Friendly Rivalry

*Friendly Rivalry*
Friendly Rivalry
	Promotional poster
Hangul	선의의 경쟁
Revised Romanization	Seonuiui gyeongjaeng
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏnŭiŭi kyŏngjaeng
Genre	Teen drama; Mystery; Thriller;
Based on	Friendly Rivalry; by Song Chae-yoon; Shim Jae-young;
Written by	Kim Tae-hee; Min Ye-ji;
Directed by	Kim Tae-hee
Starring	Lee Hye-ri; Chung Su-bin; Kang Hye-won; Oh Woo-ri;
Music by	Kim Dong-wook
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Ylab Plex; Studio X+U;
Original release
Network	U+ Mobile TV
Release	February 10, 2025 –; present

Friendly Rivalry (Korean: 선의의 경쟁) is an ongoing South Korean teen mystery thriller television series based on webtoon of the same name by Song Chae-yoon and Shim Jae-young, starring Lee Hye-ri, Chung Su-bin, Kang Hye-won, and Oh Woo-ri. It premiered on U+ Mobile TV on February 10, 2025, with four episodes released weekly from Monday to Thursday.^[3]^[2]

Cast

Main

Lee Hye-ri as Yoo Jae-i^[4]
Chung Su-bin as Woo Seul-gi^[4]
Kang Hye-won as Joo Ye-ri^[4]
Oh Woo-ri as Choi Kyung^[4]

Supporting

Choi Young-jae as Nam Byeong-jin^[5]
Kim Tae-hoon as Yoo Tae-joon^[5]

Production

Development

The series was directed by Kim Tae-hee and co-written by Kim Tae-hee and Min Ye-ji.^[6] It was planned by STUDIO X+U and produced by Ylab Plex & STUDIO X+U. It is a dramatization of the webtoon of the same name written by Song Chae-yoon, illustrated by Shim Jae-young and produced by Ylab.^[7]

Casting

On July 23, 2024, STUDIO X+U announced that Lee Hye-ri, Chung Soo-bin, Kang Hye-won, and Oh Woo-ri would work together to tell the story of high school girls.^[8] On July 24, it was stated by Andbut Company that Choi Young-jae had been cast for the series.^[9]

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on February 10, 2025 (2025-02-10)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Burn It Down"	Park Shin-ae Jeon Hae-jeong Lee Gwan-hyung	Lee Kwan-hyung Jeon Hae-jeong Park Shin-ae	Kim Ye-ji (Kardi)	03:34
2.	"Burn It Down" (Inst.)		Lee Kwan-hyung Jeon Hae-jeong Park Shin-ae		03:34
Total length:					07:08

Part 2

Released on February 17, 2025 (2025-02-17)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Eternal Maze"	Jung So-hyun	Jung So-hyun Shin Hye-won Park Seong-min	Elaine	3:17
2.	"Eternal Maze" (Inst.)		Jung So-hyun Shin Hye-won Park Seong-min		3:17
Total length:					6:34

