As expected, Byeon Woo-seok! 'AAA 2026' Popularity Award Preliminary Vote Tally: Most Votes… Male Actor in First Place

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The popularity of actor Byeon Woo-seok is running hot. Byeon Woo-seok demonstrated his staying power by securing first place in the preliminary voting for the male actor category of the 'AAA 2026' Popularity Award.

Byeon Woo-seok reached first place with a total of 139,874 votes in the male actor category of the preliminary voting for the 'Asia Artist Awards 2026 (hereinafter 'AAA 2026')' Popularity Award, which was conducted through Idol Champ from September 16 to October 6. This is the highest number of votes received in this year's 'AAA 2026' popularity poll, allowing one to feel the power behind the name Byeon Woo-seok. Actor Kim Soo-hyun took second place by a narrow margin.

This year's 'AAA 2026' popularity poll is divided into a total of six categories: △Male Actor △Female Actor △Male Group Singer △Female Group Singer △Male Solo Singer, and Female Solo Singer. Top stars who shone on the screen, television, and in the music industry this year are all participating in a fierce voting competition.

The 'preliminary vote' was conducted from 10:00 a.m. on September 16 to 11:59 p.m. on October 6 via the Idol Champ (IDOLCHAMP) app. Only the top 20 teams in the preliminary round will advance to the highly anticipated finals. The 'final vote' will be conducted from 10:00 a.m. on October 8 to 11:59 p.m. on November 4, and the final first place in each category will be determined by combining 30% of the preliminary results with 70% of the final voting. The 'AAA 2026' Popularity Award trophy will be presented to the overall first-place winner.

Meanwhile, 'AAA 2026' will be held over two days, December 5 and 6, at the Kaohsiung National Stadium. The MC lineup includes IVE's Jang Won-young, who is hosting 'AAA' for the sixth consecutive year, actor Ji Chang-wook, Sung Han-bin, who returns as an 'AAA' host after two years, and TWICE's Tzuyu.

In the actor category, attendance has been confirmed for Go You-jung, Kim Sun-ho, Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Yoo-jung, Kim Jae-won, Kim Hye-yoon, Da-hyun (TWICE), Moon Sang-min, Mieda Shunsuke, Park Ji-hwan, Park Ji-hun, Bae Jong-ok, Byeon Woo-seok, Ahn Hyo-seop, Yoon Kyung-ho, Lee Da-hee, Lee Sang-i, Lee Jong-won, Lee Hong-nae, Jang Da-a, Choo Young-woo, Heo Nam-jun, Heo Sung-tae, and Hye-ri.

In the singer category, Naniwa Danshi (なにわ), NEXZ, DAYOUNG, RIIZE, LNGSHOT, RESCENE, MONSTA X, MEOVV, Park Ji-hun, SUNG HANBIN, Super Junior-D&E, IDID, OURBIRTHDAY, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, &TEAM, Accusefive (), WONPIL, ATEEZ, Xdinary Heroes, NMIXX, Federal Reserve (Tomorrow X Together), ALLDAY PROJECT, WOODZ, Yuna (ITZY), ITZY (있지), ZEROBASEONE, Juhoon (MONSTA X), CHAERYEONG, YENA, CORTIS, CLOSE YOUR EYES, KISS OF LIFE, KiiiKiii, KickFlip, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, TWS (투어스), TUIDE, tripleS, Hearts2Hearts, and QWER (큐더블유이알) will perform on stage.

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