Hi-5 (Australian TV series)
| Hi-5 | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Children's Edutainment |
| Created by |
Helena Harris Posie Graeme-Evans |
| Starring |
Kathleen de Leon Jones Tim Harding Charli Robinson Kellie Crawford Nathan Foley Sun Park Stevie Nicholson Casey Burgess Lauren Brant Tim Maddren Fely Irvine |
| Theme music composer | Chris Harriott |
| Opening theme | "Five in the Air" |
| Ending theme | "Five in the Air (Reprise)" |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 13 |
| No. of episodes | 570 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Helena Harris Noel Price |
| Producer(s) | Kris Noble |
| Location(s) | ABC Studios and TCN-9, Australia |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Kids Like Us Productions (Series 1-9) Southern Star Group (Series 10-13) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) (Series 1-13) 1080i (HDTV) (Series 3-13) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 5 April 1999 – 16 December 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Hi-5 House |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Hi-5 is an Australian children's television program, was first shown on the Nine Network in 1999 and is based on the children's music group Hi-5. Hi-5 is a children's pop music group much like peer children's entertainers The Wiggles. Hi-5 has been shown in approximately 80 countries.
Each series has 45 episodes with nine weekly themes. In 2004 (Series 6), the show was marked by reduced episodes than normal, with 30 episodes in six weekly themes due to the band concentrating more on touring. In 2012, no new series was filmed, with a repeat of Series 13 being shown instead.
In 2009 was marked the beginning of the "second generation" of Hi-5, with all of the original members having departed in 2007-2008. The series was renewed for another five years with the new cast by the Nine Network, which would have the contract expire in 2013.
In 2013, a new Hi-5 television show, Hi-5 House was created as a continuation/replacement of the original series.
Origins of the program
In 1998, Producer Helena Harris, creator of Bananas in Pyjamas, created "Hi-5" when her two children outgrew the Bananas. She and co-producer Posie Graeme-Evans decided the new show would be aimed at children of all ages, 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 in 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 1998 and the first program was broadcast in 1999. Since then, the original Australian show won five ARIA awards for "Best Children's Album" (as of 2005), won three Australian Logie Awards for "Most Outstanding Children's Program" as of 2005.
Cast members
Presenters
- Kathleen de Leon Jones (Series 1-8, with 3 guest appearances in Series 9)
- Tim Harding (Series 1-9)
- Charli Robinson (Series 1-10)
- Kellie Crawford (Series 1-10)
- Nathan Foley (Series 1-10)
- Sun Park (Series 9-10)
- Stevie Nicholson (Series 10-13)
- Casey Burgess (Series 11-13)
- Lauren Brant (Series 11-13)
- Tim Maddren (Series 11-13)
- Fely Irvine (Series 11-13)
Puppeteers
- Chatterbox
- Voiced by Charli Robinson (Series 1-4)
- Voiced by Sophie Katinis (Series 5-6)
- Voiced by Erin Marshall (Series 7-8)
- Voiced by Noni McCallum (Series 9-10)
- Voiced by Natalie Duarte (Series 11)
- Voiced by Alycce Martins (Series 12)
- Voiced by Brianne Turk (Series 13)
- Jup Jup
- Voiced by Tim Harding (Series 1-9)
- Voiced by Noni McCallum (Series 10)
- Voiced by Natalie Duarte (Series 11)
- Voiced by Alycce Martins (Series 12)
- Voiced by Brianne Turk (Series 13)
Replacement of cast
Replacement of cast
- Kathleen de Leon Jones was replaced by Sun Park in 2006, who was then replaced by Fely Irvine in 2009.
- Tim Harding was replaced by Stevie Nicholson in 2007.
- Charli Robinson was replaced by Casey Burgess in 2008.
- Kellie Crawford was replaced by Lauren Brant in 2009.
- Nathan Foley was replaced by Tim Maddren in 2009.
Filmography
Each series of Hi-5 is edited and compiled into video and DVD releases. Usually, 3 titles are released for each titles. Series 5, in which only 7 feature songs and Series 6, in which only 2 feature songs were released; Series 10, in which only 2 titles DVDs were released; Series 12, in which 5 titles DVDs were released; and Series 13, in which 6 titles DVDs were released due to the lack of a new series in 2012. All Hi-5 DVD are released in Australia by Roadshow Entertainment.
