F4 (JVKV) F4 (Flower Four) was a Taiwanese
boy band consisting of
Jerry Yan,
Vanness Wu,
Ken Chu and
Vic Chou. The group was formed in 2001 after the conclusion of
Meteor Garden, and they had released three albums:
Meteor Rain (2001),
Fantasy 4ever (2002), and
Waiting for You (2007). According to
Forbes, F4 had sold 3.5 million copies of their first two albums across Asia as of July 2003. In 2007, the group changed their name to JVKV due to copyright issues. They used the initials of its members in order of descending age. The group disbanded in 2009.
In the Philippines The Filipino dubbing of the series aired on
ABS-CBN from 5 May to 25 July 2003, replacing
E.T.C. and was replaced by
Meteor Rain. It became one of the highest-rated programs on local television and created a massive cult in the country called "the
Meteor Garden fever" in Philippine media. Its popularity spawned numerous local parodies of F4 music videos and notable scenes from the series, and prompted television networks to re-air the series in its entirety at least eight times. However, a group of Filipino parents and teachers criticized
Meteor Garden for exposing
high school students to explicit romantic scenes. In September 2003, Barbie Hsu, Ken Chu and Vaness Wu visited Manila for a concert at the
ULTRA indoor arena (now known as the PhilSports Arena). Two months later, on 6 November,
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) was placed on high alert in anticipation of Jerry Yan's first visit to Manila. Yan paid a courtesy call to then-president
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the
Malacañang Palace where, according to reports, both the president and Yan had to be temporarily removed from the premises for a few minutes when fans became unruly during a scheduled photo session. Later, the drama also aired on
GMA Network from 9 July to 5 October 2007, replacing
GTO Live and was replaced by
Meteor Rain. For more than two decades,
Meteor Garden was credited for boosting the popularity of Asian dramas and films in the Philippines, with the Taiwanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai dramas and movies completely occupying all regular time slots on Philippine television networks from early mornings to late nights. The series and its sequel was rebroadcast on ABS-CBN and
Jeepney TV from 31 March to 9 May 2014, replacing
Kapamilya Blockbusters on ABS-CBN and
Rubi on Jeepney TV and was replaced by
Meteor Garden II. After the
death of Barbie Hsu, the series and its
sequel was rebroadcast again on
Kapamilya Channel and
A2Z, with streaming on
iWantTFC from 10 March to 9 May 2025, replacing the rerun of
Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal and was replaced by
Meteor Garden II.
In China Starting on 14 October 2008,
Meteor Garden was rebroadcast on
Xing Kong. Xing Kong later re-aired the drama, along with
Hana Yori Dango (Japan) and
Boys Over Flowers (South Korea).
Meteor Garden II also aired on the channel, starting on 4 November 2009. ==References==