Jamie Churchill (born 26 May 1976) is an Australian television personality. Born in

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, he was raised in

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. Jamie is most well known for his stint in

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's ''

Young Talent Time ''Young Talent Time'' is an Australian television variety program produced by Lewis-Young Productions and screened on Network Ten. The original series ran from 1971 until 1988 and was hosted by singer-songwriter and record producer Johnny You ...

'' in 1988. He and John Nuich where the penultimate performers to join the show, as the show was axed by Network 10 in January 1989.

Young Talent Team

Jamie was first discovered by

Johnny Young Johnny Young (born Johnny Benjamin de Jong, 12 March 1947, Rotterdam, Netherlands) is an Australian singer, composer, record producer, disc jockey, television producer and host. He had a number-one hit with the double-A-sided single, "Step Bac ...

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!".

He and his mother Janine moved to

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

so Jamie could join the Young Talent Team. His first song on the show was a version of

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". Jamie was the 39th member of the show, with John Nuich being the 40th and final member. 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

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". 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 TV and also starred in the made-for-video special ''Young Talent Time- Now...1990'', starring the six members of the team that were there when YTT was cancelled.

Other television appearances

Jamie did some acting after YTT. He played two different recurring roles in ''

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''. 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.

References

External links

Jamie Churchill Bio and Photos at YoungTalentTime.net

Unofficial YTT Site for fans
{{DEFAULTSORT:Churchill, Jamie 1976 births Living people Australian male television actors Australian male child actors People from Hobart Television personalities from Melbourne People from Canberra 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian male singers