Dream High 2
Dream High 2 (Korean: 드림하이 2) is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by KBS in 2012. It stars Kang So-ra, GOT7's JB and Jinyoung, 2AM's Jinwoon, T-ara's Jiyeon, SISTAR's Hyolyn, and Park Seo-joon. Like its prequel, it has 16 episodes which ran from January 30 to March 20, 2012 but was less successful, only averaging single-digit audience ratings.
| Dream High 2 | |
|---|---|
 Dream High 2 promotional poster | |
| Genre | Music Teen Comedy Drama Romance |
| Written by | Heo Sung-hye (ep 1-6) Jang Eun-mi (ep 7-16) |
| Directed by | Lee Eung-bok Mo Wan-il |
| Creative directors | Bae Yong-joon J.Y. Park |
| Starring | Ailee Kang So-ra Jinwoon Jiyeon JB Hyolyn Park Seo-joon |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Moon Bo-hyun Yang Gun-hwan Jung Wook Choi Kwan-yong |
| Producers | Ahn Joon-yong Yoon Gun-sik |
| Production location | Seoul |
| Running time | Mondays and Tuesdays at (UTC+09:00) 21:55 (KST) |
| Production companies | Holym[lower-alpha 1] CJ E&M Corp. |
| Distributor | KBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | KBS2 |
| Original release | January 30 – March 20, 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Dream High |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Synopsis
Like its predecessor Dream High, it follows a group of students at the Kirin High School of Art stars who pursue their dream of becoming K-pop stars. However, it has a slight difference in terms of plot with new set of student casts.
After going into financial bankruptcy, Kirin High School is taken over by Oz Entertainment. The company then transfers its own young trainees to circumvent a law requiring underage entertainers to study for a set amount of time. Then, competition brews between the troubled students at Kirin High and the newly transferred Oz Entertainment trainees.
Although Shin Hae-sung (Kang So-ra) enters Kirin High School with a high exam score, she has no talent in singing. She meets and befriends fellow students, Jin Yoo-jin (Jung Jin-woon) and JB. Yoo-jin, who originally got into the entertainment industry as a child actor, is now troubled by his dreams of becoming a rock star as he tries to cope with the pain of his parents' divorce. JB, a member of a famous group I:dn (Eden), develops feelings for Hae-sung and dates her later on.
Ri-an (Jiyeon), a member of a famous girl group called HershE, chases after JB, who was once her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Yoo-jin, who also likes Hae-sung, tries to separate the couple with Ri-an. Later on, Ri-an and Yoo-jin give up and remain close friends.
Hae-sung leaves for the US and 8 years after the graduation it is revealed that now she is a famous composer and director, JB, due to his leg injury, gives up on his dream of being a dancer and ends up as a music producer, Ri-an becomes a Hallyu idol, and Yoo-jin becomes a rock music teacher at Kirin High School by day and a rocker by night.
All of them have a reunion performance on stage for Kirin High School's 17 years anniversary.