VHS and DVD releases
| Series | DVD Title | Songs | Year | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Move Your Body | Move Your Body | Ready or Not | L.O.V.E. | 1999 | ||
| Summer Rainbows | Living in a Rainbow | Grow | Five Senses | ||||
| Star Dreaming | Dream On | You and Me | In a Different Place | 2000 | |||
| 2 | Animal Adventures | So Many Animals | Special Days | North, South, East, West | |||
| Music Machine | Robot Number One | Mirror Mirror | Feel the Beat | ||||
| Snow Party | It's a Party! | Feelings | Three Wishes | 2001 | |||
| Snow Party (re-release) | It's a Party! | Feelings | Three Wishes | 2005 | |||
| 3 | Five Alive! | Boom Boom Beat | Friends Forever | Rain Rain Go Away | 2001 | ||
| Playing Cool | You're My Number One | Let's Get to Work | I Spy | ||||
| Magical Treasures | I Can Go Anywhere | Opposites Attract | Buried Treasure | 2002 | |||
| 4 | Let's Celebrate! | Celebrate | Hand in Hand | Inside my Heart | |||
| Surfing Safari | Going Out | Give It a Go | Reach Out | 2003 | |||
| Hi-Energy | E.N.E.R.G.Y. | One Step Forward | Move It | ||||
| 5/6 | It's a Hi-5 Christmas | Sleigh Ride | Santa Wear Your Shorts | Santa Claus is Coming | |||
| Hi-5 Holiday | Holiday | Underwater Discovery | Give Five | 2004 | |||
| Come On and Party | Come On and Party | Build It Up | L.O.V.E (remake) | ||||
| Space Magic | Hi-5 Base to Outer Space | Dream On (remake) | I Believe in Magic | ||||
| 7 | Action Heroes | Action Hero | T.E.A.M | Planet Disco | 2005 | ||
| Wonderful Journeys | Some Kind of Wonderful | Come Around to My Place | Rainbow 'Round the World | ||||
| Mix It Up! | Making Music | Ch-ch-changing | Home Sweet Home | 2006 | |||
| 8 | Sharing Wishes | Share Everything with You | Special | Wish Upon a Star | |||
| Have Some Fun! | Have Some Fun | Peek a Boo! | Growing Up | 2007 | |||
| Traveling Circus | Pretending Day | Are We There Yet? | Hey What's Cooking? | ||||
| 9 | Team Hi-5 | Happy Today | Brave and Strong | Switching Around | |||
| Party Street | WOW! | Stop and Go | Party Street | 2008 | |||
| Go Wild! | Around the World | Time Machine | Love Is All Around | ||||
| 10 | Playtime! | Playtime! | When I Grow Up | Planet Earth | Techno World | Abracadabra | |
| Jump & Shout | Jump and Shout | Come Alive | We're A Family | The Best Things in Life Are Free | 2009 | ||
| 11 | Fun with Friends | Zoo Party | Knock Knock knock | Spin Me 'Round | |||
| Santa Claus Is Coming | Santa Claus Is Coming | Living in a Fairytale | Favourite Teddy Bear | Let's Get Away | |||
| Stop Look Listen | Stop Look Listen | Four Seasons | Happy Monster Dance | 2010 | |||
| 12 | Imagine That! | Martian Groove | Hi-5 Farm | Stand Up Tall on Tippy Toes | |||
| Happy Hi-5 House | Happy House | Toy Box | Backyard Adventures | 2011 | |||
| Hey Presto! | Hey Presto | The Dancing Bus | Turn the Music Up! | ||||
| Fun & Games | The Dancing Bus | Happy House | Toy Box | 2012 | |||
| Animal Fun | Hi-5 Farm | Martin Groove | Turn the Music Up! | 2013 | |||
| 13 | Amazing | WOW! (remake) | Underwater Discovery (remake) | L.O.V.E. (remake) | 2011 | ||
| Ready or Not | Robot Number One (remake) | Ready or Not (remake) | Five Senses (remake) | 2012 | |||
| Make a Wish | Wish upon a Star (remake) | Making Music (remake) | Some Kind of Wonderful (remake) | ||||
| Discovery | WOW! (remake) | Underwater Discovery (remake) | Some Kind of Wonderful (remake) | ||||
| Let's Play | Making Music (remake) | Ready or Not (remake) | Five Senses (remake) | 2013 | |||
| Feeling Fine | Five Senses (remake) | L.O.V.E. (remake) | Some Kind of Wonderful (remake) | ||||
Special releases
- 2005 Hi-5 Dance Hits - Volume 1
- 2005 Hi-5 Dance Hits - Volume 2
- 2006 Hi-5 Dance Hits - Volume 3
- 2009 Hi-5 Favourites - Celebrating The First 10 Years from Series 1-10
- 2010 Hi-5 Sharing Stories- All Songs of the Week, plus a selection of stories from Series 11
- 2011 Hi-5 Sharing Stories 2 - All Songs of the Week, plus a selection of stories from Series 12
- 2012 Hi-5 Sharing Stories 3 - All Songs of the Week, plus a selection of stories from Series 13
Live Tour releases
- 2009 Hi-5 Live The Playtime Concert - 2008 Live Tour (Casey's first appearance and last appearance with Kellie, Nathan, and Sun)
- 2010 Hi-5 Surprise Live - 2009-2010 Live Tour (first appearance with Lauren, Tim M and Fely)
- 2012 Hi-5 Holiday Live - 2012 Live Tour (Dayen's first appearance and Last Appearance with Casey and Tim M)
Soundtracks
All Hi-5 CDs are released in Australia by Sony Music. At least four of them gone platinum and gold and one of the top ten music in Australia. Hi-5 CDs are sold in Australia.
