{"id":1902,"date":"2019-09-25T05:27:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T05:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2019-09-27T05:29:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T05:29:29","slug":"nikki-webster-was-never-really-a-one-hit-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/nikki-webster-was-never-really-a-one-hit-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Webster was never really a one hit wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Mickey D<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/nikki-webster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/nikki-webster-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/nikki-webster-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/nikki-webster-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/nikki-webster-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/nikki-webster.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 19 years since Nikki Webster performed \u2018Under the Southern Skies\u2019 at the Sydney Olympics. Now she\u2019s back in the spotlight, but did she ever leave?<\/p>\n<p>Most Australian\u2019s are familiar with Nikki for her spectacular performance at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Following that she earned a record contract with BMG and debuted her single \u2018Strawberry Kisses\u2019 which reached number 2 on the Australian singles charts in 2001 holding the position for 7 weeks. This was the song that earned her the title of \u201cone hit wonder\u201d, but was she really?<\/p>\n<p>Nikki Webster is not really a one hit wonder. Her debut album Follow Your Heart also went platinum with second single \u201cDepend on Me\u201d going top 20 and third single \u201cThe Best Days\u201d\/\u201dOver the Rainbow\u201d reaching number 21. Webster\u2019s 2002 BLISS album also went gold with a cover of American girl group P.Y.T.\u2019s \u201cSomething More Beautiful\u201d reaching No. 13 and going gold, while the second single \u201c24\/7 (Crazy \u2019bout Your Smile)\u201d also reached the top 20.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pc0JXDiZQ5k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>But what is even more amazing about this is that this was all accomplished bt the age of 15. Although Nikki Webster has mostly just made cameo appearances in popular Australian TV shows since then, the young singer already has the career experience that many only dream of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Webster\u2019s impressive career<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When she was about 4 years old she told her parents that she wanted to go into show business, and started taking lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Impressively, her very first job was as part of the ensemble cast in the pantomime \u201cCinderella\u201d, at the State Theatre in Sydney. The following year she appeared in a production of \u201cAladdin\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She has also appeared in many TV commercials including Twisties, Lays chips and Campbell\u2019s soup. When she was 10 years old, Webster played the Young Cosette in Les Mis\u00e9rables, and in 1999-2000 starred as Brigitta Von Trapp in a stage production of The Sound of Music, alongside Lisa McCune, John Waters and Bert Newton. Wow, just wow!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is Nikki Webster the Alien on The Masked Singer Australia?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nikki Webster is now rumoured to be The Masked Singer Australia in the alien mask and there may be some truth to that because, yet again, she\u2019s on the mind of nearly every Australian that remembers \u2018Strawberry Kisses\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uLCVHiHJ730\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The alien performed \u2018Born this Way\u2019 by Lady Gaga on The Masked Singer Australia which is also a perfect fit for the talented starlet. She surely was born with the gift for music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strawberry kisses is real desert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether Webster is or isn\u2019t the alien, we all know that she is making a come back. And it\u2019s about time, we all miss her strawberry kisses. Fortunately, Webster is delivering, and quite literally. Nikki Webster has partnered with Max Brenner and Deliveroo, Australia\u2019s number 1. food delivery service, to bring you a real taste of her \u2018Strawberry Kisses\u2019 in the form of a delicious strawberry and chocolate desert!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Strawberry Kisses will always stand out to me as a memorable moment in my career. I am so pumped to bring the nostalgia alive for the many Australians who shared this moment with me. I\u2019ve definitely been missing strawberry kisses since 2001, and I can\u2019t wait to bring it back this week with a tasty treat (that will be just as sweet).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The only real one hit wonder is her delicious desert. Nikki Webster\u2019s \u2018Strawberry Kisses\u2019 limited edition desert is available exclusively from Max Brenner on the Deliveroo app while stock lasts.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sausageroll.com.au\/entertainment\/music\/nikki-webster-was-never-really-a-one-hit-wonder\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sausageroll.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mickey D It\u2019s been 19 years since Nikki Webster performed \u2018Under the Southern Skies\u2019 at the Sydney Olympics. Now she\u2019s back in the spotlight, but did she ever leave? Most Australian\u2019s are familiar with Nikki for her spectacular performance at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Following that she earned a record contract with BMG and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/nikki-webster-was-never-really-a-one-hit-wonder\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nikki Webster was never really a one hit wonder<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-64"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1908,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/1908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikkiwebsterfan.net\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}