Does anyone know why Charli from Hi-5 has left ?
AFTER a decade entertaining pint-sized fans around the world, original Hi-5 member Charli Delaney has decided to hang up her dancing shoes – and devastated littlies have Adam Gilchrist to blame. Although she had been thinking about leaving the group for a couple of years, it wasn’t until Delaney heard the cricket legend announce his retirement last month that she decided the time was right. “Gilchrist retired on the same day as my last show in Perth and I’m a cricket tragic,” Delaney, 27, said. “I thought: ‘Thanks Gilly’ … it was a typical Aussie girl thing to do.” It’s now a case of Hi-2 when it comes to original members, with Nathan Foley and Kellie Hoggart the only ones left. Kathleen de Leon Jones was replaced by Sun Park last year when she left to have a baby, while Tim Harding was replaced by Stevie Nicholson after he was injured in a motorcycle accident. Delaney has completed 10 series of the Hi-5 TV show, toured the world six times, recorded 11 albums and made 27 DVDs and vid