Devotion (TV series)

Devotion
阿娣
Genre	Historical period drama
Written by	Ng Kah Huay 黄佳华
Directed by	Loo Yin Kam 卢燕金 Wong Foong Hwee 黄芬菲
Starring	Zoe Tay Chen Hanwei Zhou Ying Chloe Wang Zhang Zhenhuan Kate Pang Adeline Lim
Opening theme	倔强 by Kit Chan
Ending theme	满足 by Wang Fang 兄妹 by Kit Chan 原乡情浓 by Wang Fang
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language	Chinese
No. of episodes	25
Production
Producer	Soh Bee Lian 苏美莲
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Original release
Network	MediaCorp Channel 8
Release	28 June (2011-06-28) – 1 August 2011 (2011-08-01)
Related
C.L.I.F. On the Fringe 2011

Devotion (Chinese: 阿娣) 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 series repeated at 12pm on Tuesday to Saturday in 2022 Feb to 2022 March.

Cast

Cast	Character	Description	Episodes Appeared
Zoe Tay	Liu Zhaodi aka. Ah Di	Main Protagonist Foster mother of Yuanfang, Shanshan, Siwen, Shuangjie and Wufeng Zhongzheng and Keqin's wife Dake's girlfriend Owner of "Home Flavours" Later Dake's wife	ep 1-25
Chen Hanwei	Huang Dake	Ah Di's boyfriend Manager of a travel agency Later Ah Di's third husband	ep 1-2 ep 4-7 ep 12-25
Terence Cao	Xie Zhi'an	Police inspector Ah Di's friend	ep 2-4 ep 17-25
Yao Wenlong	Hong Keqin	Owner of "Home Flavours" Ah Di's second husband Died (fell off a building)	ep 4-8
Alicia Lo Yu Xuan	Wang Yuanfang	Main Villain Ruiji's daughter Shanhe's ex-girlfriend Ah Di's adopted daughter and love rival Killed Yimin Later in prison	ep 1-7 (younger)
Zhou Ying			ep 7-21, 23-25 (older)
Dong Lu Ying	Lin Shanshan	Yuxi's daughter Ah Di's adopted daughter Shuangjie's girlfriend	ep 1-7 (younger)
Chloe Wang			ep 7-25 (older)
Oh Ling En	Xu Siwen	Zhongzheng's daughter Ah Di's stepdaughter Shuangjie's friend Deaf Killed by Yimin (ep 22)	ep 1-7 (younger)
Kate Pang			ep 7-23 (older)
Bryan Chung 钟肇峰	Fu Shuangjie	Orphan Ah Di's adopted son Shanshan's boyfriend Siwen's friend	ep 5-7 (younger)
Zhang Zhenhuan			ep 7-25 (older)
Lu Le Ci	Wu Feng	Aihao's biological daughter Ah Di's adopted daughter University student	ep 6-7 (younger)
Adeline Lim			ep 7-8, 11-25 (older)
Aileen Tan	Wu Aihao	Wu Feng's mother Ah Di's friend	ep 1, 4, 6, 19-25
Chen Huihui	Hong Jinzhi	Keqin's sister Former lady boss of Home Flavours	ep 4-13 ep 16-23, 25
Zhang Xinxiang	Xie Jinfu	A love cheat	ep 9-12
Brandon Wong	Wang Ruiji	Yuanfang's father Yuxi's husband and comrade Killed Zhongzheng Died in prison (ep 16)	ep 1-3, 8, 11, 16
Lin Meijiao	Zhang Yuxi	Shanshan's mother Ruiji's wife and comrade Killed Zhongzheng	ep 1-3, 10, 21-25
Chen Guohua	Zheng Ah Nan	Yimin's father Employee of "Home Flavours"	ep 4-25
Jeffrey Xu	Zheng Yimin	Supporting Villain Ah Nan's son Autistic Siwen's friend Killed Siwen, later killed by Yuanfang (ep 22)	ep 12-23
Darryl Yong	Chen Shanhe	Yuanfang's ex-boyfriend	ep 8-17
Chen Shucheng	Zhuo Chunsheng	Lived alone	ep 11-18 ep 20 ep 25
Huang Wenyong	Xu Zhongzheng	Ah Di's first husband Siwen's father Killed by Ruiji and Yuxi	ep 1-2
Ye Shipin	Huo Yan	Ah Di's foster father	ep 1-2

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 encored 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

Devotion won a string of nominations at the awards ceremony, including a record three for the Young Talent Award and two for the Best Newcomer Award.The other dramas are nominated for Best Theme songs are Secrets for Sale, A Song to Remember, Kampong Ties & The Oath.

Award	Nominee	Result
Best Actress	Zoe Tay	Nominated
Young Talent Award	Dong Lu Ying	Nominated
	Oh Ling En	Nominated
	Yong Joe Yan	Nominated
Best Newcomer	Adeline Lim	Nominated
	Jeffrey Xu	Nominated
Best Drama Theme Song	《倔强》 by Kit Chan	Won
Best Director	Loo Yin Kam	Nominated
Best Drama Cameraman	Tommy Lee	Nominated
Best Drama Set Design	Wong Lab Seng	Nominated
Best Drama Editing	Poon Yiu Tung	Nominated
Favourite Female Character	Lin Shanshan (played by Chloe Wang)	Nominated

See also

• List of programmes broadcast by Mediacorp Channel 8
• List of Devotion episodes

References