{"id":16751,"date":"2022-06-10T11:36:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T09:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1660095"},"modified":"2022-06-10T12:09:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T10:09:22","slug":"kylie-minogue-felt-pressure-over-neighbours-return-for-charlene","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/kylie-minogue-felt-pressure-over-neighbours-return-for-charlene\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylie Minogue felt \u201cpressure\u201d over Neighbours return for Charlene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 10 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Kylie Minogue says there was \u201cquite a bit of pressure\u201d for her to return to Neighbours for the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/neighbours\/how-will-neighbours-end-rumours-and-theories\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">final episode<\/a> of the long-running Australian soap.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Minogue explained how the soap has stayed with her since her star-making turn opposite on-screen love interest Jason Donovan, with the pair set to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/neighbours\/neighbours-kylie-minogue-jason-donovan-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">reprise their roles of Charlene and Scott Robinson<\/a> one last time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got this role in Neighbours, that was in 1986,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cSo I was only in the show for two and a half years. But it just exploded \u2013 England just went crazy about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s been with me ever since and it\u2019s been a large part of how I entered into the music industry.\u201d<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;sc-jFdHWG\" gmjnxn=\"\" desktop-only=\"\" teads=\"\">\n<div id=\"&quot;thirdparty01_parent&quot;\" class=\"&quot;sc-cSGoSj\" eaccna=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;sc-bczRLJ\" bdldbq=\"\" sc-hpdagy=\"\" hswqrz=\"\">\n<p>Minogue added: \u201cThe show was played twice a day, and people would bunk off school, they changed the office hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re finishing the show, and there was quite a bit of pressure for me to go back, so I shot my scenes back in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Kylie\" minogue=\"\" dishes=\"\" on=\"\" her=\"\" last=\"\" minute=\"\" performance=\"\" with=\"\" coldplay=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xJCJfrjcTZs?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>Minogue also recently appeared on Australian morning television, where she discussed her decision to return to the show after such a long time away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor so long I was like \u2018well maybe, hmm, I don\u2019t know if that makes any sense,\u201d she told <a href=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h9VlmE62ysI&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TODAY<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m still in touch with Jason and Guy [Pearce], and Jason said, \u2018This could be a nice opportunity to buckle the buckle\u2019 as an ex-boyfriend of mine used to say, or to circle the circle and say thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neighbours\u2019 final episode premieres on Monday 1st August on Channel 5. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Flora Carr Published: Friday, 10 June 2022 at 12:00 am Kylie Minogue says there was \u201cquite a bit of pressure\u201d for her to return to Neighbours for the final episode of the long-running Australian soap. 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