Series 17 premiered on May 15, 2017 on 9Go! (by Go Kids!) in Australia. Created by Helena Harris and Posie Graeme-Evans.
This was the only appearance of the recent line-up, that was revealed on December 14, 2016, which succeeded the Hi-5 House generation. However, this season didn't broadcast in Latin America, and some elements existed in the Latin version called Hi-5 Fiesta, which suffered delays in the dubbed copies from the Hi-5 House seasons (except Hi-5 House Series 3).
Production[]
On 14 October 2016, it was announced that the Nine Network had renewed its partnership with the Hi-5 franchise, revealing plans to revive the television series with an entirely new cast in 2017. The new series would feature a new cast and set, but retain the original team of producers and writers. Julie Greene, who had previously been a series producer of the original series, was announced as the executive producer of the revival. Greene became the brand's executive creative director in 2012 and was the executive producer for Hi-5 House. She stated "we're really excited to be working with Nine to develop a reinvigorated Hi-5 show". Auditions for the cast were held in November 2016, and the successful auditionees were revealed in December. Courtney Clarke, Shay Clifford, Joe Kalou and Bailey Spalding were announced to be joining Lachie Dearing to form the next generation Hi-5 group, chosen from over 450 applications. Dearing had previously joined the group in January 2016, and had to re-audition for his role. The quintet made their public debut at Carols by Candlelight on Christmas Eve.
The revival began production in January 2017 and was filmed at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios over six weeks. The series premiered on Nine's multichannel, 9Go!, on 15 May, airing at 9:00 AM weekdays. The premiere run averaged a viewership of 10,000. The series was released on online streaming service Stan on 1 October 2017.
Four of the five featured songs ("Abracadabra", "Stop and Go", "Living in a Rainbow" and "Party Street"), were previously featured throughout the show's original run. The fifth song, "Hi-5 Dance Off", made its debut in the new episodes. The series also featured new puppet characters, the Jupsters, who were introduced as the family of previously established character Jup Jup. The revival also retained a segment introduced in Hi-5 House, entitled The Chatterbox. This segment focuses on the discovery of language through simple words and phrases, and features the puppet Chatterbox, who teaches a toy robot named Tinka how to speak, along with two bookworms, Horace and Aristotle.
A second revived series was planned for 2018, with 45 episodes ordered by Nine. Production of the series halted before the Australian production office was closed, and filming did not resume. The five cast members later announced their departures from the group.
Cast[]
Hi-5[]
Puppeteers[]
Other Character(s)[]
The Jupsters[]
Songs Of The Week[]
Episodes[]
The following is a list of the television episodes featuring the Australian children's television group of Hi-5.
| Number | Episode title | Song of the Week | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making music | Hi-5 Dance Off | May 15, 2017 |
| JOE pretends to be a whistling canary who tries to find a new whistle sound. SHAY practises playing the guitar so she can play in a band. BAILEY pretends to be a conductor. COURTNEY and Chats write a pop song about things that pop. BAILEY does a popping popcorn dance. LACHIE runs a musical barbershop and gives his customers some hairstyles of different shapes. BAILEY pretends to be an animal hairdresser. SHARING STORIES: Bailey tells us a story about three African animal friends (Joe the hippo, Shay the warthog and Courtney the lion) who are getting ready for the Animal Dance Festival and are joined by a new member, an Australian kangaroo (Lachie). | |||
| 2 | Ballet, tap and jazz | Hi-5 Dance Off | May 16, 2017 |
| COURTNEY and Chats make up some unusual new moves while practicing ballet. BAILEY the tapping tarantula does a tap dance. LACHIE puts together a big music box with Shay acting as the ballerina doll dancing inside. BAILEY dances ballet. JOE and the Hi-5 band make some music while working outside. SHAY does some tap dancing, before Jup Jup helps her change her moves to an old-time jazz style. BAILEY uses her dancing fingers to dance in a tiny ballet. CHATS and the bookworms teach Tinka how to dance fast and slow, and imagine performing the moves on stage at a concert. | |||
