Training that you're getting and I can only say stick with it and keep going because I think I've said it before there is
A future for you in this business, so keep at it
Yeah, I think you've got one thing that's very important show business you've got guts
Well, I call guts you don't mess about either you do it or you don't do it and you do it and and I have a feeling
That you are going to make it because you've just got that little something at 16
It's very unusual to find somebody will dive right into it
Headlong like that and get away with it at 16 as far as I'm concerned
I feel sure that if that's what you want to do that I can't something stopping you you just I just get that feeling
About you. I hope I'm right. Good luck
Bad daily call the wind Mariah marks the judges for act one right now
An 80 and 81 and an 80 very high marks to start with 241
We're gonna have a short break if that's an example of what's to come it's gonna be very interesting afternoon and you will be back
To tell us who's next after this break
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On the black and Sandy Shore it's a long time since I've done a live commercial but I'm now going to attempt one and with with a product which really is quite outstanding it's the new dimension import ability from sharp and I mentioned it because it happens to be the semi-final winners prize and of course our good friends at Australian color video made it available and you'll find them at Queen Street you'll find them at Minamide Street and staff at 24 Minamide Street in Stafford
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Mariana Thompson is act number two on stairway this afternoon and our quarterfinal Mariana was on only a couple of weeks ago and tonight she's chosen to sing for you Midnight Blue would you please make a very welcome
whatever it is it'll keep till the morning haven't we both got better things to do
Midnight Blue
even the simple things become rough haven't we had enough I think we can make it
one more time if we try one more time for all the old times
for all of the times you told me you need me needing me now is something I could use
Midnight Blue
wouldn't you give your hand to a friend maybe it's not the end and I think we can make it
one more time if we try one more time for all the old times
oh my love I know it hasn't been easy but I think we can make it
I think we can make it wouldn't you give your heart to a friend think of me as your friend and I think we can make it
one more time if we try one more time for all the old times I think we can make it
and I think we can make it I think we can make it Midnight Blue
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Thank you Marianna, Marianna Thompson act number two in Midnight Blue and this our quarter final of Stairway to the Stars this afternoon
Now if you're contemplating going overseas whether it be just to to Fiji Lord Howe Island any of those places might I suggest to you before you leave you pay a visit to the duty free shop
When I take my tours overseas I do not hesitate to recommend the downtown duty free shop I personally suggest that you look for the downtown duty free shop by name
It's much more convenient and you have time to browse around and your money buys more our two major winners both receive goods to the value of $500 to start their trips off in great style
So start your trip off by saving holiday money at the downtown duty free shop now in Brisbane and the Gold Coast
And the new home of the downtown duty free shop is at 52 Queen Street that's a new home but the old home in MacArthur Chambers is still there and of course down on the Gold Coast
Three places now you can go to the downtown duty free shop we are going to talk now about Marianna Thompson Midnight Blue act two tonight and Frank your turn first of all
Marianna you've got such a nice easy style and such a good natural voice I enjoyed that number very much I thought it was the right choice of number for you and I thought you did it very well thank you
Thank you very much, Kiri would you like to talk about Marianna
I think Marianna also I'll go along with Frank there because you do have a good natural, a strong natural voice just nerves I think got in your way tonight and sort of a few little problems but that doesn't mean that you're going to do something
I think you have potential and just keep singing okay
I think you have tremendous potential because he's a lovely natural voice good choice of song for you tonight and it's always difficult in the qualifying final because you've sort of done one show the second one is in a way difficult because you have to live up to the first one but you did in fact do that and I was very impressed with you the first time
Do you intend to study yes I do you do yeah I do I do think it really would be worth it because it's a lovely voice and you've got a very warm face to for television so I enjoyed you very much thank you very much indeed Marianna Thompson judges marks right now for act two
and we have an 81 and 80 and a 78 239
we're going to have a short break and then you call this back to introduce two more acts in this week's qualifying final of stay away to the stars