Cast
Main
- Kang So-ra as Shin Hae-sung
- Park Ji-yeon as Ri-an / Lee Ji-kyung
- JB as JB / Jang Woo-jae
- Jinwoon as Jin Yoo-jin
- Hyolyn as Na-na / Kim Jae-hee
- Park Seo-joon as Lee Si-woo
Supporting
- Kirin students
- Jinyoung as Jung Ui-bong
- Yoo So-young as Park Soon-dong
- Kim Jisoo as Park Hong-joo
- Jung Yeon-joo as Lee Seul
- Ailee as Ailee
- Kirin teachers
- Park Jin-young as Yang Jin-man (English teacher)
- Kwon Hae-hyo as Joo Jung-wan (principal)
- Kim Jung-tae as Lee Kang-chul (president)
- Choi Yeo-jin as Ahn Tae-yeon (vocal teacher)
- Park Kahi as Hyun Ji-soo (dance teacher)
- Others
- Yoon Hee-seok as Shin Jae-in
- Hwang Mi-sun as Ri-an's mother
- Jung Kyu-soo as Hae-sung's father
- Roh Jeong-eui as Shin Hae-pung (Hae-sung's sister)
- Jo Jung-eun as teen Shin Hae-pung (episode 16)
Special appearances
- Kim Soo-hyun as actor playing Song Sam-dong (episode 1)
- IU as Kim Pil-sook (episode 1)
- Mark Tuan (Got7) as I:dn backup dancer (episode 1)
- Young K (Day6) as I:dn backup dancer (episode 1)
- Lee Chung-mi as Ga-yeong
- Park Sungjun (Boys Republic) as I:dn backup dancer (episode 1)
- Toxic as band performing with Yoo-jin in Hongdae (episode 1 and 2)
- Nayeon (Twice) as Jung Ui-bong's dance partner (episode 2)
- Myname as OZ Entertainment idol group (episode 2)
- Boyfriend as themselves (episode 2)
- Psy as trainer coach (episode 5 and 6)
- Kim Seon-nyeo as Jin Yoo-jin's mother (episode 8 and 12–16)
- Yeeun (Wonder Girls) as herself (episode 9)
- miss A as themselves (episode 15)
- Park Jin-young as himself (episode 16)
Original soundtrack
| Dream High 2: Original Sound Track | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | January 31, 2012 |
| Genre | Pop, K-pop, soundtrack, R&B, teen pop |
| Label | Holym, LOEN Entertainment |
| Producer | J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul" |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Falling" | Park Jin-young | 3:21 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Are My Star" | Suzy | 3:31 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hello to Myself" | Park Ye Eun | 3:36 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Superstar" | Hyolyn, Ailee & Jiyeon (HershE) | 3:42 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "아픈 희망" (Sick of Hope) | Lee Ki Chan | 3:49 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "B급 인생" (We Are the B) | Jinwoon, Kang So-ra, Jr., Kim JiSoo | 2:31 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Together" | JB & Jiyeon | 4:19 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "하루하루" (Day After Day) | Jiyeon | 3:43 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sunflower" | Kim JiSoo | 4:41 |
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "New Dreaming" | JB and Park Seo-joon (I:dn) | 3:07 |
Background
"Falling" is the first part of the drama's soundtrack and was featured in the first episode of the drama. Park Jin-young was once again involved in composing, writing and interpreting the soundtrack of the drama.
The track "Falling" is slow tempo with beautiful guitar melody. It has gained a lot of popular response sweeping music charts since its release. Ranking first, second and third on real time charts. The song is available on digital music portals such as Melon, Soribada, Bugs and Mnet. The rest of the soundtrack will include more beautiful melodies reflecting character stories, struggles and dreams in the drama.[1]
Songs performed
- HerShe: Superstar (ep. 1)
- Eden: New Dreaming (ep. 1)
- Hong-joo: Tell Me Your Wish – Girls' Generation (ep. 1)
- Yoo-jin: You Walking Towards Me – Jinwoon (ep. 1)
- All cast: Roly Poly – T-ara (ep. 2)
