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10:29AM Jess McGuire | Corr, blimey! Kellie Crawford – you may remember her from her time in Hi-5 – has stirred up some controversy with her decision to appear in lads magazine Ralph… but as far as Defamer Australia is concerned, what’s not to like about celebrities from the world of kids entertainment making saucy career choices? More »
Kellie Crawford Happy To Display Her Hi-2s On The Cover Of Ralph
10:29AM Jess McGuire | Corr, blimey! Kellie Crawford – you may remember her from her time in Hi-5 – has stirred up some controversy with her decision to appear in lads magazine Ralph… but as far as Defamer Australia is concerned, what’s not to like about celebrities from the world of kids entertainment making saucy career choices? More » 
Charli Quits Hi-5, Australian Toddlers Issue Fatwa Against Adam Gilchrist
10:07AM Jess McGuire | Tragic news for Hi-5 fans – Charli “Not Corey” Delaney is leaving the kiddy entertainment factory!
After a decade entertaining pint-sized fans around the world, original Hi-5 member Charli Delaney has decided to hang up her dancing shoes – and devastated kiddies have Adam Gilchrist to blame.
Although she’d been thinking about leaving for a couple of years, it wasn’t until Delaney heard the cricket legend announce his retirement last month that she decided the time was right.
“Gilchrist retired the same day as my last show in Perth and I’m a cricket tragic,” Delaney, 27, said. “I woke up to his speeches and it put me in a reflective mood. I thought: ‘thanks Gilly’ . . . it was a typical Aussie girl thing to do.”
Well, we’re not sure we’d ever take our cues from Australian cricketers, but whatever.
So what does this mean for Hi-5?
It’s now a case of Hi-2 when it comes to original members, with Nathan Foley and Kellie Hoggart the only ones left.
Oh, the pair who were once engaged? This ought to be deliciously awkward. More » 
Nine Boss Not Keen To High Five His Favourite Children’s Entertainers After They Defect To Seven
11:47AM Clem Bastow | Umm ahhh! When your homepage is sponsored by Nine, and you come from Channel Nine, it’s probably safe to say that you should leave all your promotional appearances to Channel Nine, right?
Not if you’re Hi-5, who Nine boss David Gyngell discovered were appearing on competing network Seven – by watching Sunrise.
Good to see all the avenues of communication are operating within our biggest broadcasters!
Tuning in to the opposition on Monday morning, Gyng, say sources, was “pretty angry” when Nine’s homegrown kids entertainers, Hi-5 appeared on the Seven show, with new recruit Steve Nicholson and DVD to promote.
After calling Today producers to find why their employees were on another network, sources say he hit the roof when told they put off a Hi-5 appearance to December, leaving Sunrise to the scoop in between.
The best part of all this was when the Sunrise executive producer said Hi-5 had made the decision because “they would be seen by many more families and children and not just grandma and grandpa” on Nine.
Zing, Gyngell!
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