Devotion (TV series)
Devotion is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Zoe Tay, Chen Hanwei, Zhou Ying, Cynthia Wang, Zhang Zhenhuan, Kate Pang & Adeline Lim as the casts of the series. It made its debut on 28 June 2011 and ended its run on 1 August 2011. This drama serial consists of 25 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9.00 pm.
The storyline spans 40 years, and is also dubbed the mid-year blockbuster-cum-47th anniversary drama.
Synopsis
Liu Zhao Di, better known as Ah Di, is born in the 60s amidst sand quarries during the heyday of sand quarrying. Zhao Di, the fourth daughter in the family and whose name means "brings a younger brother", is given away to an uncle after her mother finally gives birth to a boy. He mistreats Ah Di like a maid. When she was little, Ah Di falls into a quarry pond and was saved by Huang Dake. Love blossoms between them after they are reunited in adulthood but Ah Di is forced by her foster father, Liu Huoyan to marry Xu Zhongzheng, the boss of a garment factory.Ah Di was also kidnapped trying to save three girls, Yuanfang, Shanshan and Siwen. They were later being saved.
Not long after Ah Di marries Zhongzheng, he was manslaughtered by two subordinates,. After Zhongzheng died, Ah Di works in a soy sauce factory. She becomes the object of love of Hong Keqin, the boss of a soy sauce factory. However, she rejects his overtures because of her deep love for Dake whom she thinks is dead.
A sequence of events lead to Ah Di adopting five children from different families - Wang Yuanfang, Fu Shuangjie, Xu Siwen, Lin Shanshan and Wu Feng and raising them while working at Keqin's factory, "Home Flavour". Raising five children has been a bittersweet experience for Ah Di who never once entertained the thought of giving them up even in life's most difficult moments...
Cast
Trivia
- This drama is one of three drama blockbusters in 2011, the other two being The Oath as well as A Song to Remember.
- This drama marks Zoe Tay's return after The Ultimatum in 2009.
- The drama coincidentally stars all three of the Star Search 1988 contestants still in the entertainment industry: Zoe Tay, Chen Hanwei and Aileen Tan.
- Dai Yang Tian was offered the role Fu Shuangjie, but he turned down the role. The role was played by Zhang Zhenhuan instead.
- This drama marks Taiwan star Chloe Wang's first Singaporean drama.
- This drama also marks Star Search 2010 artistes Adeline Lim, Jeffery Xu and Darryl Yong's first drama production.
- Cynthia Wang's role Lin Shanshan's surname was originally named Zhang.
- This drama is currently encoring from 13 June 2012 to 17 July 2012 at 5.30pm. Unriddle 2 was supposed to make a quick encore the weekday after The Oath's encore finale, which is on the timespan stated and also planned to end a week earlier, but the channel wanted to encore this drama due to strong rating symbol guide in Singapore media.
Accolades
| Award | Nominee | Result |
| Best Actress 最佳女主角 | Zoe Tay | |
| Young Talent Award 青苹果奖 | Dong Lu Ying | |
| Young Talent Award 青苹果奖 | Oh Ling En | |
| Young Talent Award 青苹果奖 | Yong Joe Yan | |
| Best Newcomer | Adeline Lim | |
| Best Newcomer | Jeffrey Xu | |
| Best Drama Theme Song 最佳主题曲 | 《倔强》 by Kit Chan | |
| Best Director 最佳导演 | Loo Yin Kam | |
| Best Drama Cameraman | Tommy Lee | |
| Best Drama Set Design | Wong Lab Seng | |
| Best Drama Editing | Poon Yiu Tung | |
| Favourite Female Character 最喜爱女主角 | Lin Shanshan |