Line #35 Creator/NikkiWebster


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2	[[caption-width-right:200:Nikki Webster's modern image.]]
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4	Nicole Marie "Nikki" Webster (born April 30, 1987 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian {{pop}} singer, actress, dancer, businesswoman and FormerChildStar who is best known for performing to an audience of billions during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics. For anyone who only vaguely remembers the events, she was the little red-haired girl who appeared in the dream sequence, "swimming" with fish (with the help of a harness), getting caught up in Aboriginal festivities and the like. She also sang the songs "We'll Be One" and "Under Southern Skies" while standing in front of the Olympic Flame.
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6	She went on to have a promising pop career, with her single "Strawberry Kisses" peaking at #2 on the ARIA singles chart, eventually going Platinum. After a year-long stint playing the part of Dorothy in the 2001-2002 run of ''Theatre/TheWizardOfOz1902'' stage show, she released two albums, ''Follow Your Heart'' and ''BLISS''. The first was certified Platinum, the second Gold. However, her third album, an album half-full of covers entitled ''Let's Dance'', only barely peaked within the Top 50 of the albums chart and received no certification.
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8	Her later career has included her competing in the Australian version of ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'', guest-starring as an [[{{ensembles}} ensemble member]] on the improv comedy show ''Series/ThankGodYoureHere'' and playing the role of Sheila in the musical ''Theatre/{{Hair}}''. In 2006 she sought to discard her former "good-girl" image by [[HotterAndSexier appearing in a sexy photoshoot]] for the Australian edition of ''FHM''. She followed this up by performing as a wind-up doll at the Sydney gay and lesbian dance party Sleaze Ball and releasing a single, "Devilicious", that dealt with her newfound sexual image.
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10	She opened her own dance school, ''Dance @ Nikki Webster'', in 2008. Two branches are in Sydney itself while one is on the Central Coast of NSW.
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12	In 2019, she was a contestant on the Australian version of ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'', in costume as The Alien.
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14	She also has two kids of her own. Feel old yet?
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16	!!Discography:
17	* ''Follow Your Heart'' (2001)
18	* ''BLISS'' (2002)
19	* ''Let's Dance'' (2004)
20	* ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum The Best of Nikki Webster]]'' (2004)
21	* ''Devilicious'' (Single) (2009)
22	* ''Girls'' (2020)
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24	!!This musician displays examples of:
25	* AFriendInNeed: "Depend On Me".
26	* AutoTune: In "Devilicious".
27	* [[BeachEpisode Beach Video]]: "The Best Days".
28	* CatholicSchoolgirlsRule: In the video for "24/7 (Crazy 'Bout Your Smile)".
29	* CelebrityEndorsement: For Jager Cosmetics in 2001 and UsefulNotes/{{Kmart}} in 2003, [[TheFashionista where she designed an exclusive clothing range.]]
30	* ChildPopstar: Barely. Webster was 13 when she partook in the Olympic Games ceremonies and 14 when she released "Strawberry Kisses".
31	%%* ChildProdigy
32	* ContractualPurity: Australians will never see Nikki Webster as anything but the childlike IdolSinger who was a regular in girls' magazines. This is most likely the reason why the Australian media practically [[CreatorKiller disowned her]] after the FHM spread, and why "Devilicious" failed to chart.
33	* CoverVersion: "I Wanna Be Like You" from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', "Dancing In The Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Music/WhitneyHouston, "ABC" by WesternAnimation/TheJackson5ive, "My Boy Lollipop" by Millie Small, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer, "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves and "Be Mine" by Wild Orchid.
34	* DevelopmentHell: Her fourth studio album has been this way for ''six years''. The fact its planned lead single tanked on the ARIA Charts didn't help matters.
35	* {{Fanservice}}: Practically embodied this trope from the mid-2000s onwards, though she seems to have turned it down since the the failure of "Devilicious".
36	* FollowTheLeader: Webster herself was initially a follower of the "Pop Lolita" and kiddie-pop trend, but is it really that much of a coincidence that after her initial impact we are left with the likes of Music/KidzBop, Music/MileyCyrus, Music/JustinBieber and Music/SelenaGomez?
37	* FollowYourHeart: Her debut album is this trope word-for-word.
38	* FormerChildStar: Averted - she is now a successful singing and dance teacher who runs her own business, ''Dance @ Nikki Webster'', and all things considered is doing very well for herself.
39	* HotterAndSexier: The FHM spread and ''especially'' "Devilicious".
40	* InDaClub: "Devilicious".
41	* [[AnimatedMusicVideo Partially-Animated Music Video]]: "Strawberry Kisses", "Something More Beautiful", "I Wanna Be Like You".
42	* PepTalkSong: "Depend on Me".
43	* PuppyLove: The subject of ''many'' of her songs.
44	%%* SelfBackingVocalist
45	* SillyLoveSongs: Her discography is ''made'' of this trope. Four notable ones are "Strawberry Kisses", "The Best Days", "24/7 (Crazy 'bout Your Smile)" and "Something More Beautiful".
46	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfits became this in the mid-2000s.
47	* TeenIdol: In the early 2000s she was essentially Australia's answer to the likes of Music/BritneySpears, Music/ChristinaAguilera, Music/JessicaSimpson and Music/MandyMoore.
48	* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: "Devilicious".
49	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Webster was supposed to play the main character in the movie ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_Gorilla Vanilla Gorilla]]'' back in 2001-2002. Her casting was dropped when the movie finally began production in 2008.

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