2016 Beanie Awards: Vote for your favorite dramas of the year
by girlfriday
It’s that time of year again, to kick off the annual Dramabeans Year-End Extravaganza, filled with reviews, Editors’ Picks, the Bean Count, and more! First up are the Beanie Awards, where you get a chance to weigh in on your favorite (and not so favorite) offerings of Dramaland 2016. You can vote once a day until the end of the year, and remember to come back on January 1 to see the final results!
Here’s a handy Year In Review tag to check out what we’ve done in past years. And in case you want to peruse past polls:
May the deliberating, agonizing, and voting commence!
FAVORITE DRAMA SERIES OF 2016
FAVORITE ACTION OR THRILLER DRAMA
FAVORITE COMEDY
FAVORITE HISTORICAL DRAMA
FAVORITE FAMILY OR WEEKEND DRAMA
FAVORITE MELODRAMA
FAVORITE LEAD COUPLE
FAVORITE ALTERNATE PAIRING (the one that didn’t happen)
FAVORITE SECONDARY (or tertiary) COUPLE
FAVORITE CHARACTER
FAVORITE VILLAIN
FAVORITE BROMANCE
FAVORITE GIRLFRIENDS
BEST KISS
MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP
BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
MOST DISAPPOINTING DRAMA
BIGGEST WASTE OF TALENT
UNDERRATED DRAMA
FAVORITE ADAPTATION OR REMAKE
FAVORITE DRAMA WITH PARANORMAL ELEMENTS
MOST NOBLE NOBLE IDIOT
MOST IDIOTIC NOBLE IDIOT
BEST MEMORY LOSS
CANDIEST CANDY OF THEM ALL
BOO HOO, FIRST-WORLD PROBLEMS
RELATED POSTS
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 11: Editors’ Picks
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 10: Sweet heroes and fierce heroines (Saya’s review)
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 9: Drama tasting notes (odilettante’s review)
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 8: Santa goes Zen (Santa Claus’ review)
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 7: For the responsible addict (dramallama’s review)
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 6: A sweet year of dramas (LollyPip’s review)
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 5: The fifth wheel in dramaland (gummimochi’s review)
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 4: The five stages of grief (HeadsNo2’s review)
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 3: Five by five in 2015 (girlfriday’s review)
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 2: Giving 2015 a hand (javabeans’ review)
- 2015 Year in Review, Part 1: The Bean Count
- 2015 Beanie Awards: Vote for your favorite dramas of the year
Tags: Beanie Awards, featured, year in review, year in review 2016
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151 tanvi
December 7, 2016 at 12:34 PM
I don't understand these voting things bcse legend of the blue sea nd some dramas have nt even ended nd it's included in the list. Nd some other dramas lyk oh my venus nd others are nt included. Obviously people have to watch all the dramas to give a fair vote.
People here are voting nly fr dramas that ended long back nd it's obvious tht dramas will take the lead bcse many people have watched the dramas. Nt even fair.
Bt I know this is just fr fun nd our voted won't even count bcse according to popularity nd rating they are gonna decide.
Just a waste of time.
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diksha
December 7, 2016 at 12:37 PM
I don't even understand koreans drama rating because the dramas we like may have the least rating. The people from other parts of the world may love it bt in Korea they give it the least rating....
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152 Islander north
December 7, 2016 at 5:40 PM
Why are there shows that haven't or won't finish in 2016? Show may be good now, but could be another "Cheese In the Trap.? Seems you should include them in the year that they conclude, not before finish, as we all know how a bad finish can ruin an otherwise great show.
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153 Nod head
December 7, 2016 at 8:50 PM
WTF is lotbs and WEightlifting fairy doing here. . It isnt halfaway showing lol. Is this awards or just poll? I am confused hehe. Well I watched all except MDBC,1 percent of something and thek2. I tried few episodes but I cant like it..
