Hi-5 House

For the band, see Hi-5 (Australian band).
Hi-5 House
Genre Children's, Edu-tainment
Created by Helena Harris
Posie Graeme-Evans
Starring Stevie Nicholson (2007–present)
Lauren Brant (2009–2014)
Dayen Zheng (2012–present)
Mary Lascaris (2013–present)
Ainsley Melham (2013–present)
Tanika Anderson (2014–present)
Opening theme "Five in the Air" – Hi-5 House cast
Country of origin Australia
Singapore
Original language(s) English
No. of series 3 (third Season in filming)
No. of episodes 75 (25 Episodes By season)
Production
Executive producer(s) Julie Greene
Producer(s) Kris Noble
Neal Kingston
Location(s) Oak3 Films, Singapore
Production company(s) Asiasons Group
Broadcast
Original channel Nick Jr. (pay-to-air)
Eleven (free-to-air)
Disney Junior (Asia)
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original airing November 4, 2013–present on Nick Jr.
February 24, 2014–present on Eleven
Chronology
Related shows Hi-5 Australia
External links
Website

Hi-5 House is a spin-off of the Australian children's television program Hi-5, that originally debuted in 1999. The new Hi-5 series, which was filmed in Singapore, debuted in November 4, 2013 on Nick Jr., February 24, 2014 on Eleven in Australia and December 9, 2013 on Disney Junior in South East Asia. It also airs on Okto and Toggle in Singapore. Hi-5 is a children's music group on which the Hi-5 and Hi-5 House television shows are based. The series will arrive in November 17, 2014 on Latin America by Discovery Kids channel, the official site of the popular children's channel recently posted videos dubbed in Spanish and Portuguese.

The Project

The Hi-5 series 14 was forecast to broadcast on Nine Network in 2012, with the inclusion of Dayen Zheng who joined earlier that year. The series that was in his penultimate year, according to the firm of his contract in Australian TV station. But in June of that year, since it began to make a tour of Asia, Southern Star sold the rights to a Malaysian company named Asiasons Capital Group, what characterized the end of the series filmed in Australia, making plans to continue (nevertheless) the program until the following year. Tim Maddren and Casey Burgess were for this project. However, they announced that they will leave the group. They remained until January 19, 2013. On January 23, 2013, the names of the new members were released. They are Mary Lascaris and Ainsley Melham. These new members joined the existing members, Stevie, Lauren and Dayen. These new members was shown on January 24, 2013 in Westpoint Shopping, located in Melbourne, Australia. It was shown in the first movie called Hi-5: Some Kind of Wonderful. In June 2013, the Hi-5's executive producer Julie Greene, revealed in an interview for the site TV Asia Plus, the great novelties about the sequel, which will be filmed in Singapore. The series title was renamed to Hi-5 House. All the casts all still exist but they are adding in a new segment to the line-up and it's called The Chatterbox, the Chats 2nd segment happen in the world of character. This new program join in the fun and energy of the show with the new cast. It is just a little more.[1]

Cast members

Presenters

Current members

Former members

Puppets and other characters

– Voiced by Mary Lascaris (Series 1-present)

– Voiced by Ainsley Melham (Series 1-present)

– Played by Sarah Mackenzie (Series 1)
– Played by Ellen Wright (Series 2 & 3)

– Voiced by Stevie Nicholson (Series 1-present)

– Voiced by Ainsley Melham (Series 1-present)

Former members' reasons for leaving

In order, first to last:

Replacement of cast

Live tours

The band tours annually and have visited several countries in which they are popular, including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.

