GENERAL INFORMATION

Cheer Up!

KOREAN DRAMA

Synopsis

Set at the elite Sevit High School in Seoul, the drama follows five students trying to survive an environment where academic ranking is everything.

Kang Yeon Doo leads "Real King", an outcast street dance club whose members band together over their poor grades. Kim Yeol is president of "Baek Ho", the elite club drawn from the school's top five percent. When the two clubs are forcibly merged into a cheerleading squad, the pair set their differences aside for the sake of their friends.

What follows is an ordinary high school story of love, heartbreak, pain and friendship — and of a group of teenagers pushing back against the pressure and the corruption around them.

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THE CAST

CHARACTERS SUMMARY

MAIN CHARACTERS

Ranked 196th of the school's 200 students, Yeon Doo sits at the bottom of the pecking order, with only her childhood friend Dong Jae and her street dance club "Real King" for company. Loyal, sassy and strong-willed, she will put herself at risk to fight the corruption in her school.

President of "Baek Ho" and the highest-ranked student at Sevit. The son of a wealthy father he is estranged from, his intelligence has made him cynical and arrogant, but it also lets him see through the scheming adults around him.

Second in the school and a member of "Baek Ho", pressured by her mother to place first and reach an Ivy League university. Focused entirely on her studies, she misses the value of friendship, and turns to manipulating those around her to meet expectations she cannot reach.

Yeon Doo's childhood friend and a talented basketball player. A traumatic childhood incident left him with a phobia of physical contact. Childlike in manner, he becomes the first person to truly understand Soo Ah's pain.

In the school's top five percent, but with an abusive father whose pressure turns to violence when he falls short. He struggles with anger and counts Kim Yeol as his only true friend.

VARIETIES

CORRELATION CHART

Audience

Date Episode National AGB Nielsen (%) Seoul AGB Nielsen (%) National TNmS (%) Seoul TNmS (%)
October 5, 2015 01 2.2% 2.4% 3.1% 3.6%
October 6, 2015 02 3.2% 3.4% 4.1% 4.7%
October 12, 2015 03 3.3% 3.6% 3.5% 3.8%
October 13, 2015 04 3.8% 3.9% 4.0% 4.4%
October 19, 2015 05 2.9% 2.7% 4.0% 4.2%
October 20, 2015 06 3.5% 3.8% 4.2% 4.2%
October 26, 2015 07 4.3% 4.6% 4.3% 4.4%
October 27, 2015 08 3.6% 3.9% 4.4% 4.8%
November 2, 2015 09 3.0% 3.4% 4.1%
November 3, 2015 10 3.5% 3.8% 4.5% 4.1%
November 9, 2015 11 3.4% 3.8%
November 10, 2015 12 4.2% 4.1%
Average 3.4% 4.0%

MORE DETAILS

Broadcast period: October 5, 2015 - November 10, 2015
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00
Drama OST: Cheer Up! OST
Runtime: 60 minutes
Viewership ratings: 2.2% - 4.3% (AGB Nielsen, nationwide)

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Screenwriters: Jung Chan Mi, Yoon Soo Jung
Directors: Lee Eun Jin, Kim Jung Hyun

RECOGNITIONS

Year Award Recognition
2015 2015 Soompi Awards Best Couple — Lee Won Geun and Jung Eun Ji
2015 2015 Soompi Awards Second Lead Syndrome — Ji Soo
2015 2015 KBS Drama Awards Best New Actress — Chae Soo Bin

NOTES & VARIETIES

The first episode drew the lowest rating of 2015 for a drama in the Monday-Tuesday timeslot.
The female lead was offered to Kim Yoo Jung, who turned it down over scheduling.
It is the second time Jung Eun Ji and Kim Yeo Jin worked together, after "Trot Lovers".
It is the second time Ji Soo and Go Soo Hee worked together, after "Angry Mom".
It is the second time Kim Ji Suk and Kim Yeo Jin worked together, after "Angel Eyes".
Choi Duk Moon and Kang Min Ah had already worked together on "Seonam Girls' High School Investigators".
In episode 4, Tae Pyung says his favourite group is Apink — the group the lead, Jung Eun Ji, belongs to.
It took over the Monday-Tuesday timeslot left by "The Virtual Bride" and was followed by "Oh My Venus".

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