Hi-5 House Series 2 is a spin-off series of the Australian children's television show "Hi-5" and is the fifteenth series overall. The series premiered on Nick Jr. Australia on October 6, 2014.
It was shown on the Discovery Kids on April 4, 2016, in Brazil, and January 9, 2017, in Hispanic America.
This marks the first appearance of Tanika Anderson, who replaced Lauren Brant, and Ellen Wright Folan, who also replaced Sarah Mackenzie for Robot Tinka in this season.
Cast[]
Hi-5[]
Puppeteers[]
Other Character(s)[]
Songs Of The Week[]
Episodes[]
The following is a list of the television episodes featuring the Australian children's television group of Hi-5 House.
| Number | Episode Title | Song of the Week | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon jungle | It's Our Planet | October 6, 2014 |
| STEVIE becomes a birdwatcher, paddling through the Amazon in search of exotic birds. MARY does a workout inspired by the movements of some jungle animals. DAYEN works as a ranger from an animal rescue group and sets three jungle animals back into the wild. AINSLEY captures the sounds of the Amazon into jars and creates a musical soundscape with them. TANIKA and Chats pretend to be a pair of toucans dancing the tango. MARY and the Hi-5 band present an Amazon animal acrobatics performance. SHARING STORIES: Mary tells a story about three Christmas beetles (Stevie, Tanika and Dayen) who prepare to eat lunch with their new dung beetle neighbour (Ainsley), before they learn that he eats cow manure. | |||
| 2 | My backyard | It's Our Planet | October 7, 2014 |
| TANIKA shows Chats her worm farm, which inspires them to plant a vegetable garden together. MARY pretends to be a worm wriggling in the soil of a worm farm. AINSLEY searches for the best style of music to play to help his magical sunflower seed grow. DAYEN positions paving stones in a corner of the garden to create a place to sit. MARY becomes a super hero while cleaning up rubbish in the backyard. STEVIE explores the garden at night to find out what has been eating his vegetable plants. CHATS, Aristotle and Horace teach Tinka how to recycle when they use old greeting cards to make a collage picture of a snowman. | |||
| 3 | Coral reef | It's Our Planet | October 8, 2014 |
| DAYEN pretends to be a mermaid, working to keep the coral reef garden tidy. STEVIE the cleaner wrasse uses different sized brushes to clean ocean creatures under the sea. MARY shows how a cuttlefish can change colours to match its feelings. TANIKA tries to guess the sea creatures that Chats is dressing up as, by solving her word puzzles. MARY goes for a swim on the water and practises different swimming strokes. AINSLEY pretends to be a dolphin who uses his dolphin call to find a lost friend surfing out at sea. SHARING STORIES: Mary tells a story about three Christmas beetles (Stevie, Tanika and Dayen) who prepare to eat lunch with their new dung beetle neighbour (Ainsley), before they learn that he eats cow manure. | |||
| 4 | The poles | It's Our Planet | October 9, 2014 |
| Polar bear STEVIE builds sculptures using snow and ice while beatboxing. MARY skates across a frozen lake. TANIKA and Chats meet animals from the North Pole. Penguins AINSLEY, Tanika, Dayen and Stevie play piano scales as a team. Eskimo DAYEN tries to get closer to Eskimo Jup Jup. MARY pretends to be a husky dog at the North Pole pulling a sleigh. CHATS, Aristotle and Horace teach Tinka how to recycle when they use old greeting cards to make a collage picture of a snowman. | |||
| 5 | Super eco champions | It's Our Planet | October 10, 2014 |
| STEVIE imagines becoming a superhero who uses solar-powered energy to save the world. TANIKA launches a new fashion line featuring designs made from recycled materials. MARY cleans up the rubbish by playing a game of bin basketball. AINSLEY generates power for the Hi-5 house by cycling on a stationary bike. DAYEN uses recycled materials to build a special resting place for birds in the garden. MARY grows vegetables in the garden and uses superhero strength to harvest them. SHARING STORIES: Mary tells a story about three Christmas beetles (Stevie, Tanika and Dayen) who prepare to eat lunch with their new dung beetle neighbour (Ainsley), before they learn that he eats cow manure. | |||
| 6 | Inventions | Starburst | October 13, 2014 |