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help the victims of the fire disaster in Victoria and South Australia this Saturday night and attend the benefit concert at the Brisbane Grammar Schools and Tenry Hall all proceeds go to the fire appeal
sad news home packing we leave in three days Zach has to move away to New York leaving the wizard high and dry without an apprentice is Merlin obsolete the magic of Mr Merlin tonight and at seven o'clock
Morgan Merth go through a riotous personality swap that becomes for one and all a major bummer the out of this world addicts of Morgan Mindy great entertainment 630 Mr Merlin seven o'clock Morgan Mindy tonight on nine
the son of the preacher man was the musical vehicle very very talented young dancer that we had on stairway to the stars like it wasn't all that long ago Linda Ford was her name and Linda is one of Michelle Keene's dancers and a very talented young dancer as I've said tonight she's going to sing not sing I've done it again
Barbara Streisand sang the song it was called Queen Bee and so she's going to dance this particular number I think you will enjoy her interpretation here she is act number three Linda Ford
Black black widow is sitting in the middle of the web it's the fly she seeks you may be her lover but you never will recover cause she ain't had a fight for weeks you think you're the same cause you got the same name but the widow has a mobile home remember what I told you she got eight arms to hold you and she's never gonna let you roam
you take your interpete truck on your head and then she'll wrap you as a midnight snack so if you see a spider don't you saddle up your cider why'd you think the widow's wearing black check the queen bee baby pray that you may be left on your own
now that she'll give you gonna outlive you but the queen bee's never gonna be alone
long before Atlantis there has been a praying mantis and you know why he's on his knees he may have religion but he's just a simple pigeon if a woman even starts to tease he won't even quibble if she has a little nibble on his neck but away we go
now you're down in Tarnot you've been messing with a hornet she's a blue blooded wasp you know just as you threw a chillin' jecture with a fluid that you ain't even got but now you're meat on the plane not even first rate she's gonna flip you to a seven sun
just like the queen bee baby pray that you may be left on your own now that she'll give you gonna outlive you but the queen bee's never gonna be alone
oh in conclusion it's an optical illusion if you think that we're the weaker race men's got the muscle but the ladies got the hustle and the truth is staring in your face
the mother bear storks and the queen of the hawks since the wonder rings hold the prayer the lion got its regal and the pearl where the regal need a woman just to keep him fed
but how they keep it well like Adam and his Eve inside the garden hear the serpent sound it's a restraint when you're really into maiden and there ain't a lovin' maiden around whoever wrote the story
a fine piece of interpretive dancing here from Linda, Linda Ford act number three of the queen bee you've heard of all those marvellous exotic places Taiwan, Macau, China, Tokyo the mine conjures up all these marvellous pictures
well the second prize winner in this year's Stairway to the Stars grand final is heading off in a Qantas jet to all these marvellous places
for our second prize Jet Set and Qantas again combine to take our winner and companion on the Stairway to the Stars 22 day oriental fantasy tour visiting Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Macau
this exciting eastern holiday will include many fascinating destinations and allow ample time for Christmas shopping in Hong Kong
visit Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Osaka with highlights that include Tokyo by night, a ride on the bullet train, a visit to Tokyo's new Disneyland, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and a cruise on the inland sea
China Airlines will fly you to Taiwan for four exciting days and then on to the fabulous world of Hong Kong
during your Hong Kong stay you'll be taken by jet foil to Macau and then for an unforgettable experience in China's Qingshan province
this tour departs November the 2nd 1983 and will be personally escorted by Paul Charrette
for further information and bookings contact Jet Set Tours Gold Coast, Jet Set Tours Brisbane, Maroochitour or Star World Travel or write to Paul care of Channel 9
Jet Set Tours will take you there
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and if you're down at the coast even if it's only for just a day it's very worth your while to go down Sunshine Boulevard to the Lone Star
and if you like a la carte dining well then I suggest the Pullman Club restaurant if you'd like to go to Duke's Place and disco on into the late evening
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most rewarding sounds to be about the right sort of terminology to introduce our act number four
this is a young fellow who was up on Linderman Island as I recall, Kyle Pearson
Kyle are you still on Linderman?
No, I'm working on the Gold Coast at the moment
I'll be there for a number of years now I'm going to settle up here
Oh great, so have you got a job playing and singing on the coast?
