122. 2021 in Dramaland: Year End Yak Part 2 (The Goguma Awards)

Welcome, welcome to Part 2 of our year-end celebration gala! With no less than 28 different awards, this not so much a Yak as it is a Mammoth Marathon, as we try to conquer the highs and lows of K-Dramaland 2021 in a mere two hours.

Listen now!

TIMESTAMPS
00:01:06 – The Most Hallyutastic
00:09:37 – The Biggest Ideas, Bestestly Done
00:20:53 – The Title Most Lost in Translation
00:24:40 – Best Use of Covid
00:29:20 – Best Use of Music/Sound
00:38:13 – The Drama That Was Worth Every Minute
00:42:44 – The Justest Vigilante
00:45:55 – Most Worksmart Drama
00:55:41 – The Squishiest Drama
01:02:35 – I Will Go Down With This Ship
01:06:22 – Fantastic First Halves and Stupid Seconds
01:16:01 – We’re Still Doing This, Dramaland?
01:21:31 – Drama With an Identity Crisis
01:23:28 – Most Bizarre Treatment of Disability
01:31:03 – Most Difficult to Finish (But We Did)
01:33:29 – Biggest Waste of Starpower
01:36:30 – Best Action Woman
01:39:06 – Best Person Pretending to Be Another Person:
01:42:15 – 1 Actor, 2 Dramas: The Quickfire Round
01:47:30 – Busiest Bee Award
01:48:37 – !!SECRET AWARD!!
01:49:45 – Most Electric Adversarial Banmal
01:54:44 – Most Memorable Side Character
01:56:59 – Best 주인공 (Main Character) Face
01:58:17 – Most Manhwa Face
02:00:33 – Most Viral Moment
02:00:56 – Baby Who Grew the Most
02:02:53 – Unni Who Never Ages

If you’ve listened to Part 1, you may already know that we thought this was going to be in 2 parts (big mistake!), but it ended up being 3 – so happy new year and we’ll see you in Part 3!

---

The Third Annual Goguma Awards

Squid Game

The Most Hallyutastic
Squid Game

The Biggest Ideas, Bestestly Done
Squid Game
Yumi’s Cells
The Silent Sea
Happiness
Sisyphus: The Myth

Happiness

The Title Most Lost in Translation
She Would Never Know (Sunbae, Don’t Put on That Lipstick)
Doom at Your Service (One Day, Destruction Walked Through My Front Door)

Best Use of Covid
Happiness

Vincenzo

Best Use of Music & Sound
Vincenzo
Yumi’s Cells
IDOL: The Coup
Run On
D.P.
The Silent Sea

The Drama That Was Worth Every Minute
Idol: The Coup
Run On
Vincenzo
Hospital Playlist

Run On

The Justest Vigilante
Taxi Driver
Geumga Plaza Family in Vincenzo
One The Woman

Most Worksmart Drama
Imitation
Idol: The Coup
Run On
Hospital Playlist
D.P.

Idol: The Coup

The Squishiest Drama
Hello Me
True Beauty
Imitation
IDOL: The Coup
Hometown Cha Cha Cha
Yumi’s Cells

I Will Go Down With This Ship
Run On
Dali and the Cocky Prince

Dali and the Cocky Prince

Fantastic First Halves, Stupid Seconds
Doom At Your Service
LUCA: The Beginning

Honourable mention for the reverse: Sisyphus: The Myth

We’re Still Doing This, Dramaland?
Oh! Master
Now We Are Breaking Up
My Roommate is a Gumiho
A Love So Beautiful

Jirisan

Drama With an Identity Crisis
Times
Jirisan
Oh! Master
Police University

Most Bizarre Treatment of Disability
The Uncanny Counter
Jirisan
Mad For Each Other

Doom at Your Service

Most Difficult to Finish (But We Did)
Doom at Your Service
Oh! Master
Run On
Yumi’s Cells

Biggest Waste of Starpower
Oh! Master (Lee Min-ki, Nana)
My Roommate Is a Gumiho (Jang Ki-yong, Lee Hyeri)
LUCA: The Beginning (Kim Rae-won, Lee Da-hee)
Sisyphus: The Myth (Park Shin-hye, Jo Seung-woo)
Monthly Magazine Home (Kim Ji-seok, Jung So-min)

Park Shin-hye in Sisyphus: The Myth

Best Action Woman
Lee Da-hee in LUCA: The Beginning
Park Shin-hye in Sisyphus: The Myth
Han So-hee in My Name
Han Hyo-joo in Happiness
Honey Lee in One the Woman

Best Person Pretending to Be Another Person
Shin Hye-Sun in Mr Queen
Park Eun-bin in The King’s Affection
Han So-hee in My Name
Lee Je-hoon + everyone else in Taxi Driver

Shin Hye-Sun in Mr Queen

1 Actor, 2 Dramas: The Quickfire Round
Best Jinyoung: Police University B1A4 Jinyoung vs. The Devil Judge Got7 Jinyoung
Best Han So-hee: Nevertheless vs. My Name
Best Ahn Bo-hyun: Yumi’s Cells vs. My Name
Best Lee Joon-young: Imitation vs. Let Me Be Your Knight
Best Taec: Vincenzo vs. Secret Royal Inspector and Joy
Best Lee Je-hoon: Taxi Driver vs. Move to Heaven
Best Song Kang : Navillera vs. Nevertheless

Busiest Bee Award
Jang Ki-yong
Lee Joon-hyuk
Han So-hee

My Name

!!SECRET AWARD!! (highlight to see!)
Ahn Bo-hyun Award For Being Ahn Bo-hyun
Ahn Bo-hyun

Most Electric Adversarial Banmal
LUCA: The Beginning
Secret Royal Inspector and Joy
Happiness

Secret Royal Inspector and Joy

Most Memorable Side Character
Court Lady Choi (Cha Chung Hwa) – Mr Queen
Jang Han-seo (Kwak Dong-yeon) – Vincenzo
Editor Cha Joo-ik (Lee Soo-hyuk) – Doom At Your Service
Inzaghi the pigeon – Vincenzo

Best 주인공 (Main Character) Face
Lee Joon-young

Lee Joon-young

Most Manhwa Face
Rowoon
Cha Eun-woo

Most Viral Moment
Hwang In-yup’s dance to Okey Dokey Yo 😂

Cha Eun-woo and Hwang In-yup in True Beauty

Baby Who Grew the Most
Nam Da-reum (Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim)
Lee Re (Hello Me)

Unni Who Never Ages
Jang Nara

---

And that’s it! Make sure to come back for Part 3, our Editor’s Picks, where we bring our top dramas of the year – which may or may not have already featured in these awards!

LINKS:

• Our Spotify playlist for Best OSTs of 2021
• Paroma’s video essay on My Roommate is a Gumiho: Her Supernatural Boyfriend Is Toxic and Dangerous

DON’T MISS:

• Episode 121: Year End Yak Part 1 (Trends)
• Episode 123: Year End Yak Part 3 (TBR 17 Jan ’22)

THANK YOU to our beloved patrons for another year of helping us light the lanterns to sail our ship!

Grab your copy of our free 2021 K-drama Tracker to see how many dramas you finished and dropped last year!

Join our newsletter for monthly updates and podcast episode roundups!

Follow us on Twitter @dramasoverflow and Instagram @dramasoverflowers_.

Email us at dramasoverflowers@gmail.com. We love emails!

Support us on Patreon or by leaving a review on the podcast app of your choice, or simply by telling your friends.

Dramas Over Flowers is part of the Frolic Podcast Network.

This episode was edited by Saya.

Advertisement