The Asia Artist Awards has been hosted by Super Junior's Leeteuk ever since its beginning in 2016. Once again this year, Leeteuk will be the main MC of this event!
Leeteuk hosted the 4th Asia Artist Awards on November 26, 2019, which was held at Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Vietnam. On December 6, it was announced that Leeteuk would be returning as the host for Idol Star Athletics Championships (ISAC) in 2020, along with TWICE's Dahyun and Jun Hyun-moo. Pre-recording of the show is set to begin on December 16.
He also hosted the 9th Gaon Chart Music Awards on January 8, 2020 for the fifth time, with ITZY's Lia as co-host. He returned as the host of the seventh season of I Can See Your Voice, alongside Kim Jong-kook and Yoo Se-yoon in January 2020.
There's no doubt that Leeteuk is an amazing emcee and entertainer. His mettle is only proved even further as he has been continuously hosting the Asia Artist Awards, and it gets better every time. Fans had already speculated that Leeteuk was probably going to host again, and it came as no surprise when the same was confirmed.
Leeteuk, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter, radio personality and actor. At the age of sixteen, he was discovered by SM Entertainment and became a trainee at SM Entertainment's Starlight Academy. After five years of training, he debuted as a member of boy group Super Junior in November 2005 and since then, he also further participated in the agency's projects Super Junior-T and Super Junior-H.
Asia Artist Awards (abbreviated AAA) is an awards ceremony organized by South Korea-based business newspaper Money Today and its global media brands StarNews and MTN. It honors outstanding achievements and international contributions of Asian artists in television, film and music.
The inaugural ceremony was held on November 16, 2016 at Kyung Hee University's Hall of Peace in Seoul, and was broadcast live via satellite across Asia. BTS, EXO, SEVENTEEN AND YOONA are tied at the first place for most wins with all of them having received 7 awards. The different awards that are presented in this prestigious ceremony are as follows:
- Grand Prize (Daesang)
- Artist of the Year
- Rookie of the Year
- Popularity Award
- Asia Star Award
- Asia Hot Artist
- Asia Celebrity
- Best Artist Award
- Best Celebrity Award
- Best Entertainer Award
- Best Icon Award
- Best OST Award
- Best Popular Award
- Best Star Award
- Best Social Award
- Fabulous Award
- Favorite Award
- Focus Award
- Korean Tourism Appreciation Award
- New Wave Award
- Rising Award
- Asia Icon
- Baidu Star Award
- Best Actor Award
- Best Creator Award
- Best Emotive Award
- Best History of Song Award
- Best Music Award
- Best Musician Award
- Best Performance Director
- Best Producer Award
- Best Welcome Award
- Brilliant Award
- Choice Award
- Eco Creator Award
- Legend Award
- Rising Star Award
- Samsung Pay Award
- Trend Award
- Potential Award
- AAA Groove
- AAA Scene Stealer
- AAA Top of Kpop Record
- AAA X Dongnam Media & FPT Polytechnic Popularity
- Best Vietnamese Artist
- AAA Best K-Culture
The 2020 event will be held on November 25, 2020, with the red carpet starting from 4 PM KST and the actual ceremony from 6 PM KST.
Don't forget to tune in and root for your favorite artists!
