Title: 드림하이 / Dream High (Season 1)
Chinese Title: 星梦高飞 / 追梦高中
Genre: School, musical, comedy, romance
Episodes: 16 + 1 Special
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2011-Jan-03 to 2011-March-01
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Related Series: Dream High Series
Synopsis
Dream High tells the story of six students at Kirin Art High School who work to achieve their dreams of becoming music stars in the Korean music industry. Go Hye Mi is a student who had majored in classical music but has to give up her dream by entering Kirin Art High School to pay off her father’s debt. However, she needs to get two other students to also come to the school in order for her to enroll in the school conditionally. These two students are Song Sam Dong, who lives in the countryside, and Jin Guk, whom she accidentally meets while trying to escape from a loan shark. Yoon Baek Hee, formerly Hyemi’s sidekick, becomes her rival in school because Hye Mi betrays her during an audition to enter the school.
Cast
Bae Suzy as Go Hye Mi
Kim Soo Hyun as Song Sam Dong
Taecyeon as Jin Gook / Hyun Shi Hyuk
Ham Eun Jung as Yoon Baek Hee
Jang Woo Young as Jason
IU as Kim Pil Sook
Extended cast
Ahn Kil 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 little sister)
- Park Eun Bin as 16 year old Hye Sung (ep 16)
Lee Hye Sook as Song Nam Boon (Sam Dong’s mother)
Choi Il Hwa as Hyun Moo Jin (Jin Gook’s father)
Park Hyuk Kwon as Go Byung Jik (Hye Mi’s father)
Park Hwi Soon as Jin Gook’s roommate (ep 1,2,5)
Cameos
Jo Soo Mi (조수미) as herself (ep 1)
Kim Hyun Joong as himself (ep 1)
Nichkhun as Ri Ah’s CF partner (ep 
Hwang Chan Sung as Oh Sun’s imaginary boy (ep 12)
Lee Teuk as himself (ep 13)
Eun Hyuk as himself (ep 13)
Miss A as flash mob dancers (ep 16)
2AM as flash mob dancers (ep 16)
Dal Shabet as Baek Hee’s Kirin students (ep 16)
Goo Joon Yup
Kirin’s Teachers
Uhm Ki Joon as Kang Oh Hyuk
Lee Yoon Ji as Shi Kyung Jin
Park Jin Young as Yang Jin Man (English teacher)
Lee Byung Joon as Shi Bum Soo (Principal)
Lee Yoon Mi as Maeng Seung Hee
Baek Won Kil (백원길) as Gong Min Chul
Bae Yong Joon as Jung Ha Myung (President) (ep 1-4)
Joo Young Hoon (주영훈) as composing teacher (ep 11)
Kirin’s Students
Jun Ah Min as Jo In Sung (Jin Gook’s friend)
Jung Min Joo as Jung Ah Jung
Han Ji Hoo as Park Do Joon (sunbae)
Yoon Young Ah as Lee Ri Ah
Park Jin Sang (박진상) as Jun Tae San (sunbae)
Kim Bo Reum as Ha So Hyun (sunbae)
Bae Noo Ri
Production Credits
Production Companies: KeyEast, JYPE, and CJ Media
Producer: Bae Yong Joon, Park Jin Young
Screenwriter: Park Hye Ryun (박혜련)
Director: Lee Eung Bok
Note
- Cast members that are actual pop stars include TaecYeon & Wooyoung from “2PM”, Bae Suzy from “Miss A”, Eun Jung from “T-ARA” and IU who is a female solo singer.
- A free mini concert was held on February 24th, 2011 at the Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center in Goyang, South Korea. The free concert was filmed for the final episode (Episode 16). Performers scheduled to appear at the free concert are Park Jin-Young, Bae Suji, Kim Soo-Hyun, TaecYeon, Eun Jung, IU. Singer Kim Tae-Woo & comedian Park Kyung-Rim will host the free mini concert.
Awards
2011 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Awards (Kim Soo Hyun & Bae Suzy)
2011 KBS Drama Awards: Best Supporting Awards (Lee Yoon Ji)
2011 KBS Drama Awards: Newcomer Awards (Kim Soo Hyun)
2011 KBS Drama Awards: Newcomer Awards (Bae Suzy)
2011 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award (Kim Soo Hyun)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-03 | 1 | 11.3 (8th) | 14.2 (5th) |
| 2011-01-04 | 2 | 11.5 (10th) | 13.9 (6th) |
| 2011-01-10 | 3 | 11.7 (8th) | 13.8 (5th) |
| 2011-01-11 | 4 | 13.4 (4th) | 15.4 (5th) |
| 2011-01-17 | 5 | 13.7 (3rd) | 15.8 (3rd) |
| 2011-01-18 | 6 | 13.1 (4th) | 15.9 (4th) |
| 2011-01-24 | 7 | 15.3 (3rd) | 17.5 (3rd) |
| 2011-01-31 | 8 | 14.9 (3rd) | 17.4 (3rd) |
| 2011-02-01 | 9 | 14.9 (3rd) | 16.9 (4th) |
| 2011-02-07 | 10 | 16.7 (3rd) | 19.2 (3rd) |
| 2011-02-08 | 11 | 16.6 (3rd) | 19.3 (3rd) |
| 2011-02-14 | 12 | 15.8 (3rd) | 17.8 (3rd) |
| 2011-02-15 | 13 | 17.2 (3rd) | 20.1 (3rd) |
| 2011-02-21 | 14 | 16.4 (3rd) | 18.9 (3rd) |
| 2011-02-22 | 15 | 17.2 (3rd) | 19.7 (3rd) |
| 2011-02-28 | 16 | 18.2 (3rd) | 20.7 (3rd) |
| 2011-03-01 | Special | 12.1 (6th) | 14.4 (5th) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
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