FULL LIST: Winners, Asian Television Awards 2016

MANILA, Philippines – The winners of the Asian Television Awards 2016 are out!

The Asian TV Awards were held in Singapore on Friday, December 2.

The awards night was hosted by Adrian Pang, Stephanie Carrington, Alden Richards, and Baki Zainal, with performances by JJ Lin, Charli XCX, and Rossa Roslina.

Aside from the winner, there are “highly commended” shows for each category too.

Here’s the full list of winners for this year’s Asian TV Awards!

Best Documentary Programme (One-Off/ Special)

• ISIL and the Taliban, Qatar
• WINNER: Wild City – Islands, Singapore
• Operation Everest – Summiteers to Saviors, India
• Undercover Asia – India’s Cancer Express, Singapore
• Highly Commended: The Phone of the Wind: Whispers of Lost Families, Japan 

 

Best Documentary Series 

• Get Real, Singapore
• Highly Commended: China From Above, China
• Saltwater Heroes, Singapore
• Inside the Storm: Lessons from the Boardroom, Singapore
• WINNER: The Tokyo Trials, China
• The New Silk Road, Singapore

 

Best Natural History or Wildlife Programme 

• Green Animal, Korea
• Manas: Return of The Giants, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Black-Necked Crane, China
• ORIGINS OF LAND: Nishinoshima Island, Japan
• Scent from Heaven: On the Trail of Oud, Qatar
• Korean Geographic – The Hantan River, The Lifeline of a Lava Plateau, Korea
• Wild City – Islands, Singapore
• WINNER: Jawai: India’s Leopard Hills, Singapore

 

Best News Program

• Reporting from Pyongyang, Singapore
• WINNER: The Buck Stops Here: Terror in Pathankot, India
• Highly Commended: News Stream, Hong Kong
• Squawk Box Asia, Singapore
• 60 Minutes, Belt and Road Initiative, what we must know, China
• BIG5@10, India
• Newsday, Singapore

 

Best Single News Story/Report (10 minutes or less)

• Highly Commended: China’s Left Behind Children, Singapore
• Highly Commended: The Human Cost of a Cup of Indian Tea, Singapore
• Adopting JiaJia: Abandoned Chinese boy heads ‘home’ to U.S., Hong Kong
• WINNER: South China Sea: Flying into Asia’s Flashpoint, Singapore
• China’s Black Market Organs, Singapore

 

Best Current Affairs Program

• WINNER: Undercover Asia – Murder in Paradise, Singapore
• Get Real – Pakistan’s Education Disaster, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Boat People, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Undercover Asia – Children of the Cybersex Dens, Singapore
• Inside the Storm – Kodak, Singapore
• Undercover Asia – Blood Jade, Singapore
• Get Real – Heart of the Haze, Singapore
• Undercover Asia – North Korean Slaves, Singapore

 

Best Drama Series 

• The Hush, Singapore
• WINNER: Descendants of the Sun, Korea
• Highly Commended: Halfworlds, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Downtown Rocket, Japan
• The Journey: Our Homeland, Singapore
• Marriage Contract, Korea
• Bingit 3, Singapore
• The Dream Makers 2, Singapore

 

Best Single Drama or Telemovie Program

• Red Cross -The Enlisted Nurses-, Japan
• WINNER: Tulus Ikhlas, Malaysia
• The Cave Man, Japan
• The Cat in the Closet, Taiwan
• Through Their Eyes, Japan
• Highly Commended: Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, Australia

 

Best Comedy Program 

• Highly Commended: Short End of the Stick, Hong Kong
• Bubble Gang, Philippines
• Run Rachael Run, Singapore
• WINNER: Ra-Berd Therd-Therng Dancer Thaluang Sai (House of Blast – The Girl Next Door), Thailand
• Ronny Chieng: International Student, Australia
• OK-JEK, Indonesia

 

