Sam Moran



Samuel Alexander Moran (born 4 April 1978) is an Australian performer and children entertainer born in Sydney and raised in Wagga Wagga, most commonly known for his tenure as lead singer in children's band The Wiggles and as a solo performer in his Nick Jr show, Play Along With Sam. He has also produced a solo adult album, Colours of Love. 🎵

The Wiggles
Sam's involvement with the Wiggles began in 1998, as he appeared in "Haste to the Wedding" and "Evie and the Birdman", both written by John Field, Wiggles songwriter and brother of blue Wiggle Anthony and ex-Wiggles managing director Paul. In 1998, he appeared in the Wiggles Dorothy the Dinosaur Show, which was played at smaller venues the Wiggles had "grown too big for".

He later portrayed a Wiggly Dancer, Professor Singalottasonga and Dapper Dave in the Wiggles TV Series and became a member of the Manzillas, the group who sang the Wiggles' backing music, in 2002. He also did all the backing tracks for the Latin American and Taiwanese Wiggles, recording "around two or three albums worth" of music for the groups. He considered leaving in 2006, because he had "achieved anything he had wanted to achieve" in the Wiggles, telling a work colleuge "it's not as if I'll become one of [the Wiggles]". However, in 2006, Greg Page, the original yellow Wiggle, was diagnosed with Orthostatic Intolerance (OI), which caused him to retire from the Wiggles to focus on his health, leaving the rest of the Wiggles to find a new yellow wiggle, as none of the other Wiggles could "hold a note". Sam was elected for the yellow skivvy, because as well as being a talented singer, he had filled in for Greg at Wiggles concerts around 1500 times, as Greg would feel unwell just before or during concerts, a result of OI.

Sam was announced as the second yellow Wiggle in November 2006, with Sam being asked only a couple of days before. The transition from Greg to Sam was reportedly "smooth" for the Wiggles' young audience, although surprisingly, it was harder for the parents. His first album was Getting Strong!, an album and video that had already been completed with Greg. In 2007, the group won their first ARIA award with Sam, for their album Pop Go the Wiggles.

The Wiggles won ARIA awards in every year Sam was the yellow Wiggle, in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, with their albums You Make Me Feel Like Dancing!, The Wiggles Go Bananas!, Let's Eat! and Ukulele Baby!

It was in 2012, where the Wiggles announced that Greg had regained his health and was returning to the band, with Sam having fulfilled his contract. Although Sam disputes this claim, saying that "I was not at the end of my contract, as Anthony [Field] has said" "I was not planning on leaving to do something else. There were no contract negotiations". Sam was reportedly paid $60,000 and was given unconditional use of the Hot Potato Studios and any royalties for his songs.

Sam has largely been obscured from Wiggles media in the years since, with him being the only Wiggle to not to appear in the Wiggles 30th Anniversary celebrations, with him not being asked to participate in the celebrations.