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Hi-5 is an Australian children's musical group formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1998, which is associated with the children's television series of the same name. The current members of the group are Stevie Nicholson, Dayen Zheng, Mary Lascaris, Ainsley Melham and Tanika Anderson. The group is aimed at preschoolers, featuring five young performers who entertain and educate children through music, movement and play.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Hi-5 World )〕 The original members were Nathan Foley, Kellie Crawford, Charli Robinson, Tim Harding and Kathleen de Leon Jones. These members began to depart following Kathleen, who left on maternity leave in 2006. The original cast had been completely phased out by the end of 2008. The cast has since had regularly rotating lineup. Hi-5 was created by Helena Harris and Posie Graeme-Evans, initially a television series for the Nine Network, which premiered in 1999. The cast of the show immediately began touring around Sydney, and later the whole of Australia, becoming a successful musical group for children. Since then, the brand has spawned numerous television series, music albums, worldwide tours and merchandise. The international appeal of the group has led to successful international versions of the brand. The television series features puppet characters Chatterbox and Jup Jup, who have sometimes been played by cast members over time. These characters became popular associations of the group and are included the live stage shows. Hi-5 became known as one of Australia's highest paid entertainment entities, listed in the Business Review Weekly's annual list several times, earning an estimated A$18million in 2009. They have earned Double Platinum, Platinum and Gold albums, and multiple Logie Television Awards and Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards. Hi-5 currently reaches an estimated global audience of more than 10,000,000 children Europe, North America, Australasia and Latin America with its tours, music and TV shows. The television series has consistently been one of the top three most successful pre-school shows in Australia and is broadcast in over 85 countries. Hi-5 broke into the South East Asian market after being sold by the Nine Network in 2012. Original member Nathan Foley cited peer entertainers The Wiggles as an influential children's group in 2008, saying that they made it possible for Hi-5 to succeed. However, The Wiggles were themselves creators and owners of their brand, while the Hi-5 cast were merely employees and did not hold equity. Foley also stated that Hi-5 set a benchmark for a new style of non-traditional children's entertainment, and that the program had a large teenage and adult following.〔 ==TV Series== The cast of Hi-5 are well known for the television series which they star in. The original series ''Hi-5'' ran from 1999 to 2011 and was followed by the reinvented series ''Hi-5 House'' in 2013, which is currently running. * ''Hi-5'' (1999 - 2011) * ''Hi-5 House'' (2013–present) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hi-5 (Australian band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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