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154 meliyasha
December 7, 2016 at 10:49 PM
Oh noooo! I thought to myself "I will finish watching those dramas that are still on my waiting list before db releases beanie awards so I won't repeat my mistake on the previous years (missed the good shows thus didn't even vote for them)." But again this year, db beats me to it. *brb while I'm crying bucket of tears* I will comeback and vote later when I'm done with a few more shows (or episodes) ㅠ.ㅠ
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155 hopefaith
December 8, 2016 at 7:18 PM
Signal was a great drama. It had me at the edge of my seat, screaming, heart pounding, oh my gosh! Five Children was awesome. I love how the leads complement each other. However, my favorite drama was Beautiful Mind. It had its flaws but it completely captured my heart. Jang Hyuk gave us a performance for the ages. I cannot imagine anyone else playing Dr Lee Young Oh. He gave life to this character; Dr Lee Young Oh flew off the pages, onto the screen, and into our hearts. He made you feel every emotion of this character even though he was diagnosed to have no emotions. What a performance? Bravo!!! Also, the entire cast was amazing. I love Wi-Fi couple. It shows that love does not have to start with fireworks. It can be sweet, innocent, something so unexpected. Finally, the scenes with Dr. Lee Young Oh and his father were so compelling. I just love this drama.
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156 nayour
December 9, 2016 at 3:14 PM
Honestly, while Park Hae Jin was totally cheated out of a lot of screen time in CITT, he still had some opportunities to give a great performance. The biggest waste of talent was seriously Ji Sung in Entertainer. He could've done so much better, but i understood that he might've wanted a less emotionally demanding role as he and his wife just had a daughter. But he was really too good for the drama, as much as I did mildly enjoy it. Lee Jun Ki was not cheated at all, Wang So as a character is probably every actor's dream, there's so much layers and complexity that you can play with and he portrayed it so fantastically well. He just got cheated by the rest of the production because the drama was directed, written and edited so poorly. =.=
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157 Frypan
December 10, 2016 at 5:17 AM
I love this poll. The moment when I get to know this year gonna end. And I actually cracked up the amnesia one. For Seo In Guk had the best amnesia xD Seriously he is the only one did not annoyed me when he lost his memory. IDK why I hate when in dramas they potray the amnesia thing.But the way shopping king louis did it I can say he is the best ♡♡♡
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158 mitchielicious
December 10, 2016 at 8:57 PM
Why i can't view the result of 2014 poll?
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159 Bongsommie
December 11, 2016 at 12:27 PM
I think it'll be nice if we had a segment also to vote for the best OST song in a drama What do you guys think? To me OSTs are very important because the right song sells the right scene straight to the heart
Who can forget that instrumental piece from 'Healer' whenever something intense was happening? ( After i finished healer,i got serious palpitations when i heard that song) or 'once again' from DOTS and how can i forget auditory hallucinations from KMHM???
It'll be nice to vote on the best OST song for the year. What do we say? Any support anyone?
*fingers crossed that someone thinks as i do ???
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160 Oppyjcw
December 12, 2016 at 4:20 AM
@bongsommie i agree with you,
seeing this reminds me of this same time last year when i discover db,.exactly one year now. thanks to all db staff being on this site has been fun all year!!!!!!
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161 VodkaKisses
December 15, 2016 at 6:54 AM
I was really hoping to see Six flying dragons on here....I mean it ended in 2016 as well. Dramas like LOTBS, weightlifting fairy & guembi haven't even finished yet they r part of the yearly drama, then at least add Goblin on the best bromance lol
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bubbles
December 16, 2016 at 5:01 PM
+1 on the bromance, if we could vote for goblin on that I would ^^maybe next year
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162 Ami
December 15, 2016 at 11:45 AM
It seems that Beautiful Gong Shim is missing from the list of most underrated dramas. I would have voted for it.
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163 angularangst
December 16, 2016 at 9:44 PM
Why isn't Page Turner listed for drama of the year? It clearly was one of the best - well-rounded characters, tear-inducing scenes and satisfactory ending.
