U-Prince Series

U-Prince Series
Genre
Created by
Directed by
  • Chatkaew Susiwa
  • Kanittha Kwanyu
Starring
Country of originThailand
Original languageThai
No. of episodes54
  • 1 (Behind the Scenes Special)
  • 8 (Handsome Cowboy)
  • 4 (Gentle Vet)
  • 4 (Lovely Geologist)
  • 4 (Badass Baker)
  • 4 (Absolute Economist)
  • 4 (Foxy Pilot)
  • 4 (Playful Comm-Arts)
  • 4 (Extroverted Humanist)
  • 4 (Single Lawyer)
  • 4 (Crazy Artist)
  • 4 (Badly Politics)
  • 5 (Ambitious Boss)
Production
ProducerSataporn Panichraksapong
Running time75 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) –
2 July 2017 (2017-07-02)

U-Prince Series is a 2016–2017 Thai television series produced by GMMTV together with Baa-Ram-Ewe. Directed by Chatkaew Susiwa and Kanittha Kwanyu, it is a twelve-part series based from Jamsai's novels on twelve stories of handsome guys coming from twelve different faculties of a university.[1] Every segment features a couple together with some of the recurring characters in the story.[2]

Starting with a behind the scenes special episode on 15 May 2016,[3] the series officially premiered on GMM 25 and LINE TV on 22 May 2016, airing on Sundays at 20:00 ICT (later, at 20:30 ICT on 4 June 2017 and onwards) and 22:00 ICT (later, at 22:30 ICT on 4 June 2017 and onwards), respectively.[4][5] The series concluded on 2 July 2017.[6]

Cast and characters[edit]

Main[edit]

Handsome Cowboy[edit]

Gentle Vet[edit]

Lovely Geologist[edit]

  • Nontanun Anchuleepradit (Kacha) as T-Rex
  • Nachjaree Horvejkul (Cherreen) as Baiploo

Badass Baker[edit]

Absolute Economist[edit]

  • Isariya Patharamanop (Hunz) as Teddy
  • Focus Jeerakul as (Chompink,Chompoo)

Foxy Pilot[edit]

Playful Comm-Arts[edit]

Extroverted Humanist[edit]

Single Lawyer[edit]

Crazy Artist[edit]

  • Kunchanuj Kengkarnka (Kun) as Hippy
  • Note Panayanggool as Melbe

Badly Politics[edit]

Ambitious Boss[edit]

Supporting and guest role[edit]

Appearing in all segments[edit]

  • Alysaya Tsoi (Alice) as Sylvia
  • Korawit Boonsri (Gun) as Cholly

Production[edit]

Casting[edit]

In early 2016, GMMTV hosted the "Finding U-Prince Project", an online contest to recruit actors for the said television series. The results were announced on 3 April 2016 at the Eden Square, CentralWorld.[7]

Soundtracks[edit]

  • Note Panayanggool - Ror hai tur poot gaun (opening theme season 1, season 2 - episodes 1-2 and season 3)
  • Tanont Chumroen - Chep thi yang rusuek
  • Worranit Thawornwong - Mai tummadah
  • Vonthongchai Intarawat - Dae thoe thirak
  • Vorakorn Sirisorn - Fai diao (opening theme season 2 - episodes 3–4)
  • Kunchanuj Kengkarnka - Khuen thi fa sawang
  • Nontanun Anchuleepradit - Roy yim kaung tur
  • Chatchawit Techarukpong - My Beautiful Girl (opening theme season 4)
  • Charada Imraporn - Kwahm wahn (Sweet)
  • Isariya Patharamanop and Focus Jeerakul - an pai... rue plao (opening theme season 5)
  • Jirakit Thawornwong - Poot wah rak bao bao (opening theme season 6)
  • Chonlathorn Kongyingyong - Tah tur mai roo (opening theme seasons 7–8)
  • Sarunyu Winaipanit - Garoonah mah rop guan (opening theme season 9)
  • Kunchanuj Kengkarnka - Grasoon (opening theme season 10)
  • Kunchanuj Kengkarnka - Wun tee chun aht leum
  • Weerayut Chansook - Gumlung ror yoo por dee (opening theme season 11)
  • Sivakorn Lertchuchot - Arai gor dai nai jai tur (opening theme season 12)
  • Worranit Thawornwong - Arai gor dai nai jai tur

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2017 Maya Awards 2017 Female rising star Zuvapit Traipornworakit (Baitoei) Won
2018 Daradaily The Great Awards 2018 Male Star of the Year[8] Thanat Lowkhunsombat (Lee) Nominated

References[edit]

  1. ^ "โอเคมั้ย!? พระเอก U-Prince Series คือพวกเขาเหล่านี้!!". sanook.com (in Thai). Sanook.com. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ "เพราะชื่อหนังสือค่อนข้างยาว เลยจะขออนุญาตเอาชื่อพระเอกมาใช้เรียกชื่อตอนแทน : kaewoic บน ทวิตเตอร์" (in Thai). Twitter. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. ^ "พฤษภานี้มาแน่ ! กับตอนแรก U-Prince Series จาก GMM TV". boomchanneltv.com (in Thai). Boom Channel. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ^ "พุฒ-เอสเธอร์ กำราบคนดื้อด้วย 5 ห. แบบฟินๆ ตัวอย่าง U-Prince ตอน สิบทิศ". sanook.com (in Thai). Sanook.com. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. ^ "เรื่องย่อ: U-Prince Series ตอน ไบรอัน". ryt9.com (in Thai). RYT9. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ^ "ตามชมตอนจบ "U-Prince Series"". komchadluek.net (in Thai). Kom Chad Luek. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. ^ ""จีเอ็มเอ็ม ทีวี" ได้พระเอกใหม่ "ลี ฐานัฐพ์" "มายด์, ฮั่น, กั้ง, เมฆ" นำทีมรับน้อง ในงาน "Finding U-Prince Project"". gmmgrammy.com (in Thai). GMM Grammy. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  8. ^ "กลับมาอีกครั้ง! เปิดรายชื่อผู้เข้าชิง "daradaily Awards 2017 ครั้งที่ 7" (in Thai). Daradaily. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

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