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.
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]
