Squid Game is Poised to Win Big During 2022 Award Season

It is not a surprise that Squid Game is one of the most talked-about contenders for the 2022 awards season. Since its debut on September 17, 2021, Squid Game became the #1 show in 94 countries on Netflix including the US. It became the most-watched Netflix show of all time by October 2021, and it is still the most-watched Netflix show of all time.

As the 2021/2022 awards season started, Squid Game got many major awards nominations and it has won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor (Oh Yeong Su), and a Gotham Award win for breakthrough series so far.

With earning 4 impressive nominations including Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series from SAG awards as the first non-English language series and the first Korean series, a lot of critics are now saying Squid Game would be a top contender for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards 2022. If it does, it will make history being the first non-English language series and the first Korean series to win an award at the Primetime Emmy Awards.

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List of Nominations which Squid Games scored so far

Golden Globes 2022, January 9, 2022

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role on Television – Oh Yeong-Su [Winner]

Best Television Series – Drama

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama – Lee Jung-Jae

AACTA International Award 2022, January 26, 2022

Best Drama

Best Actor in a Series – Lee Jung-Jae

Screen Actor Guild Awards 2022, February 27, 2022

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series – Lee Jung-Jae

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series – Jung Hoyeon

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series

Film Independent Spirit Awards 2022, March 6, 2022

Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series – Lee Jung-Jae

Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards 2022, March 8, 2022

Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production – Jung Jaeil

Critics Choice Award 2022, March 13, 2022

Best Drama Series

Best Actor in a Drama Series – Lee Jung-Jae

Best Foreign Language Series

Satellite Awards 2022, March 18, 2022

Best Television Series, Drama

Visual Effects Society Awards 2022, March 8, 2022

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode – Jung Jae-Hun, Kim Hyejin, Kim Hyungrok, Jung Sungnam

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (2021), November 17, 2021

Best Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series – Jung Jaeil

Best Main Title – TV Show (Foreign Language) – Jung Jaeil

Gotham Awards (2021), November 29, 2021

Breakthrough Series – Longform [Winner]

Outstanding Performance in a New Series – Lee Jung-Jae

People’s Choice Awards (2021), December 7, 2021

The Bingeworthy Show of 2021

People’s Choice Awards Honoree – Mayank Badhwar

People’s Icon – Mayank Badhwar

AFI Awards (2022), anounced on December 8th, 2021

Special Award [Winner]

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