| STEVIE puts together the "Boxtastic" and tries to work out its purpose. DAYEN designs a way to keep six unhatched eggs warm and safe for a mother hen. AINSLEY makes some unique new music instruments using unusual items from around the house. MARY plays with musical tappers made with thimbles from her sewing kit. TANIKA and Chats test out the "Automatopear", which translates sounds into words. MARY pretends to be a robot designed to rock a baby bear to sleep. SHARING STORIES: Dayen tells us a story about a family (Tanika, Ainsley and Mary) who purchase a high-tech new vacuum cleaner (Stevie), only to find that their socks have gone missing around the house. | |||
| 7 | World wide web | Starburst | October 14, 2014 |
| TANIKA pretends to be a robot who uses the internet to search for sets of rhyming words. MARY moves like a robot and dances to music downloaded from the world wide web. STEVIE decorates his room with circle shapes after Dayen changes his computer's wallpaper to a spotty design. AINSLEY uses his tablet to broadcast a musical keyboard performance over the internet. DAYEN decides to video call her grandmother when Jup Jup meddles with her other methods of communication. MARY imagines being immersed in her favourite computer dancing program. CHATS, Tinka and the bookworms try to figure out the purpose of a mystery machine which emits colourful lights. | |||
| 8 | Gadgets and gizmos | Starburst | October 15, 2014 |
| STEVIE explores how pictures on a screen are made up of pixels, while playing a matching game with images and their pixel shapes. MARY uses emoticon faces to describe how she is feeling. TANIKA and Chats use photographs from their day at the beach to tell a story about their experience. AINSLEY uses a special electric guitar to record and play unusual sounds for a rock song. MARY wonders what it would be like if her body made silly sounds. DAYEN builds a machine which uses every day items to trigger a chain reaction of movements. SHARING STORIES: Dayen tells us a story about a family (Tanika, Ainsley and Mary) who purchase a high-tech new vacuum cleaner (Stevie), only to find that their socks have gone missing around the house. | |||
| 9 | Amazing machines | Starburst | October 16, 2014 |
| Chats invented a mind reading machine and TANIKA imagines how it will be used a hundred years from now. MARY pretends to be a satellite dish receiving a signal from outer space. DAYEN becomes a bulldozer that knocks down a wall to build a playground. AINSLEY fixes a beach ball machine. STEVIE is controlled by Tanika when he takes the form of a character inside a video game. Virtual MARY shows us what she is programmed for. CHATS, Tinka and the bookworms try to figure out the purpose of a mystery machine which emits colourful lights. | |||
| 10 | Transportation | Starburst | October 17, 2014 |
| STEVIE runs a service station and carries out maintenance work on a variety of cars. TANIKA visits Chats' travel agency to choose a destination for a holiday. MARY travels around the world in a teleporter to explore different dancing styles. AINSLEY works on a musical tour and drives the van to the concert venue, where he sets up the equipment and performs. DAYEN crafts a pretend jetpack to transport her on an imaginary flight through space. MARY uses solar-powered energy to walk on stilts. SHARING STORIES: Dayen tells us a story about a family (Tanika, Ainsley and Mary) who purchase a high-tech new vacuum cleaner (Stevie), only to find that their socks have gone missing around the house. | |||
| 11 | Fun with friends | Give Five | October 20, 2014 |
| STEVIE and the Hi-5 band play funky funnel. DAYEN makes a balloon friend but Jup Jup takes the other balloons. MARY does the balloon ballet. AINSLEY pretends to be a cattle dog who loves playing blues music on the harmonica, but feels too afraid to share his special interest with the cows. TANIKA tells what is the plural form of a lion, a goose and a fish. MARY and Ainsley pretend to be two pigs trying to cross a puddle of mud. SHARING STORIES: Tanika tells us a story about three friends (Ainsley the beetle, Mary the grasshopper and Dayen the caterpillar), a scorpion (Stevie) wants to play with them but they get scared, so he gets a butterfly costume and they don't run away anymore. | |||
| 12 | Making friends | Give Five | October 21, 2014 |
| TANIKA remembers her memories when she was in her first show. MARY practices sign languages. STEVIE the blue whale and Dayen the minnow became friends. AINSLEY makes music up to outer space. DAYEN has Babushka dolls, she makes more and fits them in a car. MARY from Japan and Tanika from India say "hello" in different languages. CHATS, Tinka, Horace and Aristotle take a friend picture but in different costumes. | |||
