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IT’S the comeback no one asked for but everyone was delighted by.

Yesterday morning Nikki Webster sang her 2001 hit song, Strawberry Kisses, live on Channel Seven’s Sunrise.

Footage of the performance, which took place on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to promote the iconic structure’s Karaoke Climb promotion, has since gone viral in Australia with more than 450,000 views.

The 29-year-old’s cameo was arranged by Sunrise weatherman Sam Mac, who told news.com.au he credits “divine intervention” for coming up with the idea.

“My producer told me about Bridge Climb Karaoke and said we had the opportunity to take one special guest up,” he said.

“For some unknown reason, presumably divine intervention, I saw a vision of Nikki Webster flying over the bridge with me just behind her dropping a nine-second rap sequence.”

Sam and Nikki battled through windy conditions and, despite not being able to hear the backing track, managed to deliver a truly stellar performance.

“Some musical collabs are just destiny,” Sam said, “like when Jay Z teamed up with Beyonce or Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat.”

The performance was an instant hit online, with Facebook fans suggesting it could be “the comeback of the millennium” and “the best thing to happen so far this year, hands down”.

Sam says his phone lit up with messages immediately after the live cross: “My mate Peto texted said it was simultaneously the best and worst thing I’ve ever done,” the Channel Seven star said before adding, “I don’t know how to feel about that”.

Given the traction the clip has gained online, Sam Mac is adamant that the time is right for Nikki Webster to be thrust back into the spotlight.

“I want to record a slightly updated 2017 version of Strawberry Kisses (featuring a longer rap sequence and unexplained sax solo) and re-release it with Nikki Webster,” he said.

“I am 100 per cent serious about this and it needs to claim it’s rightful spot in next year’s Hottest 100.”

Strawberry Kisses peaked at number two on the ARIA singles chart back in 2001 and stayed there for seven weeks.

Webster released the song nine-months after she captured hearts around the world for her performance in the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony.

She’s now runs a series of dance schools in NSW and is married with a three-year-old daughter called Skylah.

Source: news.com.au

February 28, 2017 Author: Admin Comments Off on Nikki Webster performed Strawberry Kisses on Sunrise

Australia’s own sweetheart, Nikki Webster, is kicking off 2016 by opening a new performing arts studio in Minchinbury.

The Strawberry Kisses singer first captured Australians’ hearts when she was cast as the main performer at the Sydney 2000 Olympics opening ceremony.

Since then Webster has opened Dance @ Nikki Webster studios in Leichhardt and on the Central Coast, which have been very successful. She promises the Minchinbury location is set to be even better.

Webster told The Standard her team had been on the hunt for a new studio for a while.

“We were on the hunt for a while for this space; we wanted to see what we could bring to the area,” she said.

“There is so much talent out in western Sydney and we want to use our expertise to help these kids.”

The Minchinbury studio is a joint venture between Nikki and her brother, Scott, who is also from a performing arts background.

“We are a family-run business and the Minchinbury area is very family orientated with great families and great kids … we were so excited­ about finding the space and working with the kids out west,” Webster said.

The studio will have classes for children aged from 18 months up to 17 and will teach a range of dance styles from ballet to hip-hop.

“I will be teaching singing while my brother teaches all styles of dance, from jazz, hip-hop, and contemporary. We will also teach acrobatics, cheerleading musical theatre,” Webster said.

The Minchinbury studio will be holding a free open day at 8.30am on Saturday at 16/42 Sterling Rd, Minchinbury.

“People can come and meet us, see the studio and have a chat,” Ms Webster said.

“We will have tasters of each dance style … children can try if they are unsure.

“We have had quite a few people sign up already which is very flattering; we love the space and we are very excited. … we have lots of plans and we just want to get started.”

Via dailytelegraph.com.au

January 23, 2016 Author: Admin Comments Off on Nikki Webster to open performing arts studio in Minchinbury

Nikki Webster, the young star of the 2000 Sydney Olympics opening ceremony, has revealed she copped so much criticism following her performance she almost left Australia for good.


In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the now 28-year-old said she was driven out of the country after dealing with being “the punchline of everyone’s joke”.


“It was dark,” she said, likening the experience to tall poppy syndrome.