List of albums
- 1999 - Jump and Jive with Hi-5
- 2000 - It's a Party
- 2001 - Boom Boom Beat
- 2001 - It's a Hi-5 Christmas
- 2002 - Celebrate
- 2003 - Hi-5 Hits
- 2003 - Hi-5 Holiday
- 2004 - Hi-5 Holiday (re-album)
- 2004 - Jingle Jangle Jingle with Hi-5
- 2005 - Making Music
- 2006 - Wish Upon A Star
- 2007 - WOW!
- 2008 - Planet Earth
- 2008 - All The Best!
- 2009 - Spin Me 'Round
- 2010 - Turn The Music Up!
- 2011 - Sing It Loud!
Christmas CDs
- 2001 - It's a Hi-5 Christmas
- 2004 - Jingle Jangle Jingle with Hi-5
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.
Body Move
- Hosted by Charli Robinson (Series 1–10) and Lauren Brant (Series 11–13)
This segment encourages body co-ordination skill development through dancing, hopping, jumping and stepping.
Making Music
- Hosted by Tim Harding (Series 1–9), Stevie Nicholson (Series 10), and Tim Maddren (Series 11–13)
This musical segment looks at concepts such as beat, rhythm, pitch and melody using pianos, guitars, bells and other instruments and items.
Puzzles and Patterns
- Hosted by Kathleen de Leon Jones (Series 1–8), Sun Park (Series 9–10), and Fely Irvine (Series 11–13)
This segment focuses on logical thinking and mathematics looking at numbers, puzzles, patterns and problem solving. This segment also features Jup-Jup, an alien puppet who is not seen by them,but constantly plays tricks on them.
Shapes in Space
- Hosted by Nathan Foley (Series 1–10) and Stevie Nicholson (Series 11–13)
This segment explores shape, colour, texture and pattern using various kinds of learning aids including coloured boxes, balls and play-dough.
Word Play
- Hosted by Kellie Crawford (Series 1–10) and Casey Burgess (Series 11–13)
This segment looks at language and sounds with the help of her puppet friend Chatterbox ("Chats").
Fit Bit Tips
- Hosted by Nathan Foley (Series 10), Stevie Nicholson (Series 10–12) and Tim Maddren (Series 11–12)
From Series 10-12 in this segment promoted children's leisure and exercise with the hosts taking part in activities such as soccer, table tennis, meditation, dancing, and others.
Sharing Stories
This penultimate segment in all episodes includes all five presenters, who join together to present a story. This segment is to promote social skills and group problem solving.
Episodes and series
In series 1-5 and series 7-13 there are nine feature songs, termed 'Songs of the Week' (the titles of which are shown below). Each series has run for nine weeks allowing five episodes to be shown a week (45 episodes) To date, there have been completed 570 episodes. Except for series 6 which had just 30 episodes. Accordingly, the Series 6 was composed of 6 songs of the week and various segments which had been filmed in 2003. The lack of a new series in 2012 was also due to the same reason.
Each section indicates the year in which each season aired, the title of the song on the album and the title used in the show. each song focuses on teaching the audience general common values in life and childhood, such as love, growth, imagination, fun, acceptance, adventure and more. Each week, there is a theme of the week that the song goes along with... The theme is given in the beginning of each episode in animation. From Series 1-10 orange people/animals participate in activities that goes along with the theme of that week. From Series 11-13, it always includes a dinosaur on wheels and a caterpillar on wheels (sometimes a teddy bear) participating in some activity that goes with the theme. The theme name appears in colourful letters, children's voices announce the theme and then the show begins.
