Dream High

Dream High (Korean: 드림하이) is a 2011 South Korean television series starring Bae Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun, Ok Taec-yeon, Hahm Eun-jung, Jang Wooyoung and Lee Ji-eun.

It aired on KBS2 from January 3 to February 28, 2011, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.

Dream High
Dream High
Promotional poster
Hangul
드림하이
Revised RomanizationDeurimhai
McCune–ReischauerTŭrimhai
Genre
Screenplay byPark Hye-ryun
Directed by
Creative directorBae Yong-joon
Starring
Opening theme"Dream High"
ComposerPark Jin-young
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16 (+1 special)
Production
Running time65–70 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseJanuary 3 (2011-01-03) –
February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)
Related
Dream High 2

The drama was popular among teenagers, and brought in average viewership ratings of 15.7% during its two-month run. A special episode, where the cast of the show performed the Dream High Special Concert on a stage near Seoul, was aired on March 1, 2011, the day after the series ended.

Its sequel Dream High 2 aired a year later with a different cast.

Synopsis

Six students at Kirin High School share dreams of becoming K-pop idols, among others. During their school years, they learn how to develop their singing, songwriting and dancing skills while undergoing personal growth. They also start to develop feelings for one another. Each of them has their own strengths and weaknesses, but they strive to debut with the support and guidance of one another.

Cast

Main

  • Bae Suzy as Go Hye-mi
    • Lee Joo-yeon as young Go Hye-mi (Ep. 2 & 5)
    She originally wanted to become an opera singer but is forced to take up mainstream pop to pay off her father's debt to a gangster.
    A country bumpkin who is a music prodigy with a rare disease. He develops a one-sided crush on Hye-mi.
    An aspiring dancer who plans on making his entertainment debut due to the contentious relationship with his father, the mayor, who hasn't acknowledged him as his son. Hye-mi's Love Interest.
    Formerly best friends with Hye-mi, the two become bitter enemies when Hye-mi betrays Baek-hee during an audition.
    An American-born dancer who plans on making his entertainment debut in Korea.
    She was discouraged from pursuing music because she was shy and overweight. She also has the gift of perfect pitch.

Supporting

  • Ahn Gil-kang as Ma Doo-shik
  • Ahn Sun-young as Kang Oh-sun (Oh-hyuk's older sister)
  • Ahn Seo-hyun as Go Hye-sung (Hye-mi's younger sister)
  • Lee Hye-sook as Song Nam-boon (Sam-dong's mother)
  • Choi Il-hwa as Hyun Moo-jin (Jin-guk's father)
  • Park Hyuk-kwon as Go Byung-jik (Hye-mi's father)
  • Jang Hee-soo as Kang Hee-seon (Baek-hee's mother)
  • Park Hwi-soon as Jin-gook's roommate (Ep. 1–2, 5)

Teachers in Kirin High School

Students in Kirin High School

  • Jeon Ah-min as Jo In-sung (Jin-gook's friend)
  • Joo as Jung Ah-jung
  • Han Ji-hoo as Park Do-joon
  • Yoon Young-ah as Lee Ri-ah
  • Park Jin-sang as Jun Tae-san
  • Han Bo-reum as Ha So-hyun
  • Bae Noo-ri as Han So-ri (Ep. 6, 9, 12–13)

Special appearances

Production

In January 2009, media outlets reported that Bae Yong-joon, hallyu actor and chairman of KeyEast, would co-produce a television drama with Park Jin-young's entertainment company JYP. A television drama production company, Holym, was established as a joint venture between KeyEast and JYP Entertainment. In April 2010, CJ Media signed a MoU with Holym becoming the part of production team. Bae being the creative producer of the drama, he provided overall concept, goals and ideas while Park composed the music and choreographed the dance for the series. The screenplay was written by Park Hye-ryun and the series was directed by Lee Eung-bok.

Bae Yong-joon was also part of the cast for four episodes making his first small screen appearance in three years. While Park Jin-young marked his acting debut with the series. Ok Taec-yeon and Jang Wooyoung from 2PM, Bae Suzy from Miss A, Hahm Eun-jung from T-ara, singer IU and Kim Soo-hyun were selected for the main cast. Kim was the only non-idol among the cast; but had studied music and dance at JYP Entertainment for 3 months in order to portray his role.

