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|infoboxHeader=Nathan Foley | |||
|image=Hi5NathanFoley.png | |||
|name= Nathan Joel Foley | |||
|DOB= 27 September 1979 (age 45) | |||
|Birthplace = Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | |||
|Nationality=Australian | |||
|Member=[[Hi-5 (Australia)]] | |||
|Gender=Male | |||
|Segment=[[Shapes and Space (segment)|Shapes and Space]] | |||
|timeActive=1998-2008 | |||
|First=[[Fantasy (Season 1 episode)|Fantasy]] | |||
|Latest=[[Being a Team Player (Season 10 episode)|Being a Team Player]] | |||
|Replaced=- | |||
|Replaced by= [[Tim Maddren]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Nathan Joel Foley''' (born 27 September 1979) is an Australian singer-songwriter and television personality. He was most famously known as one of the original members of the children's musical group Hi-5 and the associated television series of the same name from its inception from 1998 to 2008 before retiring after ten years with the group | |||
==Biography== | |||
Foley started singing professionally at 10 years old with bands singing Jazz, Soul, R&B, Pop, and Rock in clubs around Sydney. During his school years, Foley performed in the Coca-Cola Schools Spectacular for seven years as a soloist working with big bands and orchestra's and graduated from the Talent Development Project in 1997. | |||
Through his mother's side, Foley is a descendant of the Yuin people, a group of Australian Aboriginal peoples from the South Coast of New South Wales. | |||
Through the Talent Development Project, Foley was offered an audition for a children's musical group/television series at the ABC Studios, that group eventually became Hi-5, and Foley would become a mainstay member of the band until retiring after ten years. | |||
In 2009, Foley completed a season of Jerry Springer: The Opera at the Sydney Opera House and played Kenickie in the Olivia Newton-John Foundation musical Grease on the Beach. He also performed as a soloist in 2009 at The V8 Supercars and World Masters Games, and sung the National Anthem at the Darling Harbour Australia Day Celebrations in 2010 in front of quarter of a million people. | |||
Foley performed in the musical Mamma Mia!, touring Australia in 2010. He was also Co-Presenter of a show called Gathering on Foxtel’s Indigenous Network NITV. Also in 2011, he worked as a traffic reporter at the Australian Traffic network delivering traffic reports for Ten News, Mix 106.5, 101.7 WSFM, 2GO, Sea FM, Triple M, 2GB and 2UE. | |||
Foley was a top 3 contestant on the Network 10 show I Will Survive. | |||
In 2016, Foley won Princess cruises Entertainer of the year for his big band solo shows being the first Australian to win this title. | |||
In 2019, Foley auditioned for The Voice and was placed on Delta Goodrem's team. Foley was eliminated in the first Knock-out rounds. | |||
On 17 January 2020, Foley was pre-show guest performer for "[https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/The_Original_Wiggles_Reunion_Show_For_Bush_Fire_Relief The Original Wiggles Reunion Show For Bush Fire Relief]" at the Castle Hill RSL Club. | |||
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[[Category:Hi-5 (Australia)]] | |||
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[[Category:Original Cast]] | |||
[[Category:Shapes and Space]] | |||