'Days of our Lives' Searches for Australian Star, Over 200 Have Applied So Far

Russell Queay, John-Paul Jory and Ben Jesinowski are taking part in a Foxtel competition to find an Aussie bloke to get a 13-week role on Days of our Lives. Photo Credit: Chris McKeen

Australia’s most popular daytime series Days of our Lives celebrates its 50th year anniversary on television this year. To mark the occasio, Foxtel's Arena channel and the producers of Days of our Lives, Corday Productions Inc. and distributor, Sony Pictures Television, will scour the country in search of an Australian actor to join the cast of this iconic series.

Arena and Corday Productions Inc. are offering the chance of a lifetime to an established or aspiring young actor to play the role of Finn, a handsome, rugged Australian doctor who arrives in Salem to do his residency, specifically to gain skills as a surgeon, working under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Jonas (Shawn Christian).

'Days of our Lives' To Be Honored at 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade

Days of our Lives will be celebrated at the 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade.

Days of our Lives, NBC's longest running scripted series, will be honored at this year's 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade on November 30. Cast members Deidre Hall, Kristian Alfonso, Suzanne Rogers, Galen Gering, Lauren Koslow, Peggy McCay, Joseph Mascolo, Greg Vaughan, Bill Hayes, Susan Seaforth Hayes, John Aniston, Shawn Christian, Arianne Zucker, Eric Martsolf, Kate Mansi, Guy Wilson, True O'Brien, Drake Hogestyn, Jen Lilley, Mary Beth Evans, Bryan Dattilo, Casey Moss, Billy Flynn, Molly Burnett, Meredith Scott Lynn, Aloma Wright, and Christopher Sean will participate in the special presentation on behalf of the daytime soap opera and its longstanding, renowned run on NBC.