Hi-5, an Australia

Australia

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n children's television program

Television program

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, was first shown on the Nine Network

Nine Network

The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

 in 1999. Hi-5's new Australian cast was announced in Australian talk show Morning with Kerrie-Anne, in February 2009. 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

The Wiggles

The Wiggles are a children's group formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album...

. They also teach arts and crafts

Arts and crafts

Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's hands and skill. These can be sub-divided into handicrafts or "traditional crafts" and "the rest"...

.

The Nine Network

Nine Network

The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

 has committed to five new seasons of the series, stretching the series' run to at least 2013.

Origins of the program

In 1999 , Producer Helena Harris, creator of Bananas in Pajamas, created "Hi-5" when her two children outgrew 'Bananas'. She and co-producer Posie Graeme-Evans

Posie Graeme-Evans

Posie Graeme-Evans spent her childhood travelling between Europe, Asia and Australia. Having worked extensively in the Australian film and television industries as an editor, director, writer and producer/executive producer, Posie is now a full-time novelist .-Early life:Graeme-Evans is the...

 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 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 audition

Audition

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s 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" (in 2005), won three consecutive Australian Logie Award

Logie Award

The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...

s (the Australian awards for Television performance and production recognition) for "Most Outstanding Children's Preschool Program" in 2005.

Cast members

Current members

• Stevie Nicholson
  Stevie Nicholson
  Stevie Nicholson is an Australian singer and actor. He attended St Kevin's College in Melbourne as a student and is currently a member of the Australian children's entertainment group Hi-5...
  
   (2007–present)
• Casey Burgess (2008–present)
• Fely Irvine (2009–present)
• Tim Maddren
  Tim Maddren (entertainer)
  Tim Maddren is a New Zealand entertainer, singer and actor. Currently Maddren is one of the members of the Australian children's television program Hi-5....
  
   (2009–present)
• Lauren Brant (2009–present)

Former members

• Sun Park
  Sun Park
  Sun Park is a Korean born Australian entertainer, and a member of the children's musical group Hi-5. In 2006, when she was 25, she was originally a temporary replacement for Kathleen de Leon, who went on maternity leave. However in July 2007, Kathleen announced that she would not be returning, in...
  
   2006-2008 (completed 2 series, 90 episodes)

Original cast

• Kellie Crawford
  Kellie Hoggart
  Kellie Lynn Crawford, née Hoggart is an Australian singer, actress and children's performer. Crawford is most known for her involvement in Children's program Hi-5 and as a former member of pop group Teen Queens. She left Hi-5 in December 2008 after ten years with the group.- Career :Crawford was...
  
   1998 - 2008 (completed 10 series, 420 episodes)
• Nathan Foley 1998 - 2008 (completed 10 series, 420 episodes)
• Charli Delaney
  Charli Delaney
  Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson, known professionally as Charli Robinson and previously as Charli Delaney is an Australian singer, actress, radio presenter and children's performer....
  
   (Robinson) 1998 - 2008 (completed 10 series, 420 episodes)
• Tim Harding 1998 - 2007 (completed 9 series, 374 episodes)
• Kathleen de Leon Jones
  Kathleen de Leon Jones
  Kathleen de Leon Jones is an Australian actress, dancer, and singer of Filipino descent. She was an original cast member of the ARIA Award winning Australian children's television program, Hi-5.-Personal life:Born in Manila in 1977, Kathleen moved to Australia with her family in 1978...
  
   1998 - 2006 (completed 8 series, 330 episodes with 3 episodes in Series 9)

Puppets

• Jup-Jup (puppet)

- Voiced by Tim Harding 1998-2006 (Series 1-8)


- Voiced by Noni McCallum 2007-2008 (Series 9-10)


- Voiced by Natalie Duarte 2009-2010 (Series 11)


- Voiced by Alycce Martins 2010 (Series 12)(Hi-5 Surprise tour)


- Voiced by Brianne Turk 2011 (Series 13)

• Chatterbox (Chats)

- Voiced by Charli Robinson

Charli Delaney

Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson, known professionally as Charli Robinson and previously as Charli Delaney is an Australian singer, actress, radio presenter and children's performer....

 1998-2002 (series 1-4)


- Voiced by Sophie Katinis

Sophie Katinis

Sophie Katinis is an Australian actress who has appeared in many television and theatre roles.-Television:Sophie played the role of university student Mel Bennett on the drama headLand in 2006...

 2003 (Series 5) (Hi-5 Live Come on and Party Concert)


- Voiced by Erin Marshall 2005-2006 (Series 7-8) (Live Space Magic Concert)


- Voiced by Noni McCallum 2007-2008 (Series 9-10) (Live Action Heroes, Live Circus Stageshow,)


- Voiced by Natalie Duarte 2009 (Series 11)(Playtime tour)


- Voiced by Alycce Martins 2010 (Series 12)(Hi-5 Surprise tour)


- Voiced by Brianne Turk 2011 (Series 13)

Former members' reasons for leaving

In order, first to last:

• Kathleen de Leon Jones
  Kathleen de Leon Jones
  Kathleen de Leon Jones is an Australian actress, dancer, and singer of Filipino descent. She was an original cast member of the ARIA Award winning Australian children's television program, Hi-5.-Personal life:Born in Manila in 1977, Kathleen moved to Australia with her family in 1978...
  
