Seoul International Drama Award
Seoul International Drama Award is an annual awards event that began in South Korea in 2005. It is a hybrid awards event in which some prizes are awarded from votes by an invitation-only jury, and others are the result of public voting. The public voting is further subdivided into votes from the Korean populace, votes from Japanese residents, and votes from people in the rest of the world.
It is unique in that it only considers dramas, and in that it has several categories which are fully "international" in nature. That is, shows from countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, North America and South America directly compete against each other. Though the main awards presentation is done in Korean, the public voting process is itself a televised event, presented in both English and Japanese.[1]
In 2009, the fourth series of Doctor Who shared the "Favorite Foreign Drama of the Year Award" with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Then-former producer Phil Collinson and costume designer Louise Page accepted the award in Seoul. The category was exclusively voted on by the public.[2][3]
