Kylie Minogue has revealed that she had “quite a bit of pressure” put on her to appear in the upcoming finale episode of Neighbours.
The 54-year-old popstar opened up about the highly anticipated star-stunned finale to send off the long-running Australian soap after it was axed earlier this year.
Kylie found fame on the soap as Charlene Robinson alongside Jason Donovan, 54, who played Scott Robinson.
The two stars will be returning for a very special episode to mark the end of the soap after Channel 5 pulled funding for the programme and another broadcaster couldn't be found.
Kylie and Jason – appearing as their characters – will return to Ramsay Street and the Can’t Get You Out Of My Head star has now spoken publicly about returning Down Under to film the scenes.
Appearing on the Late Night With Seth Meyers show yesterday, the singer discussed her early days on set of the Australian soap after she clinched the role in 1986.
She said: “We’re finishing the show and there was quite a bit of pressure for me to go back, so I shot my scenes back in Australia.”
Kylie credited the show with her enormous success as a musician, saying that its popularity “exploded” while she was involved.
She said: “I was only in the show for two and a half years,but it's when the show exploded. England just went crazy about it, so it’s been with me ever since.”
“You’re in people’s households, the show was played twice a day,” she recalled. “People would bunk off school, change their office hours, because who ever knew how to set the VHS.”
Kylie also mentioned that fellow Neighbours alum Guy Pearce, who landed his breakout role on the show in 1986 as troubled high-schooler Mike Young, was similarly returning for the finale.
She said: “Another friend you may have had on this show, Guy Pearce, he's in the same show, so he's just filmed his little return as well. We’re all going to cry.”
Hollywood star Guy, 54, who played Mike Young, was seen smiling and laughing while straddling a motorbike, and wearing a leather jacket.
The pair played friends during Pearce’s three-year run on the soap as Kylie and Jason became the show's most famous couple.
Executive producer Jason Herbison previously confirmed that the pair would be back, adding: "Scott and Charlene are the ultimate Neighbours couple and it would not feel right to end the show without them.
"We are thrilled that Jason and Kylie have come home to play a very special part in our series finale. It has been an emotional experience for them, for us and I'm sure it will be for our viewers."
The final episode of Neighbours will air on August 1.
