Scott and Charlene
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Scott Robinson (Jason Donovan) and Charlene Mitchell (Kylie Minogue) were a popular couple on the Australian soap opera Neighbours.
Scott met Charlene in 1986 when he mistook her for an intruder at his neighbour Madge Ramsay's house. It turned out that Charlene was Madge's daughter who had just arrived from Queensland. After an initial rocky start, the two fell in love, and even though they faced the respective oppositon of their two families (The Ramsays and the Robinsons had been feuding for years), the two were married in 1987.
The wedding (episode 523) was first broadcast in Australia on 1 July 1987, and in the UK on 8 November 1988. The ballad "Suddenly" by Angry Anderson, which was played over the ceremony, was actually chosen by Minogue as the song to be played at 'her' wedding.
The couple were hugely popular with Neighbours fans in both the United Kingdom and Australia, helping the show to gain high ratings after an initial rocky start. Kylie Minogue later went on to have a successful singing career after leaving the show in 1988. Jason Donovan followed suit the following year in 1989.
Almost 20 years after their wedding, Scott and Charlene are still together with two children Daniel and Madison and live in Brisbane.
In 1989 British musicians The KLF released their humorous dance single "Kylie Said to Jason", which also refers to Angry Anderson singing "Suddenly".