“People were telling me how I needed to change my career and break through like Britney and change my image and I was thinking, ‘is this me?’. It was confusing.”


A then 13-year-old Webster kicked off the Sydney Olympic Games 15 years ago, after being picked out from 500 other young girls.


She flew across the Olympic stadium in a pink summer dress, her blonde ringlets tied back with a pink ribbon, an image she says she struggled to shake as she tried to build a career.


She began working hard on building her music career and released a single, Strawberry Kisses, but says she wasn’t getting the wider reception she’d expected for her work.


“I was just this young naïve artist trying to make a go and work hard.


“I’d worked damn hard and I wasn’t getting the reception, I couldn’t understand it.”


Webster admitted the criticism was harder to deal with because she had been so young, saying as a performer she understood audiences would judge her, but didn’t expect the backlash she received from the media.


“To have media judge you, and have people who have never met you judge you was a hard thing for me to cope with as a teenager,” she says.


“It was quite dark and I think that’s why I went to Los Angeles, because I thought, ‘I need to do this by myself’.”


In the US, Webster found she was able to live under the radar and questioned coming back to Australia at all.


She is now married to Qantas flight attendant Matthew McMah, and last year the couple gave birth to baby girl, Skylah.


The family live in Sydney and Webster runs two dance studios.


“I remember standing watching Cathy Freeman light the cauldron and I was counting,” she said.

“I was going 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 — where will I be? I don’t think I ever thought I’d be a mum in 15 years, that’s for sure.”

Via Nine News

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Nikki Webster, the darling of the Sydney Olympics is over the moon with her 10-month-old daughter Skylah who is her little lookalike.

Nikki Webster has taken to motherhood like a fish to water: “It’s been such a wonderful journey and it’s so much fun,” says Nikki, 27. “I think every mother says it, but it’s a different kind of love … an unconditional, incredible love.

“Motherhood is obviously challenging and tiring, but it’s the wonderful moments like seeing her smile and hearing her say ‘Mummy’ that make it all worth it,” she grins, gazing at her “princess”. “It’s just amazing to watch her grow.”

Nikki and her husband Matthew McMah, 34, welcomed their precious girl into the world earlier this year, and she’s growing up to resemble her iconic mother.

“I think it’s the eyes – she’s got these massive eyes!” laughs Nikki, while bouncing petite Skylah on her lap. “I mean, my mum always says she used to get stopped in the shops because of my eyes as a kid. And now I get it with her… it’s really nice.”

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It seems Skylah is just as much daddy’s little girl as she is mummy’s. “He’s a fantastic dad,” beams Nikki. “They have an awesome bond and he spoils her like crazy.”

Skylah is certainly a very lucky girl – her wardrobe is overflowing with frills and adorable outfits fit for a little princess. “She has two full wardrobes,” says Matt. “She has more clothes than me!”

But there’s a new addition to Skylah’s dress collection that stands out from the rest – a replica of the pink-and-white hibiscus frock that made Nikki famous.

“It’s pretty exciting to have a little dress for her,” she gushes.

“It’s something we’ll treasure and we’ll store the dresses together in a special place.”

Next year marks 15 years since Nikki shot to stardom when the then freckle-faced and curly-haired 13-year-old cutie soared high above Sydney’s Olympic Stadium in front of the 110,000-strong crowd and 3.7 billion people watching around the world.

“I’m an Aussie girl and to be given that opportunity at such a young age, to represent the country, it was my most incredible moment… well, until I had Skylah, now that tops the list of course!” smiles Nikki.

Nikki pulled her original dress out of storage for Woman’s Day’s photoshoot, and seeing it again brings a massive smile to her face.

“It’s just a sundress and for a lot of people it’s just a little bit of pink lycra or whatever and I know it’s not the most glamorous dress in the world, but to me it has a lot of memories.

“That night has so many incredible moments for me and I remember watching Cathy Freeman lighting the flame and I was counting in my head, ‘In this many years when the next Olympics is on, I’ll be this old… and in this many years I’ll be this old… I wonder if I’ll have kids by this year’.

“So to think I now have this little girl and she’s in the same dress, it’s pretty crazy.”

Read more about Nikki and her little Mini-me Skylah only in Woman’s Day, on sale 8th December.

Via Woman’s Day

December 08, 2014 Author: Admin 1 Comment