2025 KGMA Unveils Star-Studded Presenter Lineup Featuring Top Actors and Rising Idols
Sep 19, 2025
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On the 19th, the KGMA Organizing Committee will present Kang Tae-oh, Gong Seung-yeon, Kwon Yul, Kim Do-yeon, Kim Do-yeon, Kim Do-hoon, Kim Min-seok, Kim Yo-han, Moon Chae-won, Park Se-wan, Bae Hyun-seong, Byun Woo-suk, Seo Eun-soo, Shin Seung-ho, Ahn Hyo-seop, Um Tae-gu, Yeon-woo, Ong Seong-woo, Lee Seol, Lee Se-young, Lee Yeol-eum, Lee Ju-yeon, Jung Joon-won, Chae Seo-an, Choi Soo-young, Choi Soo-young, Choi Yoon-ji, Chu Young.
The presenters who will shine at KGMA this year attract attention in that they are the main players who imprinted K's status on the global stage with K content and K-pop and the next rising stars.
Ahn Hyo-seop received global attention beyond Korea for playing the voice of Jin Woo of Lion Boys in Netflix's most talked-about film 'K-Pop Demon Hunters', which hit the world this year. Ahn Hyo-seop, who received attention for his stable performance in his screen debut film `Omniscient Reader's View' this summer, will meet with many domestic and foreign audiences who visited KGMA, a K-pop festival, this year as a major player in bringing synergy between K-content and K-pop to the global market.
Byun Woo-seok is a top actor who has emerged as an industry trend thanks to tvN 's syndrome last year. Byun Woo-suk formed a relationship with KGMA at 2024 KGMA, receiving the Best OST Award for N.Flying's Yoo Hoe-seung 's "Bounce on Your Back' OST 'I Guess You Did'. Byun Woo-seok is in the midst of filming MBC '21st Century Grand Prince Wife', which is scheduled to air next year, and will appear in front of fans with 2025 KGMA.
Choi Soo-young, who is a member of Girls' Generation and an active actor of the second generation of the best girl group, plans to encourage the juniors by giving them an award as a senior and colleague who met K-pop idol juniors for the first time in a long time through KGMA. Choi Soo-young, who showed off her status as an active idol by releasing an album commemorating the 15th anniversary of her debut in Girls' Generation in 2022, showed a more stable performance through tvN 'Please Take Care of My Week' this year. Choi Soo-young will meet viewers once again with ENA following the new drama 「Idol Child」, which will air in the second half of this year.
Kim Yo-han, a member of the group We-I, made an impressive performance in SBS 'Tri: We Become a Miracle', which recently ended. This year, KGMA will take the podium as an actor, not a singer. In this year's KGMA, not only Choi Soo-young and Kim Yo-han, but also artists who are walking the two paths of K-pop and K-content will participate as presenters to add meaning.
Ong Seong-wu, who worked as a group Wanna One through an audition survival program, will participate in KGMA as a presenter while currently performing on the play 『Shakespeare in Love" tour. As there are many rookie groups who debuted through audition survival programs this year, Ong Seong-woo's participation is expected to add history to KGMA.
Yeonwoo from Momoland, Lee Joo-yeon from After School, and Kim Do-yeon from I.O.I., who proved her potential with the play White Rabbit Red Rabbit, will meet fans at the Song Awards after a long time. Shin Seung-ho, who had a history as a Red Velvet bodyguard before his actor debut, will also be on stage as a presenter. As Red Velvet's Irene will participate as an MC in this year's KGMA, a meeting with Shin Seung-ho is also drawing attention.
Top actors and rising stars who globalized K's status with K-content will also meet with global fans through KGMA.
Choo Young-woo, who has emerged as the next generation's representative in a number of works, including JTBC 'Mrs. Ok's Exhibition', Netflix 'Severe Trauma Center', 'Gwangjang', tvN 'Kunwoo and the Fairy', joins KGMA as a K-pop fan and presenter while busy with his popular moves.
Eom Tae-gu, who has a strong fan base with his strong charisma and charming low voice, recently captivated global viewers with his special appearance on Disney Plus 'Polaris'. He has recently had a strange relationship with K-pop artists in the web entertainment show `Simple Labor: Workman Oversight" and this KGMA appearance is also expected.
Kang Tae-oh successfully returned to tvN 'Potato Research Institute' earlier this year after serving in the military. In October, he will be on the KGMA stage with memories of the original 'Actordol' group's surprise when he meets viewers with MBC's new drama 'The Moon flows on the River'.
Moon Chae-won appeared in public two years after the drama `Justice' with the horror film 'Gwish'. Loved for a long time with a graceful atmosphere, he is expected to receive enthusiastic responses from fans as he is expanding his spectrum by showing wider character digestibility in recent works.
Gong Seungyeon will be on Channel A 's "Travel" for you', After playing in a number of works, including Netflix 'Bad Performance', the play 'The Secret of Flowers', and the film 'Deadline', he shines the KGMA stage as a presenter.
Chae Seo-an, who played the role of Mrs. Hak in Netflix 'I was completely deceived', will go on an award ceremony outing through KGMA, while Kwon Yul and Lee Se-young, who recently moved their agency, will also stand in front of fans on the KGMA stage for the first time in a long time. Lee Seol, who confirmed KBS2 'Completion of Marriage' after SBS 'Our Movie', Park Se-wan, who played in the movies 'Victory' and Disney Plus 'Gangmaegang', and Ha-young, who was loved as Teacher Jang Mi, will also be presenters.
Popular actors such as Jeong Joon-won of tvN 's 'Life of a Slouching Major', Kim Do-hoon, who has been active in a number of works such as SBS 's 'My Perfect Secretary', tvN 's 'Seochodong', and TVing 'Dear X', Bae Hyun-sung of tvN 's 'New President Project', as well as Seo Eun-soo, who is about to release Disney+ 'Made in Korea' and Kim Min-seok, who will return to tvN 's 'Taepung Corporation', are also on the KGMA presenter lineup.
In addition, rising stars such as Yoon Gai, who successfully settled as an actor after getting off 'SNL Korea', Kim Dan, who received attention for 'Tri', and Choi Yoon-ji, who played the lead role in tvN 'First, For Love' will also participate in the awards ceremony.
The KGMA Organizing Committee previously unveiled BoyNextdoor, Stray Kids, Ive, ATEEZ, Kiss of Life, and Fifteen as the first line-up of 2025 KGMA, and announced Miyao, Nine, All Day Project, Close Your Eyes, Kiki, Kick Flip, Hearts to Hearts and SMTR25 as the rookie line-up. It also officially made appearances of Park Seo-jin, Lee Chan-won, Jang Min-ho, Lucy, and X-Dinnery Heroes as trot & band lineups.
The KGMA Organizing Committee will soon unveil the fourth and special lineups as well.
This year's KGMA will host Red Velvet's Irene and Kiss of Life Natty on the 14th and 15th, respectively, along with actor Nam Ji-hyun, who will be the MC for two consecutive days following last year.
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