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purpleowl
December 20, 2016 at 8:55 AM
It was a great drama. But maybe they don't do minis.
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164 Maya
December 18, 2016 at 4:50 AM
Urhhhhmmmmmm so why doesn't goblin qualify...... cos I be looking for them to vote but I don't see em?
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Martin J Simwaba
December 18, 2016 at 9:07 PM
Yeaaaah. I was wondering about that too, maybe it's because they don't want to be disappointed later. I mean, we're not even half way into the plot right?
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165 Playstore
December 19, 2016 at 11:37 AM
Some questions needed "Pick up to 5" Option. Especially the last question.
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166 Minhato
December 20, 2016 at 9:29 PM
I've watched a lot of dramas this year. The best for me were (in no particular order):
Weightlifting
This week my wife...
DOTS
Signal
And on the dropped or why-I-am-watching-it list:
The K2, W-2 worlds, CITT.
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167 bubbles
December 23, 2016 at 2:59 AM
Moon lovers and W are winning the polls. Mmhm kind of sad for signal, dear my friends also doesn't get any love. At least Age of youth seems to be winning but it's getting very close, maybe it's going to loose in the end.
I think I would have preferred a system where we all can vote just once but change our vote in the time frame given.
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bubbles
December 23, 2016 at 3:00 AM
*can change
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Chandler
December 23, 2016 at 8:41 AM
Well, for what it's worth, Moon Lovers doubled in votes within 24 hours just a few days ago (in one category, it shot from 7% to 14%). This leads me to believe that certain passionate fans cheated the system, but oh well. Guess I'll just have to be happy with Age of Youth's & Jealousy Incarnate's wins in the categories that lack those popular dramas.
Signal was winning the Favorite Drama category before the sudden jump from Moon Lovers, btw.
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ricenoodle
December 23, 2016 at 2:58 PM
I agreed. Some very passionate fans out there. Not me though okay because if I know how to, I might be tempted to cheat also. lol
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cozybooks
December 24, 2016 at 7:35 AM
Lol watching Ghost ruined me for things like this (although it popped up gain in Entertainer, I want to say), but I still find them fun. I just take it with a grain and keep voting for my choices. ^^ I'll laugh if another one overtakes Moonlovers despite their boost.
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illjg
December 28, 2016 at 6:14 AM
there ya go...blaming moonlovers fans cheating and bla bla bla..you are just dissastified because ur fav drama isnt getting many votes...lol
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illjg
December 28, 2016 at 6:22 AM
*dissatisfied
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Chandler
December 28, 2016 at 12:48 PM
If they hadn't been so obvious about it, then I could have remained blissfully ignorant. But Moon Lovers suddenly got more votes in one day than it had in a whole week of the polls being open. Sorry, but that's just ridiculously suspicious.
Doesn't matter though. This is all just for fun :) And, if anything, this win is indicative of the passion this show inspires in its fans and that means something. It's just that Moon Lovers was already doing fairly well in the polls, despite not winning many of them. It was actually beating many of my favs already and I was happy to concede that my picks weren't as popular. So I'm just disappointed that they had to stoop to rigging it.
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168 joon hyung oppa
December 23, 2016 at 7:01 PM
Is it just me or is Moon Lovers suddenly leading in favorite drama and other polls? Just the other day, Signal seemed to be winning but Moon Lovers overtook by more than a thousand votes??? Also for favorite character?? And other polls?? What is happening??? Seems to me that the polls has been rigged by very passionate fans or they kept on voting again and again...
Oh well, it would be ironic though if Moon Lovers won as favorite drama but also won as most disappointing drama haha
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Sam
December 27, 2016 at 7:45 PM
Could be rigged. I am have been voting for Moon Lovers seemed like my votes are not counted.
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sexiestleejunki
December 28, 2016 at 6:11 AM
moonlovers voted the most dissapointing drama because of the ending only...buf overall that drama is so damn good
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169 angularangst
December 24, 2016 at 10:31 PM
The fact that Scarlet Heart is leading in almost all of the categories just pisses me off. Am I the only one who doesn't love the drama?? I mean I watched it each week (mainly for my blind love for Kang Ha Neul) but the drama was badly executed and the storyline was all over the place. Sure, it was a decent drama, but drama of the year? Really??
