New Faces (1963)

Country

Australia

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How it feels

This is an Australian talent show that started in 1963. It was created by a car dealer as a way to promote his business. Contestants performed on a live Saturday morning program that later moved to Sunday night prime time.

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What happens

New Faces is an Australian talent show that preceded the British show of the same name, produced at GTV-9 Melbourne. The program began in 1963 under the name Kevin Dennis Auditions, sponsored by a new car dealership, Kevin Dennis Motors, which was run by Kevin Dennis (Dennis Gowing), who also made the 'Update' television commercials in the 1960s–1970s, which were featured during the breaks of the show. The program ran on Saturday mornings. The program name soon changed to Kevin Dennis New Faces, and later simply New Faces, becoming a Sunday night primetime show. The program began as a vehicle for Melbourne businessman Kevin Dennis to promote his business. Australian journalist Derryn Hinch, in remembering Kevin Dennis, said: Recently, I was asked to recall and record some thoughts about a genuine, almost (we thought) indestructible, Melbourne identity. Kevin Dennis. AKA, Dennis Gowing. He was a man who once (as Kevin Dennis) bought more TV advertising on more TV programmes than any person then or since. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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