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The debut album of the group, Jump and Jive with Hi-5, corresponded with the first season of the show and was released in September 2004 by Koch Entertainment. [9] A special holiday album, It's a Hi-5 Christmas, was released in October 2005. [10] The cast also toured malls and theaters in the U.S., performing songs from the television series. [3]
Hi-Five is an American R&B quintet from Waco, Texas. Hi-Five had a No. 1 hit on Billboard' s Hot 100 in 1991 with " I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) ". The band was formed in 1989 and originally consisted of a trio; with childhood friends Tony Thompson , Russell Neal, and Oklahoma native, Toriano Easley.
In 2012 and 2013, selected full episodes were released on DVD. Roadshow also distributed three DVDs featuring Hi-5 performing live stage shows, entitled Hi-5 Live! The Playtime Concert (2009), Hi-5 Surprise! Live (2010) and Hi-5 Holiday! Live (2012). These releases did not feature any footage from the television series.
Creator Helena Harris initially conceived Hi-5 in 1998 along with co-producer Posie Graeme-Evans, developing the series as entertainment for preschoolers. [4] During her time living in England, Harris realised that children are the same around the world, and was inspired to create a children's series which would appeal globally. [4]
In 2001, Hi-5 performed to audiences in Australia and New Zealand. [1] The Hi-5 Alive tour ran for three months and toured Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Newcastle. [6] The group debuted their Space Magic tour in the United Kingdom in March 2005, several months before the show was first performed in Australia. [7]
Hi-5 were formed in September 1998 in Sydney, Australia, as a children's musical group. [1] [2] Television producer Helena Harris, who had worked on Bananas in Pyjamas, co-created Hi-5 as a concept for a new television show of the same name for the Nine Network.
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The final episode of Hi-5 aired on 16 December 2011 as a result of the Nine Network selling the property in 2012. A spin-off series, Hi-5 House, aired on Nick Jr. from 2013 to 2016, produced with no involvement from Nine. Nine renewed its partnership with the Hi-5 franchise in October 2016 and announced plans to revive Hi-5 with a new