Series

Hi-5

1999 · 10 seasons

IMDb

6.4

Hi-5, an Australian children's television program, was first shown on the Nine Network in 1999. 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. They also teach arts and crafts. Hi-5 is now shown in approximately 80 countries. Each year, the series has 45 episodes with nine weekly themes. In 2004, 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 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 March 2013, Hi-5's first movie, Some Kind of Wonderful, was released in selected Hoyts Junior cinemas around Australia and New Zealand. The movie showed the history of Hi-5's cast changes and a behind-the-scenes look at the search to find three new members, Dayen Zheng, Ainsley Melham and Mary Lascaris who would replace Fely Irvine, Tim Maddren and Casey Burgess in 2012/2013. The new Hi-5 series called Hi-5 House will be filmed in Singapore, according to executive producer Julie Grenne. Currently, they commitment of concerts in some Asian countries with Hi-5 Wonderful Tour.

Casey Burgess

Charli Robinson

Kathleen de Leon Jones

Sun Park

First aired

April 12, 1999

Last aired

April 12, 1999

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

195

• Season 18 episodes · 1999
• Season 24 episodes
• Season 320 episodes
• Season 410 episodes
• Season 75 episodes
• Season 82 episodes
• Season 911 episodes
• Season 1048 episodes
• Season 1142 episodes
• Season 1245 episodes