Neighbours cameo offered to British fan

It has given us Kylie, Guy Pearce and teatime escapism to sunnier climes – now Australian soap Neighbours is offering British fans the chance to audition for a cameo role.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Apr 2010, 10:33 BST
Updated 19th Apr 2010, 10:33 BST

As part of the show's 25th anniversary, TV channel Five today launched a search to find a female star to play Poppy Rogers, a friend of Mal Kennedy.

Poppy will be staying with the popular Kennedy family during her time on Ramsay Street, alongside characters Karl and Susan.

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Aspiring actresses can download the audition script for Be A Star On Neighbours from the Five website and are asked to upload their audition tapes on to video-sharing site YouTube.

A panel of representatives from Five and Neighbours' producers Freemantle will pick their top five candidates, then the final two will be decided by public vote. They will be flown to Melbourne, Australia, where the soap is filmed, and put through their paces by the show's producers, who will have a week to decide who takes on the month-long role. The episodes featuring the competition winner will be aired in November in Britain, just a month after the programme's 6,000th episode.

Five channel controller Richard Woolfe said: "Neighbours has launched the careers of Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Guy Pearce, so this really is a life-changing opportunity for Five's viewers. There's a huge amount of untapped talent around the country and I'm thrilled we have the opportunity to find a new star.

Download the audition script at www.five.tv/neighbours

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