Beach.Ball.Babes

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Beach.Ball.Babes (球爱大战)
Title card for Beach.Ball.Babes
Genre	Idol Drama Sports and Romance
Starring	Christopher Lee Jesseca Liu Joanne Peh Dawn Yeoh Cui Peng Jade Seah Pan Lingling
Opening theme	球爱大战 by Chen Diya, Carrie Yeo and Teresa Tseng
Ending theme	保暖 by Teresa Tseng
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language	Chinese
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer	Soh Bee Lian (苏美莲)
Running time	approx. 45 minutes per episode
Release
Original network	MediaCorp TV Channel 8
Original release	7 July (2008-07-07) – 1 August 2008 (2008-08-01)
Chronology
Preceded by	La Femme
Followed by	The Defining Moment
Related shows	The Seeds of Life 2011
External links
Website

Beach.Ball.Babes (simplified Chinese: 球爱大战) is a Singaporean Chinese idol drama mainly showcasing the main leads playing beach volleyball. It was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 7 July 2008 and ended on 1 August 2008. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was aired on every weekday night at 9:00 pm.

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
• Pan Lingling as Wang Yiyen
• Jade Seah as Yaya
• Mark Lee as Shay

Supporting Cast[]

• Bernard Tan as Li Zhiliang
• Jerry Yeo as Cai Guorong
• Richard Low
• Hong Huifang
• Ye Shipin
• Wang Yu Yun
• Eelyn Kok
• Benjamin Heng
• Pamelyn Chee
• Desmond Tan

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), Sentosa's beach bar owner. Rainie forms a new team to compete, while Yanfang discovers a hidden talent in Sixing (Dawn Yeoh), a nerdy Mathematics undergraduate at a local university.

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 whom 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.

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.
• The first time in the drama Sixing and her mother goes to the beach in bikinis, Sixing is not wearing a seamless bra.
• The series was repeated on Mediacorp Channel 8 at 4.00 am.

External links[]

• Official Website