Well I'll be looking around mostly tomorrow doing a lot of auditions and I'll see what turns up
Great, well now last time you announced your own numbers and I think it's probably just as well you do it again tonight
Alright, well this time I'm doing a medley
The song is about remembering
The first song is Remember and the second one is Easy to Remember but So Hard to Forget
Well it's Easy to Remember and it's So Hard to Forget, this is act number four and it's Kyle Pearson, here he is for you now
It's easy to remember
It's so hard to forget
Darling, you look so lovely
Well after all this time you haven't changed at all
It's funny but it's true
When I sit here and look at you
The years roll away
It's like yesterday
Walking in the park, wishing it was dark
And nowhere else to go, remember
Sitting hand in hand, listening to the band
How they used to blow, remember
Getting home too late, those kisses at the gate
Your daddy banging on the window
Good and bad days, sweet and sad days
So nice to sit and just remember
Your sweet expression, the smile you gave me
The way you looked when we met
It's easy to remember
But so hard to forget
Each little moment is clear before me
Although it brings me regrets
It's easy to remember
But so hard to forget
Walking in the park, wishing it was dark
And nowhere else to go, remember
Sitting hand in hand, listening to the band
How they used to blow, remember
Getting home too late, those kisses at the gate
Your daddy banging on the window
Good and bad days, sweet and sad days
So nice to sit and just remember
Those good and bad days, sweet and sad days
So nice to sit and just remember
Remember
Well, Colt Pearson was Act 4, but we have to go back to Act 3 for our judges' comments, back to Linda Ford and the Queen Bee.
And who's going to talk about Linda? Kiri is going to talk about Linda Ford, Queen Bee. Kiri.
Good performance, Linda. You've got a great figure and good lines, you're a definite dancer.
As Paul said earlier with Brad, you get out there and there's no mucking around, you get stuck into it.
And that's what performing is all about. And it was an excellent performance. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Frank, would you like to talk about Linda?
Yes, well I'll go along with that, Linda. I recall the last time you told us your mother made your costumes. Did she make the costumes?
Yes, she's done a great job again, actually. So congratulations to her too.
Thank you.
No, I enjoyed it and keep at it.
Thank you.
I think the great thing with a dancer is discipline. And I think if I really feel you've got that, I feel you're a very well-disciplined dancer.
And that's so important because it can get slack very easily, especially when you're working solo, when perhaps it doesn't matter quite as much.
So I get the feeling always when I watch you that the discipline is there to follow the choreography. And I think that's very important.
I think you're a fine young dancer. And thank you once again. I thought the costume was super, especially back on.
Thank you very much.
Linda Ford, that was Act 3 tonight. Judges, marks right now.
Oh snap, a 79, a 79 and a 79, 237 for Linda Ford.
Cole Pearson was Act 4, our young pianist entertainer, now moved onto the Gold Coast from Linnamon Island. So we'll ask you to talk first of all about Cole.
It was a good performance also tonight, Cole. Again, it's nice to be able to sit down and do your own thing, play piano.
And I think there's no reason for you not working. You're ahead of anybody else. You play and you sing.
I mean somebody stands up and needs the backing for someone else. And with the way things are at the moment, you'll be the first one to get a job and I wish you luck.
Thank you.
And we've asked Frank now to comment on that performance from Cole Pearson. Frank?
Yes, Cole. I think what I liked most about your performance was the professional attack that you had, the easy style that goes along with the whole thing and the way you handle it so easily.
And I'm sure that there'll be a lot of openings for you down on the Gold Coast now that you're there. So good luck with it.
Thank you, Frank.
I think the thing about your performance for me is that it flows so well. I mean one has to make it look easy. It's no good going out there and people thinking, oh look, it looks like it's really hard work.
You know, when people say to me at the end of a show, well you worked hard tonight, I always feel bad about it because obviously it shouldn't look like you're working hard.
But you really doesn't. It flows so easily from you. The lower register of your voice is very interesting and very good indeed.
And also you look good so I mean, I don't know. I hate you. Thank you very much.
Now you've got everything going for you. Very talented.
Cole Pearson, was that four? Shall we mark judges right now?
Franks?
Double O.
Well there we are. An 80, an 82 and a 78, 240. Thank you very much.
And well we are now going to remind you about Citizen Watches because Citizen Watches are indeed a very fine product.
You can get them of course serviced all over the world and our Heat winner tonight is going to take home a very fine product, the Citizen Watch.
We've had them with us from the very beginning of our show and so we do recommend them most strongly.
That now that you're looking at is the Lady Citizen, a really superb timepiece.
We would like to recommend it and advise you to go if you're looking for a Citizen Watch to Ames, the family jewelers, David Jones,
Maya Queen of the Stores, Proud Edmunds Jewelers, Angus and Coot's Jewelry, Wallace Bishop, all from a jewelry store near to you.