Best Children’s Program

• WINNER: Art Attack Season 4 – Heroes and Villains, Singapore
• Junior Edison Season 3, China
• Highly Commended: Oddbods – Marooned, Singapore
• Little Masters, China
• Finding Genius, Korea
• George of the Jungle Series 2, Singapore

 

Best Pre-school Program

• WINNER: Leo the Wildlife Ranger, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Doby & Disy: Sing With Us, China
• Origanimals, Malaysia
• Pororo The Little Penguin, Korea
• Hiccup and Sneeze, Singapore
• Hi-5 House! Series 3, Australia

 

Best Entertainment (One-off/annual) 

• GeTai Challenge – The Ultimate Battle, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Let’s Go to School, Japan
• 2016 Jiangsu TV Spring Festival Gala, China
• MTV World Stage Malaysia 2015, Singapore
• NET 3.0 Presents Indonesian Choice Awards 2016, Indonesia
• WINNER: MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards), Korea

 

Best General Entertainment Program

• Highly Commended: The Great Australian Spelling Bee, Australia
• Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded, India
• A Variety Show with Real Buddhist Monks, Japan
• WINNER: The History Hustle, Singapore
• The Eco Traveller – El Nido, Malaysia
• Lek Auat Kam (Secret of Numbers), Thailand
• DoDo Go Shopping, Hong Kong

 

Best Game or Quiz Program

• Still Standing Thailand, Thailand
• The History Hustle, Singapore
• WINNER: Crime Scene 2, Korea
• The Brain China Season 3, China
• Amra Na Ora, India
• Highly Commended: Pritsana Fah Laep (Lightning Quiz), Thailand

 

Best Music Program

• Highly Commended: Produce 101, Korea
• Talented Singer, China
• Just Duet, Indonesia
• The Remix, Indonesia
• The King of Mask Singer, Korea
• Sing Your Face Off Thailand Season 1, Thailand
• WINNER: China Star, China

 

Best Reality Show

• Highly Commended: Dad, Where Are We Going? Season 3, China
• WINNER: Death is Our Business, Singapore
• Real Mom, Real Life, Korea
• Survivor Games, China
• MasterChef Australia Season 7, Australia
• Power Couple India, India
• The Dance Floor 2, Singapore
• We Are In Love Season 2, China

 

Best Infotainment Program

• Highly Commended: Three Men and A Journey, Singapore
• WINNER: Zeb’s River Journey, Hong Kong
• Somewhere Out There – Musclemen Village, Singapore
• The History Hustle, Singapore
• The Big Idea – My Robot, My Friend, Singapore
• Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth, China
• Food To Go, Singapore

 

Best Talk Show

• WINNER: Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi, India
• India Questions SRK, India
• Perspective, Thailand
• Highly Commended: We The People – Stop Sexism. Period, India
• Channel NewsAsia Exclusive: Interview with United States President Barack Obama, Singapore

 

Best Social Awareness Program 

• WINNER: Witness: China’s Fake Boyfriends, Qatar
• Sabah Earthquake Decoded, Singapore
• Highly Commended: 101 East – Too Young to Wed, Malaysia
• TV Animal Farm; Rescue the Fighting Dogs from the Ring of Death, Korea
• Witness: Pakistan – No Place like Home, Qatar
• Reel Time: Isinulat sa Tubig (Forgotten Children of the Waves), Philippines
• Fukushima: On the Frontline with Joel Lambert, Singapore

 

Best Adaptation of an Existing Format

• Celebrity Lipsync Battle Indonesia, Indonesia
• Sing Your Face Off Thailand Season 1, Thailand
• WINNER: MasterChef Asia, Singapore
• Still Standing Thailand, Thailand
• Highly Commended: You Have Been Warned With Eas Nasrun, Singapore
• Let Me In Thailand, Thailand
• The Face Thailand Season 2, Singapore
• The Remix, Indonesia

 

