Deja Vu (TV series)

Deja Vu
回到愛以前

Deja Vu promo poster
Also known as Return To Past Love, Hui Dao Ai Yi Qian, 回到愛以前
Genre Romance
Created by Sanlih E-Television
Written by Hung Li Yan 洪立妍
Lan Jing Jie 蘭井街
Directed by Wang Ming Tai 王明台
Hao Xin Xiang 郝心翔
Starring Yao Yuan Hao 姚元浩
Mandy Wei 魏蔓
Jenna Wang 王思平
Nylon Chen 陳乃榮
Yang Zhen 楊鎮
Opening theme Beautiful 美麗 by Dawen Wang 王大文
Ending theme Let's Not Be Friends After A Breakup 分手後不要做朋友 by Rachel Liang 梁文音
Country of origin Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original language(s) Mandarin
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 22
Production
Producer(s) An Jing Hong 安景鴻
Location(s) Taiwan
Running time 90 minutes
Production company(s) Sanlih E-Television 三立電視
TM Brothers Media Co. Ltd 天億兄弟影音傳媒股份有限公司
Distributor Sanlih E-Television 三立電視
Broadcast
Original channel TTV
Picture format SDTV
First shown in Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original run 3 November 2013 – 30 March 2014
Chronology
Preceded by Love Around 真愛黑白配
Followed by Fall In Love With Me 愛上兩個我
External links
Official website
Production website

Deja Vu (Chinese: 回到愛以前; pinyin: Hui Dao Ai Yi Qian) is a 2013 Taiwanese romance drama series created by Sanlih. Starring Yao Yuan Hao, Mandy Wei as the main lead, with Wang Si Ping and Yang Zhen as the second leads. The Chinese title of the drama literally translate to "Return to past love". Filming began on October 12, 2013 and ended on March 8, 2014. First episode began airing on Sanlih's TTV channel on November 3, 2013, taking over previous drama Love Around's time slot. Final episode aired on March 30, 2014 with 22 episodes total.

Synopsis

A woman desperate to bring her deceased fiancee back to life takes an offer from an mysterious stranger to go back in time, but little does she know for him to live she will no longer be important in his life.

Summary

Xu Hai Lin (Mandy Wei) is a talented ballerina. She meets Lu Xi Wei (Yao Yuan Hao), a wealthy business man when she saves his life from a fire. After caring for him during his recuperating time the two fall in love and he proposes marriage to her. Hai Lin's life couldn't be happier as she is about to marry the man she loves and she finds out she's pregnant with his child. However, Hai Lin's perfect life is cut short when a tragic car accident kills her soon to be husband and causes her to miscarry their unborn child. While contemplating suicide she meets a mysterious man who offers to give Hai Lin a second chance by allowing her to go back when she first meets Xi Wei. Wanting to bring her beloved back she takes the offer but because things do not happen exactly as it did the first time she saved Xi Wei, he ends up falling in love with her younger half sister.

She tries hard to get him to fall in love with her again time and time, but it always ends in heartbreak for her. Until Xi Wei encounters a setback, Hai Lin is the only one still by his side its then he realize how much she loves him. The two fall in love again and is about to get married when this time it is Hai Lin that dies from an accident. Xi Wei also meets the mysterious stranger and receives an offer to bring Hai Lin back to life. The two are finally married but in order to bring Hai Lin back to life Xi Wei aged as he had to give up years of his life.[1]

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

Soundtrack

Deja Vu
Original TV Soundtrack (OST)
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released 17 January 2014
Genre Mandopop
Language Mandarin
Label Universal Music (TW)

Deja Vu Original TV Soundtrack (OST) (回到愛以前 電視情歌合輯) was released on January 17, 2014 by various artists under Universal Music (TW) record label. It contains 14 tracks total. The opening theme is track 1 "Beautiful 美麗" by Dawen Wang 王大文, while the closing theme is track 2 "Let's Not Be Friends After Breaking Up 分手後不要做朋友" by Rachel Liang 梁文音.

Track listing

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Beautiful" (美麗)Dawen Wang 王大文 4:01
2. "Let's Not Be Friends After Breaking Up" (分手後不要做朋友)Rachel Liang 梁文音 4:23
3. "Don't Back Off" (不要撤退)Jane Huang 黃美珍 4:06
4. "Stranger?" (變成陌生人)Cyndi Wang 王心凌 4:44
5. "First Love" (初愛)Aska Yang 楊宗緯 3:53
6. "How Do You Know?" (你怎麼知道)Vanness Wu 吳建豪 4:04
7. "What is Love?" (愛是什麼)Rachel Liang 梁文音 3:54
8. "Beautiful (Turn back time ver.)" (美麗 (時光倒流版))Instrumental 4:01
9. "Beautiful (Happiness ver.)" (美麗 (幸福萌芽版))Instrumental 4:01
10. "Let's Not Be Friends After Breaking Up (Bliss edition)" (分手後不要做朋友 (抒情Bliss版))Instrumental 4:23
11. "Let's Not Be Friends After Breaking Up (Crystal edition)" (分手後不要做朋友 (沉靜水晶版))Instrumental 4:23
12. "Hello (Mischievous spark ver.)" (你好 (調皮火花版))Instrumental 3:56
13. "Let's Work It Out (Fantasy humor ver.)" (練習愛情 (奇幻幽默版))Instrumental 5:17
14. "Acid Rain (Intricate love ver.)" (酸雨 (錯綜愛戀版))Instrumental 4:38

