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.

Devotion
阿娣
GenreHistorical period drama
Written byNg Kah Huay 黄佳华
Directed byLoo Yin Kam 卢燕金
Wong Foong Hwee 黄芬菲
StarringZoe 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 originSingapore
Original languageChinese
No. of episodes25
Production
ProducerSoh Bee Lian 苏美莲
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes
Original release
NetworkMediaCorp Channel 8
Release28 June (2011-06-28) –
1 August 2011 (2011-08-01)
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Cast

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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

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  • 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

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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 最佳女主角 Zoe Tay Nominated
Young Talent Award 青苹果奖 Dong Lu Ying Nominated
Oh Ling En Nominated
Yong Joe Yan Nominated
Best Newcomer Adeline Lim Nominated
Jeffrey Xu Nominated
Best Drama Theme Song 最佳主题曲 《倔强》 by Kit Chan Won
Best Director 最佳导演 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 最喜爱女主角 Lin Shanshan
(played by Chloe Wang)
Nominated

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References

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