Tours (Hi-5 House era)

A series of mall shows in Indonesia to introduce the new members. Featured a selection of songs from Hi-5 series 13.
Tour of the East Coast of Australia, featuring songs from Hi-5 House series 1.
Australian tour featuring Hi-5's favourite songs, as voted by their fans on Facebook, featuring songs from Hi-5 House series 2.
Tour of Australia and Asia, featuring songs from Hi-5 House series 2 & 3

Hi-5 House DVDs

DVD Releases

Series # DVD Title Songs of the week Year
1 2
1 Dream House Come on In Grab Your Dream 2014
So Many Animals So Many Animals (remake) Dance with the Dinosaurs
Big Adventures Dance with the Dinosaurs Move Your Body (remake)

Special releases

Discography

Opening history

(Series 1-present) The music is the same as all previous versions, but with sung by Hi-5 House cast. The logo symbolizes the title, was a cottage with garden in the background; The five characters appear in each window in a different way: Mary out a square window on yellow wall, Stevie out a triangle window on green wall, Lauren out a star window on pink wall, Ainsley out a window flag on a blue wall, and Dayen out a circle window on orange wall; Then they are traveling on a purple balloon that symbolizes the title, in background details there was a rainbow and clouds in the sky along with other balloons; They join hands in a green ground with multicolored confetti, and they walk the orange magic carpet. In "Hi" (as in previous openings), they appear human, but in background windows that appeared in the first scene; In the "Hi .. together", they dance in a secluded garden; In the first "1, 2, 3, 4... HI-5!", they appear on the seabed (Jup Jup seen to the left down part) due to the equipment; In the second "1, 2, 3, 4... HI-5!", they appear as explorers in the amazon rainforest; In the third "1, 2, 3, 4... HI-5!", they appear as explorers of outer space (along with Chatterbox that was left above a purple planet); In the final, the camera quickly leaves the planet and the Hi-5 house gang appears flying happily, the white flash makes move to the scene of them dancing in a corner outside, and rush in for the logo, in the rush of the logo it was have something happened in the back of the logo, Mary the 4th Member of Hi-5 House, has disappeared for a second then she appears again. In Series 2 intro is the same as Series 1, and Tanika out a star window on pink wall.

Episodes and series

Hi-5 House has five weekly themes each theme lasting five days for 25 episodes. There is no title for each week, instead Hi-5 will explain what they look into each episode.

Series 1 (2013)
Number Episode Song of the Week
1 Explore my space Come on In
2 Things I love at home
3 Where I come from
4 Inside outside
5 Pets at home
6 Move your body Move Your Body (remake)
7 Sports and games
8 Food
9 Feeling good
10 Learn something new
11 Magic and fantasy Grab Your Dream
12 Dream catcher
13 If I could be anything
14 Dream Holiday
15 Sweet dreams
16 Australian Animals So Many Animals (remake)
17 Caring for Animals
18 Animal Kingdoms
19 Underwater
20 Wild Animals
21 Brave and Strong Dance with the Dinosaurs
22 Super Heroes
23 Explorers
24 Journeys
25 Make Believe
Series 2 (2014)
Number Episode Song of the Week
1 Amazon Jungle It's Our Planet
2 My Backyard
3 Coral Reef/Underwater Adventure
4 The Poles
5 Super Eco Champions
6 Inventions Starburst
7 Jobs/World Wide Web
8 Gadgets and Gizmos
9 Amazing Machines
10 Transportation
11 Fun with Friends Give Five (remake)
12 Animal Creature/Pets/Making Friends
13 All Kinds of Families
14 My Family Traditions
15 Play Dates
16 Parties It's A Party (remake)
17 Christmas
18 Milestones
19 Celebrations Around the World
20 You & Me
21 Playing Games Playtime (remake)
22 Games/Dress-up
23 Silly Is Good
24 Puzzles
25 Imagination
Series 3 (2015)

COMING SOON

Educational segments

Each presenter hosts an education centric segment of the show. At times, they're assisted by their co-presenters to display social skills and group problem solving skills.

Credits

Based on "Come on in!" Week television credits

References

  1. ↑ http://www.onscreenasia.com/article/tv-asia-plus-web-exclusive-interview-with-julie-greene-executive-producer-of-hi-5/12500

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