Swimming Battle

Swimming Battle (Chinese: 飛魚高校生; pinyin: fēi yú gāo xiào shēng) is a 2016 Taiwanese romance, sports television series created and produced by Sanlih E-Television. It stars Kingone Wang, Mandy Wei, Enson Chang and Cindy Yen. Filming began on June 1, 2016 and wrapped up in October 20, 2016.[1] First original broadcast began on July 8, 2016 on SET Metro airing every Friday night at 10:00-11:30 pm.

Swimming Battle
飛魚高校生
Swimming Battle promotional poster
GenreRomance
Sports
Created bySanlih E-Television
Written byLuise
Chen Qun
Directed byWu Meng En
StarringKingone Wang
Mandy Wei
Enson Chang
Cindy Yen
Opening theme"Handsome to Break Up 帥到分手" by Nick Chou
Ending theme"When You Are Gone 餘波盪漾" by Hebe Tien
Country of originTaiwan
Original language(s)Mandarin
English
Taiwanese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes18
Production
Producer(s)Yang Hong Zhi
Lin Yan Shen
Production location(s)Taiwan
Running time90 minutes
Production company(s)Sanlih E-Television
Deepwaters Digital Support Inc.
Release
Original networkSET Metro
EBC Variety
Picture formatSDTV (480i)
HDTV (1080i)
First shown inTaiwan
Original release8 July (2016-07-08) –
4 November 2016 (2016-11-04)
Chronology
Preceded byBack to 1989
Followed byThe Perfect Match
Related showsLove Cuisine
External links
Official website
Production website

Synopsis

Can a woman who can’t remember her past and a man who is trying to hide his true identity break a swim team’s losing streak? Yu Die (Mandy Wei) was a genius child prodigy who lost everything she loved. Yu Die’s mother drowned while trying to save Yu Die and, in one very bad day, Yu Die lost her mother, her memory and her ability to swim. Years later, she crosses paths with Gao Hai Fei (Kingone Wang), the CEO of a multibillion corporation. Intrigued by Yu Die’s lost memories, Hai Fei hides his true identity from her and gets mistaken for a professional part-time worker who is a jack-of-all-trades. Yu Die asks Hai Fei for his help with the “Flying Fish” Men’s Swim Team, which has never been able to win a meet and is the laughing stock of the sport of swimming. With Hai Fei searching for a “mermaid” crush from his past, will he agree to help Yu Die turn the losing swim team around?

Cast

Main cast
  • Kingone Wang as Gao Hai Fei （Phillip）
    • Liao Bai Xiang as childhood Hai Fei
  • Mandy Wei as He Yu Die
    • Ella Wilkins as childhood Yu Die
  • Enson Chang as Lin Ke Le
    • Qiu Chen En as childhood Ke Le
  • Cindy Yen as Fei Ou Na （Fiona）
  • Emerson Tsai as Chen Jia Luo (Ah Luo)
    • Cai Rui Ze as childhood Ah Luo

Supporting cast
  • Peter Guan as Fang Yi Lei
  • Aaron Lai as Wang Er Tai
  • Roy Chang as You Yu An
  • Huang Hung-hsuan as Ruan An Zhuo
  • Ally Chiu as Du Xiao Mi
  • Zoey Lin as Luo Shan Shan
  • Dewi Chien as Qiao Ke Qi
  • Ban Tie Xiang as He Xing Xiong
  • Pa Yu as Pan Duo La
  • Charles Tu as Jin Chen Lang (Ah Lang)
  • Wayne Song as Cui Min Hao
  • Collins Ying as Ying Shao Hua
  • Vic Lin as An Ge Ming (Ah Wei)
  • Tina Chou as Hei Mo Li

Cameos
  • Chang Fu-chien as school principal
  • Gao Wei Teng as director of student affairs
  • Tu Kai Xiang as section manager
  • Lu Wen Xue as Fang Jia Hao
  • Jennifer Yin as Sandy Wang
  • Lin Hai Er as Ke Le's mother
  • Wu Shi Wei as Mr. Cheng
  • Yang Li-yin as Auntie Hua Zhi
  • Zhang Chang Mian as Qing Fang
  • Chen Wan Hao as Uncle Black Carp
  • Zhuang Zhuang as Reporter Wang
  • Li Bo Ming as reporter
  • Tan Ai-chen as Gao Yan Ming Zhu
  • Darren Do as Lei Long En
  • Michael Tao as Fei Tian Ci

Soundtrack
  • Handsome to Break Up 帥到分手 by Nick Chou
  • When You Are Gone 餘波盪漾 by Hebe Tien
  • Every Day is a Miracle 人間煙火 by Hebe Tien
  • A Dream Where You Dreamt of Me 我夢見你夢見我 by Yoga Lin
  • Unshakeable Rascals 熱血無賴 by Yoga Lin
  • Spoiled Innocence 天真有邪 by Yoga Lin
  • Structure of the Heart 心的構造 by Nicola Tsang
  • What Is The Shape Of Your Love 你的愛是甚麼形狀 by J.Arie

Broadcast
NetworkCountryAiring DateTimeslot
SET Metro TaiwanJuly 8, 2016Friday 10:00-11:30 pm
EBC VarietyJuly 9, 2016Saturday 10:00-11:30 pm
Astro Shuang Xing MalaysiaJuly 8, 2016Friday 10:00-11:30 pm
E City SingaporeJuly 17, 2016Sunday 10:00-11:30 pm
True Asian Series HD ThailandNov 18, 2017Saturday to Sunday 8:00-9:00 pm
UNTV PhilippinesThis 2020TBA

Episode ratings

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:

Air DateEpisodeAverage RatingsRank
Jul 8, 201611.401
Jul 15, 201621.251
Jul 22, 201631.451
Jul 29, 201641.361
Aug 5, 201653
Aug 12, 201661.183
Aug 19, 201671.413
Aug 26, 201681.293
Sep 2, 201691.382
Sep 9, 2016100.963
Sep 16, 2016111.273
Sep 23, 2016121.372
Sep 30, 2016131.383
Oct 7, 2016141.472
Oct 14, 2016151.422
Oct 21, 2016161.382
Oct 28, 2016171.262
Nov 4, 2016181.622
Average ratings

Awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2016 2016 Sanlih Drama Awards Viewers Choice Drama Award Swimming Battle Nominated
Best Actor Award Kingone Wang Won
Best Actress Award Mandy Wei Nominated
Best Potential Award Peter Guan Nominated
Best Crying Award Kingone Wang & Mandy Wei Nominated
Best Kiss Award Kingone Wang & Mandy Wei Nominated
Best Screen Couple Award Kingone Wang & Mandy Wei Nominated
Viewers Choice Drama's Song Award "Handsome to Break Up" - Nick Chou Won
"Unshakeable Rascals" - Yoga Lin Nominated
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References
  1. 新戲《飛魚高校生 Swimming Battle》0601開拍！魏蔓成王傳一的「初戀美人魚」 (in Chinese) Retrieved December 14, 2016
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