| 13 | All kinds of families | Give Five | October 22, 2014 |
| DAYEN makes a picture mobile for her baby sister. MARY plays with other Mary. TANIKA gets ready for the family game night. AINSLEY the lion, Stevie the leopard and Tanika the tiger get ready for the Big Cool Cat Party. MARY and her family have many actions while having a picnic. STEVIE makes some gingerbread but it keeps changing shapes and colours. SHARING STORIES: Tanika tells us a story about three friends (Ainsley the beetle, Mary the grasshopper and Dayen the caterpillar), a scorpion (Stevie) wants to play with them but they get scared, so he gets a butterfly costume and they don't run away anymore. | |||
| 14 | My family traditions | Give Five | October 23, 2014 |
| DAYEN makes a baked potato pie for Ainsley. MARY feels like spaghetti. TANIKA pretends to be a sleepy mountain lion that looks for a place to rest down. AINSLEY tells us about the musical groups that his grandpa and father were part of. STEVIE makes a German schultüte for a friend to take on first day of school. MARY and Tanika do the slapping dance. CHATS, Tinka, Horace and Aristotle take a friend picture but in different costumes. | |||
| 15 | Play dates | Give Five | October 24, 2014 |
| TANIKA and Chats write a poem to invite her cousin for a play date at the zoo. MARY works as a mail carrier, delivering letters while riding on her scooter. STEVIE runs a play centre for dogs and prepares supplies for his animal clients. AINSLEY dresses up as a king for a session of karaoke singing with his friends. DAYEN performs a puppet show with royal characters, before Jup Jup changes the story. MARY pretends to be a marionette puppet of a queen. SHARING STORIES: Tanika tells us a story about three friends (Ainsley the beetle, Mary the grasshopper and Dayen the caterpillar), a scorpion (Stevie) wants to play with them but they get scared, so he gets a butterfly costume and they don't run away anymore. | |||
| 16 | Parties | It's a Party | October 27, 2014 |
| DAYEN makes a Super Space Slurper but Jup Jup replaces it with Jumping Jupiter Juice. MARY does the Jupiter shake. STEVIE wears a Boxicle for a B party. AINSLEY does the Hawaiian dance with Dayen and Tanika. MARY dances in flippers. TANIKA and Chats talk cave talk and tell them it's party time. SHARING STORIES: Ainsley tells us a story about three penguins (Dayen, Mary and Stevie) that celebrate the birthday of their mother (Tanika). | |||
| 17 | Christmas | It's a Party | October 28, 2014 |
| STEVIE pretends to be an elf trying to perfect the shape of the candy canes he is making. TANIKA and Chats decide to decorate themselves with unusual ornaments instead of their Christmas tree. MARY pretends to be a star coming down from the Christmas tree for a dance. AINSLEY uses music to motivate the elves at Santa's workshop to pack the presents. DAYEN crafts sock puppets as presents for the Hi-5 band when their stockings go missing. MARY pretends to be a reindeer preparing to pull Santa's sleigh. CHATS, Tinka and the bookworms follow a trail of colourful ribbons to remember a special event that they need to celebrate. | |||
| 18 | Milestones | It's a Party | October 29, 2014 |
| AINSLEY pretends to be a tooth fairy trying to find a quiet way to move around while collecting teeth. DAYEN makes a pizza to share with her cousin at their first sleepover together. MARY sets the dining table for a special lunch with guests. TANIKA plans a surprise celebration for Chats to congratulate her on a successful season with their soccer team. STEVIE completes an obstacle course used for astronauts to practise their agility, in preparation for a trip to space. MARY tries to walk across a balance beam without falling. SHARING STORIES: Ainsley tells us a story about three penguins (Dayen, Mary and Stevie) that celebrate the birthday of their mother (Tanika). | |||
| 19 | Celebrations around the world | It's a Party | October 30, 2014 |
| STEVIE becomes a party assistant who transports to different celebrations around the world with supplies. MARY performs a Brazilian Carnival dance. TANIKA returns from a wedding and helps Chats pretend to get married to her toy dog. AINSLEY plays the bagpipes and imagines visiting Scotland to accompany a traditional Scottish dance. MARY plays a Scottish drum while practising her marching. DAYEN chooses names to give to the new baby zoo animals. CHATS, Tinka and the bookworms follow a trail of colourful ribbons to remember a special event that they need to celebrate. | |||
