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For his character in The Wiggles, see Sam Wiggle

Sam Moran
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Birth Name

Samuel Alexander Moran

Born April 4, 1978 (age 44)

Sydney, Australia

Height

6'1 1/2" (1.87 m)

Roles

Sam Wiggle, Professor Singalottasonga, Dapper Dave, Captain Feathersword

Spouse

Lyn Stuckey (2006-2018)

Partner

Jessica Vergara (2018-present)

Children Eloise Isabella Moran

Alma Elizabeth Moran-Vergara

Years Active

1998-present

Samuel Alexander "Sam" Moran (born April 4, 1978) formerly performed as the Yellow Wiggle, filling in for Greg from November 2006 to January 2012.

Sam is a long time friend of The Wiggles, who had appeared with them in many releases before he was the official Yellow Wiggle and lead singer for five years.

At the time of Greg's retirement, Sam was his understudy. Sam was selected as his replacement, a position he held for five years.

His first appearance was as a dancer in 1998’s Toot Toot! video. Sam's first appearance as the Yellow Wiggle was the Australian version of Wiggledancing! Live In Concert. It's Always Christmas With You! was the last DVD released featuring Sam as the yellow wiggle in Australia. In the USA, the final DVD released featuring Sam as the yellow wiggle was The Wiggles Big Birthday! It was released months after Sam left The Wiggles.

Five years after his promotion to yellow Wiggle, Greg returned as the yellow Wiggle, after a return to health thus replacing Sam and Greg wearing the yellow skivvy once more. Sam currently has his own TV show on Nick Jr. called Play Along with Sam.

Career

Growing up in Wagga Wagga, Sam moved to Sydney to study classical voice and Music Education at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Robert Allman AM OBE. Here he was able to experience using music in classrooms and how your children respond to music in their development.

He has appeared as a vocalist in 'Haste to the Wedding', John Field's Australian musical 'Evie & the Birdman' and was cast as Jinx in the Australian premiere of 'Forever Plaid.' Other musical productions include 'Sunday in the Park with George', 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Seven Little Australians'.

Sam's first appearance for The Wiggles was in 1998, touring Australia, New Zealand & the USA as host of "The Dorothy the Dinosaur Show". But has been appearing as Professor Singalottasonga, Dapper Dave, and A Wiggly Dancer in the TV series, DVDs and live shows. Sam also has provided vocals for and appeared in the Wiggles videos Toot, Toot!, Cold Spaghetti Western, LIVE Hot Potatoes!, Santa's Rockin'!, Sailing Around the World, a Wiggle appeared in the new Wake Up Jeff!, and Big Red Car!, Professor Singalottasonga appeared in Top of the Tots, Splish Splash Big Red Boat, Santa's Rockin, Pop Go the Wiggles & Racing to the Rainbow. He has also found a challenge providing additional vocals for the Spanish & Taiwanese Wiggles.

Sam has toured the world extensively as part of the Wiggles Live Show, including Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, Hong Kong, China & Japan. Over this time, Sam understudied Greg Page and filled in as the yellow Wiggle for more than 150 shows before donning the yellow skivvy and taking on the role full time.

From 2013 to 2021, Sam starred in his own children's show on Nick Jr. called Play Along with Sam. Alongside several Logie nominations, he won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 2015 for Play Along With Sam: Boo! After Play Along With Sam ended, he continued to record children's music through Republic Kids, a subsidiary of Republic Records. After releasing two new singles in spring 2023 and performing at Kidzapalooza, the kids version of music festival Lollapalooza, Sam released his first album as a Republic artist, All The Feels, in August 2023.

Wiggles Media Credits

Albums

Trivia

  • According to Sam's mother, Marion Moran, his father loved singing more than playing an instrument.
  • Sam appears as one of the three backup singers in the Wiggly Orchestra in LIVE Hot Potatoes!.
  • Sam has been writing songs with The Wiggles since 2006.
  • Sam was a member of The Manzillas and was one of the Manzillas for The Latin American Wiggles alongside Brett Clarke.
  • According to his Q&A livestream, his favourite Wiggles video from his era was The Wiggles Go Bananas!
  • Sam is the second yellow wiggle, following on from Greg Page and preceding Emma Watkins.
  • He was often described as the "salaried Wiggle".
  • He was let go two days before his daughter's 2nd birthday.
  • Since his departure until 2023, Sam had not been in touch with The Wiggles although, according to his Q&A livestream, he received a phone call from Anthony in late 2020, asking if he could upload the unreleased content with him to YouTube, and that Murray congratulated him after winning an ARIA Award in 2015. He had also claimed that he hasn't worn yellow since, until he briefly wore the yellow skivvy in 2023 for an Instagram video on April Fools Day. He was interviewed in Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles and attended the premiere.
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