Beach.Ball.Babes
Beach.Ball.Babes (Simplified Chinese: 球爱大战, pronunciation: Qiu Ai Da Zhan) is a Singaporean Chinese idol drama mainly showcasing the main leads playing beach volleyball. It was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It made its debut on 7 July 2008 and ended its broadcast on 1 August 2008. The serial consists of 20 episodes and is aired on every weekday night 2100 hours.
Cast
Main Cast
- Christopher Lee as Ma Tian Wu
- Jesseca Liu as Cai Yan Fang
- Joanne Peh as Liu Xuan / Liu Feng Rainie (2 roles)
- Dawn Yeoh as Wang Si Xing
- Cui Peng as Yan Fei Peng
- Kit Chan
Supporting Cast
- Pan Ling Ling
- Jade Seah
- Richard Loh
- Jerry Yeo
- Wang Yu Yun
Synopsis
A shining star in the court of volleyball, Cai Yanfang (Jesseca Liu) is unfortunately self-centred and critical. She falls out with her teammates and dragged her best friend Rainie (Joanne Peh) along to switch to beach volleyball.
All is not smooth-sailing as Rainie is immensely jealous of Yanfang's talent, and they eventually break up over Ma Tianwu (Christopher Lee), a beach bar owner. Rainie forms a new team to compete, while Yanfang discovers a hidden talent in Sixing (Dawn Yeoh), a nerdy Maths student.
But Yanfang's selfishness and critical nature surface and it threatens to break the partnership. Sixing also gets distracted with the good-looking Tianwu. On the eve of a major competition, Rainie is pursued by thugs who her brother owes a lot of money, but Yanfang gets injured while trying to save her. An injured Yanfang is determined to compete, but her injury worsens at the crucial moment, will this be the end of her championship dreams?
Viewership Rating and Reception
This drama has managed to achieve considerably high viewership ratings.
Week |
Episode |
Date |
Percentage of Population (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Week 1 |
Ep 1 to Ep 5 |
07 July 2008 to 11 July 2008 |
17.6% |
Week 2 |
Ep 6 to Ep 10 |
14 July 2008 to 18 July 2008 |
17.7% |
Week 3 |
Ep 11 to Ep 15 |
21 July 2008 to 25 July 2008 |
TBA |
Week 4 |
Ep 16 to Ep 20 |
28 July 2008 to 1 August 2008 |
TBA |
Trivia
- Some audience felt that Christopher Lee was too old to play this role, which requires him to star opposite young female actresses Dawn Yeoh and Joanne Peh.