have performed outstandingly in Korean dramas aired between May 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024. 

In the other five Asian countries, main actors from SDA entries are selected for candidates.

In South Korea (separately for male and female actors), the candidates in the male category are Kim Soo-hyun from “Queen of Tears,” Byeon Woo-seok from “Lovely Runner,” Cha Eun-woo from “Wonderful World,” Song Kang from “My Demon,” Suho from “Missing Crown Prince,” Lee Jun-ho from “King the Land,” Chae Jong-hyeop from “Castaway Diva, and Yim Si-wan from “Boyhood.” 

In female category, the candidates are Kim Ji-won from “Queen of Tears,” Park Bo-young from “Daily Dose of Sunshine,” Kim Hye-yoon from “Lovely Runner,” Lim Yoon-a from “King the Land” and Go Youn-jung from “Moving.” 

Included from Thailand are Blue Pongtiwat Tangwancharoen of Netflix's “Ready, Set, Love” and Poompat Iam-samang from the Korean remake drama “Start-Up.”

Filipino actress Kim Chiu, Malaysian representative actress Emily Chan, Singaporean award-winning actor Desmond Tan, and Indonesia's actress Ochi Rosdiana are also on the list. 

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New countries that had not been selected as candidate countries for Outstanding Asian Star in past years have been included in this year to achieve SDA’s goal of promoting global cultural exchange.

For Outstanding Korean Drama OST, the title songs of K-dramas will be voted. These include Crush (OST for “Queen of Tears”), Seung-kwan of Seventeen (OST for “Tell Me that You Love Me”), NewJeans (OST for “My Demon”, Mi-yeon of (G)I-DLE (OST for “My Dearest”), and Seo Eun-kwang of BTOB (OST for “Detective 1958”).