  : left following the birth of her first child with former Savage Garden
  Savage Garden
  Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994...
  
   member Daniel Jones
  Daniel Jones (musician)
  Daniel Jones is a musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his part in the hugely popular Australian pop duo Savage Garden, whose international hit singles included the songs "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back", "Truly Madly Deeply", "I Knew I Loved You", and "Crash and Burn"...
  
   in 2007.
• Tim Harding: left following a serious motorcycle accident in 2007 where he fractured both legs and suffered a serious spinal injury that required intensive care and reconstruction
• Charli Delaney
  Charli Delaney
  Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson, known professionally as Charli Robinson and previously as Charli Delaney is an Australian singer, actress, radio presenter and children's performer....
  
   : left in February 2008. She left to pursue other interests in presenting work, and acting in film and television, in order to "challenge herself".
• Kellie Crawford : left to pursue other acting opportunities and to settle down for family, announced in October 2008 that her last show would be at Carols by Candlelight
  Carols by Candlelight
  Carols by Candlelight is an Australian Christmas tradition that originated in southeastern Australia in the 19th century and was popularised in Melbourne in the 1930s. The tradition has since spread around the world. It involves people gathering, usually outdoors in a park, to sing carols by...
  
   on 24 December 2008.
• Nathan Foley : left to concentrate on solo career. Announced in November 2008 that his last show would be at Carols by Candlelight on 24 December 2008.
• Sun Park
  Sun Park
  Sun Park is a Korean born Australian entertainer, and a member of the children's musical group Hi-5. In 2006, when she was 25, she was originally a temporary replacement for Kathleen de Leon, who went on maternity leave. However in July 2007, Kathleen announced that she would not be returning, in...
  
   : Quit as she wishes to settle down and get married and maybe have kids. She also said that she felt she was only a temporary replacement for Kathleen de Leon Jones. She announced in December 2008 that her last show would be at Carols by Candlelight on 24 December 2008.

Replacement of cast

• Kellie Crawford
  Kellie Hoggart
  Kellie Lynn Crawford, née Hoggart is an Australian singer, actress and children's performer. Crawford is most known for her involvement in Children's program Hi-5 and as a former member of pop group Teen Queens. She left Hi-5 in December 2008 after ten years with the group.- Career :Crawford was...
  
   was replaced by Lauren Brant however hosting "Body Move" segment
• Nathan Foley was replaced by Tim Maddren  however hosting "Making Music" segment
• Charli Delaney
  Charli Delaney
  Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson, known professionally as Charli Robinson and previously as Charli Delaney is an Australian singer, actress, radio presenter and children's performer....
  
   (Robinson) was replaced by Casey Burgess
• Tim Harding was replaced by Stevie Nicholson however hosting "Shapes in Space" segment
• Kathleen de Leon Jones
  Kathleen de Leon Jones
  Kathleen de Leon Jones is an Australian actress, dancer, and singer of Filipino descent. She was an original cast member of the ARIA Award winning Australian children's television program, Hi-5.-Personal life:Born in Manila in 1977, Kathleen moved to Australia with her family in 1978...
  
   was replaced by Sun Park
  Sun Park
  Sun Park is a Korean born Australian entertainer, and a member of the children's musical group Hi-5. In 2006, when she was 25, she was originally a temporary replacement for Kathleen de Leon, who went on maternity leave. However in July 2007, Kathleen announced that she would not be returning, in...
  
   who was then replaced by Fely Irvine

Live tours

The band tours annually and visits several countries in which they are popular. These include Australia, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, Singapore

Singapore

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 and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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.

Tour themes

• 2000 It's A Party (series 1 and 2)
• 2001 Hi-5 Alive (series 3)
• 2002 Celebrate (series 4)
• 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)
• 2007-2008 Circus Stage Show Live (series 8 and 9)
• 2008 Party Street Tour (Live appearances in regional Australia only, series 8 and 9 reprised)
• 2008 Playtime Tour (Series 10) Australia Only .
• 2009 Series 11 Promo was in the Philippines
• 2009-2010 Hi-5 Surprise! Live Tour (series 11)
• 2011 Turn the Music Up! Live Tour

Christmas eve concert

There have been seven special Christmas Eve concerts, in which the cast sang at Carols by Candlelight. These concerts have been held annually since 2000.

Hi-5 CDs

All Hi-5 CDs are released in Australia by SonyBMG. At least four of them gone platinum and gold and one of the top ten music in Australia. Hi-5 CDs are sold in UK and Australia.

