Kylie Minogue reveals why she was persuaded for Neighbours return

Neighbours icon Kylie Minogue has opened up about her return to Ramsay Street, revealing why she chose to come back for the soap's finale.

While attending the Cannes Film Festival, Minogue spoke to Glamour about what led her to reprise her role as Charlene Robinson alongside her on-screen husband Jason Donovan who played Scott.

"It's just thank [you] to the loyal fans who still remember those first few years of the show," she said.

"I've worked with people you know, super cool mega stars, really famous people. And then eventually they'll let it slip that they used to watch Neighbours back in the day and would skive off school to catch the lunchtime episode.

kylie minogue as charlene, jason donovan as scott, neighbours

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"They'll drop a little Neighbours story and it's just it's very touching because they are times that we can't touch – completely different times."

The singer and actress also reflected on the early days of her career and landing a role on the iconic soap."It really got me thinking about it," she added.

"I was just out of school and had just auditioned for Neighbours. I got the job and I was happy to have a job as I'd actually signed up to the dole just a couple of weeks before, but because I got the job I never got dole check!

jason donovan as scott, kylie minogue as charlene on their wedding day in neighbours 1988

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"I needed to make a living, I needed to do something. It was meant to be a stint on the show of between one and twelve weeks, I think, so if it didn't work I would have been out after a week or two. Two and a half years later I was still there and the mania had ensued."

Minogue played Charlene on Neighbours for two and a half years from 1986 to 1988. The famous soap is set to come to an end this August after 37 years on air.

Neighbours airs weekdays at 1.45pm and 6pm on Channel 5 and streams on My5. In Australia, the show airs Mondays to Thursdays at 6.30pm on 10 Peach and streams on 10 Play.