References

^ Kim, Dong-wook (January 10, 2024). 열심히 작업하고 있는 드라마. 티져포스터가 공개 되었 [A drama that is being worked on hard. The teaser poster has been released.]. instagram (in Korean). Retrieved January 10, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Lee, Jung-hyun (2025-02-10). 스튜디오 X+U, 혜리 주연 스릴러극 '선의의 경쟁' 공개 [Studio X U Reveals Hye-ri Starring Thriller 'Friendly Rivalry']. yna.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-02-10 – via Naver.
^ Yoon, Hyo-jeong (January 10, 2025). 31세 혜리, 교복 입고 전교 1등 여고생 변신…'선의의 경쟁' 출연 [31-year-old Hye-ri, transforms into the top high school student in her school uniform… Appears in 'Friendly Competition']. News1 [ko] (in Korean). Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Naver.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Choi, Yun-na (July 23, 2024). "이혜리X정수빈X강혜원X오우리, '선의의 경쟁' 캐스팅 확정 [공식]" [Lee Hye-ri X Jung Soo-bin X Kang Hye-won X Oh Woo-ri, 'Friendly Competition' Casting Confirmed [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via Naver.
^ ^a ^b Choi, Yu-na (January 7, 2025). 상위 0.1% 천재 여고생 이혜리…'선의의 경쟁' 2월 공개 [Top 0.1% genius high school girl Lee Hye-ri… 'Friendly Competition' to be released in February] (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Archived from the original on January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Naver.
^ Park, Ro-sa (July 17, 2024). "혜리, 금수저 된다... '선의의 경쟁' 출연 확정" [Hye-ri, born with a silver spoon in her mouth... Confirmed to appear on 'Good Competition'] (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. Retrieved July 17, 2024 – via Naver.
^ Park, Soo-in (July 23, 2024). "이혜리, 집안·외모 완벽한 천재 여고생 된다 '응팔' 덕선이와" [Lee Hye-ri, a genius high school girl with a perfect family and appearance, becomes the opposite of Deok-seon in 'Eung-pal' (a friendly competition)] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via Naver.
^ Choi, Soo-bin (July 23, 2024). "이혜리·강혜원, '선의의 경쟁' 호흡...2025년 상반기 방송" [Lee Hye-ri and Kang Hye-won, 'Friendly Competition' Breathing... Broadcast in the First Half of 2025] (in Korean). The Fact. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via Naver.
^ Jeong, Hye-won (July 24, 2024). "갓세븐 영재, '선의의 경쟁' 출연 확정...3년 만에 드라마 복귀[공식]" [GOT7's Youngjae confirmed to appear in 'Friendly Competition'... Returning to drama after 3 years [Official]] (in Korean). SPOTV. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via Naver.

External links

Friendly Rivalry at HanCinema
Friendly Rivalry official account on Twitter (in Korean)

[1] Kim, Dong-wook (January 10, 2024). 열심히 작업하고 있는 드라마. 티져포스터가 공개 되었 [A drama that is being worked on hard. The teaser poster has been released.]. instagram (in Korean). Retrieved January 10, 2024.

[Release-2] Lee, Jung-hyun (2025-02-10). 스튜디오 X+U, 혜리 주연 스릴러극 '선의의 경쟁' 공개 [Studio X U Reveals Hye-ri Starring Thriller 'Friendly Rivalry']. yna.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-02-10 – via Naver.

[3] Yoon, Hyo-jeong (January 10, 2025). 31세 혜리, 교복 입고 전교 1등 여고생 변신…'선의의 경쟁' 출연 [31-year-old Hye-ri, transforms into the top high school student in her school uniform… Appears in 'Friendly Competition']. News1 [ko] (in Korean). Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Naver.

[SportsDonga-4] Choi, Yun-na (July 23, 2024). "이혜리X정수빈X강혜원X오우리, '선의의 경쟁' 캐스팅 확정 [공식]" [Lee Hye-ri X Jung Soo-bin X Kang Hye-won X Oh Woo-ri, 'Friendly Competition' Casting Confirmed [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via Naver.

[:0-5] Choi, Yu-na (January 7, 2025). 상위 0.1% 천재 여고생 이혜리…'선의의 경쟁' 2월 공개 [Top 0.1% genius high school girl Lee Hye-ri… 'Friendly Competition' to be released in February] (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Archived from the original on January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Naver.

[6] Park, Ro-sa (July 17, 2024). "혜리, 금수저 된다... '선의의 경쟁' 출연 확정" [Hye-ri, born with a silver spoon in her mouth... Confirmed to appear on 'Good Competition'] (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. Retrieved July 17, 2024 – via Naver.

[7] Park, Soo-in (July 23, 2024). "이혜리, 집안·외모 완벽한 천재 여고생 된다 '응팔' 덕선이와" [Lee Hye-ri, a genius high school girl with a perfect family and appearance, becomes the opposite of Deok-seon in 'Eung-pal' (a friendly competition)] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via Naver.

[8] Choi, Soo-bin (July 23, 2024). "이혜리·강혜원, '선의의 경쟁' 호흡...2025년 상반기 방송" [Lee Hye-ri and Kang Hye-won, 'Friendly Competition' Breathing... Broadcast in the First Half of 2025] (in Korean). The Fact. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved July 23, 2024 – via Naver.

[SPOTV-9] Jeong, Hye-won (July 24, 2024). "갓세븐 영재, '선의의 경쟁' 출연 확정...3년 만에 드라마 복귀[공식]" [GOT7's Youngjae confirmed to appear in 'Friendly Competition'... Returning to drama after 3 years [Official]] (in Korean). SPOTV. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via Naver.

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