Hi-5 Philippines

Hi-5 Philippines
Genre	Children's, edutainment
Created by	Helena Harris Posie Graeme-Evans
Based on	Hi-5
Written by	Elmer Gatchalian
Directed by	Mark Meily
Starring	Aira Biñas Fred Lo Gerard Pagunsan Alex Reyes Rissey Reyes
Voices of	Priscilla Rose Nalundasan
Theme music composer	Chris Harriott
Opening theme	"Hi-5 Theme" (sung in Filipino)
Ending theme	"Hi-5 Theme" (Reprise)
Country of origin	Philippines
Original languages	Filipino English (secondary language)
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	90
Production
Executive producers	Rose Camia Tessa Mangahas
Production locations	TV5 Media Center Reliance, Mandaluyong
Editor	Raymond Pangilinan
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Hi-5 Operations Pte Ltd. Tremendous Entertainment Group Endemol Shine Group (original series)
Original release
Network	TV5
Release	15 June 2015 (2015-06-15) – 29 April 2016 (2016-04-29)
Related
Hi-5 Hi-5 House

Hi-5 Philippines is the Filipino version of the Australian children's edutainment series of the same title as the first franchise in Asia. Hi-5 Philippines had its first broadcast on TV5 on June 15, 2015, and aired every Monday to Friday morning. The series mostly adapted the original version's Season 11-13.

Hi-5 Philippines was televised exclusively on said network until is final episode debuted on April 29, 2016, at the end of its second season. On May 2, 2016, episodes of the second season aired in reruns and from January 9 to September 1, 2017, the second season reran in shortened format featuring only the first two segments of each episode due to time constrains (when newer shows began to air).

The contract approved by TV5 and Hi-5 Operations Pte. Ltd. was good for only 2 seasons.

Introduction

Launched in Australia in 1999, Hi-5 rapidly grew in popularity over the years. It has won three Logie Awards for Most Outstanding Children's Program, five ARIA Awards for Best Children's Album and five Australian DVD and Video Industry Awards, among other achievements. It was then that Hi-5 started expanding its reach by franchising the show across North America, Europe, Australasia, Latin America, and Asia. However, this is the first time that the Hi-5 franchise assembled an entirely new cast for the localization of the show in Asia. The Filipino version of the musical group is currently one of the only two casts for Hi-5, the other one being the Australian cast.

Cast

• Aira Biñas - Word Play
• Fred Lo - Shapes in Space
• Gerard Pagunsan - Making Music
• Rissey Reyes - Body Move
• Alex Reyes - Puzzles and Patterns

Songs of the Week

Season 1 (2015)

• Five Senses (15–19 June)
• Robot Number One (22–26 June)
• L.O.V.E. (29 June–July 3)
• Planet Earth (6–10 July)
• Amazing (13–17 July)
• Living in a Fairytale (20–24 July)
• Making Music (27–31 July)
• The Dancing Bus (3–7 August)
• Underwater Discovery (10–14 August)

Season 2 (2016)

• Toy Box (22–26 February)
• Hi-5 Farm (29 February–March 4)
• Wish Upon a Star (7–11 March)
• Happy Monster Dance (14–18 March)
• (Some Kind of) Wonderful (28 March–April 1)
• Happy House (4–8 April)
• Knock, Knock, Knock (11–15 April)
• Stand Up Tall on Tippy Toes (18–22 April)
• Let's Get Away (25–29 April)

See also

• List of programs aired by TV5 (Philippine TV network)

External links

• Meet the members of Hi-5 Philippines