| 3 | World dance & music | Hi-5 Dance Off | May 17, 2017 |
| SHAY sets up a store selling shoes for different kinds of dance from around the world. BAILEY dances with bare feet. LACHIE becomes Samba Man and does the samba dance from Brazil. BAILEY dances the Teddy Tango. JOE tries to find an instrument to play at the German folk music festival. COURTNEY teaches Chats words from the Zulu language of Africa. BAILEY the gorilla does some conga line dancing. SHARING STORIES: Bailey tells us a story about three African animal friends (Joe the hippo, Shay the warthog and Courtney the lion) who are getting ready for the Animal Dance Festival and are joined by a new member, an Australian kangaroo (Lachie). | |||
| 4 | Hip hop | Hi-5 Dance Off | May 18, 2017 |
| LACHIE puts up the stage for a hip hop dance competition, spells the word hip hop and makes the shapes of the letters with his body. Hippo BAILEY dances the mud in her boots away. COURTNEY and Chats write a rap to go with their hip hop moves. BAILEY teaches us some basic hip hop dance moves. JOE makes beatbox sounds with the help of some ordinary words. SHAY finds some new bling and becomes a hip hop tick tock clock. BAILEY and the Hi-5 band have a hip hop dance competition. CHATS and the bookworms teach Tinka how to dance fast and slow, and imagine performing the moves on stage at a concert. | |||
| 5 | Rock 'n' roll | Hi-5 Dance Off | May 19, 2017 |
| LACHIE visits a guitar workshop and makes a new guitar with his old skateboard. BAILEY stomps the recycling flat while singing to rock 'n' roll music. SHAY records a rock song using her tablet. BAILEY plays the drums. JOE the musical robot uses electro-rock music to re-energise his robot friends. COURTNEY and Chats dress up as rock 'n' roll rabbits, roosters and reindeer. BAILEY the rock 'n' roll rat does a jive. SHARING STORIES: Bailey tells us a story about three African animal friends (Joe the hippo, Shay the warthog and Courtney the lion) who are getting ready for the Animal Dance Festival and are joined by a new member, an Australian kangaroo (Lachie). | |||
| 6 | Fantasy fun | Abracadabra | May 22, 2017 |
| LACHIE looks for round things and he imagines a round world. BAILEY rolls and jumps like a bug. SHAY makes fairy bread for her fairy friend. Pirate JOE searches for a treasure and his crew (Courtney and Shay) helps him rowing and they find a monkey (Lachie). BAILEY plays with a pirate toy. COURTNEY and Chats imagine going to an aquarium and visit lots of fish. BAILEY pretends to be a little fish and a big one. SHARING STORIES: Lachie tells us a story about a girl (Courtney) who finds a golden whistle and summons three magic genies (Shay, Bailey and Joe) who grant her three wishes. | |||
| 7 | Imaginary adventures | Abracadabra | May 23, 2017 |
| LACHIE goes on an African safari and finds different animals. BAILEY the elephant cools off with some water. JOE imagines to travel to Brass blowers land, where he becomes a tuba. SHAY digs for a treasure and Jup Jup gives her some old stones that lead her to the treasure. BAILEY puts on different kinds of hats. COURTNEY and Chats paddle on a canoe in search of a crocodile. BAILEY pretends to paddle into crocodile country. Tinka learns what a holiday is when CHATS travels to the beach, the bookworms visit the snow, and Tinka holidays to the jungle. | |||
| 8 | Wishing | Abracadabra | May 24, 2017 |
| SHAY comes out to the garden but the wind is chilly, so she makes a rockman. BAILEY does some winter warm ups. LACHIE imagines travelling to the moon, and there he finds the moon boy (Joe) and they play craterball together. BAILEY pretends to be a space traveler walking on the moon. JOE sings a magical song while he plays the panpipes and a phoenix and a dragon appear. BAILEY imagines how a magical bush creature would be. Chats wants to be a racing car driver and COURTNEY helps her make her own racing car. SHARING STORIES: Lachie tells us a story about a girl (Courtney) who finds a golden whistle, and summons three magic genies (Shay, Bailey and Joe) who grant her three wishes. | |||
| 9 | Big dreams | Abracadabra | May 25, 2017 |
