EXPECT uptempo songs and medleys when pop starlet Samantha Jade steps out at City Oval on Sunday.
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Her job is to help celebrate everyone who crosses the line for Run Ballarat but she says that part is easy when everyone is already in a such a good mood.
“Oh my gosh, I’m so excited,” Samantha Jade said. “I did a run for Run Newcastle and it was so amazing...it’s so fun to just perform for people in a great place.”
Samantha Jade will headline the new Event Village Festival, which will be buzzing with free entertainment including music, giveaways, kids activities and massages.
While Samantha Jade has not completed a fun run yet – it is something she would like to do – she was happy to help a good cause any way she could as a singer. Her own fitness regime is mostly centered on her dancing and making sure she was eating right for her shows. Plus, Samantha Jade likes to walk, rather than using a car for transport, when she can.
Samantha Jade will take a break from filming on ‘Summer Bay’ to visit Ballarat. She is enjoying the challenge of balancing singing and a new acting role on Home and Away, portraying a character quite unlike herself or Kylie Minogue, which was a role that put her acting in the spotlight. Bad girl Isla does not sing.
“it’s nice to not mix the two, singing and acting. Both are very full-on and take a lot of time but my acting is very separate,” Samanatha Jade said. “Music has been my life since I was 15...acting I developed an interest in a little bit later but I’ve always had a curiosity about it.”
Samantha Jade said the chance to mould her own character for the soap series was exciting – there was no wrong, just her interpretation – unlike playing a highly scrutinised role in Kylie Minogue, one of the nation’s beloved stars.
*Run Ballarat hit 3,300 registrations on Monday, less than a week from the event. This year is shaping up bigger and better than before, especially with the new Event Village Festival.
Run Ballarat has raised more than half a million dollars since its inaugural running in 2012 with 100 per cent of entry fees donated to Ballarat Health Services’ Base Hospital children’s ward redevelopment. Participants can take part in a 12-kilometre or 6km run or a 6km family and friends walk. Children aged 4-12 can do the popular 1km Kids Run. Enter runaustralia.com.au.