Best Digital Fiction and Non-fiction Program/Series

• Get Real, Singapore
• Hey Orang Kita, Malaysia
• Run Rachael Run, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Space Reporters, Produced by OXBOX Productions
• WINNER: India’s Menstruation Man, Qatar
• Sabah Quake Specials, Singapore

 

Best Lifestyle Program 

• Photo Face-Off Season 2, Singapore
• Twist of Taste – The Persian Trail, India
• Highly Commended: China’s Grand Canal: A Photographer’s Journey, Hong Kong
• A Taste of Hong Kong Season 2, Singapore
• Go Fast or Go Home, Malaysia
• WINNER: Nomad Chef: Up In The Air, Singapore

 

Best 2D Animated Program

• WINNER: George of the Jungle Series 2, Singapore
• Chuck Chicken, Malaysia
• Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Japan
• Highly Commended: Chhota Bheem Himalayan Adventure, India
• Kuu Kuu Harajuku, Malaysia
• Sushi and Beyond, Japan

 

Best 3D Animated Program

• Leo the Wildlife Ranger, Singapore
• Highly Commended: ZombieDumb, Korea
• Oddbods – Marooned, Singapore
• WINNER: Origanimals, Malaysia
• The Insectibles, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Boonie Bears: Sunsational Summer, China

 

Best Live Sports Coverage 

• 25th Hockey Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: New Zealand vs Malaysia, Malaysia
• AFC Live, Singapore
• Pro Wrestling League, India
• Highly Commended: Asian Tour Golf – Ho Tram Open Final Day, Singapore
• World Table Tennis Championship 2016, Malaysia
• Singapore 2018 World Cup Home Qualifiers – Singapore vs Japan, Singapore
• International Friendly ‘A’ Match 2016: Malaysia vs Macau, Malaysia
• WINNER: ONE Championship: Ascent to Power, Singapore

 

Best Sports Program

• John Eales Reveals: Life after Sport, Singapore
• Spirits of the Athletes – Tadahiro Nomura: The Last Shoulder Throw, Japan
• Cerita Bola Malaysia (Malaysian Football Documentary), Malaysia
• WINNER: The Three Japanese Beauties -Looking Beyond the Win-, Japan
• Today at the Games, Singapore
• Highly Commended: THE GREAT RACE: The Mongolia Bike Challenge Part 2, Japan

 

Best News Presenter or Anchor 

• Yvonne Man, Hong Kong
• Sharanjit Leyl, Singapore
• Kristie Lu Stout, Hong Kong
• Cathy Yang, Philippines
• Highly Commended: Sri Jegarajah, Singapore
• WINNER: Zakka Jacob, India

 

Best Currrent Affairs Presenter 

• Aviani Malik, Indonesia
• Belinda Lee, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Nagieb Khaja, Qatar
• Kristie Lu Stout, Hong Kong
• Zakka Jacob, India
• Eunice Yoon, Singapore
• Haslinda Amin, Hong Kong
• WINNER: Steve Chao, Malaysia

 

Best Entertainment Presenter/Host

• Highly Commended: Allan Wu, Singapore
• Debbie Wong, Singapore
• Marco Borromeo, Singapore
• Gurmit Singh, Singapore
• Kan Kantathavorn, Thailand
• Pornsak, Singapore
• WINNER: Phanya Nirunkul, Thailand
• Greta Georges, Singapore

 

Best Sports Presenter/Commentator

• WINNER: Colette Wong, Singapore
• Andy Penders, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Paula Malai Ali, Singapore
• Richard Lenton, Singapore
• Jason De La Pena, Singapore 

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role 

• A. Panneeirchelvam, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Bront Palarae, Malaysia
• Sukollawat Kanaros, Thailand
• Highly Commended:  Christopher Lee, Singapore
• WINNER: Chen Kun-Chang, Taiwan
• Frederick Lee, Malaysia

 

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Ko Chia-Yen, Taiwan
• Kristal Tin, Hong Kong
• Jojo Goh, Singapore
• WINNER: Cheryl Yang, Taiwan
• Highly Commended: Fonthip Watcharatrakul, Thailand
• Farhana M Noor, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Mei Fang, Taiwan

