On May 2, the results for the 2025 Baeksang Arts Awards Planopy Vote have been revealed. Nascent star Byun Woo-Seok and popular actress Kim Hye-Yoon The best points in the male and female categories, respectively.
Byun Woo-Seok earned over 2.4 million votes, easily exceeding second place Park Bo-Gum. In the meantime, Kim Hye-Yoon triumphed in the female category with almost 7.9 million votes, followed by Hyeri AND Iu.
Rankings for Votes of Final Popularity – Top 5
Male category:
- Vouun Wo-cesse-2,404,031 votes
- Park Bo -Gum – 605,823 votes
- Jung Hae-in-180,165 votes
- Lee jun-hyuk-105.072 votes
- Dex – 87,384 votes
Female category:
- Kim Hye-Yoon-7.873.877 votes
- Hyeri – 6.923.153 votes
- IU – 3,474,101 votes
- Haewon – 40,209 votes
- Kim Tae-Ri-33,424 votes
However, the popularity vote of the Baeksang Arts of 2025 was spoiled by macro manipulation accusations. Concerns emerged that automated voting systems may have been used to inflate the number of votes, especially in the highly competitive female category between Kim Hye-Yoon, Hyeri, AND Iu.
For this reason, Netizens’ reactions to the final results have been mixed:
- Congratulations on the Baeksang Macro Plaryty Award award!
- Hyeri was always in the first place but was overcome at the last minute, haha. It must have been embarrassing for all three to receive the prize.
- It is surprising that the female category has been more heated.
- The actresses are derided so much and the fandoms are the real losers here.
- Receiving such a prize must also be embarrassing for actors, haha.
The credibility of the prizes is now under control, since fans and professionals require fair recognition for all nominated.
Despite the controversy, congratulations a Byun Woo-Seok AND Kim Hye-Yoon on their victories!