Original soundtrack

Dream High: Original Sound Track
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)
Recorded2010–11
Genre
Length43:46
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
ProducerPark Jin-young
Singles from Dream High
  1. "Dream High" & "Someday"
    Released: January 3, 2011 (2011-01-03)
  2. "Maybe"
    Released: January 10, 2011 (2011-01-10)
  3. "Someone's Dream"
    Released: January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17)
  4. "Winter Child"
    Released: January 19, 2011 (2011-01-19)
  5. "If"
    Released: January 31, 2011 (2011-01-31)
  6. "May I Love You" & "Don't Leave Me"
    Released: February 7, 2011 (2011-02-07)
Original Album Tracklist
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Dream High" (드림하이)Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun & Joo3:46
2."Someday"IU3:37
3."My Valentine"Taecyeon & Nichkhun (feat. Park Jin-young)4:07
4."If" (못 잊은 거죠)Park Jin-young3:54
5."Maybe"Sunye3:00
6."May I Love You" (사랑하면 안될까)Changmin & Jinwoon3:34
7."Don't Leave Me" (가지마)Jun.K & Lim Jeong-hee4:19
8."Someone's Dream" (어떤이의 꿈)San E (feat. Sohyang of POS)3:16
9."Winter Child" (겨울아이)Suzy3:38
10."Dreaming"Kim Soo-hyun3:41
11."If" (Inst.)Park Jin-young3:54
12."Maybe" (Inst.)Sunye3:00
Total length:43:46

Chart performance

Title Year Peak
positions
Remarks Ref.
KOR
"Dream High" (Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Suzy, Kim Soo-hyun and Joo) 2011 41 Part 1
"Someday" (IU) 1
"Maybe" (Sunye) 10 Part 2
"Someone's Dream" (San E) 48 Part 3
"Winter Child" (Suzy) 12 Part 4
"If" (Park Jin-young) 3 Part 5
"May I Love You" (Changmin and Jinwoon) 5 Part 6
"Don't Leave Me" (Lim Jeong-hee and Jun. K) 60
"My Valentine" (Taecyeon and Nichkhun) 16
"Dreaming" (Kim Soo-hyun) 4

Plagiarism allegation

While "Someday" fared well commercially and reached number one on the Gaon Digital Chart, it was embroiled in controversy after the song's writer and composer, Park Jin-young, was accused of plagiarizing the song, "To My Man". Songwriter Kim Shin-il won his plagiarism lawsuit against Park Jin-young in 2013, however, an appeal to the Supreme Court of Korea led to an eventual High Court retrial in 2015.

Reception

On October 5, 2011, Japan's daily paper Sankei Sports reported that Dream High was handed the Grand Prize and 'Hallyu award at the SKY PerfecTV! awards which took place in Tokyo. On October 24, 2011, Dream High was given the Special Award for Foreign Drama at the 5th International Drama Festival held in Tokyo. On December 31, 2011, Dream High won the following at the KBS Drama Awards: Best Supporting Actress for Lee Yoon-ji; Best New Actor and Popularity Award for Kim Soo-hyun; Best New Actress for Bae Suzy; and Best Couple Award for Kim Soo-hyun and Bae Suzy. On May 10, 2012, Dream High was honored at the Rose d'Or, the global entertainment television festival ceremony which took place at Lucerne, Switzerland. It won the Golden Rose under the Youth category, the first ever Korean production to do so.

In 2012, Philippines network ABS-CBN dubbed the show as "The most successful Korean series of 2011".

Dream High is one of the most watched South Korean dramas on Chinese video streaming platform Youku with over 26,300,000 views and an average of 2,000,000 views per episode (As of July 2016).