 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Keagan Kang, Singapore
• WINNER: Jeff Catz, Singapore
• Max Loong, Singapore
• Lan Chun-Tian, Taiwan
• Zhang Zhen Huan, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Pierre Png, Singapore
• Muthusamy Lingam, Singapore
• Gerald Chew, Singapore

 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Normah Damanhuri, Singapore
• WINNER: Tien Hsin, Taiwan
• Khanungnij Jaksamithanont, Thailand
• Julie Tan, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Xu Li-Wen, Taiwan
• Nadia M D, Singapore

 

Best Comedy Performance by an Actor/Actress

• Highly Commended: Vernetta Lopez, Produced by Verite Productions
• Bernice Liu, Singapore
• Michael V., Philippines
• WINNER: Carla Dunareanu, Singapore
• Vernetta Lopez, Singapore
• Alaric Tay, Singapore

 

Best Cinematography

• Ken Minehan, Singapore
• WINNER: Matthew Allard, Malaysia
• Highly Commended: Lau Hon Meng, China
• Joey Bania, Claire Clements, Victor Tang, Kenny Chua, Anthony Quek, Adele Bennett, Lau Hon Meng & Mark Sharman, Singapore
• Sivarajah Kanesananthan, Singapore
• Kohei Higuchi, Japan
• Ical Tanjung, Singapore

Best Direction

• Highly Commended: Jane Adcroft, Singapore
• WINNER: Daniel Holmes, Qatar
• Pang Zhi Tsung, Singapore
• Aditya Thayi, Singapore
• Liang Renhong, China
• Victor Tang, Singapore
• Sun Sheau Huei, Singapore

Best Direction  (FICTION)

• WINNER: Tsao Jui-Yuan, Taiwan
• Highly Commended: Joko Anwar, Singapore
• Lin Tzu-Ping, Taiwan
• Qiu Hao-Zhou, Taiwan
• Lee Thean-Jeen, Singapore
• Nelson Yeh & Chen Zhang-Lun, Taiwan

Best Editing 

• Natalie Soh, Singapore
• Danial Haris, Alex Lim, Huda Azzis & Grace Xiao, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Laxman Bhambhoriya, India
• WINNER: Gan Jia Yi, Singapore
• Andy Tseng, Singapore

Best Original Screenplay 

• WINNER: Huang Shih-Ming, Taiwan
• Ammar Adzis, Malaysia
• Ler Jiyuan, Singapore
•  Highly Commended: Yu Shangmin & Liu Ruixuan, Taiwan
• Liu Cheng-Nan & Chen Yu-Jie, Taiwan
• Lee Thean-Jeen, Singapore

Best Theme Song 

• Lai Yu-Jiao & UrbanCat, Taiwan
• Manish Tipu, Ujjawal Kashyap, Paritosh Hazare, Ikrammudin Iochoor, Sreekanth Agneeaswaran & Daniel B. George, India
• Hamed Ismail & Amri Amin, Singapore
• Kyls Burtland, Australia
• WINNER: Chen Xiao-Xia, Taiwan
•  Highly Commended: Aghi Narottama & Tony Merle, Singapore

 

TERRESTRIAL CHANNEL OF THE YEAR

• Winner: PTS, Taiwan
• Highly Commended: Channel NewsAsia, Singapore

CABLE & SATELLITE CHANNEL OF THE YEAR

• Winner: Al Jazeera English, Malaysia/ Qatar
• Highly Commended: BBC World News, Singapore

TERRESTRIAL BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR

• Winner: Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Singapore
• Highly Commended: Public Television Service Foundation, Taiwan

CABLE & SATELLITE NETWORK OF THE YEAR

• Winner: Al Jazeera English, Malaysia/ Qatar
• Highly Commended: Shanghai Media Group, China

– Rappler.com