CD releases

1999

• Jump and Jive With Hi-5 (Series 1)

2000

• It's a party (Series 2)

2001

• Boom Boom beat (Series 3)
• Its A Hi-5 Christmas

2002

• Double the fun -Jump and jive and It's a party (Series 1 & 2)
• Let's Celebrate (Series 4)

2003

• Hi-5 Hits (The selected best song from previous 4 series)
• Hi-5 Holiday (Series 5)
• Hi-5 Christmas gift pack
• Hi-5 Hits gift pack

2004

• Hi-5 Holiday Limited edition (with series 6 videos)
• Jingle Jangle with Hi-5 (With brand new Hi-5 Xmas song and traditional song)

2005

• Making Music (Series 7)
• Hi-5 Christmas gift pack ("Hi-5 Christmas" and "Jingle Jangle with Hi-5")

2006

• Wish upon a star (Series 8)

2007

• WOW! (Series 9)

2008

• Planet Earth (Series 10)
• All the Best! (Best selection from all 10 series, plus the two limited edition Series 6 songs)

2009

• Spin Me Round (Series 11)

2010

• Turn the Music Up! (Series 12)

2011

• Sing it Loud (Series 13)

Hi-5 Videos and DVDs

Each season of Hi-5 is edited and compiled into video and DVD releases. Three titles are released for each season, except in 2003, which featured an all-new Christmas video as one of the releases. In 2005, Hi-5 also released "Dance Hits", featuring a "greatest hits" collection of Songs-of-the-week, plus dance lessons related to them.

Video Series Releases

Series #	DVD Title	Songs of the week			Year
1	2	3
1	Move your body Move Your Body "Move Your Body" is a 1999 song recorded by the Italian band Eiffel 65. It was released as the second single from their album Europop, on November 30, 1999. This song achieved a huge success in many countries, topping the charts of Austria, Denmark, France, Italy and Spain. The song was not a huge...	Move your body	Ready or not	L.O.V.E	1999
1	Summer Rainbows	Living in a rainbow	Grow	Five Senses	1999
1	Star Dreaming	Dream on	You and me	In a different Place	1999
2	Animal Adventure	So many animals	Special days	North south east west	2000
2	Music Machines	Robot no. 1	Mirror mirror	Feel the beat	2000
2	Snow Party	It's a party!	Feelings	Three wishes	2000
3	Five alive!	Boom boom beat	Friends	Rain	2001
3	Playing Cool	You're my number one	Lets get to work	I spy	2001
3	Magical Treasures	I can go anywhere	Opposites	Buried treasure	2001
4	Let's Celebrate	Celebrate	Hand in hand	Inside my heart	2002
4	Surfing safari	Going out	Give it a go	Reach out	2002
4	Hi-Energy	E.N.E.R.G.Y	One step forward	Move it	2002
5	Hi-5 Holiday	Holiday	Underwater discovery	Give five	2003
5	Come on and Party	Come on and party	Build it up	L.O.V.E (new)	2003
5/6	Space Magic	Hi-5 Base to Outer Space	Dream on (new)	I Believe in Magic	2003/2004
7	Action Heroes	Action Heroes	T.E.A.M	Planet Disco	2005
7	Wonderful journeys	Some kind of wonderful	Come around to my place	Rainbow 'round the world	2005
7	Mix it up!	Making music	Ch ch changing	Home sweet Home	2006
8	Sharing Wishes	Share everything with you	Special	Wish upon a star	2006
8	Have some fun Have Some Fun "Have Some Fun" is the Czech Republic's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and was chosen to represent them on 26 January 2008. The song is sung by Tereza Kerndlová and was performed in the 2nd place on the national final. This song was the second Czech entry for Eurovision, and Tereza...	Have some fun	Peek a boo	Growing up	2007
8	Traveling circus Traveling Circus Traveling Circus is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Phil Vassar. It was released on December 15, 2009 as his second album for the Universal South Records label. The album contains the singles "Bobbi with an I" and "Everywhere I Go," both of which have charted on the U.S....	Pretending day	Are We There Yet?	Hey what's cooking?	2007
9	Team Hi-5	Happy Today	Brave and strong	Switching around	2007
9	Party Street	Wow!	Stop and go	Party street	2008
9	Go Wild!	Around the world	Time machine	Love is all around	2008
10	Playtime Playtime Play Time is French director Jacques Tati's fourth major film, and generally considered to be his most daring film. It was shot in 1964 through 1967 and released in 1967. In Play Time, Tati again plays Monsieur Hulot, a character who had appeared in some of his earlier films, including Mon Oncle...	Playtime/When I Grow Up	Planet Earth	Techno world/Abracadabra	2008
10	Jump & Shout	Jump and shout	Come alive	Family/The Best Things in Life are Free	2009
10	Hi-5 Live - The Playtime Concert	Playtime	Techno world	Ready or not and more..	2009
11	Fun With Friends	Zoo Party	Knock Knock knock	Spin Me 'Round	2009
11	Santa Claus is Coming	Santa Claus is Coming	Living in a Fairytale	Favourite Teddy Bear/Let's Get Away	2009
11	Stop Look Listen	Stop Look Listen	Natural World	Happy Monster Dance	2010
12	Imagine That!	Martian Groove	Hi-5 Farm	Stand Up Tall on Tippy Toes	2010
12	Happy hi-5 house	Toy Box	Backyard Adventures	Happy House	2011
12	Hey Presto!	Hey Presto	The dancing bus	Turn the music up	2011
13	Amazing Amazing Amazing may refer to:* A*mazing, an Australian children's television game show that aired in the mid to late 1990s* Amazing, a maze computer game bundled with the original Apple Macintosh-Albums:* Amazing , 1996...	L.O.V.E.	Amazing (Wow!)	Underwater Discovery	2011

Special releases

• 2003 It's a Hi-5 Christmas
  It's a Hi-5 Christmas
  It's a Hi-5 Christmas is an album by the American kids band, Hi-5.-Track listing:# Santa Claus Is Coming# Sleigh Ride# Groovy Christmas# Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer# Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree# Mary's Boy Child# Santa Wear Your Shorts...
  
