Jimmy Giggle

James Rees (born 15 July 1987), better known under the stage name Jimmy Giggle, is an Australian children's entertainer. Rees is known for the role of Jimmy Giggle on ABC Kids' flagship program Giggle and Hoot – a role he has played since 2009. Rees competed in Network Ten's Dancing with the Stars in 2019, but withdrew from the competition several weeks before the grand finale when one of his twin sons suffered complications during a routine medical procedure. In November 2019, Rees announced that he had decided to end his ten-year stint with Giggle and Hoot. He was quoted as saying that he had decided to move on to a different phase of his life. The show's "gruelling schedule", involving shooting for 47 weeks a year, had made it difficult for his growing family of three young children.