| Nathan Foley | |||||
| Birth Name: | Nathan Joel Foley | ||||
| Birth Date: | 1979 9, df=yes | ||||
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
| Years Active: | 1990–present | ||||
| Children: | 1 | ||||
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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 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.[7]
In 2019, Foley auditioned for The Voice and was placed on Delta Goodrem's team.[8] 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.[9] [10] [11]
Foley married Jamaican model Nicolette Gomex in March 2020, and they have one child, Jackson Joel Foley.[12]
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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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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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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 |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | |
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| 1997 | Mo Award | Johnny O'Keefe Encouragement Award | Nathan Foley | [19] | |
| 1998 | ACE Awards | Best New Talent | Nathan Foley | ||
| 1998 | City of Sydney Performing Arts Challenge | Nathan Foley | |||
| 1998 | 2UE Youth in Cabaret - City of Sydney Performing Arts Challenge | Contemporary Vocal Solo | Nathan Foley | ||
| 2016 | Princess Cruises | Entertainer Of The Year - Solo Award | Nathan Foley | ||