  
• 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
• 2009 Hi-5 Favourites - Celebrating The First 10 Years
• 2010 Hi-5 Sharing Stories - All Songs of the Weeks, plus a selection of stories from Series 11
• 2010 Hi-5 Surprise LIVE - 2009 - 2010 Live National Tour
• 2011 Hi-5 Sharing Stories 2 - All Song of the Weeks, plus a selection of stories from Series 12

First intro animation

The Hi-5 tile is displayed on the yellow background, and the five original members are displayed doing jumps, holding umbrellas, doing somersaults and leaping up, thinning to air and being replaced by hands. Their pictures are displayed and form the title in midair.The part "there smile on my face" was when the cast shown instead of their animated character. That part was change for series 2 and 3 to show differences in each series.

Second intro

The intro had a total new makeover. The animated cast was more 3D then the previous intro. Their animated version was drawn very close to what the cast wore.The animinated them jumped into the screen with dance step unlike previous version. The cast was shown in the first part of "1234 Hi-5" this time they transformed into their animated version. That part was update in series 4,5,6,7 and the animated version clothes and hairstyle too to show it was a newer series. The animation ends as the cartoons put their hand together and released the Hi-5 Logo in the air. The animation last from series 4 until 7

Third intro

Hi-5 took its animation to the next level with more vibrant colours and 3D. The animated members was closely matched the real character. The members jump onto the green, red, aqua, regular and orange variations of the logo for dancing, a lightly rainy day at a city made of blocks with hands and shapes on them, their pictures appear on the ferris wheel, dance on a road made of xylophones and trumpetsthat is where animated Jup-Jup and Chats in the Hi-5 Car. Casey's symbols passes the dancing members. The Animation ends with the real cast running towards the screen and butterflies passes them which magically changed into their animated version. The animation last only for series 8 and was the inspiration for the intro of the UK version of the programme.

Fourth intro

Hi-5's fourth intro is the same as Series 8. The only difference is that Kathleen is removed from the Hi-5 cast and Sun taking over her. In series 10, Tim is now removed from the cast and Stevie taking him over.

Fifth intro

The cast is in 3D animation with no outlines and stuff (except clothes). They are all in 3D. The lighter purple Hi-5 logo hits the screen and the 3D animated cast falls down and sings. Then an umbrella passes the cast spinning. The umbrella is actually with Lauren for the "who cares about the weather." Then, balls pass Lauren and the new set is shown with Lauren waving hi, Stevie sliding, and Casey and Tim jumping. Immediately after Tim's jumping, Fely steps in and waves for the part "there's a smile on my face." Then, the new cast says hi! Like the original cast. The scenes of the new cast is changed in Series 12 to show its a new season (for example, Casey's hair is blonde for Series 12.) Then, the animated cast sings and dances then the same set is shown with a bigger space and even more decoartions. Then, a floor space is shown with cast looking at the TV then forms a circle and releases the Hi-5 logo.The theme stays the same from Series 12-13

Special intros

• Move Your Body: Hi-5 sing "We're Hi-5"
• Five Alive: Jup-Jup says "Hi-5 Alive!" (which is the name of the tour) and Kathleen is reminded about the show. She goes to Nathan's space. With Nathan (who was dribbling), she visits Tim, at space three (who was dusting). The trio visit Kellie's space at number four, where she is surfing. At Charli's, she is swinging, until Kathleen reminds her. The theme is an enclosed modified version with the lyrics:

"Hi-5 Alive, all jump together, Hi-5 Alive, run in any weather (in which Hi-5 are wearing wet weather costumes), Hi-5 alive, (a brief shot of the theme and the Hi-5 logo before a clip of a Hi-5 song) the party's on at your place, Hi-5 Alive, there's a smile on my face (the turning logo is replaced by the clip) Five, Five, Five, Five, five together (the clip continues), one, two, three, four, five alive, (the normal theme continues) one, two, three, four, five alive (a swirling background of stars replaces the fuchia background) five, (the clip is continued until the end) Hi-5 alive, lets do it together, five alive!"

• Action Heroes: Nathan Foley steps out of his helicopter to find his beeper ringing. Kathleen de Leon Jones
  Kathleen de Leon Jones
  Kathleen de Leon Jones is an Australian actress, dancer, and singer of Filipino descent. She was an original cast member of the ARIA Award winning Australian children's television program, Hi-5.-Personal life:Born in Manila in 1977, Kathleen moved to Australia with her family in 1978...
  
   practises karate
  Karate
  is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
  
   until her beeper rings. Tim Harding plays tennis until his beeper rings. Charli Delaney
  Charli Delaney
  Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson, known professionally as Charli Robinson and previously as Charli Delaney is an Australian singer, actress, radio presenter and children's performer....
  
   finds her beeper ringing while cheerleading
  Cheerleading
  Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
  
  . Kellie Crawford is dancing when her beeper rings. The beepers are, in fact, a reminder for a water slide competition.
• Mix It Up: Hi-5 rap about making music.
• Have Some Fun: Hi-5 detective lurk around looking for fun
• Sharing Wishes: Hi-5 tell the kids that you should get a toy because this is a "comforting" video. They then sing the lullaby from "Star Dreaming". (Note: Tim says his toy rabbit's name is Bouncer in this video)
• Dance Hits 2: Hi-5 sing "Hi-5 Disco Dance".
• Holiday: Dancing in a remixed version of "Five Senses". (only on CD, am I right?)

