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And, just to air my first reaction: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! NO NO NO NO NO!!!!

PLEASE GOD NO!!!!!!!!!!

Harold Bishop's replacement.

Nell Mangel 

OMG I so would watch.

Well, it's not really "auditioning" in the normal sense for an acting role: it's "auditioning" as in how they used to apply for BB - by sending in a home-made demo tape!


Channel Five are running a competition by which young female fans can audition for the role of Poppy Rogers, who will join the series later in the year. If you go onto YouTube and search for "Poppy Rogers", you will see the various applications.
If you can bear it, this is Nikki's audition:

Please no. We never miss Neighbours but are prepared to do so in an emergency.

I'll second that.

I stopped watching Neighbours years ago, can't remember why as I used to enjoy it, but I'm glad I don't watch if Nikki's going to be in it.  Does this mean she'll have to go to Oz, sorry but I won't miss her  

If they choose her, god help the production team....they will probably kill her character off after one day.

Yes it does! http://holysoap.five.tv/neighb...xtras/the-prize-6459
Finalists get flown to Melbourne for a week, covering final auditions, followed by 4 weeks filming for the winner - that's at least 5 weeks on the other side of the world during BB11!


I wouldn't get your hopes up, though - the competition is fierce, and a lot of the entries are from properly-trained actresses...

Well she's a "drama" Queen alright but that's not the same as being a good actress so can't see her getting beyond 1st audition, jeez I hope she doesn't turn up again in BB for old times sake, it would ruin it for me 

are charlene and scott still in it

Aisleyne should audition for Eastenders, she would be ripping it up ghetto style giving that Kylie a run for her money innit.

Good luck to her.
I can never understand why people should carry so much hate for unforgettable contestants on bb.
By that I mean them ALL as lets face it Nikki was one of the more memorable.

Ahh flip! my brain bleeds as it is when neighbours is on...my niece likes it...now my eyes and other other orifices will join in...

I personally didn't like Nikki on BB, but I don't hold her any ill will. I took part in her Web Chat here, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I genuinely wish her well in whatever she tries her hand at. It's unlikely I'll ever watch any of her future TV projects, but that's not the point.


I appreciate that she has as much right as anyone-else to enter the "Poppy Rogers" competition, however I do have misgivings about it. The idea of the contest is to try and discover some exciting new talent - like "Over the Rainbow" without the public voting.
Nikki may do wonders for Five's publicity (let's face it: how many FMs had heard about Poppy Rogers before Nikki got involved?), but she's already an established celebrity. I can't help feeling that if (and I do think it's a big "if") she won, it wouldn't necessarily be for the right reasons, and she might be robbing some young aspiring actress of the chances that Nikki has already had.


Nikki is in a position where if she was really serious about an acting career, she could easily go away and spend some money on proper acting lessons. Years ago, Piers Moron did a programme about celebrity, and ran a competition within it where he invited various minor celebs who wanted to get into "proper" entertainment to peddle their wares - the winner getting a show on the Edinburgh Fringe. Michael Gambon was withering in his review of the wannabe actors: "There's more to acting than just reading lines." was about his only repeatable response. Personally, I think a lot of the blame goes back to Billie Piper - not her personally, but the way that she's often portrayed. A lot of people think she's a girl of the streets who became a pop star and then turned actress virtually on a whim. In reality, she went to stage school and was a trained actress long before she was a singer. 
BTW: the winner of Moron's competition was Kate Lawler, who performed a Victoria Woods routine. Jo Brand thought she was very good. I did too.