Hi-5 Australia (Season 18, Cancelled)

Hi-5 Australia (Season 18, Cancelled)
Executive producer	Julie Greene
Director	Jonathan Geraghty
Starring	Lachie Dearing Bailey Spalding Shay Clifford Joe Kalou Courtney Clarke
No. of episodes	45
Original network	9Go! (Australia)
Original release	2018 (Intended)
Production companies	Hi-5 Operations Pte Ltd
Chronology
Before	Season 17
This	Season 18
Next	-
Trailer

Season 18 of Hi-5 Australia was slated to premiere in 2018. 45 episodes were planned. This would have been the second season of the fourth generation, but was discarded due to the closure of the Australian office, and the franchise heading a new direction.

Cast

Presenters

• Lachie Dearing – Shapes in Space
• Bailey Spalding – Body Move
• Shay Clifford – Puzzles and Patterns
• Joe Kalou – Making Music
• Courtney Clarke – Word Play

Characters

• Shay Clifford as Chatterbox
• Lachie Dearing as Jup Jup & Aristotle
• Joe Kalou as Horace
• Ellen Wright Folan as Tinka

The Jupsters

• Jaan Jaan
• Jard Jard
• Jed Jed
• Jin Jin
• Jor Jor
• Jru Jru
• Puj Puj

Songs & Themes

• 

  Super Heroes

• 

  Holiday (Wonderful Places)

• 

  Amazing

• 

  North, South, East and West (Adventures)

• 

  Robot Number One

Planned

• Celebrate

Unconfirmed

The season had at least 2 new songs, leaving one final slot. These songs were often played at their tours around 2018, so they are suspected candidates to be intended for Season 18.

• E-N-E-R-G-Y
• Give Five
• Underwater Discovery
• Making Music

Episodes

No. Overall	No. In Season	Image	Title	Song of the Week	Release Date	Production Code

676	6		Wonders of the World	Holiday	2018	18x06
Hi-5 explores wonders of the world.

686	16		Adventures on the Sea	North, South, East and West	2018	18x16
Hi-5 has adventures on the sea.

Trivia

• This was intended to be the first season with 45 episodes since Season 13.
• Due to the closure of the Australian production office on September 2018, the series was cancelled, suspending production of this season.
• 5 Songs of the Week were filmed with Malaysia Airlines' Enrich Juniors program. It is unknown if the remaining 4 songs were filmed.
• Courtney Clarke had stated on Instagram that they recorded "new songs", but it is unknown how many were made. These were presumably composed by Ella Spira, who composed Hi-5 Dance Off, as original composer Chris Harriott had already retired from Hi-5 at this point.

Courtney Clarke announcing new songs via Instagram.

• Following the cancellation, Hi-5 would continue touring with a new cast until 2019, along with guest appearances of former cast members Stevie Nicholson and Tanika Anderson.