From the Archives, 1964: Everything’s coming up roses for Olivia

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From the Archives, 1964: Everything’s coming up roses for Olivia
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Olivia Newton-John first came to the nation’s attention as the15-year-old Melbourne schoolgirl who won a TV talent quest hosted by Johnny O’Keefe.

Everything’s coming up roses for 15-year-old Melbourne schoolgirl Olivia-Newton John.Olivia Newton-John singing ‘When I Grow Up’ on Boomeride, 1965., and Ryder, the show’s director, gave her a spot on the Sitmar talent quest designed to uncover new and promising TV talent.

Olivia, still at school, plans to stay there 18 months more and to matriculate before going into show business.Up to her audition for the show, she had been strumming a guitar around Melbourne coffee houses for a year as a budding folk singer.

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