| JOE imagines being the conductor of an orchestra, while Lachie wants to be a rock 'n' roll star, Courtney a country and western yodelling queen, and Shay an opera singer. COURTNEY and Chats imagine a Snowy Beach Island where they go on holiday. BAILEY wants to go bush on her next holiday. LACHIE imagines being a superhero with the power of ironing clothes, who decides to flatten some mountains. BAILEY practises her superhero moves. SHAY tells a story to two baby fairies at the fairy day care. BAILEY sings about diamond stars. Tinka learns what a holiday is when CHATS travels to the beach, the bookworms visit the snow, and Tinka holidays to the jungle. | |||
| 10 | Magic in me | Abracadabra | May 26, 2017 |
| LACHIE becomes a magician, creating different shapes using everyday objects. BAILEY makes animal shadows using her hands. COURTNEY feels low and Chats makes her feel better with a colourful bulb of a magic lamp. BAILEY does genie magic movements. JOE uses symbols to help Courtney and Lachie write down the music playing through their minds, before they play the song on their imaginary instruments. SHAY tries to perform a magic hat-trick and make a rabbit appear from inside her empty top hat. BAILEY finds a real rabbit inside a magician's top hat. SHARING STORIES: Lachie tells us a story about a girl (Courtney) who finds a golden whistle, and summons three magic genies (Shay, Bailey and Joe) who grant her three wishes. | |||
| 11 | Saving energy & natural energy | Stop and Go | May 29, 2017 |
| LACHIE explores how wind power makes sailing boats move. BAILEY pretends to be a windmill. JOE explores the different types of energy needed to play musical instruments. SHAY imagines being a butterfly using wing power to fly around. BAILEY does the Big Bee Bop. COURTNEY and Chats use stormy words and sounds to create a powerful storm performance. BAILEY does some lighting bolt moves. SHARING STORIES: Joe tells us a story about four inventors (Bailey, Courtney, Shay and Lachie) who each create a machine that uses natural energy, before combining the inventions together to create a super energy machine. | |||
| 12 | How to feel energetic | Stop and Go | May 30, 2017 |
| COURTNEY is feeling flat so Chats gives her a pick-me-up as an energy coach. BAILEY does some yoga stretches. JOE and his rock band try to find instruments to play which have a loud, energetic sound. LACHIE cleans his space and turns his chores into a fun challenge. BAILEY plays a game of bin basketball with the paper recycling. SHAY waters the flowers in the backyard to give them energy, before Jup Jup gives her an energy workout of her own. BAILEY gets the jiggles and tries to sit still. CHATS and the bookworms teach Tinka about breakfast, leading Tinka to make an overabundance of toast for the group to eat. | |||
| 13 | Science | Stop and Go | May 31, 2017 |
| SHAY performs an experiment, trying to discover which animal sound can be made with a cup. BAILEY plays with slime. Nurse COURTNEY and Doctor Chats check in with their teddy bear patient. BAILEY takes care of her cuddly toys. Scientist LACHIE conducts an experiment in his laboratory to find the best fizzy lava for his volcano. BAILEY pretends to be a fizzy volcano. JOE makes musical chimes at a café with his drinking glasses. SHARING STORIES: Joe tells us a story about four inventors (Bailey, Courtney, Shay and Lachie) who each create a machine that uses natural energy, before combining the inventions together to create a super energy machine. | |||
| 14 | Inventions | Stop and Go | June 1, 2017 |
| COURTNEY and Chats use a bicycle-powered blender to make an ABC smoothie. BAILEY invents a fruit salad dance. SHAY finds a new way to blow bubbles when she replaces her bubble wand. BAILEY blows bubbles and pops them. JOE becomes a one man band and tries to find a way to carry all of his instruments at the same time. LACHIE invents a balloon rocket, powered by the air of a deflating balloon. BAILEY builds a rocket using three large boxes. CHATS and the bookworms teach Tinka about breakfast, leading Tinka to make an overabundance of toast for the group to eat. | |||
| 15 | Vehicles | Stop and Go | June 2, 2017 |
