The prestigious 61 ° Baeksang Arts Awards he is facing unexpected controversies as accusations of Macro manipulation surface in progress Prize for the popularity of the prism Race of vote, raising concerns about the equity of the competition.
Baeksang Awards faces the vote dispute between the suspicions of macro manipulation
Vote for the Prism Plaryty Award prize officially open to 12:00 KST on April 23rd and is scheduled to work up to 16:00 on May 2nd. A total of 35 male AND 35 nominated female From both TV and cinematographic categories are in the running for the prize, with the highest vote in every gender category that won the prize. From the beginning of the vote, A three -way competition emerged in the women’s category Kim Hye-Yoon, HyeriAND Iu. However, fans and netizen raised suspicions of irregularitiesin particular after a video presumably showing Automatic macro vote It was loaded online.
Macro – software that automates repetitive actions – allow you to express repeated votes without manual inputs. Their suspicious use raised alarms, above all given the abnormal peak in the voting numbers compared to previous years. For example, Kim Hye-Yoon currently leads with approximately 4.96 million votesfollowed closely by Hyeri with 4.92 million votesAND Iu Spent in third place with around 3.19 million votes.
In clear contrast, Byoon Woo-Seokthe main male contender e Kim Hye-Yoon’s co-protagonist from Beautiful runnerhas collected only 1.54 million votes–Less than a third of women’s total. This disparity has fueled the suspicions that unjust methods could be at stake in the female category.
Netizen Equity asks between the disparities and previous precedents
This is not the first time that a Korean prizes have to face these disputes. In 2022THE Asia Artist Awards (AAA) He experienced a scandal when the fraudulent votes brought the initial winner replaced after checking. In the same way, the 2022 MNET MAMA Awards Also declared that they would exclude confirmed votes as fraudulent.
Currently, macro voting suspicions are not limited to a single Fandom but have been raised against supporters of All three main contenders, Kim Hye-Yoon, HyeriAND Iu. According to relationships, Baeksang organizers they are aware of the situation and to have strengthened safety measures monitor the suspicious voting activity.
Starting now, Baeksang has not released an official statement regarding the dispute. It remains to be seen if the organizers take measures to check the votes and potentially adapt the final results.
In the meantime, the 61 ° Baeksang Arts Awardshosted by Shin Dong-Yup, SuzyAND Park Bo-Gumwill be held to Coex d Hall in Seoul ON May 5th TO 20:00 KST.
