Switched! (TV series)

Switched! (幸运星) (幸運星)
Genre	Modern Drama Fantasy
Directed by	Loo Yin Kam
Starring	Fann Wong Jeanette Aw
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language(s)	Chinese
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	MediaCorp
Original run	June 26, 2007 – July 23, 2007
Chronology
Preceded by	The Greatest Love of All
Followed by	Honour and Passion
External links
Website

Switched! (Simplified Chinese: 幸运星) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which is currently being telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It made its debut on 26 June 2007. It is screened on every weekday night, 9pm. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes.

Cast

Main cast

Fann Wong as Jiang Xin Yu
Jeanette Aw as Jiang Xin Hui
Terence Cao as Wang An Xiang
Shaun Chen as Qin Shi Xuan

Supporting Cast

Richard Low as Jiang Pei Xiang
Jin Yinji as Liu Yujuan
Zzen Zhang as Jiang Zhi Heng
Julian Hee as Chen Han Sheng
Elyn Chong as Jing Jing
Zhu Houren as Qin Fu Zhong
Lin Meijiao as Shi Xuan's mother
Ye Shipin as Wu De
Jamie Teo as Monica
Candyce Toh as Anna
Tan Xin Yi as Young Xin Yu
Dennis as Young Shi Xuan

Synopsis

Jiang Pei Xiang is a TCM practitioner who runs a clinic with his wife and assistant Wang An Xiang. The oldest child Xin Yu has a scar and suffers from an inferiority complex as a result. Hence she has been unable to find a boyfriend at age 28. Xin Hui is an actress and enjoys the high life and much attention from potential suitors but has yet to find her "true love". Zhi Heng is the youngest and as the only son, his father has higher expectations of him, which only causes friction between them.

One day a genie swaps Xin Yu and Xin Hui's souls. They must now learn to cope with the other's situation.

Trivia

In this drama series, Fann Wong would be acting as an ugly woman. Her image in this drama was dubbed by many audience as an ugly and daring one.
It came as a surprise to many audience, media and industry watchers that this drama had garnered not a single nomination in the Star Awards 2007, MediaCorp's annual awards ceremony.

Viewership Ratings

Week	Episode	Date	Average Number of audience in 5 weekdays (Round off to nearest thousand)
Week 1	Episodes 1 to 4	26 June 2007 to 29 June 2007	554, 000
Week 2	Episodes 5 to 9	2 July 2007 to 6 July 2007	582,000
Week 3	Episodes 10 to 14	9 July 2007 to 13 July 2007	611, 000
Week 4	Episodes 15 to 19	16 July 2007 to 20 July 2007	636, 000
Week 5	Episode 20 (Last episode)	23 July 2007	717, 000