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea TNmS
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
1 January 3, 2011 10.7% (13th) 11.2% (13th) 11.3% (8th) 14.2% (5th)
2 January 4, 2011 10.8% (14th) 11.4% (13th) 11.5% (10th) 13.9% (6th)
3 January 10, 2011 13.1% (7th) 13.3% (7th) 11.7% (8th) 13.8% (5th)
4 January 11, 2011 13.8% (5th) 14.3% (5th) 13.4% (4th) 15.4% (5th)
5 January 17, 2011 15.5% (3rd) 17.0% (4th) 13.7% (3rd) 15.8% (3rd)
6 January 18, 2011 15.8% (4th) 17.1% (4th) 13.1% (4th) 15.9% (4th)
7 January 24, 2011 15.9% (3rd) 17.2% (4th) 15.3% (3rd) 17.5% (3rd)
8 January 31, 2011 16.3% (4th) 17.7% (5th) 14.9% (3rd) 17.4% (3rd)
9 February 1, 2011 16.7% (3rd) 18.3% (5th) 14.9% (3rd) 16.9% (4th)
10 February 7, 2011 17.6% (3rd) 19.3% (3rd) 16.7% (3rd) 19.2% (3rd)
11 February 8, 2011 17.9% (3rd) 19.3% (3rd) 16.6% (3rd) 19.3% (3rd)
12 February 14, 2011 16.7% (3rd) 18.9% (3rd) 15.8% (3rd) 17.8% (3rd)
13 February 15, 2011 17.9% (3rd) 20.1% (3rd) 17.2% (3rd) 20.1% (3rd)
14 February 21, 2011 17.6% (3rd) 19.3% (3rd) 16.4% (3rd) 18.9% (3rd)
15 February 22, 2011 17.9% (3rd) 19.5% (3rd) 17.2% (3rd) 19.7% (3rd)
16 February 28, 2011 17.2% (3rd) 18.6% (3rd) 18.2% (3rd) 20.7% (3rd)
Average 15.7% 17.0% 14.9% 17.3%
Special March 1, 2011 12.2% (9th) 13.6% (8th) 12.1% (6th) 14.4% (5th)

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2011 47th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Director (TV) Lee Eung-bok Nominated
Best New Actor (TV) Kim Soo-hyun Nominated
Park Jin-young Nominated
Best New Actress (TV) Suzy Nominated
Popularity Award, Actor (TV) Kim Soo-hyun Nominated
Park Jin-young Nominated
Popularity Award, Actress (TV) Suzy Nominated
IU Nominated
Eunjung Nominated
4th Korea Drama Awards Best Writer Park Hye-ryun Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Um Ki-joon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Lee Yoon-ji Nominated
Best New Actor Kim Soo-hyun Won
Best New Actress Suzy Nominated
Popularity Award Kim Soo-hyun Won
6th Naver Awards Most-popular PC search ㅡ Monthly Dream High First place
Most-popular Mobile search ㅡ Monthly First place
Most-popular PC search ㅡ Yealy 4th place
6th Seoul International Drama Awards Best Miniseries Nominated
13th Mnet Asian Music Awards Best OST "Someday" – IU Nominated
SKY PerfecTV! Awards Grand Prize Dream High Won
Hallyu Award Kim Soo-hyun Won
5th Tokyo International Drama Festival Special Award for Foreign Drama Dream High Won
3rd Bugs Music Awards OST of the Year "My Valentine" – Taecyeon & Nichkhun
feat. Park Jin-young
Won
KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Suzy Nominated
Best New Actor Kim Soo-hyun Won
Park Jin-young Nominated
Best New Actress Suzy Won
IU Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Lee Yoon-ji Won
Best Young Actress Ahn Seo-hyun Nominated
Popularity Award Kim Soo-hyun Won
Suzy Nominated
Best Couple Award Kim Soo-hyun and Suzy Won
Taecyeon and Suzy Nominated
Wooyoung and IU Nominated
Cyworld Digital Music Awards Song of the Month (February) "Dreaming" – Kim Soo-hyun Won
7th Innolife Japan Entertainment Awards Best Korean Actress Eunjung Won
Suzy Nominated
Best Korean Actor Kim Soo-hyun Nominated
Best Drama - Grand Prize Dream High Nominated
DramaBeans Awards Favourite Comedic Drama Nominated
Best Kiss Suzy & Kim Soo-hyun Nominated
Favoutite character Kim Soo-hyun Nominated
Best Posse Suzy & Eunjung Nominated
Funniest Noraebang scene IU & Jang Wooyoung Nominated
Best Use of an Idol Star Eunjung Nominated
Suzy Nominated
The Fact Awards Best acting idol Eunjung 3rd place
Best Drama Dream High 2nd place
2012 Rose d'Or Awards Golden Rose (Children & Youth) Award Won
7th Seoul International Drama Awards Outstanding Korean Drama Nominated
Outstanding Korean Actress Suzy Nominated
2013 USTv Student's Choice Award Best Foreign Soap Opera Dream High Won

