Young Talent Time

Young Talent Time was a Australian television variety program screened on Channel Ten. It ran from 1971 until 1988 - for a total of almost 18 years. The series featured a core group of young performers - vaguely in the vein of The Mickey Mouse Club, and a weekly junior talent quest. The Young Talent Team regularly performed popular classics along with the top hit songs of the day. The program was the creation of host Johnny Young, and over the years it ran it gave many young performers their first taste of fame.

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Australia - Television - Channel Ten - 1971 - 1988 - The Mickey Mouse Club - Talent quest - Johnny Young

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Some Young Talent Timers disappeared into oblivion (many through choice) after their stint on the show was up, but many went on to have successful adult careers in show business as either actors or performers. Members of the Young Talent Team who found continued success after leaving the series include Tina Arena, Jamie Redfern, Dannii Minogue, and Debra Byrne.

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Tina Arena - Jamie Redfern - Dannii Minogue - Debra Byrne

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Because the series ran for such a long time and featured young performers, Young Talent Time made an indelible mark on the psyche of several generations of Australian children, leading them to believe that if they tried hard enough, they too could be a 'star' like the kids they saw on television.

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One memorable aspect of the show was the regular closing number, where Johnny Young would sing the Beatles song All My Lovin' (which he had an Australian hit with back in the 1960s), accompanied by the entire cast, in an almost lullaby style, individually wishing all of the children good night.

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Late in the show's run, Young Talent Time launched an American based show, "New Generation", produced in Australia starring certain members of the Young Talent Team with a new American host called Michael Young. It was screened twice weekly in the US. Europe and Canada.

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Many of the episodes from the 1970s no longer exist as the tapes were wiped for re-use, the official Channel Ten policy at the time. Later episodes from the series were repeated by pay TV broadcaster Foxtel in the late 1990s.

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Wiped - Pay TV - Foxtel

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