Nathan Foley (singer)

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Nathan Foley
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Foley in 2020
Born
Nathan Joel Foley

(1979-09-27) 27 September 1979 (age 45)
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • actor
Years active1990–present
Spouse
Nicolette Gomex
(m. 2019)
Children1
Musical career
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano

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.

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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. [1]

Foley is a descendant of the Yuin people, an Aboriginal Australian group, on his mother's side. [2]

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. [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 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. [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.

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. [10] [11] [12]

Foley married Jamaican model Nicolette Gomex in March 2020, and they have one child, Jackson Joel Foley. [13]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum details
Good Times
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: CD
Discovery
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: CD
Now and Forever
  • Released: July 2014 [14]
Mama
  • Released: February 2016 [15]
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: CD
Christmas Time With You
  • Released: 2016 [16]
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: CD, digital download
At This Moment
  • Released: February 2018 [17]
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: CD, digital download
Hurricane
  • Released: 23 September 2022 [18]
  • Label: StudioBox Creative
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Live at the Starlight
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Independent
  • Format: CD
Acoustic Rhythms

Filmography

Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999–2008 Hi-5 PresenterSeries 1 to 10
2019 The Voice ContestantSeries 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

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResultRef.
1997 Mo Award Johnny O'Keefe Encouragement AwardNathan FoleyWon [20]
1998ACE AwardsBest New TalentNathan FoleyWon[ citation needed ]
1998City of Sydney Performing Arts ChallengeNathan FoleyWon[ citation needed ]
1998 2UE Youth in Cabaret - City of Sydney Performing Arts ChallengeContemporary Vocal SoloNathan FoleyWon[ citation needed ]
2016 Princess Cruises Entertainer Of The Year - Solo AwardNathan FoleyWon [8]

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