Trivia / Hi-5

• Acting for Two:
  • Charli also played Chatterbox during the first four series, and Tim was Jup Jup's puppeteer until he left Hi-5 in 2007.
  • Season 10-13 had the same puppeteer (who would frequently change every season or two) playing both Chats and Jup Jup.
  • When Hi-5 House came around, they went back to having the Hi-5 members double up as the puppeteers again.
• Bad Export for You: The American version of the show shared its half-hour with an interstitial program ^{Specifically?}  Paz The Penguin , so the overall runtime of that version of the show was about eight minutes shorter than the original, with an individual host altogether missing out on hosting his or her segment in any given episode, (aside from Karla's Body Move) except in the case of "Imaginary Friends", where the Sharing Stories segment is omitted and the scene cuts right from the "Making Music" segment to the American cast's ending version of "Three Wishes." Some of the segments adapted for this version of the show were trimmed down as part of accommodating the time constraint, as well.
• Cash-Cow Franchise: There's been every type of merchandising under the sun stemming from this show. They even had their own magazine at one point, with age-appropriate activities, song lyrics, etc.
• Contractual Purity: When Kellie Crawford left the show, she posed in lingerie for the lad's mag Ralph. You can probably imagine how that turned out.
• Follow the Leader: The group seems to have been formed in response to the major success of The Wiggles.
• Direct to Video: In addition to a few newly filmed intros, outros and breakers that were produced for the DVD/VHS releases, the DVD exclusive 'Dance Hits' series combined songs of the week from previous seasons of the TV show with brand new, exclusive footage of Hi-5 teaching the viewers the dance steps to those particular songs.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes:
  • The American version hasn't been seen in a while- it was last on Discovery Kids before that channel began to be an automated loop, and then evolved into what's currently Discovery Family. It is available in full on DVD, however.
  • The UK version is hard-to-come-across online.
• Licensed Game: Several PC activity centres, with the original cast coming back to provide their voices.
  • In addition, there's also a DVD game, which comes with corresponding play mats and newly filmed footage.
• Romance on the Set: Two of the original cast members, Kellie Crawford (née Hoggart) and Nathan Foley, began dating during their time on the series and became engaged in 2005. In early 2007, however, their engagement was broken off and Kellie went on to marry one Addam Crawford.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The show was originally going to be called "Hello", according to the show's creator Helena Harris.
  • A second season for a revival was in production with the Songs of the Week being filmed but it got canceled after the Australian production office was closed.
  • Originally, a third season for the US version with new members Yasmeen and Sydney replacing Karla and Shaun was in production, but it got discarded due to high cost.
  • There have been plans for two Hi-5 animated series, both of which were publicly announced but are currently stuck in Development Hell. One of them was a CGI animated series aimed at older audiences, which featured the Hi-5 cast as superheroes, and the other was a 2D/Flash animated series about the Jupsters (Jup Jup's extended family).
• Written by Cast Member:
  • Kellie wrote "Move Your Body".
  • Nathan and Tim wrote "Friends Forever".
  • Kellie, Charli and Kathleen wrote "Feelings".