| The Journey: Our Homeland | |
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| Also known as | Our Homeland The Journey Part 3 我们的家园 |
| 信约：我们的家园 | |
| Genre | Period drama |
| Written by | Seah Choon Guan 谢俊源 Chen Sew Khoon 陈秀群 |
| Directed by | Loo Yin Kam 卢燕金 Doreen Yap 叶佩娟 Christina Koh 高秀慧 霍志楷 |
| Starring | Rui En Shane Pow Ian Fang Julie Tan Rebecca Lim Romeo Tan Zhang Zhenhuan Jeffrey Xu |
| Opening theme | 梦里家园byOlivia Ong |
| Ending theme | 之间byShin |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language | Chinese |
| No. of episodes | 30(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Wong Kuang Yong 黄光荣 |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes (exc. advertisements) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Mediacorp Channel 8 |
| Release | 16 July (2015-07-16) – 26 August 2015 (2015-08-26) |
| Related | |
| The Journey: A Voyage (2013) The Journey: Tumultuous Times (2014) | |
The Journey: Our Homeland (Chinese: 信约：我们的家园, also known as Our Homeland) is the third and final season of Mediacorp Channel 8's nation-building trilogy The Journey, the previous two being The Journey: A Voyage and The Journey: Tumultuous Times. Production began in January 2015 and debut in 16 July 2015 with a total of 30 episodes. It stars third generation casts, Rui En, Shane Pow, Julie Tan, Ian Fang, Rebecca Lim, Romeo Tan, Jeffrey Xu and Zhang Zhenhuan as the main cast of the third instalment.[1]
Malaysia's satellite channel Astro Shuang Xing was to air the show first in Asia, beginning from 9 July 2015, Sundays to Thursdays, as with Mind Game (aired on 30 April) and Super Senior (11 June). However, on the discretion of MediaCorp, Shuang Xing has to air the show on the same day as Singapore from 23 July 2015, Mondays to Fridays. Hence, the show was pre-empted five times there. This caused Taiwan SET's Be With You 2 episodes back-to-back telecast to be pushed forward to 5.00pm from 16 to 23 July. In fact, Astro shouldn't have aired MediaCorp dramas first before Singapore does so beginning with Mind Game, as it did not perform well in Singapore and is also nominated for only one technical award in Star Awards 2016, and that only Super Senior and The Dream Makers II were the only dramas in the planned First Global Premiere to win performance categories. [neutrality isdisputed] The changes in schedule partially influenced Shuang Xing's timeslots of series airing later — following the end of Hong Kong's HKTV global premiere, with effect from 24 September, the channel resumed airing dramas on Mondays to Fridays, and back-to-back encores on Saturdays and Sundays, with the first series to use the new timeslots being Chinese series Best Get Going and MediaCorp's Hand In Hand. Other dramas, such as Youth Power, K Song Lover and My Husband is a Cartoonist, changed their schedules as well, with the exception of same-day telecast as Taiwan series Love Cuisine.
The series repeat its telecast on Channel 8 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm on weekends succeeding The Journey: Tumultuous Times.
This series was adapted as a comic and has been selling at Popular Bookstores since November 2015, targeting at upper primary and secondary students. The comic showcases the best of the series, and is promoted by the Committee to Promote Chinese Language.[2]
| Song title | Song type | Performer | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Song Arranger(s) | Producer(s) |
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| 梦里家园 (Our Homeland) |
Theme Song | Olivia Ong （王俪婷） | ||||
| 之间 | Sub Theme Song | Shin （蘇見信） | ||||
Our Homeland has the next-to-most number of nominations for Star Awards 2016, with 16 nominations - 7 technical, 7 performance and 2 voting-based - in 14 award categories, down from 17 in 2015. The series has at least one nomination in every technical award for drama programmes, winning the Best Cameraman (for Drama Programmes) award. It won one award out of 14 awards.
Jeanette Aw won six voting-based awards in Star Awards 2015 Show 1, including three Most Popular Regional Artiste Awards, Social Media Award and Favourite Female Character award for her role in The Journey: Tumultuous Times. Aw expressed her wish to withdraw from voting-based award categories in the future. Speaking to the media after the ceremony, Aw said that the move is due to her concern about rabid fans who left messages online saying that they would harm themselves if she did not win enough awards.[3] However, it can be seen that voting for Star Awards 2016 Favourite Female Character for both this series and The Dream Makers II did not remove her from the voting list. Mediacorp quotes that as these awards are determined by online voting, she still had to participate in these awards.[4] She went on to win the Favourite Female Character and Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) with Qi Yuwu for The Dream Makers IIin2016, which was the last time the Favourite categories were held.
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominees | Result |
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| 2016 | Star Awards Backstage Achievement Awards | Best Director | Loo Yin Kam 卢燕金 | Nominated |
| Doreen Yap Pei Kiang 叶佩娟 | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay 最佳剧本 | Seah Choon Guan 谢俊源 Chen Sew Khoon 陈秀群 |
Nominated | ||
| Best Programme Promo 最佳宣传短片 | Chen Pei Chun 陈佩君 |
Nominated | ||
| Best Cameraman (for Drama Programmes) 最佳戏剧摄影 | Steve Wong Kwok Chung 黃国钟 | Won | ||
| Best Set Design for Drama Programme 最佳戏剧布景设计 | Chen Jiagu 陈家谷 Oh Hock Leong 胡福隆 |
Nominated | ||
| Best Editing for Drama Programme 最佳戏剧剪接 | Lai Chun Kwang 赖振江 | Nominated | ||
| Star Awards Show 1 | Best Evergreen Artiste Award | Lin Meijiao | Nominated | |
| Star Awards Show 2 | Young Talent Award | Ian Teng 丁翊 | Nominated | |
| Ezekiel Chee 徐从义 | Nominated | |||
| Best Theme Song | Olivia Ong | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Andie Chen | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Shaun Chen | Nominated | ||
| Best Drama Serial | — | Nominated | ||
| Star Awards Post-show Party | Favourite Male Character | Romeo Tan | Nominated | |
| Favourite Onscreen Couple (Drama) | Shaun Chen / Rui En | Nominated | ||
| Fame Awards 星光大奖 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role 最佳男配角 | Andie Chen | Nominated | |
| Ian Fang | Nominated | |||
| Shane Pow | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role 最佳女配角 | Aileen Tan | Nominated | ||
| Lin Meijiao | Nominated | |||
| Asian Television Awards | Best Drama Serial | — | Nominated |
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