List of Neighbours characters (2017)
| Willow Somers |
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Neighbours character |
| Portrayed by |
Mieke Billing-Smith |
| Duration |
2017– |
| First appearance |
31 January 2017 (2017-01-31)
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| Introduced by |
Jason Herbison |
| Classification |
Current; recurring |
| Profile |
| Other names |
Willow Bliss |
| Occupation |
Student
Garden nursery assistant |
| Home |
Port Macquarie |
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| Dipi Rebecchi |
|
Neighbours character |
| Portrayed by |
Sharon Johal |
| Duration |
2017– |
| First appearance |
24 April 2017 |
| Introduced by |
Jason Herbison |
| Classification |
Current; regular |
| Profile |
| Occupation |
Café owner and waitress |
| Home |
32 Ramsay Street |
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Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 and currently airs on digital channel Eleven. The following is a list of characters that appeared in the show in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the shows executive producer Jason Herbison. The 33rd season of Neighbours began airing from 9 January 2017.Andrea and Willow Somers made their debuts during the same month. Teacher Finn Kelly was introduced during March, while Dipi, Kirsha and Yashvi Rebecchi, along with Dipi's sister Mishti Sharma, arrived in April. Jeremy Newell and Mannix Foster appeared in June. Evan Lewis and Fay Brennan were introduced during the following month. September saw the first appearance of Hamish Roche, while Rory Zemiro made his debut in November. Joanne Schwartz appeared in December.
Andrea Somers, played by Madeleine West, made her first appearance on 20 January 2017. West previously played Dee Bliss, who was presumed dead in 2003 when her husband Toadfish Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) accidentally crashed their car into the sea. On 15 September 2016, Tiffany Dunk of News.com.au reported that West had reprised the role of Dee. West returned to filming that same week. However, during the episode broadcast on 2 February 2017, it was revealed that Dee was actually an impostor named Andrea Somers. Andrea is impersonating Dee to gain money from the Bliss family estate. She also includes her daughter Willow Somers (Mieke Billing-Smith) in the scam, by pretending that she is Toadie's daughter. Five months after Andrea's exit, West made a surprise return to the show on 14 August 2017. Her appearance was not announced beforehand and the closing credits stated it was a "Special appearance by Madeleine West", leading viewers to speculate that it was the real Dee and not Andrea. West made another surprise appearance on 8 December 2017, but her character name was not mentioned in the credits. Another appearance followed on 8 January 2018. The following month, it was confirmed on-screen that Andrea had been in Erinsborough to check up on Toadie. Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy believed Andrea was the woman who appeared in a taxi during Toadie's vow renewal in December.
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