Songs of the Week
- Series 1 (1999) - Original Cast
- Ready or Not (games)
- You and Me (you and me)
- Dream On (imagine)
- L.O.V.E. (love)
- Grow (grow)
- Move Your Body (bodies)
- Living in a rainbow (colours)
- Five Senses (senses)
- In A Different Place (time and place)
- Series 2 (2000)
- North South East West (adventure)
- Feelings (feelings)
- So Many Animals (animals)
- Special Days (days)
- Three Wishes (wishes)
- It's A Party (homes)
- Mirror Mirror (it's me)
- Robot Number One (machines)
- Feel The Beat (music)
- Series 3 (2001)
- Rain Rain Go Away (nature)
- Boom Boom Beat (get fit)
- Opposites Attract (opposite)
- Friends Forever (friends)
- I Can Go Anywhere (pretend)
- Let's Get To Work (inventions)
- Buried Treasure (treasures)
- I Spy (mysteries)
- You're My Number One (favourites)
- Series 4 (2002)
- Going Out (outside)
- Celebrate (around us)
- Give It A Go (ideas)
- Inside My Heart (inside)
- One Step Forward (can do)
- Hand in Hand (teamwork)
- Energy (energy)
- Move It (patterns)
- Reach Out (finding out)
- Series 5 (2003-2004)
- Come On And Party (festivals)
- Give Five (family)
- Build It Up (building)
- Our World (world)
- L.O.V.E. (remake) (happy)
- Dream On (remake) (magic)
- Ready Or Not (remake) (work & play)
- Holiday (holiday)
- Underwater Discovery (discovery)
- Series 6 (2004)
- Hi-5 Base To Outer Space (exploring)
- I Believe In Magic (dream wishes)
- Do It All Again (get moving)
- How Much Do I Love You? (heartbeat)
- Feeling Fine (feeling fine)
- Snakes and Ladders (playtime)
- Series 7 (2005)
- Making Music (making)
- Ch-Ch-Chancing (changing)
- Action Hero (action)
- Come Around To My Place (visiting)
- Home Sweet Home (city, country)
- Rainbow 'round The World (rainbows)
- T.E.A.M. (teams)
- Some Kind Of Wonderful (wonderful)
- Planet Disco (journeys)
- Series 8 (2006)
- Hey What's Cooking (doing)
- Special (vrising)
- Peek-A-Boo (finding)
- Have Some Fun (enjoying)
- Growing Up (growing)
- Pretending Day (pretending)
- Share Everything With You (sharing)
- Are We There Yet? (traveling)
- Wish Upon A Star (wondering)
- Series 9 (2007) - Change Cast
- Around the world (world)
- Happy Today (happy)
- Stop and Go (communicate)
- WOW! (amazing)
- Time Machine (old & new)
- Brave and Strong (brave & strong)
- Switching Around (switching)
- Love is all Around (look around)
- Party Street (celebrating)
- Series 10 (2008) - Change Cast Again
- Playtime (playtime)
- We're A Family (family)
- Planet Earth (planet earth)
- The Best Things In Life Are Free (be free)
- Abracadabra (abracadabra)
- Jump and Shout (jump and shout)
- When I Grow Up (tomorrow)
- Techno World (techno world)
- Come Alive (come alive)
- Series 11 (2009) - Second Generation Cast
- Stop look and listen (explore)
- Spin me around (friends)
- Zoo Party (celebrate)
- Knock knock knock (curiosity)
- Four seasons (natural world)
- Let's Get Away (holidays)
- Happy Monster Dance (be active)
- Living in a Fairytale (imagine)
- Favourite Teddy Bear (favourite things)
- Series 12 (2010)
- Hi-5 Farm (animal fun)
- Stand Up Tall on Tippy toes (growing)
- Martian Groove (discovery)
- Happy House (homes)
- The Dancing Bus (let's do it)
- Toy Box (toys)
- Backyard Adventurers (adventure)
- Hey Presto (magic)
- Turn the Music Up (surprise)
- Series 13 (2011) - All Remake Songs from the first 10 years
- WOW! (remake) (amazing)
- Underwater Discovery (remake) (water world)
- L.O.V.E. (remake) (feel good)
- Robot Number One (remake) (machines)
- Wish Upon A Star (remake) (dreaming)
- Five Senses (remake) (about me)
- Some Kind Of Wonderful (remake) (friends)
- Ready Or Not (remake) (games)
- Making Music (remake) (music)
International Broadcasts
Hi-5 now airs in more than 80 or 83 countries, including:
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Credits
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Produced By: Kids Like Us, Southern Star and Nine Films & Television for the Nine Network (C) 1999-2011
Kids Like Us and Southern Star IAW Nine Network Australia ninemsn.com.au
Note: The full credits will be changed, or added when the new Hi-5 series debuting what will happen in Singapore. Now is produced by Asiasons.
See also
References
External links
- Hi-5 Website
- Hi-5 Forum Website
- Official Hi-5 Twitter
- Cartoonito Hi-5 Website
- Hi-5 (Australia) at the Internet Movie Database
- Hi-5 at TV.com
- Tim Maddren Official Site
- Stevie Nicholson Official Site
- Nine Network Hi-5 Website
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