Nathan Foley

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.

Early life 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.

Foley is a descendant of the Yuin people, an Aboriginal Australian group, on his mother's side.

Career

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. 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.

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.

Personal life 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.

Foley married Jamaican model Nicolette Gomex in March 2020, and they have one child, Jackson Joel Foley.

Discography Studio albums Title Album details Good TimesReleased: 1990 Label: Independent Format: CD DiscoveryReleased: 2003 Label: Independent Format: CD Now and ForeverReleased: July 2014 MamaReleased: February 2016 Label: Independent Format: CD Christmas Time With YouReleased: 2016 Label: Independent Format: CD, digital download At This MomentReleased: February 2018 Label: Independent Format: CD, digital download HurricaneReleased: 23 September 2022 Label: StudioBox Creative Format: CD, digital download, streaming

Live albums Title Album details Live at the StarlightReleased: 2005 Label: Independent Format: CD Acoustic RhythmsReleased: 31 October 2011 Label: Independent Format: CD, digital download

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 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

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee Result 1997 Mo Award Johnny O'Keefe Encouragement Award Nathan Foley 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