Actor Kim Seon-ho is ranked first in the popularity vote of the 2021 Asia Artist Awards despite recent controversy over his private life.
As of 11 a.m. on October 24th, Kim Seon-ho is ranked first in the male actor category of a vote for 2021 Asia Artist Awards’ U+ Idol Live Popularity Award. Kim Seon-ho, who has currently received 60,830 votes, is holding the lead with a difference of 30,573 votes from Cha Eun-woo, who is ranked second.
The 2021 Asia Artist Awards, which will be held on December 2, will hold a fairer and more transparent award ceremony by selecting winners based on big data about global fans. In particular, the ranking of artists who participate this year will be decided by fans’ popularity vote and the final No. 1 artist in each category will be awarded the Popularity Award. Voting will be divided into the first and second rounds and can be voted on AAA’s official website.
The first round of voting began on October 22nd and runs until 11:59 p.m. on November 5. Based on the number of votes collected here, candidates for the second round of voting in each category will be selected, and the star who wins the most votes will receive the Popularity Award at the AAA.
Despite the previous controversy over his private life, Kim Seon-ho has maintained the No. 1 spot in the male actor category, drawing attention from fans to see if he will be able to win the popularity award and attend the awards ceremony.
Meanwhile, on October 17th, an article titled “I will expose the dual and shameless reality of popular actor K” was posted on an online community. A, who posted the article, claimed that she had dated K, and that K urged her to have an abortion and even later broke up with her.
Internet users assumed that K was Kim Seon-ho based on the contents of the post. As the controversy grew out of control, Kim Seon-ho made an official statement through his agency. Although he did not specifically mention allegations of abortion, he said, “I met her with good feelings. In the process, I hurt her with my mistakes and inconsiderate actions,” he said. “I want to sincerely apologize to everyone who was hurt.”
Since then, the incident was solved as Kim Seon-ho and A reportedly had a direct apology conversation.
