| | Year: | 1980 | | Date: | 24/08/1980 | | Show no: | 254 | | Summary: | THIS PROGRAM IS DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO THE GRAND FINAL OF THE COUNTDOWN/XANADU NATIONAL DANCE CONTEST PRODUCED AS AN OB FROM CHASERS DISCO IN PRAHRAN,MELBOURNE. MOLLY MELDRUM AND OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN CO-HOST THE PROGRAM WITH A SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY JOHN TRAVOLTA IN ADELAIDE. THERE ARE FINALISTS REPRESENTING EACH STATE AND THE WINNERS ARE NICHOLAS DEARIE FROM VICTORIA AND ALAIN LABRASSE FROM WA. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN PERFORMS TWO SONGS FROM XANADU 'MAGIC' AND 'XANADU' AND THE JUDGES
ARE TONY BARTUCCIO,SEAN FITZGERALD AND JOE LATONA. A SEGMENT FROM THE FILM FEATURING OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN AND JOHN TRAVOLTA SINGING 'YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT' IS SHOWN. |
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