| 20 | You and me | It's a Party | October 31, 2014 |
| TANIKA and Chats remember a day at the fun park. MARY and Dayen practise a ballet routine together and try to remember the steps. STEVIE and the Hi-5 band work together to build a "friendship", a pretend ship which represents their friendship. AINSLEY celebrates his friend's birthday by dressing up as a chicken and delivering a singing telegram. DAYEN creates a photograph wall featuring pictures of her Hi-5 friends doing their favourite things. MARY poses for photographs to send to her grandmother. SHARING STORIES: Ainsley tells us a story about three penguins (Dayen, Mary and Stevie) that celebrate the birthday of their mother (Tanika). | |||
| 21 | Playing games | Playtime | November 3, 2014 |
| AINSLEY, Mary and Tanika play a copycat rhythm game. MARY becomes a tap rat looking for cheese. TANIKA and Chats play hiding a scone. Tanika and Ainsley contest on STEVIE's game show: What's That Action?. MARY pretends to be a horse in a jumping obstacle course. DAYEN skips the rope outside but Jup Jup takes it away, so she finds how to still playing jumping games. SHARING STORIES: Stevie tells us a story about three teddy bears (Mary, Dayen and Ainsley) that pretend to be pirates and go on an adventure, their mother (Tanika) gives them a special treasure. | |||
| 22 | Dress ups | Playtime | November 4, 2014 |
| STEVIE imagines being a washing genie that folds the clothes. DAYEN dresses up like black and white animals. MARY pretends to be a groovy zebra. Toucan AINSLEY conducts the toucan orchestra. Chats has got a toadstool hat on and she grants TANIKA the wish about being a super action fairy. MARY pretends to be a fairy and sprinkles some magic dust. CHATS and the bookworms teach Tinka how to count to ten when they play a game of hide and seek together. | |||
| 23 | Silly is good | Playtime | November 5, 2014 |
| DAYEN listens to the mixed-up farm animal sounds. Chicken MARY practices her dance moves. STEVIE gets ready for a boxing training with Ainsley but he misunderstood and he dresses up with boxes. Chats wears a hat made of spaghetti and a colander and TANIKA makes her own silly hat. AINSLEY has made a silly musical instrument. MARY makes silly moves and silly sounds. SHARING STORIES: Stevie tells us a story about three teddy bears (Mary, Dayen and Ainsley) that pretend to be pirates and go on an adventure, their mother (Tanika) gives them a special treasure. | |||
| 24 | Puzzles | Playtime | November 6, 2014 |
| TANIKA and Chats make riddles and they tell them each other. MARY pretends to be a frog with the hiccups. AINSLEY makes musical instruments of things around his space before the buzzer goes off. DAYEN makes a track for her wooden train. MARY pretends to be a train tunnel. STEVIE uses some things to make pictures. CHATS and the bookworms teach Tinka how to count to ten when they play a game of hide and seek together. | |||
| 25 | Imagination | Playtime | November 7, 2014 |
| Warrior STEVIE goes the Egyptian pyramids for the sunset chariot race. MARY makes a special card for her mum. DAYEN travels to Flower Land and Jup Jup tries to be the most amazing flower. Echidna MARY plays with balloons without popping them. AINSLEY makes a song about a friend and he imagines another Ainsley, but funnier, to sing it along. TANIKA pretends to be a frog from Jamaica. SHARING STORIES: Stevie tells us a story about three teddy bears (Mary, Dayen and Ainsley) that pretend to be pirates and go on an adventure, their mother (Tanika) gives them a special treasure. | |||
DVD[]
Happy Holidays (2015)
CD[]
Hi-5 Hot Hits! (2014)
TV Series DVDs[]
- Season 15: Eco Champion
- Season 15: Technology
- Season 15: Friends and Family
- Season 15: Celebrate
- Season 15: Playtime
Trivia[]
- This is the fourth series to feature remake songs after Series 5 and Series 13 of the original series and Series 1 of Hi-5 House.
- This series won the Asian Television Award for Best Preschool Programme in 2015.
- This was the last series to de dubbed to Spanish in Chile.
- Despite recording a brand new closing theme with the third generation cast that was used in the previous series, the closing theme first used in Series 11 with the second generation cast was reused for this series until the following series.
Awards and nominations[]
| Award(s) | Year | Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logie Awards | 2015 | Hi-5 House | Best Preschool Program | Won |