1999-2001

At the start of the TV show, the set was in blue walls and poles, with a giant white hand with multicolor hands in it.

2001-2005

In 2001, the Hi-5 set changed. It featured a large Hi-5 logo on the stage inside a yellow circle. Three large blocks were piled on each side.

2005-2009

The set was changed again. Now it has a large hi-5 logo inside a bigger circle with colourful patterns. Three large blocks were also put but the design was different.

2009-2011

The set stayed the same except for in each song there are brand new backgrounds that were not used with the original cast. Also, the cheering of the audience has changed and you hear the cast cheering along with the children.

2011-present

The back of the set now is black and the cheering changed in the ending . You can here what the cast members are saying.

Episodes and series

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. 480 episodes of Hi-5 have been aired so far. 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. 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. It always includes a dinosaur on wheels and a caterpillar on wheels doing something that goes with the theme. Then, the theme appears in colorful letters(Children announce the theme) and the show begins.

Australian Version

Series 1 (1999)

Ready or not (games) Dream On (dreams) You & Me (differences)

L.O.V.E. (love) Grow (grow) Move Your Body (bodies)

Living In The Rainbow (colours) Five Senses (senses) In A Different Place (time, place)

Series 2 (2000)

North South East West (adventure) Feelings (feelings) So Many Animals (animals)

Special Days (days) Mirror Mirror (it's me) It's A Party (homes)

Three Wishes (wishes) Robot Number One (machines) Feel The Beat (music)

Series 3 (2001)

Rain Rain (nature) Boom Boom Beat (get fit) Opposites Attract (opposite)

Friends (friends) I Can Go Anywhere (pretend) Buried Treasure (treasures)

Let's Get To Work (inventions) 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) Energy (energy)

Move It (patterns) Hand In Hand (teamwork) Reach Out (finding out)

Series 5 (2003)

Come On And Party (festivals) Give Five (family) Build It Up (building)

Our World (world) L.O.V.E (re-make) (happy) Dream On (re-make) (magic)

Ready Or Not (re-make) (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-Changing (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 (variety) Peek-a-Boo (finding)

Have Some Fun (enjoying) Growing Up (growing) Pretending Day (pretending)

Share Everything With You (sharing) Are We There Yet? (travelling) Wish Upon A Star (wondering)

Series 9 (2007)

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 (celebrations)

Series 10 (2008)

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) All new cast

Living in a fairytale (imagine) On our holiday (holidays) Knock knock knock (curiosity)

Spin me around (friends) Stop look and listen (explore) Favorite teddy bear (favorite things)

Four seasons (natural world) Happy monster dance (be active) Zoo Party (celebrate)

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)

WOW! (re-make) (amazing) Underwater discovery(re-make) (water world) L.O.V.E.(re-make) (feel good)

Robot Number One (re-make) (machines) Wish Upon a Star (re-make) (dreaming) Five Senses (re-make) (about me)

Some Kind of Wonderful (re-make) (wonderful) Ready or Not (re-make) Making Music (re-make)

UK version

There was no sparsity in episode themes, instead focusing on only eight different themes, one for each week:
family, animals, pretend, friends, music, feelings, senses, colours
Presnter Chris Edgerley

Educational segments of Hi-5

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.

• Casey Burgess hosts the section word play looking at language
  Language
  Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
  
   and sound
  Sound
  Sound is a mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a solid, liquid, or gas, composed of frequencies within the range of hearing and of a level sufficiently strong to be heard, or the sensation stimulated in organs of hearing by such vibrations.-Propagation of...
  
  s with the help of her puppet friend Chatterbox ("Chats"). Formerly presented by Kellie Crawford (Series 1 - 10).

• Tim Maddren
  Tim Maddren (entertainer)
  Tim Maddren is a New Zealand entertainer, singer and actor. Currently Maddren is one of the members of the Australian children's television program Hi-5....
  
   hosts the musical segment looking at concepts such as beat, rhythm, pitch and melody using pianos, guitars, bells and other instruments to his aid. Formerly presented by Tim Harding (Series 1 - 9) and Stevie Nicholson
  Stevie Nicholson
  Stevie Nicholson is an Australian singer and actor. He attended St Kevin's College in Melbourne as a student and is currently a member of the Australian children's entertainment group Hi-5...
  
   (Series 10).

