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He and his mother Janine moved to Melbourne so Jamie could join the.
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Jamie Churchill
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Career
Born in Canberra, he was raised in Hobart, Tasmania. Jamie is most well known for his stint in Network 10"s Young Talent Time in 1988. He was the penultimate person to join the show, as the show was axed by Network 10 in January 1989.
Jamie was first discovered by Johnny Young when the show was doing some Christmas specials in Tasmania.
Jamie was given an audition and impressed with his "Comical value". Johnny later said that
"We"ve gotta have a comedian on the show, he"ll do!".
His first song on the show was a version of Billy Ocean"s "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Carolina". As per normal on the show when male and female members are teamed up, Jamie was paired with Rikki Arnot.
Their first song together was a version of Sonny and Cher"s "I Got You Babe".
Jamie did some acting after YTT. He played two different recurring roles in Neighbours. Between 1989 and 1990 he was "Sean Jarrett" and then between 1992 and 1994, he played the role of "Lenny Hooper". He also starred as "Mark" in the 1990 telemovie Boy Soldiers.
He also appeared in some commercials, most notably for Janome Sewing Machines just after leaving YTT.
During a battle with drugs, Jamie decided to move back to Hobart where he joined "The Bridge Program".
Jamie credits the program and the charity and has declared that he would not be where he is today if it was not for them. After that relationship ended in 2003, Jamie moved back to Melbourne where he became close to a former YTT member.
The couple had a baby boy in late 2005. They separated a few years later.
Membership
Jamie was the 39th member of the show, with John Nuich being the 40th and final member. When the show was axed just six months after Jamie"s first show, he and his mother decided to stay in Melbourne for the time being and continued to perform with other YTT members on Saturday morning television and also starred in the made-for-video special Young Talent TimeNow..1990, starring the six members of the team that were there when YTT was cancelled.