Listicles

Year List Rank Rank Ref.
Nate 2012 Best Dramas of The Year 2nd
Buzzfeed 2021 24 K-Dramas That Are Made Even Better By Their Fantastic Soundtracks 8th
CBR 2022 10 Best K-Dramas About The K-Pop Industry 2nd
FilmFare 2023 10 K-Dramas That Get Real About The Entertainment Industry Placed
Lifestyle Byte Top 20 Best Singing Shows That Will Make You Wish for Your Own Pop Star Moment 11th

Adaptations

  • The drama was adapted into a Japanese stage musical, with Yuya Matsushita and Bright's Nanaka playing the roles of Song Sam-dong and Go Hye-mi, respectively. It had runs at the New National Theatre Tokyo from July 3 to July 20, 2012 and was produced by the "Dream High: Musical Production Committee" (ミュージカル「ドリームハイ」製作委員会), composed of TBS, Avex Live Creative, Nelke Planning and Lawson HMV Entertainment.
  • After the publication of Dream High Special Making Book in February 2011 which contained behind-the-scene stories and photos as well as special interviews with the show's cast, a two-volume "image novel" was also released featuring still cuts from the drama.
  • In episode 17 of My Love from the Star, Bae Suzy makes a special guest appearance as Go Hye-mi, the main protagonist (and the same character she plays in) of Dream High.
  • On November 13, 2022, it was announced Dream High would be adapted into a Korean stage musical which will be opened in May 2023, the plot focusing on the lives of main characters 10 years after the series. On January 26, 2023, it was confirmed that Dream High will be adapted into a Korean stage musical. On February 10, it was confirmed that choreographers Choi Young-jun from 1Million and Kim Hyo-jin from Artone (also the producing house of the musical) will be participating as choreography directors on the choreograph-heavy stage work. On February 28, it was confirmed that Eum Moon-suk, Winner's Lee Seung-hoon and SF9's Yoo Tae-yang will be playing the male lead, adult Song Sam-dong. Most of the main characters from the original series are reprised as adulthood characters in the adaptation, however only childhood and adolescent casts have been revealed for Go Hye-mi, the female lead in the series.

Sequel

The sequel Dream High 2 aired a year later with a different cast, starring Kang So-ra, GOT7's JB and Jinyoung, 2AM's Jinwoon, T-ara's Jiyeon, SISTAR's Hyolyn, Ailee, and Park Seo-joon.

Media release

In Japan, the series received a 2-Box Set DVD release on September 28, 2011 by Avex Japan, which were only available for purchase in the country. Due to the show's popularity and the success of the previous releases, Additional 2 Box-Sets were released on August 3, 2012 under the same distributor.

Another DVD Box set featuring behind-the-scenes videos and interviews with the cast and staff was released on December 7 of the same year in Japan under Pony Canyon.

International broadcast

Dream High is one of the best selling Korean dramas internationally, being licensed to over 35 channels in approximately 60 different countries. It received a worldwide broadcast on KBS World on April 27, 2021. It was also aired on MENA's largest network group MBC starting 25 August 2013 and received multiple re-runs since due to its popularity. In Europe, it premiered in Italy on September 2, 2013 on MTV and in 2017 on Lifetyle TV in Romania. The show was sold to various Latin American countries including Peru (2012), Ecuador (2012), Chile (2012, 2013, 2017), Panama (2013), Colombia (2013), Dominican Republic (2013), El Salvador (2013) and Bolivia (2014). It premiered in Indonesia on NET TV for the third time on January 17, 2022.

Streaming platform

Dream High has been licensed to multiple local and international streaming platforms since its release. Foreign releases were on American platforms DramaFever and Viki Rakuten as well as Viu, available in selected regions. It was released on Netflix on July 20, 2022.

Notes

References

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