• Fely Irvine presents a segment on logic
  Logic
  In philosophy, Logic is the formal systematic study of the principles of valid inference and correct reasoning. Logic is used in most intellectual activities, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, semantics, and computer science...
  
  al thinking and mathematics
  Mathematics
  Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
  
   looking at number
  Number
  A number is a mathematical object used to count and measure. In mathematics, the definition of number has been extended over the years to include such numbers as zero, negative numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers, and complex numbers....
  
  s, puzzle
  Puzzle
  A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle, one is intended to put together pieces in a logical way in order to come up with the desired solution...
  
  s and maze
  Maze
  A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. In everyday speech, both maze and labyrinth denote a complex and confusing series of pathways, but technically the maze is distinguished from the labyrinth, as the labyrinth has a single...
  
  s - this segment also features Jup-Jup, a puppet who is not seen by Fely, but constantly plays tricks on her. Formerly presented by Kathleen de Leon Jones
  Kathleen de Leon Jones
  Kathleen de Leon Jones is an Australian actress, dancer, and singer of Filipino descent. She was an original cast member of the ARIA Award winning Australian children's television program, Hi-5.-Personal life:Born in Manila in 1977, Kathleen moved to Australia with her family in 1978...
  
   (Series 1 - 8) and Sun Park
  Sun Park
  Sun Park is a Korean born Australian entertainer, and a member of the children's musical group Hi-5. In 2006, when she was 25, she was originally a temporary replacement for Kathleen de Leon, who went on maternity leave. However in July 2007, Kathleen announced that she would not be returning, in...
  
   (Series 9 - 10).

• Stevie Nicholson
  Stevie Nicholson
  Stevie Nicholson is an Australian singer and actor. He attended St Kevin's College in Melbourne as a student and is currently a member of the Australian children's entertainment group Hi-5...
  
   presents a segment exploring shape
  Shape
  The shape of an object located in some space is a geometrical description of the part of that space occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundary – abstracting from location and orientation in space, size, and other properties such as colour, content, and material...
  
  , colour, texture and pattern
  Pattern
  A pattern, from the French patron, is a type of theme of recurring events or objects, sometimes referred to as elements of a set of objects.These elements repeat in a predictable manner...
  
   using various kinds of learning aids
  Learning
  Learning is acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals and some machines. Progress over time tends to follow learning curves.Human learning...
  
   ^{[See Also]} including coloured boxes, balls and play-dough. Formerly presented by Nathan Foley
  Nathan Foley
  Nathan Joel Foley is an Australian performer and former member of Australian children's entertainment group Hi-5.-Biography:Nathan Foley...
  
   (Series 1 - 10).

• Lauren Brant hosts the section body move encouraging body co-ordination skill development through dancing, hopping, jumping and stepping. Formerly presented by Charli Robinson (Series 1 - 10).

• 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.

Chats' Spelling Segment

Following are the weekly theme words used for Casey/Kellie's segments in each series. These are used very briefly to bridge from the prior scene into the scene with Casey/Kellie and Chats.

Series 1:1999
Chat's puppeteer : Charli Robinson

• Hat - For all nine weeks.

Series 2:2000
Chat's puppeteer : Charli Robinson

• Run - For "North, South, East, West" week Theme: Adventures
• Fun - For "Feelings" week Theme: Feelings
• Cat - For "So Many Animals" week Theme: Animals
• Day - For "Special Days" week Theme: Days
• Box - For "Mirror Mirror" week Theme: It's Me
• Mud - For "It's a Party" week Theme: Homes
• Bus - For "Robots" week Theme: Machines
• Tap - For "Feel The Beat" week Theme: Music

Series 3:2001
Chat's puppeteer : Charli Robinson

• Map - For "I Spy" week Theme: Mysteries
• Dig - For "Buried Treasure" week Theme: Treasures
• Sun - For "Rain" week Theme: Nature
• Can - For "I Can Go Anywhere" week Theme: Pretend
• All/Small/Tall - For "Opposites" Week Theme: Opposites
• Fit - For "Boom Boom Beat" week Theme: Get Fit
• Pal - For "Friends" week Theme: Friends
• Fix - For "Let's Get to Work" week Theme: Inventions
• Mum - For "You're My Number One" week Theme: Favourites

Series 4:2002
Chat's puppeteer : Charli Robinson

• Sand - For "Going Out" week Theme: Outside
• Pen - For "Move It" week Theme: Patterns
• Hop - For "One step forward" week Theme: Can Do
• Red - For "Reach out" week Theme: Finding Out
• Us - For "Celebrate" week Theme: Around Us
• In - For "Inside my Heart" week Theme: Inside
• Food - For "E.N.E.R.G.Y." week Theme: Energy
• Job - For "Hand in Hand" week Theme: Team Work
• Pop - For "Give it a Go" week Theme: Ideas

Series 5:2003
Chat's puppeteer : Sophie Katinis

• Land - For "Beautiful World" week Theme: World
• Sing - For "Come on and Party" week Theme: Festivals
• Big - For "Build it Up" week Theme: Building
• Dad - For "Give Five" week Theme: Family
• Fun - For "Holiday" week Theme: Holidays
• Zap - For "Dream on" week Theme: Magic
• Vet - For "Ready or Not" week Theme: Work and play
• Clap - For "L.O.V.E." week Theme: Happy
• See - For "Underwater Discovery" week Theme: Discovery

