GENRE: ROMANTIC DRAMA
NETWORK: MBC
RELEASE: 2006
EPISODES: 16
CASTS: Ji Hyeon-woo (hyuk-joo) | Seo Ji-hye (sang-mi) | Hwan-hee (rex) | Kim Ok-bin (hee-soo)
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SYNOPSIS: Hee-soo's dedication in her career has influenced Hyuk-joo to realize his passion, dancing. But her desire to succeed desperately turned her into a different person. She makes her way in by kissing up to the management eventhough people get hurt in the process. To everyone's surprise, Hee-soo broke up with Hyuk-joo and cling on to Rex, who already has an established name in the industry.

A lot of people idolize Rex including Sang-mi. When they met by accident, her opinion on Rex as a person changed. His arrogance pushed her to aspire to become a dancer to show him what she is worth. But dancing is not her field. Instead, she was hired to become a stylist of Hyuk-joo's dance group.

In no time, Hyuk-joo's name started to make a buzz in the music business. But his fame wasn't complete without Hee-soo. Eventually, he was able to move on with Sang-mi's help, who secretly fell in love with him. Just when they are starting to have a special relationship, Hee-soo came back to Hyuk-joo's life after being dumped by Rex. Seeing how it hurt Sang-mi, Rex tried to console her and helped her forget Hyuk-joo. But before he knows it, he has already fallen in love with her.

REVIEWS:

KOREANCRAZEE All the characters played a big part in the story. The drama showed the different faces of people who hope to live up to their dreams. They may have diverse attitude in life but rest assured, viewers could relate to at least one of them.

At first, I thought that Ji Hyeon-woo and Kim Ok-bin were the main characters. But when Hwan Hee and Seo Ji-hye came into the picture, everyone's became significant to the story at the same level. Not only did they play your mind to who deserves to be more successful but the romantic involvement of the four also keeps on misleading you.

Among the chaotic love connection, I favor the Rex-Sangmi love team. I find Rex's character challenging and interesting than Hyuk-joo's. And with Sang-mi's childishness and sweetness, it spice up their relationship. On the other hand, Hyuk-joo's has no appeal even if the story basically revolves around his life. Plus, Hee-soo's uncertainties even made it more annoying.

I like how it ended but it's not romantic enough to make an unforgettable exit. It's a little bit disappointing how they rushed it. It would be better if they have showed more scenes of Hyuk-joo and Sang-mi as a couple.

I know the story is about music but they showed too much singing and dancing. They are even played in flashbacks. But in fairness, there are a lot of good stuff in the OST. I like the songs especially Rex's Tomorrow. And the upbeat dance tracks are kind of nice too.

MS. PIGGY Ever wondered what it takes to be successful in the entertainment industry or how it would be like once you became famous? "Over the Rainbow" the new drama series by MBC gives an insight on today's entertainment industry, it shows the painstaking work it takes to become a popular singer, the intrigues and betrayals arising from constant meetings and partings, and the heartbreaking love that can bloom amidst all that.

The series not only shows today's youthful passion and ambition in achieving their dreams but also the reality that life sometimes doesn't always turn out the way you plan it to, nevertheless things always manage to "happen for a reason and for the best".

As a bonus there are upbeat, funky and modern break-dancing moves which I found to be quite entertaining to watch. What kept me intrigued with this series also was the love triangle which occurs between Hyuk Joo, Hee Soo, Rex and Sang Mi. Debuting his acting career Hwan Hee also known as Fany from Fly to the Sky played Rex in this series and I must compliment him on his performance. He played out his character as an arrogant/spoilt singer very well.

Anyone wanting to watch a series for "good eye candy" factor I recommend you watch this series not only are the main guys "drool worthy" (especially Fany, whom I found every time he smiled my heart melted) the girls who starred in this series (Kim Ok Bin as Hee Soo and Seo Ji-Hye as Sang Mi) made it all the more interesting to watch as well.

Over the Rainbow OST has two good tracks one sung by Hwan Hee - Tomorrow (which is the theme song) and the other is by Ji Hyun Woo - One Eye Wish.