Old buddies: Tina Arena and Johnny Young. Picture: Rohan Kelly Source: Herald Sun
Andrew Drummond, The Herald Sun, reports
AS a judge and mentor on the reincarnated Young Talent Time, Tina Arena is expecting to cop some abuse from Australian audiences.
Aged seven when she first appeared on the hit variety show, Arena is now 44, an international and multi-platinum-selling artist and mother of one.AS a judge and mentor on the reincarnated Young Talent Time, Tina Arena is expecting to cop some abuse from Australian audiences.
The songstress said she is returning to offer her experience to the next generation but is tight-lipped about her approach when it comes to offering constructive criticism to aspiring young stars.
"I have no idea what I'm going to be like in any of those forms," she said of the dual role as judge and mentor on the show, which is due to screen next year.
"I guess it's a question of tuning in and finding out, because I don't have a clue," said Arena, who found solo success in the 1990s with singles such as Chains and I Need Your Body.
"I'm a very spontaneous person in everything that I do in my life. I don't calculate anything. I work very much from my emotions, and what I get at that particular moment is what the people will then hear.
"I'm sure Australia will abuse me though, I have no doubt about that." Arena, who has lived in Paris for years, said she still considers herself Australian.
Her decision to return to Young Talent Time was inspired by a desire to share what she had learnt throughout her career.
"It's time to give back," she said from Paris.
"I've been privileged enough to amass so much information and so much experience over the last 35 years of my career. There comes a time when you've got to give that back.
"I see it as a responsibility, but a willing responsibility, on my behalf."
Arena will spend five months in Melbourne and Sydney next year recording the show, which will coincide with her own Australian performances.
"I'm very excited about it," she said.
"I'm so excited about spending time with my family ... taking my son to school there, hanging out with Mum and Dad."
Arena will be joined by a second, as yet unnamed, judge on the new Young Talent Time, which will be hosted by Rob Mills.
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