Short break and then back with more Stay Away to the Stars.
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With the latest polls placing the government 13 points behind Labour and with only a week left in the Federal election campaign,
Prime Minister Fraser set out today to peg back Bob Hawke.
National Nine News top political commentators were with the two leaders today to see how they fared.
And in Nine News at 6, a report on a threatening cyclone, an RWAF mercy flight from New Guinea,
excited and angry preparations for a royal visit to California,
and the death of a giant of the theatre playwright, Tennessee Williams.
These stories and more on National Nine News at 6.
Paul, I do have to just take you to task for a minute. One slight correction.
I haven't done it wrong.
Well, you have, in fact. The winner of the qualifying heat spends a weekend for two at the Gold Coast at the Golden Gate.
It's not a Citizen Watch tonight.
But how will they know what time to go if they haven't got a Citizen Watch?
Because they won it in the heat on their way to the qualifying final.
That's the reason. You're the boss and I'm only down here.
The winner of tonight's heat really does, well, final, qualifying final,
really does spend a marvellous weekend down at the Golden Gate on the Gold Coast. Marvellous experience.
Our qualifying heat winners enjoy a weekend for two at the fabulous Golden Gate Resort on the Gold Coast.
Superb comforts and all those little extras. Swimming pool, putting greens, beautiful gardens,
restaurant, shops and tennis courts all make the Golden Gate something special.
For rates and reservations, phone 075 318 299.
Our winners also enjoy dinner for two at Paul Sharrett's new and luxurious music hall
at the Luger Theatre restaurant on the Esplanade at Surfers Paradise.
Join Paul and Peter Moselle at the Gold Coast's longest running live show.
For music hall reservations, phone 075 399 155.
Helen Francis just two weeks ago made her way to tonight's qualifying heat by singing
the Drifter's Big Hit on Broadway. Tonight she's chosen The Way We Were,
a lovely song and a lovely ballad I know you're going to enjoy.
Here she is in her own inimitable manner, Helen Francis.
Colored memory of the way we were.
Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind.
Smiles we gave to one another.
For the way we were.
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time rewritten every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again,
Tell me, would we?
Could we?
Memory may be beautiful and yet,
What's too painful to remember?
We simply choose to forget.
So in the laughter,
We will remember.
Whenever we remember,
The way we were.
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time rewritten every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again,
Tell me, would we?
Could we?
Memory may be beautiful and yet,
What's too painful to remember?
We simply choose to forget.
So in the laughter,
We will remember.
Whenever we remember,
The way we were.
Mmm...
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That was Helen Francis and The Way We Were Act 5 tonight in our qualifying final.
Frank's going to comment first of all on Helen's performance, Frank.
Helen, I enjoyed your performance very much.
I must congratulate you on your appearance and your choice of material.
I thought that the song was good for you and you did it very well.
Thank you. Thank you, Frank, very much.
Kitty, would you like to talk about Helen Francis Act 5?
Helen was a very warm performance tonight.
I think your dressing and everything suited the song very, very much.
And again, thank you very much.
applause
It was in fact a very good contrast from your performance in the heat
that got you through to the qualifying final.
I think that's what I enjoyed about it, seeing a different style of performance altogether.
Very warm, very good use of cameras, extremely aware of what was happening around you,
which was always difficult and you didn't fall under the pressures of the qualifying final
that came up with the Goods for us again tonight.
So thank you very much. Helen Francis Act 5.
applause
OK, judges, mark now for Helen's performance.
music
We have an 81, an 80 and a 79, 240.
applause
We'd like to remind you that our qualifying final winner
gets a suit from the Fine Range of George Simon Suits.
Now, if you want to go to George's showroom, it's at 46 Oliver Street.
It's right at the top of Elizabeth Street,
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Fine overseas fabrics and also fine designs from overseas and Australia.
So go and see George Simon's at 46 Elizabeth Street, right next to Barry and Roberts.
If you'd like to be in Stairway to the Stars, you still have lots of time the rest of this year.
This is a qualifying final. We move into a new series next week,
and right the way through to our first semi-final and, of course, the end of the year.
So we've got a lot of time. Ring Channel 9 during normal office hours,
and they'll give you Russell Subbing's phone number on the Gold Coast,
and in case you want to ring directly, it's 075 382 077.
We'll be back in a moment with more Stairway to the Stars.
This is Stairway to the Stars.