Cute, she was, R.C. but the point was, she was talented! or so that was supposed to be the point of the show, but when a certain American-owned hamburger chain started sponsoring the show, the emphasis swung away from the talent aspect toward the "cute kid who sings" aspect. The influence of that hamburger chain spoiled the show. especially with the addition of puppets and animal characters(people dressed up as a mouse or a dog). Original YTT member, Rod Kirkham even commented on this in the "profiles" section of the YTT Tells All DVD issue. He says he became embarrassed to watch the show in its latter years after those additions.
This girl got her start on Australian TV's legendary "Young Talent Time" in about 1977 when she was just 8 years old. She was partnered on the show with John Bowles, who was about 9 or 10 at that time. Bowles went on to head up his own TV production company and his biggest project in 2001 was a tribute special, "Young Talent Time Tells All" where he interviewed Johnny Young and several of the team members from 1971 to 1988, including Tina, Jamie Redfern, Debbie(now Debra) Byrne, Greg Mills, Rod Kirkham, Jane Scali, Phil Gould and, of course, Johnny Young. When YTT was briefly relaunched in 2012, Tina was asked to be a judge on the show, filling the role once held by the late Evie Hayes, and Tina did a great job too! Sadly YTT Mk.2 only lasted 13 episodes. It wasn't given a fair go at all. A pity because the new "team" really packed a lot of talent into their young frames.