Hi-5 (Australian kids' band)
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| Hi-5 | ||
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 Top: Nathan, Kathleen & Charli
Bottom: Tim & Kellie |
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Years active | 1998 — Current | |
| Label(s) | Sony BMG | |
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Hi-5 USA Teen Queens |
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| Website | http://www.hi-5.com.au | |
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| Sun Park | ||
Hi-5, originally an Australian children's television program, was first shown on the Nine Network in 1999. Five, a UK broadcast network, rebroadcasts the Australian version. In 2003 an American version of the program began broadcasting in the United States. Hi-5 is now shown in 83 countries. Hi-5 is known as a children's pop music group as well as being a television show, much like peer children's entertainers The Wiggles.
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[edit] Origins of the program
In 1998, Producer Helena Harris, creator of Bananas in Pajamas, created "Hi-5" when her two children outgrew 'Bananas'. She and co-producer Posie Graeme-Evans decided the new show would be aimed at 2-8 year-olds, would include educational trends as fun and games, and would feature music and movement that would attract children's attention. Hi-5 aims to cater to a wide range of young children with a wide range of cognitive abilities and learning styles.
Child-development experts work with writers on every script. Each show is built around a simple theme like colours, music, animals, or numbers. Each show is then divided into segments that teach the concept different ways. Music is seen as the method of joining the segments of the program together as well as highlighting the concepts and themes of each program.
The auditions for the Australian hosts were held in June 1998 and the first program was broadcast in January 1999. Since then, the original Australian show won three ARIA awards for "Best Children's Album" (in 2000, 2001 and 2004), won three consecutive Australian Logie Awards (the Australian awards for Television performance and production recognition) for "Most Outstanding Children's Preschool Program" in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
[edit] Cast members
[edit] Singers/Band Members
- Regular Members
- Nathan Foley
- Kathleen de Leon Jones (Born Kathleen de Leon. Added "Jones" when she married Daniel Jones (musician) in 2005. Also was pregnant during 2006 and was replaced by Sun Park.)
- Tim Harding
- Kellie Hoggart
- Charli Delaney (Born Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson. Changed surname to Delaney when she married Brett Delaney in 2003)
- Past Members
- Sun Park - Took Kathleen's place during pregnancy
[edit] Puppets
- Jup-Jup - Voiced by Harding
- Chatterbox - Voiced by Noni McCallum (previously by Delaney)
[edit] Hi-5 Videos/Dvds
Each season of Hi-5 episodes is edited and compiled into video and DVD releases. Most seasons have yielded three releases, however in 2003 in lieu of a third collection being compiled, completely new material was written to release a Christmas themed video. In addition to these, in 2005, Hi-5 began releasing "Dance Hits", a re-visitation of previous series' Songs-of-the-week to teach the viewer the dance steps used.
[edit] Episode collection releases
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[edit] Special releases
- 2003 It's a Hi-5 Christmas
- 2005 Let's Play - Video Game[1]
- 2005 Hi-5 Dance Hits - Vol 1 - Series 1
- 2005 Hi-5 Dance Hits - Vol 2 - Series 2
- 2006 Hi-5 Dance Hits - Vol 3 - Series 3
[edit] Television Series
| Hi-5 | |
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 Hi-5 Logo |
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| Genre | Children's Edu-tainment |
| Creator(s) | Helena Harris Posie Graeme-Evans |
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| Voices of | Tim Harding as Jup-Jup
Noni McCallum as Chats |
| Theme music composer | Chris Harriott |
| Opening theme | "Five in the Air" |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 385 (Including 2007 season) |
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| Producer(s) | Helena Harris |
| Executive producer(s) | Kris Noble |
| Location | Sydney |
| Running time | Variable |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nine Network |
| Original run | 1998 – Current |
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| Related shows | Bananas in Pyjamas |
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| TV.com summary | |
In every series there are nine feature songs (the titles of which are shown below). With the exception of series six, each series has run for nine weeks, allowing each song to be featured for a full week's schedule of five episodes. 340 episodes of Hi-5 have been aired so far, and 45 more episodes are scheduled to air in 2007. Each section indicates the year in which each season was produced. With the exception of the first season, these were each aired in the following year. As with all the skits, each song focuses on teaching the audience general common values in life and childhood, such as love, growth, imagination, fun, acceptance, adventure and more (below is a listing of each song with the core lesson in brackets).
- Series 1 (1999)
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- Series 2 (2000)
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- Series 3 (2001)
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- Series 4 (2002)
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- Series 5 (2003)
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- Series 6 (2004)
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- Series 7 (2005)
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- Series 8 (2006)
Hi-5 Cast & Crew Celebrates their 300th Episode
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- Series 9 (2007)
This series was filmed in 2006 and is slated to debut in 2007. (When Is The New Series Going To Start?) (What Other Songs Are There In Series 9?)
