3. Young Talent Time: The Moment Every Cast Member Dreaded
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Subscribe to MPlus for unlimited access to Extraordinary Stories The Young Talent Team were as famous as it gets in 1970-80s Australia. Mobbed at shopping centre concerts, packing stadiums on tour, chased down city streets during on school trips; the cast soared to heights most performers could only dream of reaching. But each knew the wild ride of YTT would have to end once they turned sixteen. Some thrived and continued performing, but others came face-to-face with the cut-throat realities of show business. THE END BITS WITH THANKS TO: John Young - Host and Executive Producer of Young Talent Time (1971-1988) Vicki Thirlwell Angela Bishop Dannii Minogue Tina Arena Beven Addinsall Joey Dee Vince Deltito Karen Knowles Nicole Cooper SOURCES: Archival footage courtesy of John Young Network 10 GET IN TOUCH: Feedback? We’re listening! Call the pod phone on 02 8999 9386 or email us at [email protected] Need more lols, info and inspo in your ears? Find more Mamamia podcasts here... https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/ CREDITS: Host: Emma Gillespie Written and Produced by Sydney Pead & Emma Gillespie, with Holly Wainwright Audio Production: Madeline Joannou Executive Producer: Sydney Pead Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. Just by reading or listening to our content, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and our aim is to get to 1,000. Find out more about Mamamia at mamamia.com.au Subscribe to Mamamia: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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