2016 MBC Entertainment Awards

The 2016 MBC Entertainment Awards (Korean: MBC 방송연예대상; RR: MBC Bangsong Yeon-ye Daesang) presented by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), took place on December 29, 2016, at MBC Public Hall in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Kim Sung-joo, Jun Hyun-moo and Lee Sung-kyung. The nominees were chosen from MBC variety, talk and comedy shows that aired from December 2015 to November 2016.^[1][2][3]

2016 MBC Entertainment Awards
Date	December 29, 2016
Site	MBC Public Hall, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Hosted by	Kim Sung-joo Jun Hyun-moo Lee Sung-kyung
Television coverage
Network	MBC
Duration	170 minutes
Ratings	11.8% (Part 1) 11.1% (Part 2)
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Nominations and winners

(Winners denoted in bold)^[4]

Grand Prize (Daesang)		Program of the Year
Yoo Jae-suk - Infinite Challenge Jeong Jun-ha* - Infinite Challenge Kim Gu-ra - Radio Star Kim Sung-joo* - King of Mask Singer		Infinite Challenge I Live Alone King of Mask Singer Radio Star We Got Married Season 4
Top Excellence Award
in Variety Show	in Music/Talk Show	in Radio Show
Male	Kim Sung-joo - Capable People [ko], King of Mask Singer Kim Gu-ra - King of Mask Singer, Radio Star	Bae Cheol-soo - Bae Cheol-soo's Music Camp
Jeong Jun-ha - Infinite Challenge Yoo Jae-suk - Infinite Challenge
Female
Lee Guk-joo - I Live Alone, We Got Married Season 4 Han Chae-ah - I Live Alone Han Hye-jin - I Live Alone Seo In-young - Real Men Season 2
Excellence Award
in Variety Show	in Music/Talk Show	in Radio Show
Male		Kim Hyun-chul [ko] - Kim Hyun-chul's Discovery of the Afternoon [ko] Kim Shin-young - Kim Shin-young's Noon Song of Hope [ko]
Heo Kyung-hwan - Real Men Season 2 Hwang Kwanghee - Infinite Challenge Jun Hyun-moo - I Live Alone Sleepy - I Live Alone, We Got Married Season 4	Yoo Young-seok [ko] - King of Mask Singer Cho Kyuhyun - Radio Star Kim Gook-jin - Radio Star, Section TV [ko] Lee Yoon-seok [ko] - King of Mask Singer
Female
Park Na-rae - I Live Alone, We Got Married Season 4 Cao Lu - We Got Married Season 4 Lee So-ra - I Live Alone Seo Yu-ri - My Little Television	Solbi - King of Mask Singer, Radio Star Ali - King of Mask Singer Baek Ji-young - Duet Song Festival Kim Sae-ron - Show! Music Core
Rookie Award
in Variety Show	in Music/Talk Show	in Radio Show
Male		Kangta - Kangta's Starry Night [ko] Park Soo-hong - Choi Yoo-ra, Park Soo-hong's Now the Radio Generation [ko]
Park Chan-ho - Real Men Season 2 Lee Si-eon - I Live Alone, Real Men Season 2 Jackson Wang - Real Men Season 2 Yang Se-chan - We Got Married Season 4	Han Dong-geun - Duet Song Festival Cha Eun-woo - Show! Music Core Parc Jae-jung - Capable People [ko], Radio Star Roy Kim - King of Mask Singer
Female
Lee Si-young - Real Men Season 2 Cheng Xiao - Idol Star Athletic Championship XII, My Little Television Kim Jin-kyung - We Got Married Season 4 Solar - We Got Married Season 4	Shin Go-eun [ko] - King of Mask Singer, Section TV [ko] Lee Soo-min - Show! Music Core Lee Sun-bin - King of Mask Singer, Radio Star Park Jin-joo - King of Mask Singer
Popularity Award	MC Award	PD's Award
Han Hye-jin - I Live Alone Jo Se-ho and Cao Lu - We Got Married Season 4 Yang Se-hyung - Infinite Challenge	Baek Ji-young, Sung Si-kyung, Yoo Se-yoon - Duet Song Festival	Kim Gu-ra - King of Mask Singer, My Little Television, Radio Star
Best Teamwork Award	Achievement Award	Special Award
King of Mask Singer team	Goo Bong-seo [ko]	Ha Hyun-woo - King of Mask Singer (Singer) Jun Hyun-moo - I Live Alone (Variety Show) Yoon Jong-shin - Radio Star (Music/Talk Show)
Scriptwriter of the Year
in Variety	in Current Events	in Radio
Lee Hae-young - Real Men Season 2	Jo Hee-jeong - PD Note Heo Hyun-jeong - Think of Culture [ko]	Park Geum-seon - Yang Hee-eun, Seo Kyung-seok's Women Generation [ko]
Best Couple Award		Contribution Award
Eric Nam and Solar - We Got Married Season 4 Choi Tae-joon and Yoon Bo-mi - We Got Married Season 4 Hong Hye-geol [ko] and Yeo Esther [ko] - My Little Television Jo Se-ho and Cao Lu - We Got Married Season 4 Jota and Kim Jin-kyung - We Got Married Season 4 Sleepy and Lee Guk-joo - I Live Alone, We Got Married Season 4		Republic of Korea Army Republic of Korea Navy
Special Awards		Achievement Award in Radio
in Current Events	in Radio
Wang Sang-han - Talk Issues Say Current Events [ko]	Jung Cheol-jin - Kim Dong-hwan's We Are The World [ko] Lee Ha-na - Lee Jin-woo's The Economy in Hand [ko]	Amberin

