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"The Wailing" and "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God", tough competition for Baeksang Awards this year

With one day left before the 53rd Baeksang Awards, likely nominees are being discussed.

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The 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards is being held on the 3rd of May in COEX, Seoul.

Evaluations on TV dramas and movies were conducted on the 30th and 31st of March. TV and film awards are screened by fair judges from the top seven out of ten nominees selected from 54 candidates in the industry, including program director, supervisor, and production representative.

In the movie awards are "The Wailing", "Train to Busan", "Asura: The City of Madness", "The Age of Shadows" and "The Handmaiden".

In TV awards are KBS 2TV "Love in the Moonlight", MBC "W", SBS "Dr. Romantic", tvN "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God" and "Dear My Friends".

"The Wailing" which holds a record of 6.87 million viewers, "Train to Busan" with 11.56 viewers, "The Age of Shadows" with 7.5 million, "The Handmaiden" with 4.28 million viewers and "Asura: The City of Madness" with 2.59 million viewers has expectations rising.

tvN dramas "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God" which is the highest ranking drama tvN has ever had, "Love in the Moonlight" which holds a record of 23.3%, "Dr. Romantic" which defines the meaning of romance, "W" which holds 7 awards and "Dear My Friends" which highlighted the lives of seniors makes this year's Baeksang worth looking forward to.

In TV entertainment are, SBS "My Ugly Duckling", MBC " I Live Alone", Mnet "Show Me The Money", "Knowing Brothers" and "Phantom Singer" while in general education are SBS "We Want To Know", EBS "Docu Prime Democracy", KBS 1TV "Japanese Invasion" and KBS Special "Wisdom".

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