| COURTNEY and Chats travel on a steam train powered by coal. BAILEY pretends to be an old steam train and a new electric train. LACHIE runs a service station, powering them with energy from bouncing on a trampoline. BAILEY rows an imaginary boat using wooden spoon oars. JOE writes a musical jingle while selling ice cream on his bicycle. SHAY finds an outfit to wear to a natural power parade, dressing as something that creates energy. BAILEY does a dance for the sun and the moon. SHARING STORIES: Joe tells us a story about four inventors (Bailey, Courtney, Shay and Lachie) who each create a machine that uses natural energy, before combining the inventions together to create a super energy machine. | |||
| 16 | Your world | Living in a Rainbow | June 5, 2017 |
| Spider LACHIE paints a rainbow web. BAILEY makes kaleidoscope pictures with her hands. COURTNEY and Chats pretend to visit Planet Pumpkin, where everything starts with P. BAILEY finds words that start with P. JOE works as a weather presenter and uses instruments to report the weather forecast. SHAY arranges some flowers and then she puts them in a vase. BAILEY plucks the dried rose petals. SHARING STORIES: Courtney tells us a story about a chameleon (Joe) who camouflages when he feels nervous, and his animal friends (Shay, Bailey and Lachie) try to help him feel better about his special feature. | |||
| 17 | The world | Living in a Rainbow | June 6, 2017 |
| Shay and Joe contest on LACHIE's game show: The Hungry Games. BAILEY pretends to be a hungry bear. COURTNEY and Chats imagine being in a red-sanded desert with a blue oasis. BAILEY uses her beach towel to hop across the hot sand and get to the water. JOE listens to his new musical plants (Bailey the pop music flower, Lachie the blues music flower and Courtney the marching music flower). SHAY makes a special picture of the world and its shapes from the grass to outer space. BAILEY draws a circle and turns it into different things. CHATS and the bookworms teach Tinka about body parts while dressing up in colourful costumes for a carnival. | |||
| 18 | Making and mixing | Living in a Rainbow | June 7, 2017 |
| SHAY has been invited to a mixed up costume party and looks for something to wear. BAILEY mix-and-matches clothes from the dress-up box. LACHIE experiments with some magical colour mixing. BAILEY pretends to be a colourful butterfly. JOE mixes different coloured instruments together to make an orchestra of rainbow sounds. COURTNEY paints a picture of Chats in front of Uluru, but the sky keeps changing its colour. BAILEY paints using her fingers and hands. SHARING STORIES: Courtney tells us a story about a chameleon (Joe) who camouflages when he feels nervous, and his animal friends (Shay, Bailey and Lachie) try to help him feel better about his special feature. | |||
| 19 | Favourites and feelings | Living in a Rainbow | June 8, 2017 |
| LACHIE makes different-shaped icy fruit treats. BAILEY sells fruity ice treats. COURTNEY becomes a fairy that changes the colour of the flowers. BAILEY pretends to be a fairy. JOE plays blues music to match his blue mood, and invents "greens music" for Lachie's green style. SHAY makes a colourful blanket for her teddy bear. BAILEY does the Blanket rap. CHATS and the bookworms teach Tinka about body parts while dressing up in colourful costumes for a carnival. | |||
| 20 | Wonderful | Living in a Rainbow | June 9, 2017 |
| LACHIE uses streamers as fireworks. BAILEY pretends to be a party sparkle. SHAY gets ready for her little cousin's birthday with a colourful cake and coloured candles. BAILEY tries to jump up and touch a rainbow. JOE makes a song for a peacock (Lachie). COURTNEY and Chats get ready for sleep by looking at diamond stars in the night sky. BAILEY pretends to be a silver star. SHARING STORIES: Courtney tells us a story about a chameleon (Joe) who camouflages when he feels nervous, and his animal friends (Shay, Bailey and Lachie) try to help him feel better about his special feature. | |||
| 21 | Country fair | Party Street | June 12, 2017 |
| LACHIE tries to find a pumpkin in his patch which is big enough for the pumpkin growing contest. BAILEY dresses up as a pumpkin and dances to rock 'n' roll music. JOE pretends to be a dog preparing for a musical dog show by searching for an instrument to play. COURTNEY plays some of Chats' country fair carnival games. BAILEY, Joe, Shay and Lachie do a country square dance. SHAY finds a way to display her jars of fruit jam to sell at the country fair. SHARING STORIES: Shay tells us a story about a clown (Lachie) who can't find a clown skill for his act, leading his family (Bailey, Courtney and Joe) to try and help him discover his special talent. | |||