*Jeong Jun-ha and Kim Sung-joo were the Grand Prize initial nominees alongside Yoo Jae-suk and Kim Gura, but after they won the Top Excellence Awards, their names were eliminated as the Grand Prize nominees at the end.

Presenters

Order	Presenter	Award	Ref.
1	Park Myeong-su, Kwanghee (ZE:A)	Rookie Award in Music/Talk Show
2	Lee Soo-geun, Heechul (Super Junior)	Rookie Award in Variety Show
3	Jonghyun (SHINee), Sunny (Girls' Generation)	Top Excellence/Excellence/Rookie Award in Radio Show
4	Jeong Jun-ha, Yang Se-hyung	Scriptwriter of the Year PD's Award
5	Lee Si-eon, Lee Guk-joo	Best Teamwork Award
6	Yoo Jae-suk, Solbi	Best Couple Award Special Award
7	Lee Kyung-kyu	Achievement Award
8	Gong Myung, Jung Hye-sung	Popularity Award
9	Eric Nam, Park Na-rae	MC Award
10	Kim Gu-ra, Han Hye-jin	Excellence Award in Music/Talk Show
11	Yoon Jong-shin, Kyuhyun (Super Junior)	Excellence Award in Variety Show
11	Haha, Han Chae-ah	Top Excellence Award in Variety Show, Female
12	Sung Si-kyung, Seohyun (Girls' Generation)	Top Excellence Award in Music/Talk Show Top Excellence Award in Variety Show, Male
13	Park Chan-ho, Lee Si-young	Program of the Year
14	Ahn Gwang-han, Kim So-yeon	Grand Prize (Daesang)

Special performances

Order	Artist	Song/Spectacle	Ref.
1	DJ Park Na-rae & Madtown	Dance opening
	Lee Soo-min & Kim Sae-ron (Show! Music Core's MCs)	"Russian Roulette" (러시안 룰렛)
	Hong Hye-geol [ko] & Yeo Esther [ko] (My Little Television's guests)	"My Ear's Candy" (내 귀에 캔디)
	Lee Guk-joo & Sleepy (We Got Married Season 4's cast member)	"Who's Your Mama" (어머님이 누구니)
2	Kim Gu-ra, DinDin, Nam Chang-hee [ko], Heo Kyung-hwan, Hwang Je-sung [ko]	"Cheer Up"
3	Kim Sung-joo, Lee Si-young	"Just the Way We Love" (우리 사랑 이대로)
4	"MC Minzi" Jeong Jun-ha, Haha, Yang Se-hyung	"Hit Da Hit" (히트다 히트)
5	Yoo Jae-suk, Sechs Kies	"Couple" (커플)