Series 6:2004
Chat's puppeteer : Charli Delaney / Sophie Katinis

• Map - For "Hi-5 Base to Outer Space" week Theme: Exploring
• Wish - For "I Believe in Magic" week Theme: Dream Wishes
• Jump - For "Do it All Again" week Theme: Get Moving
• Hug - For "How Much Do I Love You" week Theme: Heartbeat
• Me - For "Feeling Fine" week Theme: Feeling Fine
• Bat - For "Snakes and Ladders" week Theme: Playtime

Series 7:2005
Chat's puppeteer : Erin Marshall

• Make - For "Making Music" week Theme: Making
• Grow - For "Ch-Ch-Changing" week Theme: Changing
• Play - For "Some Kind of Wonderful" week Theme: Wonderful
• Ball - For "T.E.A.M." week Theme: Teams
• Wet - For "Rainbow 'round the World" week Theme: Rainbows
• Tree - For "City and Country" week Theme: City, Country
• Skip - For "Action Heroes" week Theme: Action
• Car - For "Planet Disco" week Theme: Journeys
• Hello - For "Come Around to My Place" week Theme: Visiting

Series 8:2006
Chat's puppeteer : Erin Marshall

• Star - For "Wish Upon a Star" week Theme: Wondering
• Mix - For "Special" week Theme: Variety
• Hand - For "Share Everything With You" week Theme: Sharing
• Chat - For "Have Some Fun" week Theme: Enjoying
• Trip - For "Are We There Yet?" week Theme: Travelling
• Up - For "Growing Up" week Theme: Growing
• Look - For "Peek-A-Boo" week Theme: Finding
• Act - For "Pretending Day" week Theme: Pretending
• Spin - For "Hey, What's Cooking" week Theme: Doing

Series 9:2007
Chat's puppeteer : Noni MacCullum

• Jet - For "Around the World" week
• Happy - For "Happy Today" week
• Wave - For "Stop and Go" week
• Wow - For "Wow" week
• Trek - For "Time Machine" week
• Hero - For "Strong and Brave" week
• Turn- For "Switching Around" week
• Peek- For "Love All Around" week
• Party- For " Party Street" week

Series 10:2008
Chat's puppeteer : Noni MacCullum

• Share - For "Playtime" week
• Hug - For "We're a Family" week
• Green - For "Planet Earth" week
• Free - For "The Best Things In Life Are Free" week
• Jump - For "Jump and Shout" week
• Game - For "Techno world" week
• Wish - For "Abracadabra" week
• Big - For "When I Grow Up" week
• Sport - For "Come Alive" week

Series 11:2009
Chat's puppeteer : Natalie Duarate

• See - "Explore" week
• Hug - "Friendship" week
• Clap - "Celebrate" week
• Look - "Curiosity" week
• Tree - "Natural world" week
• Trip - "Holidays" week
• Jump - "Be Active" week
• Play - "Imagine " week
• Fun - "Favorite things" week

Series 12:2010
Chat's puppeteer : Allyce Martins

• pig - "animal fun" week
• big - "growing" week
• zoom - "discovery" week
• room - "home" week
• bus - "let's do it" week
• toy - "toys" week
• hero - "adventure" week
• star - "magic" week
• party - surprise week

Series 13:2011
Chat's puppeteer : Brianne Turk

• cool - "amazing" week
• fish - "water world" week
• kiss - "feel good" week
• car - "machines" week
• sleep - "dreaming" week

International Broadcasts

Hi-5 now airs in more than 80 countries, including:

• Australia
  • Nine Network
    Nine Network
    The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
    
    
• United Kingdom
  • Five
  • Fiver
  • Cartoonito
    Cartoonito
    Cartoonito is a British preschool television channel in the UK, available in both English and French. The channel usually airs programmes directed towards children under age 8, or "kids" versions of popular children's shows...
    
    
  • LIVINGtv (Tiny Living
    Tiny Living
    Tiny Living was the name of the children's block on the British television channel Living between 7:00-9:00 or 7:00-10:00, broadcasting from February 3, 1997, to 2006...
    
    )
• Singapore
  • Okto
    Okto
    MediaCorp okto is a television channel in Bestway Building, Singapore, managed by MediaCorp TV12, which was officially launched on 20 October 2008 hence replacing the SPH MediaWorks Channel i, Kids Central and Arts Central brands as oktoDAY and oktoNITE respectively...
    
    
• Hong Kong / Indonesia
  • TVB
    Television Broadcasts Limited
    Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...
    
     (Hong Kong)
    • TVB Jade
      TVB Jade
      TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...
      
       (Cantonese)
    • TVB Pearl
      TVB Pearl
      TVB Pearl is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. It is owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited, and together with its sister Cantonese language station TVB Jade, is broadcast from TVB City at 77...
      
       (English)
  • Cahaya Nusantara Televisi (CNTV) (Indonesia)
• Malaysia
  • ntv7
    Ntv7
    Natseven TV Sdn Bhd or better known as ntv7 is a terrestrial television channel in Malaysia. It was launched nationwide on 7 April 1998 and was the country's third private free-to-air TV station after TV3 and Astro. Its mission is to promote a happier and more enlightened Malaysia...
    