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Broadcast

"Deja Vu" original airing began on Taiwanese Sanlih channel TTV on November 3, 2013 every Sunday night at 10:00 PM. Each episode running time is 90 minutes with commercials.

ChannelCountryAiring DateTimeslot
TTV HD TaiwanNovember 3, 2013Sunday 10:00 PM
SETTVNovember 9, 2013Saturday 10:00 PM
ETTVNovember 10, 2013Sunday 8:30 PM
Astro MalaysiaApril 21, 2014Monday to Friday 10:30 PM

Episode ratings

"Deja Vu" premiered with weak ratings, coming in last place in its timeslot. Beginning with episode 2 it has come in first place in its timeslot throughout its final episode airing. The viewers survey was conducted by AGB Nielsen with a survey range of over 4 years old TV audience.[4]

Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same timeslot were:

Air DateEpisodeTitleAverage RatingsRank
November 3, 2013 1 Bliss, Return To Past Love
Bliss，回到愛以前 		0.86 3
November 10, 2013 2 Second World Of Love, More Love
第二世的愛，更愛 		1.04 1
November 17, 2013 3 I Trust My Workers!
我相信我的員工！ 		1.35 1
November 24, 2013 4 Past Lover?
上輩子的情人？ 		1.34 1
December 1, 2013 5 For My One And Only Love
為了唯一的愛 		1.28 1
December 8, 2013 6 Everything Have Only Just Started!
原來一切才正要開始！ 		1.70 1
December 15, 2013 7 My Bliss Bracelet!
我的Bliss手鍊！ 		2.10 1
December 22, 2013 8 Lucky Girl?
幸運的女孩？ 		2.11 1
December 29, 2013 9 Your Life, Rests In Your Hands!
妳的人生，掌握在妳手上！ 		2.02 1
January 5, 2014 10 Originally, The That Saved Me Was You!
原來，救我的人是妳！		 2.58 1
January 12, 2014 11 Return Your Happiness Back To You!
把妳的幸福還給妳！		2.53 1
January 19, 2014 12 You Are My Lu Xi Wei!
你是我的陸希唯！		2.05 1
January 26, 2014 13 You Are My Ex-boyfriend
你就是我的前男友 		2.55 1
February 2, 2014 14 Inseparable, Respect The Courage To Love
離不開，就鼓起勇氣愛！ 		1.84 1
February 9, 2014 15 Helen, I Love You!
海琳，我愛妳！ 		2.47 1
February 16, 2014 16 Hold On To The Hands Of Fate!
把妳從命運手裡搶回來！ 		1.84 1
February 23, 2014 17 Welcome, To The Border Of Life And Death.
歡迎，來到生與死的交界。 		1.91 1
March 2, 2014 18 Make You Fall In Love With Me
讓妳重新愛上我 		1.62 1
March 9, 2014 19 Don't Go Okay?
不要走好嗎？ 		1.39 1
March 16, 2014 20 Did You Fall In Love With Lu Xi Wei?
妳愛上陸希唯了嗎？ 		1.34 1
March 23, 2014 21 No One Can Take Away Love
沒有人能搶走的愛		1.21 1
March 30, 2014 22 I Love, Is Your Soul
我愛的，是你的靈魂		1.69 1
Average ratings 1.76

Awards & Nominations

Year Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2013 2013 Sanlih Drama Awards 華劇大賞 Best Actor Award Yao Yuan Hao Nominated
Best Actress Award Mandy Wei Nominated
Best Screen Couple Award Yao Yuan Hao & Mandy Wei Nominated
Best Kiss Award Yao Yuan Hao & Mandy Wei Nominated
Best Crying Award Yao Yuan Hao & Mandy Wei Nominated
Most Popular Overseas Award Yao Yuan Hao Nominated
Weibo Popularity Award Yao Yuan Hao Nominated
Viewers Choice Drama Award Deja Vu Nominated

References

  1. ↑ drama fever page
  2. ↑ TTV site
  3. ↑ Soundtrack info. Retrieved 8-27-2014
  4. ↑ (Chinese)"中時娛樂". Showbiz Times. Retrieved 2014-4-5

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