Choi Soo-jong, Grand Prize instead of the late Lee Soon-jae... "It's already been a month since you've been gone." I still miss it. [Stay issue]

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Actor Choi Soo-jong replaced the late Lee Soon-jae as the grand prize presenter.

On December 31, the "2025 KBS Acting Awards" was held at KBS Hall in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.

Choi Soo-jong appeared on behalf of the late Lee Soon-jae as the grand prize winner.

Last year, the late Lee Soon-jae won the grand prize at the "2024 KBS Entertainment Awards" for the KBS 2TV drama "Dogsori." The late Lee Soon-jae, the winner of the Grand Prize of the previous year, had to be the presenter of the "2025 KBS Acting Awards", but the late Lee Soon-jae passed away on November 25.

Instead, Choi Soo-jong, who took the stage as a presenter, expressed his longing for the late Lee Soon-jae.

Choi Soo-jong said, "The grand prize was originally awarded by the previous year's winner, but I took over the vacancy of last year's winner, Lee Soon-jae." However, on December 31 of last year, I heard the teacher's feelings exactly at this time and received a great cry. That was the attitude toward the actor," he said.

In addition, Choi Soo-jong said about the late Lee Soon-jae, "Whatever you do, you do your best with passion, and you are humble, and you are truly considerate when dealing with all the other actors and staff." At the end, he thanked and expressed his love for being indebted to the viewers," he said.

"When I saw the back of the teacher, I always felt, 'That's a good influence, that's the channel of blessing that one actor can show,'" he said. "I hope that we can act together with a sense of responsibility and mission that the rookie award to the grand prize is not popular but an award that we receive as acting."

In addition, a video of Lee Soon-jae's memorial was released at the awards ceremony. Starting with Lim Dong-jin in 1987, KBS prepared a video of the all-time Grand Prize winners of the "Acting Grand Prize," which ends with Lee Soon-jae, the winner of last year's Grand Prize.

KBS said of Lee Soon-jae, "There is only an actor who has silently walked the path of acting. For him, acting was an endless challenge and effort. A person who has kept the basics of an actor in a consistent posture anytime, anywhere. His steps were always humble, but the reverberation he left behind was deep." "The one who made us cry and made us dream. The late actor Lee Soon-jae, who did not stay yesterday and moved on. His acting journey will continue in our hearts. We were very happy with your performance," he said, mourning the deceased.

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