After several intense weeks of polling — during which an impressive 400,000+ votes were registered — our SB Midyear Wrap-up series is finally drawing to a close. While we have been busy chiming in with our opinions during the past few weeks, we’re now happy to finally present your picks of the best of K-pop in the first half of 2012!

Without further ado, here are the results of our polling:

BEST DEBUT

  1. Nu’est — 43.23%
  2. EXO (K+M) — 43.02%
  3. BAP — 9.17%
  4. JJ Project — 1.32%
  5. VIXX — 0.83%

 

 

BEST COMEBACK

  1. SHINee’s “Sherlock” — 26.71%
  2. Big Bang’s “Alive” — 16.81%
  3. Infinite’s “The Chaser” — 14.03%
  4. Block B’s “Nanrina” — 10.99%
  5. MBLAQ’s “This Is War” — 6.45%

 

 

BEST MV

  1. Xia Junsu’s “Tarantallegra” — 30.84%
  2. Nu’est’s “Face” — 25.31%
  3. EXO (K+M)’s “MAMA” — 24.12%
  4. SHINee’s “Sherlock” — 5.09%
  5. Big Bang’s “Fantastic Baby” — 3.8%

 

 

BEST SONG

  1. Xia Junsu’s “Tarantallegra” — 22.33%
  2. EXO (K+M)’s “MAMA” — 10.89%
  3. Big Bang’s “Bad Boy” — 10.39%
  4. Infinite’s “The Chaser” — 9.51%
  5. Shinhwa’s “Venus” — 6.11%

 

 

BEST MINI ALBUM

  1. Big Bang’s “Alive” — (see footnote)
  2. Miryo’s “MIRYO a.k.a JOHONEY” — 14.07%
  3. FT Island’s “Grown Up“ — 13.13%
  4. Wonder Girls’ “Wonder Party“ — 12.92%
  5. EXO (K+M)’s “MAMA” — 9.04%
  6. SNSD TTS’ “Twinkle” — 8.52%

 

 

BEST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM

  1. Xia Junsu’s “Tarantallegra“ — 48.5%
  2. Big Bang’s “Alive” — 16.33% (see footnote)
  3. Shinhwa’s “The Return“ — 16.01%
  4. Jo Kwon’s “I’m Da One“ — 8.21%
  5. Jay Park’s “New Breed“ — 1.9%
  6. Busker Busker’s “Busker Busker 1st” — 1.82%

 

 

BEST CONCEPT

  1. Xia Junsu’s “Tarantallegra” concept — 43.84%
  2. SHINee’s “Sherlock” concept — 10.07%
  3. Big Bang’s “Monster” concept — 6.71%
  4. EXO (K+M)’s “Superpower” concept 6.49%
  5. BAP’s “Extraterrestrial Alien” concept — 4.37%

 

 

BEST ACTRESS

  1. Han Ji-min (Rooftop Prince) — 29.2%
  2. Ha Ji-won (King 2 Hearts) — 14.84%
  3. Park Min-young (Dr. Jin) — 14.15%
  4. Yoo In-na (Queen In-hyun’s Man) — 8.79%
  5. Yoona (Love Rain) — 6.19%

 

 

BEST ACTOR

  1. Kim Jaejoong (Dr. Jin) — 64.35%
  2. Park Yoochun (Rooftop Prince) — 15.81%
  3. Bang Sung-joon (Shup Up Flower Boy Band) — 3.33%
  4. Gong Yoo (Big) — 3.33%
  5. Kim Soo-hyun (The Moon That Embraces The Sun) — 3.19%
  6. Lee Seung-gi (King 2 Hearts) — 3.13%

 

 

BEST ONSCREEN COUPLE

  1. Ji Hyun-woo & Yoo In-na (Queen In-hyun’s Man) — 37.48%
  2. Park Yoochun & Han Ji-min (Rooftop Prince) — 28.44%
  3. Lee Seung-gi & Ha Ji-won (King 2 Hearts) — 12.21%
  4. Gong Yoo & Lee Min-jung (Big) — 6.57%
  5. Jang Dong-geun & Kim Ha-neul (A Gentleman’s Dignity) — 4.33%

 

 

BEST DRAMA

  1. Shut Up Flower Boy Band — 19.4%
  2. Rooftop Prince — 18.52%
  3. Gaksital (Bridal Mask) — 13.11%
  4. Queen In-hyun’s Man — 12.82%
  5. King 2 Hearts — 9.52%

 

Footnote — During our poll series, Big Bang’s “Alive” mini-album was accidentally listed under the full-length album poll instead of the mini-album poll (our mistake — sorry!). Unfortunately, there was no way for us to immediately rectify the situation at the time of its discovery (as the polls were already well underway) without throwing off the rest of the results. There are several things that should be noted, however: empirically, the mini-album got 2nd place in the full-length album poll at 16.33%. Additionally, the number of votes it received was close to two times the number of votes that were cast for the 1st place winner of mini-album poll (Miryo), which leads us to believe it probably would have won for best mini-album had it been listed under the correct category. As this can only be conjectured, all we can do present what data we have, and encourage our readers to interpret the results as they see fit.

Congratulations to all the winners, and a big thanks to everyone who participated!

(Images via Pledis Entertainment, SM Entertainment, C-JeS Entertainment, YG Entertainment, SBS, MBC, tvN)