[edit] Educational segments of Hi-5
Each presenter hosts a education centric segment of the show. At times, they're assisted by their co-presenters to display social skills and group problem solving skills.
- Nathan Foley presents a segment exploring shape, colour, texture and pattern using various kinds of learning aids [See Also] including coloured boxes, balls and play-dough.
- Kathleen de Leon Jones presents a segment on logical thinking and mathematics looking at numbers, puzzles and mazes - this segment also features Jup-Jup.
- Tim Harding hosts the musical segment looking at concepts such as beat, rhythm, pitch and melody using pianos, guitars, bells and other insutrments to his aid.
- Kellie Hoggart hosts the section looking at language and sounds with the help of Chatterbox .
- Charli Delaney hosts the section encouraging body co-ordination skill development through dancing, hopping, jumping and stepping.
- There is also a segment where all five presenters join together to present a story. This segment is to promote social skills and group problem solving.
[edit] Live Tours
There were at least two live tours involving the Hi-5 cast:
[edit] Hi-5 Tour
(in order of country)
- United Kingdom (3 Months)
- Singapore (2 Weeks)
- Australia (1 month)
- New Zealand (1 Month)
[edit] Tour Themes
- 2002-2003 Hi-5 Alive (covering songs and acts from series 4)
- 2003-2004 Come on and party (series 5)
- 2005-2006 Space Magic (series 6)
- 2006-2007 Live Action Hero (series 7)
[edit] Hi-5 Christmas Eve Concert
There were seven special Christmas Eve concerts, in which the Hi-5 cast sing carols by candlelight. These concerts were held annually since 2000.
[edit] Discography
Hi-5 has produced a number of CDs, at least five of which have gone platinum in Australia. In addition, there is a range of DVD's and videos (Region 4, PAL color), as well as games and puzzles.
- Jump And Jive With Hi-5 (1999) - #33 Australia
- It's A Party (2000) - #4 Australia
- Boom Boom Beat (2001) - #3 Australia
- It's A Hi-5 Christmas (2001)
- Celebrate (2002) - #27 Australia
- Hi-5 Hits (2003)
- Hi-5 Holiday (2003) - #26 Australia
- Hi-5 Holiday- Hear it, See it (Limited edition- 2004)
- Jingle Jangle Jingle With Hi-5(2004)
- Making Music (2005)
- Its a Hi-5 Chritmas Gift Pack{Limited Edition 2005)
- Wish Upon A Star (2006) - #57 Australia
[edit] Airing History
Hi-5 now airs in more than 80 Countries, including:
- Australia
- UK
- Singapore
- Kids Central
- Nick Jr.
- Hong Kong / Macau / South Korea / Indonesia / Philippines
- Malaysia
- Nick Jr.
- Kids Central
- New Zealand
- Nick_Jr.
- Television New Zealand (currently showing Hi-5 at 6:55am Weekdays on TV2)
- Malta
- Philippines
- Brazil
- United States
[edit] Credits
- Creator: Helena Harris
- Composer: Chris Harriot
- Co-creator: Posie Graeme-Evans
- Song of the week lyrics:
- Leone Carey
- Lisa Hoppe
- Helena Harris(You and me/L.O.V.E/Feel the beat)
- Amy Harris (Dream on)
- Chris Phillips
- Chris Harriott
- Kellie Hoggart (Move Your Body/Feelings/Move it/Beautiful World)
- Nathan Foley (Friends/Move it)
- Tim Harding (Friends)
- Kathleen de Leon Jones (Feelings)
- Charli Delaney (Feelings)
- Catherine Thiele (Hi5 Base to outer space)
- Rob Cotterill
- Russel Burton
- Andrew Einspruch
- Emma-Jane Dann
- Choreographer:
- Catherine Thiele (Series 1, 3, 4, 6)
- Kim Fowler (Series 2)
- Cameron Mitchell (Series 5 to 8)
- Song of the week Directors:
- Ian Munro
- Rob Cotterill
- Russel Burton
- Bryan Newton
- David Summons
- Executive In-Charge Of Production: Martin Hersov
- Executive Producer: Helena Harris
- Produced By:
- Kids Like Us
- Nine Films & Television
- for the Nine Network
[edit] References
- ^ Hi-5 Video Game released by GSP
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Hi-5 Australia Cast Members | Puppets | Other Cast Members |
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| Charli | Kathleen | Nathan | Tim | Kellie | Chats | Jup-Jup | Sun Park |