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Sam
December 27, 2016 at 7:43 PM
@angularangst Sorry to disappoint you but MLSHR is the best drama I've seen in my almost a decade of watching Kdrama. This is drama which is a breakaway from those typical kdrama with too many flashbacks that drags the story. MLover has the best pacing. Maybe too fast for others but I love it to bits. It's a the drama that I don't mind repeating multiple times.
If you are KHN fan, you should be happy. It's a drama that pushes his ability. He hasn't been in a first lead before, thru this drama, I am sure he can find a drama as a serious actor. I find KHN as a serious actor and I don't think he is someone who would settle in a rom-com. He has done really well in Moon Lovers.
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170 KPopCurious
December 28, 2016 at 8:20 PM
As much as i totally love the year-end wrap up and voting of our favorite dramas, it just doesn't make sense to include dramas that haven't finished yet here. There are scenes and characters (and kisses) that deserve a spot in the popularity votes and just won't because the episodes are still running..eg. Weightlifting fairy and Legend of the Blue Sea
And what is most bothersome is the usual non-inclusion of Lee Min Ho for the show and what he's been able to do better than some of the actors in the voting list. No BeAnies for him ever here, why o why!
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KPopCurious
December 28, 2016 at 8:21 PM
And whatever happened to 'O My Venus'?
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purpleowl
December 29, 2016 at 1:25 AM
The kiss thing got me too. I haven't seen the ones in WFKBJ but that "thought-stopping" kiss was basically on par with the "handcuff" kiss
I only saw 2 categories that he could have been in but isn't - Alternate Pair & Best Character.
Yes Heo Joon Jae could be up for BC. But I wouldn't vote for him & Si-ah AP. Eww! Ekkkk!
Lee Min Ho is present on the polls just as much as anyone else. More than Nam Ji Hyun and Kim Yoojung. I feel bad for Yoojung looking at this list.
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KPopCurious
December 29, 2016 at 2:14 PM
@Purple Owl
"The kiss thing got me too. I haven’t seen the ones in WFKBJ but that “thought-stopping” kiss was basically on par with the “handcuff” kiss"
Exactly my thoughts! i would vote these 2 in the top with eyes (or lips) closed ;)
And not having Dam Ryeung/Joon Jae in Best Character list is a bummer!
I am catching up with WFKBJ so can't comment much but the chemistry really works with Kim Bok Joo and Jung Joon Hyung. They are already in many categories so that's a good thing but it's not fair to club them with finished dramas. I know they have already clarified why Goblin is not in the list but it can be debated.
"Yes Heo Joon Jae could be up for BC. But I wouldn’t vote for him & Si-ah AP. Eww! Ekkkk!"
Noooooo ..... kkkkk! More like Si Ah with Tae Oh? It's getting comical by the minute !
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171 joe
December 30, 2016 at 6:34 AM
38 task force is quite underrated drama, had lots of fun watching it even the soundtrack matched perfectly and seo in guk was good in it.
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172 Moccaberry08
December 30, 2016 at 6:03 PM
Where is TvN's Goblin as option?
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173 Pluche
January 3, 2017 at 1:29 AM
Eh, the poll was clearly rigged. I'd have believed Moon Lovers winning in its categories, if the obvious cheating hadn't been so ... obvious. 10.000 votes more than the other dramas (compared to all categories) ????? Cheating takes the fun out of polls like this :/
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Barbrey
January 3, 2017 at 8:48 PM
We were allowed to vote once a day. I dunno about you but I voted only a few times, and most people probably voted only once - it takes time to get through the list! Seems to me the huge stat difference doesn't show the poll was rigged but that Moon Lovers has a very devoted fan base who likely voted every day! Which I already knew, so the results don't surprise me.
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