- Hong-joo, Hee-bong: I Am the Best – 2NE1 (ep. 2)
- Nana, Ailee: Top Girl – G.NA (ep. 2)
- All cast: Entertainer – Psy (ep. 2)
- TOXIC: New Dreaming (ep. 2)
- Nana, Hong-joo: Destiny – Jeon Byung-uk (ep. 3)
- Yoo-jin: You Walking Towards Me – Jinwoon (ep. 3)
- Tae-yeon: That Woman – Baek Ji-young (ep. 4)
- Jin-man: Mm Mm Mm – Park Jin-young (ep. 4)
- Hae-sung: Wishing on a Star – Wonder Girls (ep. 4)
- Nana, Hong-joo: Covered Up Road – Yoo Jae-ha (ep. 4)
- Ailee: Please (ep. 5)
- Rian: Wishing on a Star – Wonder Girls (ep. 5)
- Nana, Hong-joo: Covered Up Road – Yoo Jae-ha (ep. 5)
- Yoo-jin, JB: Beautiful Dance – Bye Bye Sea (ep. 5)
- Yoo-jin: Starlight Is Falling – Bye Bye Sea (ep. 5)
- Yoo-jin, Rian, Hong-joo and the band: Superstar – Lee Han-chul (ep. 6)
- Hong-joo: Na This Time (ep. 6)
- Hae-sung: Hello to Myself – Yeeun (ep. 6)
- Rian, Yoo-jin: Hello to Myself – Yeeun (ep. 7)
- JB: When I Can't Sing – Seven (ep. 8)
- Nana, Ji-soo: I'm in Love – Narsha (ep. 8)
- Yeeun: Hello to Myself – Yeeun (ep. 9)
- Hong-joo, Seul: We Are the B (ep. 9)
- Yoo-jin, Hae-sung, Hee-bong, Soon-dong, Hong-joo, Seul – We Are the B (ep. 9)
- Ailee: On Rainy Days – BEAST (ep. 10)
- JB, Si-woo: In the Rain – John Park (ep. 10)
- JB, Si-woo, Ailee, Nana: Love Rain – Kim Tae-woo (ep. 10)
- Hong-joo: This Song – 2AM (ep. 10)
- JB, Si-woo, Ailee, Rian: One Candle – g.o.d (ep. 10)
- JB, Si-woo, Ailee, Rian: One Candle – g.o.d (ep. 11)
- JB: Marshmallow – IU (ep. 11)
- Nana, Hong-joo: My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion (ep. 12)
- Hee-bong, Ailee: Summer Nights – Grease (ep. 12)
- JB, Hae-sung: Bobbed Hair – Cho Young Pil (ep. 12)
- Yoo-jin, Rian: Romeo & Juliet – Clazziquai (ep. 12)
- Nana: Isn't She Lovely – Stevie Wonder (ep. 13)
- Hee-bong: I Have a Girl – Park Jin-young (ep. 13)
- Seul: How Dare You – Sistar (ep. 13)
- Hee-bong: Dirty Cash – Big Bang (ep. 13)
- Nana, Hong-joo: Good Day – Jo Sungmo (ep. 14)
- Seul: Dirty Cash – Big Bang (ep. 14)
- Hee-bong, Seul: Balloons – TVXQ (ep. 14)
- JB, Rian: Together (ep. 14)
- Hong-joo: Sunflower (ep. 15)
- Yoo-jin: Sorry – Jinwoon (ep. 15)
- JB: We Are the B (ep. 15)
- Rian: Day After Day (ep. 16)
- JB, Yoo-jin, Rian, Nana, Si-woo, Ailee, Hee-bong, Hong-joo: Dream High – Dream High (ep. 16)
Ratings
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen[2] | TNmS | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | January 30, 2012 | 10.5% | 11.6% | 9.2% | 9.8% |
| 2 | January 31, 2012 | 9.8% | 11.7% | 8.9% | 10.2% |
| 3 | February 6, 2012 | 7.2% | 8.6% | 8.2% | 9.8% |
| 4 | February 7, 2012 | 8.2% | 9.9% | 9.8% | 11.7% |
| 5 | February 13, 2012 | 7.7% | 9.1% | 7.6% | 8.9% |
| 6 | February 14, 2012 | 7.9% | 9.5% | 7.9% | 9.0% |
| 7 | February 20, 2012 | 8.1% | 9.7% | 6.9% | 9.9% |
| 8 | February 21, 2012 | 7.9% | 9.2% | 7.8% | 8.3% |
| 9 | February 27, 2012 | 7.3% | 8.9% | 7.7% | 8.7% |
| 10 | February 28, 2012 | 7.9% | 9.1% | 7.8% | 9.7% |
| 11 | March 5, 2012 | 6.4% | 7.1% | 6.3% | 7.1% |
| 12 | March 6, 2012 | 6.4% | 7.6% | 7.1% | 8.5% |
| 13 | March 12, 2012 | 6.2% | 7.8% | 5.2% | 6.5% |
| 14 | March 13, 2012 | 7.8% | 7.5% | 9.7% | 8.5% |
| 15 | March 19, 2012 | 5.7% | 6.8% | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 16 | March 20, 2012 | 7.6% | 8.5% | 9.4% | 9.7% |
| Average | 7.7% | 8.9% | 7.8% | 8.9% | |
International broadcast
Notes
References
- "soompi.com". February 9, 2012. (in English)
- "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved January 30, 2012.
- https://www.facebook.com/iflixLK/photos/a.604829899680118/1087972644699172/?type=3&theater
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