Meteor Garden- The most loved Asianovela in the Philippines
June 07, 2011
Meteor Garden |
Meteor Garden was first aired here in the Philippines way
back in 2003. The show starred Jerry Yan as Dao Ming Si, Vic Zhou as Hua Ze Lei,
Ken Zhou as Xi Men., Vaness Wu as Mei Zuo, and Barbie Xu herself, as Shan Cai. This
Taiwanese telenovela took Philippines
by storm when it was shown in Abs-Cbn in 2003. And if I’m not mistaken, it was
the second Asianovela that was shown here in the country next to Amazing Twins.
Since it was a different story, and the fact that it came from Asia, a lot of Filipinos were actually became curious of
what this show had to offer especially to the younger generation. And not to
mention, people of all ages got hooked to it. It was really a phenomenon and so
far, this is the most favorite and most loved Asianovela of most Filipinos. As
a matter of fact, one of its episodes got a 63.8 % ratings and it was listed as
one of the TV shows that got the highest ratings of all time on Philippine
Television.
Furthermore, a lot of teenagers during that time, including
myself just couldn’t get enough of the characters of the Asianovela, most
especially the main characters, Shan Cai and Dao Ming Si since you can’t help
but to fall in love with these two main characters. I remember back then, since
at times, I couldn’t watch some of its episodes for the reason that I’m too
busy with school, I didn’t want to go out every Sunday mornings for the reason that
I didn’t want to miss out the replays of
Meteor Garden during the weekends. I got
glued and fixated on the boob tube during those times since I’m waiting for
trivias about them. I was so surprised that Barbie Xu if my memory serves me
right was already 24 when she shot the said Asianovela, since she looked so
young in the said show.
I can’t deny the fact that there were exaggerated or
unrealistic scenes in the show, nevertheless, I still love Meteor Garden.
In Addition, due to their popularity, Barbie Xu along with
her sister Dee Xu and F4, namely Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Ken Zhou , and Vaness Wu were
invited to perform here in the Philippines
at that time. Moreover, F4’s hairstyles, Shan Cai’s long, straight and shiny
black hairstyle and even the way she dressed up instantly became a trend here
in the Philippines.
They really had such a huge impact on Filipino viewers.
Hence, Meteor
Garden was such a huge success
not just in the country but in different Asian countries as well. I don’t know
if there are still Asianovelas in the future that will conquer our TV screens once
more and be as successful as this show. And will be supported by Filipino
viewers as well, just the way they had supported Meteor Garden
back then.
By the way, if you want to hear one of its soundtracks, I
have embedded the video of Ni Yao De Ai below, feel free to check it out.
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