The Taiwanese Wiggles

The Taiwanese Wiggles (later known as The Mandarin Wiggles) was a localization of The Wiggles for the Taiwan market, created by Walt Disney Taiwan in 2003, and discontinued in 2007.

History
The Wiggles signed a licensing agreement with Walt Disney International in 2001, and auditions commenced in June 2002.

In order that the mannerisms of Taiwan's Wiggles remain as close to the original group as possible, Carlos, Anni, Danny, Arthur and stand-in, Kurt were packed off to Sydney. There the group underwent six weeks of grueling basic training at Wiggle boot camp.

Broadcasting
The Taiwanese Wiggles television series aired on Disney Channel Taiwan weekdays at 7:30am and 11:00am and on weekends at 6:00am and 8:55am.

Cast Members

 * First iteration
 * Danny Shao - Purple Wiggle
 * Arthur Chen - Blue Wiggle
 * Anni Hsu- Red Wiggle
 * Carlos Chang- Yellow Wiggle
 * Second iteration
 * Arthur Chen - Yellow Wiggle
 * Danny Shao - Purple Wiggle
 * Vivi Lin - Red Wiggle
 * Samuel Chung - Blue Wiggle
 * Kaeng Chan - Captain Feathersword

Guest stars
In addition to being Wiggles, Danny Shao and Anni Hsu also provided the voices for the Wiggly Friends; Henry the Octopus and Wags the Dog were voiced by Shao, and Hsu voiced Dorothy the Dinosaur.
 * Pu Hsueh-Liang - guest vocalist on 歡樂Party!

Localised Names
The Wiggly Friends were given names in Mandarin for the first iteration of the Taiwanese group. In the second iteration, their names were reverted back to their original English versions.

Discography

 * 大家來Wiggle! (2003)
 * 歡樂Party! (2004)

Videography

 * 大家來Wiggle! (2003)
 * 歡樂Party! (2004)
 * Arthur's Cake (2004)
 * Lights, Camera, Action! (2006)

Video Links
Here are some links of short videos of The Taiwanese Wiggles singing Point Your Fingers and Toot Toot (using Mozilla Firefox is suggested):

http://www.disney.com.tw/DisneyChannel/playhouse/friends/wiggles/fingers.html

http://www.disney.com.tw/DisneyChannel/playhouse/friends/wiggles/redcar.html

Gallery
See here