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Nathan Joel Foley (born 27 September 1979) is an Australian singer-songwriter and television personality. He was an original member of Australian children's musical group Hi-5 from 1998 to 2008.
Foley started singing professionally at 10 years old with bands singing Jazz, Soul, R&B, Pop and Rock in clubs in Sydney, Australia. 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.[1]
Foley is a descendant of the Yuin people, an Aboriginal Australian group, on his mother's side.[2]
In 1998, Foley joined the Australian children's musical group Hi-5 as an original member; touring and filming the related television series for ten years.[3][4] Foley announced his departure from the group in November 2008, expressing interest in focusing on his adult music career. He was replaced by Tim Maddren.[5][6]
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.[citation needed]
Foley performed in the musical Mamma Mia!, touring Australia in 2010. He was also Co-Presenter of a show called GatheringonFoxtel’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.[7]
Foley was a top 3 contestant on the Network 10 show I Will Survive.[citation needed]
In 2016, Foley won Princess cruises Entertainer of the year for his big band solo shows being the first Australian to win this title.[8]
In 2019, Foley auditioned for The Voice and was placed on Delta Goodrem's team.[9] Foley was eliminated in the first Knock-out rounds.
Through the show, he became good friends with and eventually in 2002 began dating fellow Hi-5 cast member Kellie Crawford, née Hoggart. The couple became engaged in 2005 to be married in March 2007. On 7 December 2006, it was reported that Crawford and Foley had decided to end their engagement. Apparently, their breakup had occurred some time prior to the reports.[10][11][12]
Foley married Jamaican model Nicolette Gomex in March 2020, and they have one child, Jackson Joel Foley.[13]
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Good Times |
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Discovery |
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Now and Forever |
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Mama |
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Christmas Time With You |
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At This Moment |
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Hurricane |
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Live at the Starlight |
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Acoustic Rhythms |
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1999–2008 | Hi-5 | Presenter | Series 1 to 10 |
2019 | The Voice | Contestant | Series 8; eliminated in "The Knockouts" round |
2019 | The Road to Miss Universe Australia | Singer At Event | |
2020 | The Wiggles Bushfire Relief concert | Guest Performer |
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1997 | Mo Award | Johnny O'Keefe Encouragement Award | Nathan Foley | Won | [20] |
1998 | ACE Awards | Best New Talent | Nathan Foley | Won | [citation needed] |
1998 | City of Sydney Performing Arts Challenge | Nathan Foley | Won | [citation needed] | |
1998 | 2UE Youth in Cabaret - City of Sydney Performing Arts Challenge | Contemporary Vocal Solo | Nathan Foley | Won | [citation needed] |
2016 | Princess Cruises | Entertainer Of The Year - Solo Award | Nathan Foley | Won | [8] |
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