    
• Canada
  • CTV
    CTV television network
    CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
    
    
• Philippines
  • TV5
    Associated Broadcasting Company
    The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...
    
    
  • Nickelodeon (Philippines)
    Nickelodeon (Philippines)
    Nickelodeon Philippines is a satellite and cable TV channel that launched a dedicated channel to the country in April 1, 2011...
    
    
• Latin America
  • Discovery Kids (Latin America)
    Discovery Kids (Latin America)
    Discovery Kids Latin America is a cable television channel owned by Discovery Communications and headquartered in Miami, Florida, which started as a programming block on the Latin American version of Discovery Channel. It is the only Discovery channel to feature spokescharacters. Since the original...
    
    
• Ireland
  • The Den
    The Den (television)
    The Den was the brand of the children's television strand on Irish public broadcaster RTÉ Two. It first broadcast on 29 September 1986 on RTÉ One, before moving to RTÉ Two in September 1988. The strand began to diversify throughout the late 1990s and the 2000s...
    
    , RTÉjr
    RTÉjr
    RTÉjr is a children's channel operated by Ireland's national broadcaster RTÉ Television, which targets a demographic between 2 – 6 years of age. The channel launched as part of Saorview's line-up on May 26, 2011. The channel broadcasts daily between 06:00 to 19:00, sharing broadcasting space with...
    
    , RTÉ Two
    RTÉ Two
    RTÉ Two is a free-to-air general entertainment channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann. RTÉ Two is available throughout the island of Ireland through digital terrestrial service Saorview, VHF and UHF bands, and is also available via satellite to Irish subscribers of...
    
    

Credits

• Creator: Helena Harris
• Composer: Chris Harriott
• Co-creator: Posie Graeme-Evans
  Posie Graeme-Evans
  Posie Graeme-Evans spent her childhood travelling between Europe, Asia and Australia. Having worked extensively in the Australian film and television industries as an editor, director, writer and producer/executive producer, Posie is now a full-time novelist .-Early life:Graeme-Evans is the...
  
  
• Song of the week lyrics:
  • Leone Carey
  • Lisa Hoppe
  • Helena Harris (You and me/L.O.V.E/Feel the beat)
  • Amy Harris
    Amy Harris
    Amy Harris is an Australian ballet dancer, soloist with The Australian Ballet.Harris was born 1983 in Ararat, Victoria. She began classes in ballet, jazz and tap when she was three years old and started her Cecchetti training with Carole Oliver School of Ballet in Ballarat at the age of 10.Harris...
    
     (Dream on)
  • Chris Phillips
    Chris Phillips
    Chris Phillips is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League . He has been a member of the Ottawa Senators for his entire career, which began with the 1997–98 season. He also serves as their alternate captain and is regarded...
    
    
  • Chris Harriott
  • Kellie Crawford (Move Your Body/Feelings/Move it/Beautiful World)
  • Nathan Foley
    Nathan Foley
    Nathan Joel Foley is an Australian performer and former member of Australian children's entertainment group Hi-5.-Biography:Nathan Foley...
    
     (Friends Forever/Move it)
  • Tim Harding
    Tim Harding
    Timothy John Harding is an Australian entertainer, and most recently a cast member of the Australian TV show Hi-5.Harding grew up in Sydney, Australia, and attended St Andrew's Cathedral School. He was studying social work at university when he auditioned for the children's musical group Hi-5...
    
     (Friends Forever)
  • Kathleen de Leon Jones
    Kathleen de Leon Jones
    Kathleen de Leon Jones is an Australian actress, dancer, and singer of Filipino descent. She was an original cast member of the ARIA Award winning Australian children's television program, Hi-5.-Personal life:Born in Manila in 1977, Kathleen moved to Australia with her family in 1978...
    
     (Feelings)
  • Charli Delaney
    Charli Delaney
    Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson, known professionally as Charli Robinson and previously as Charli Delaney is an Australian singer, actress, radio presenter and children's performer....
    
     (Feelings)
  • Catherine Thiele (Hi-5 Base to Outer Space)
  • Russel Burton
  • Andrew Einspruch
  • Emma-Jane Dann
  • Valerie Foley
  • Tamra Palmer

• Choreographer:
  • Catherine Thiele (Series 1, 3, 4, 6)
  • Kim Fowler (Series 2)
  • Cameron Mitchell (Series 5 to 10)
  • Leah Howard (Series 11,12)

• Song of the week Directors:
  • Ian Munro
  • Russel Burton
  • Bryan Newton
  • David Summons
  • Jonathan Geraghty

• Creative Director
  • Nadia Benussi (Series 1-10)

• Wardrobe I/C (series 11-12)
  • Julie Lynch

• Executive In-Charge Of Production: Martin Hersov

• Executive Producer:
  • Helena Harris (Series 1 to 10)
  • Noel Price (Series 11)

• Produced By:
  • Kids Like Us (Series 1 to 10)
  • Southern Star (Series 11 & Series 12)
  • Nine Films & Television for the Nine Network

External links

• Official Hi-5 Website
• Official Hi-5 Twitter
• Cartoonito Hi-5 Website
• Tim Maddren Official Site
• Stevie Nicholson Official Site