Geyer's Ramsay Street Party

July 25, 2007 12:00

IT'S been the platform for home-grown pop stars since Kylie Minogue was a grease monkey, but singer Dean Geyer is close to making the reverse move by signing to the revamped Neighbours cast list.

Geyer's deal was the talk of the soap's big relaunch party on Monday night, when the loudest cheers came from the cast when Channel 10 announced the show had been commissioned for another three years.

Funkier opening credits and a revamped theme song also drew support from viewers too, attracting an audience of more than a million viewers nationally - a sizeable improvement on the low of 700,000 it hit last year.

While there was no sign of Scott and Charlene, cast members old and new mingled at the show's relaunch soiree in Melbourne.

Old favourite Kym Valentine was mixing it with her former colleagues ahead of the return of her character Libby Kennedy, while former Campbelltown boy Dan O'Connor carved up the dance floor with the show's youngest actor Fletcher O'Leary, who spent much of the night on the shoulders of his workmates.

Donning the world's shortest mini, ex-Erinsborough resident Natalie Bassingthwaighte hit the stage with her band The Rogue Traders to provide the evening's entertainment.

Meanwhile, Geyer, a Sony/BMG artist, is expected to play the part of an aspiring singer - a role similar to the one carved out for Delta Goodrem, who used the show as a vehicle to a music career.

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