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 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
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Trivia This drama is one of three drama blockbusters in 2011, the other two being The Oath as well as A Song to Remember. 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. 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 OrganisationYear Category Nominee ResultRefStar Awards2012 Best Actress Zoe Tay Young Talent Award Dong Lu Ying Oh Ling En Yong Joe Yan Best Newcomer Adeline Lim Jeffrey Xu Best Drama Theme Song '倔强' by Kit Chan Best Director Loo Yin Kam Best Drama Cameraman Tommy Lee Best Drama Set Design Wong Lab Seng Best Drama Editing Poon Yiu Tung Favourite Female Character Lin Shanshan
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