The Wiggles

**The Wiggles** are a famous children's band from Australia that formed in the year 1991 when founder, Anthony Field, "had the idea to make a children's album". He met fellow founding members Murray Cook and Greg Page at Macquarie University, where all three were studying early childhood education. He later recruited Jeff Fatt. who he was previously band mates with in the pop group The Cockroaches, and Phillip Wilcher, a music instructor at Macquarie. Wilcher left the group soon after the release of their first album.

Their popularity in Australia grew throughout the 1990s, with concert attendance constantly growing. Several best-selling and award-winning albums and videos allowed them to finance their first (and so far only) theatrical feature film, and their first TV series. By the mid-2000s, The Wiggles had reached massive international success, as they toured many other countries, including the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

By 2006, Greg was forced to leave the group due to an illness called Orthostatic Intolerance and was replaced by his long-time understudy Sam Moran by the end of that year. Although Greg returned in 2012, he along with Murray and Jeff soon retired, being replaced by Emma Watkins, Simon Pryce and Lachy Gillespie, respectively, in 2013. Emma left the group at the end of 2021 to focus on her PhD career. She was replaced by Tsehay Hawkins as the new Yellow Wiggle in 2022. As of 2023, Anthony remains the only original member still in the group.

During the mid-2000's, The Wiggles created various dubs of their shows, like Japanese, Spanish, Arabic and French. Only a couple clips of these dubs have been found, and it is currently unknown if these dubs will ever see the light of day again.

## *unknown*

### Year(s)

2001-2004 (TV Series 2-3)
2009-2011 (TV Series 6)
2016-2018 (TV Series 7-8)

From 2009 until 2011, a French dub of The Wiggles' sixth TV Series appeared on KidsCo France.

Only a Mexican dance clip from an episode of TV Series 6 was posted here, besides that, the dub is completely lost.

## *unknown*

### Year(s)

2009-2011

In 2009, a German dub of The Wiggles' sixth TV Series appeared on KidsCo Germany. Only a clip from an episode was posted here, besides that, the dub is completely lost.
Though the movie was dubbed into German back in 2001:https://www.synchronkartei.de/film/29412

## ザ・ウィグルス

### Year(s)

2007-2009

Sometime between 2007 until 2009, a Japanese dub of The Wiggles' second and third TV Series appeared on Playhouse Disney and Disney Channel Japan.

Two promos were recorded here and here, the dubbed version of Get Ready To Wiggle and Captain's Magic Buttons were found here and here, and a full episode clip from The second TV Series was found here. Besides that, the dub is completely lost.

## I Wiggles

### Year(s)

2007-2009

Sometime between 2007 until 2009, an Italian dub of The Wiggles' second, third, fourth and fifth TV Series appeared on JimJam TV.

Only a clip, along with two promos were recorded here, here and here. Besides that, the dub is completely lost.

## Los Wiggles

### Year(s)

2009-2011

From 2009 until 2011, an European Spanish dub of The Wiggles' sixth TV Series appeared on Kidsco Spain.

Only a keyboard practice clip from an episode was posted here, besides that, the dub is completely lost.

## Wiggle y Aprende

### Year(s)

2010-2012

In 2010, a Latin American Spanish dub of The Wiggles' sixth TV Series appeared on Disney Junior Latin America.

A few songs have surfaced on Youtube along with a Disney Junior promo that was found on a Disney Junior commercial break from 2011. The dub stopped airing in 2013.

## Os Wiggles

### Year(s)

2010

From 2009 until 2011, an European Portuguese dub of The Wiggles' sixth TV Series appeared on Kidsco Portugal.

Only a guitar practice clip from an episode was posted here, besides that, the dub is completely lost.

## Wiggle e Aprenda

### Year(s)

Unknown

Sometime around or before 2010, a Brazilian Portuguese dub of The Wiggles' sixth TV Series appeared on Disney Junior Brasil. Besides a few songs that surfaced on Youtube, the dub is completely lost.