Gallup Korea conducted a survey on 1,703 men and women over the age of 13 from October 29th to November 25th this year. The participants were asked to pick which star they felt had the best year in the different categories of comedian, movie star, actor, and singer. The aforementioned celebrities were the #1 choices for each given category. For the singer category, 2,774 men and women between the ages of 13-59 were surveyed all throughout the nation (excluding Jejudo Island) during the past months of October and November.
Yoo Jae-suk garnered 43.3% of the votes, winning the first place spot for the third year in a row. Yoo has been active, hosting the popular TV shows "Infinity Challenge" "Happy Together 3", and "Running Man". Following Yoo was comedian Kim Joon-ho (20.7%), Kim Joon-hyun (14.5%), Lee Gook-ju (13.9%), and Kang Ho-dong (11.3%).
Movie star Choi Min-shik saw quite some success with the hit movie of the year "The Admiral: Roaring Currents". He was number one with 42.3% of the votes. Trailing behind were Song Kang-hoo (22.2%), Ryu Seung-ryong (10.5%), Ha Jung-woo (9.0%), and Lee Byung-hyun (4.5%).
Kim Soo-hyun, undoubtedly thanks to the success of the drama "You Who Came From The Stars", won first in the actor category with 19.6%. He was ahead of Lee Yoo-ri (18.2%), Jeon Ji-hyun (17.6%), Song Yoon-ah (6.1%), and Oh Yeon-suh (5.9%).
After releasing a remake album in May of this year, IU continued her streak of hot-sellers. She was at the top of the singers' list with 12.9%. Hot on her tracks were Girls Generation (12.4%), SISTAR (10.8%), EXO (9.4%), and Lee Sun-hee (8.4%).
Gallup Korea has been conducting a survey on the icon of the year in each category since 2005.
No comments:
Post a Comment