| 22 | Animal fun | Party Street | June 13, 2017 |
| COURTNEY and Chats dress up as a butterfly and bee for a bug-themed ball, and try to figure out where the ball will be held. BAILEY pretends to be a dragonfly. LACHIE, Joe and Shay practise moving around in a long Chinese dragon costume for a festival. BAILEY does the dragon cheer. Owl JOE conducts his orchestra of owl friends in preparation for a musical performance at the bird festival. BAILEY wears two swan sock puppets on her hands and performs a dance. SHAY makes some biscuits decorated as animals to sell at her local fair. CHATS, Aristotle and Horace take Tinka on a surprise trip to the fun fair. | |||
| 23 | Circus | Party Street | June 14, 2017 |
| COURTNEY and Chats make up a story about a circus acrobat who balances on the high wire. BAILEY balances like a circus acrobat. SHAY pretends to be a circus clown who stands still to form surprising statue poses. BAILEY gives herself a balancing challenge. LACHIE tries to find the right set of bicycle wheels for his circus act. BAILEY the clown juggles balloons in the air for her act. JOE finds different percussion sounds to accompany Hi-5's circus acts. SHARING STORIES: Shay tells us a story about a clown (Lachie) who can't find a clown skill for his act, leading his family (Bailey, Courtney and Joe) to try and help him discover his special talent. | |||
| 24 | Holidays | Party Street | June 15, 2017 |
| COURTNEY and Chats holiday in Paris and meet a French mime artist, who tries to act out a message using body language. BAILEY pretends to ride a bike in Paris. LACHIE goes skiing down the mountains while on a holiday in the snow. BAILEY plays in the snow and makes snowflake shapes with her hands. SHAY packs her bags for a weekend holiday to a music festival. JOE meets some dancing dragons in the mountains of Tibet, after playing magical music upon a full moon. BAILEY does a dragon dance. CHATS, Aristotle and Horace take Tinka on a surprise trip to the fun fair. | |||
| 25 | Cultural festivals | Party Street | June 16, 2017 |
| LACHIE holds a festival of colours in the garden, like in India. BAILEY celebrates nature's festivities by dancing with colourful ribbons. JOE practises for an air guitar competition in Finland. SHAY paints a picture of pink Japanese cherry blossoms. BAILEY does a fan dance with a Japanese cherry blossom fan. COURTNEY and Chats decorate their space with lanterns, like the festival of light in Thailand. BAILEY pretends to be a shooting star. SHARING STORIES: Shay tells us a story about a clown (Lachie) who can't find a clown skill for his act, leading his family (Bailey, Courtney and Joe) to try and help him discover his special talent. | |||
Trivia[]
- This series marked:
- The first and only appearances of Courtney Clarke, Shay Clifford, Lachie Dearing, Joe Kalou and Bailey Spalding, debuting as the fourth generation cast of Hi-5.
- The sixth and last series to feature remake songs, following Series 5 and Series 13 from the original series, as well as Series 1-Series 3 from Hi-5 House.
- The only series to have only one original Song Of The Week, Hi-5 Dance Off, that is not a remake.
- This series has the second-highest number of remake songs, featuring four, after Series 13, which had nine.
- The last series of the franchise (and the second-to-last, if Hi-5 Indonesia counts).
- The only series that uses only animations of the members in the Hi-5 Theme.
- The first and only appearance of The Jupsters Segment, where Jup Jup shows his whole family.
- In Asian countries, the episodes are shortened to 24 minutes.
- Shay is the only Puzzles And Patterns owner who is not Asian, and is the only blonde host of the segment.
- Not counting Hi-5 House, the series would be titled Series 14.
- This series won two Asian Academy Creative Awards in 2018:
- One for "Vehicles" and one for "Cultural festivals". [1]
Awards and nominations[]
| Award(s) | Year | Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Television Awards | 2017 | Hi-5 | Best Preschool Programme | Nominated |
| Asian Academy Creative Awards | 2018 | Hi-5 (for "Vehicles") | Best Children's Entertainment or Drama | Won |
| Hi-5 (for "Cultural festivals") | Best Preschool Programme | Won |