Poor old Jason. He has suffered at the hands of fame and now seems almost afraid of his fans.

Looking fraught at times, the Neighbours heartthrob sang his way through his greatest hits to an audience who had clearly not put his records away at the end of the Eighties.

"Sometimes, you're just really conscious of the audience," he explained. It was hard not to be.

From the second he appeared, the roomful of 30-something women screamed, sang and danced frenetically, occasionally shouting "We love you Jason" and once pelting the stage with underwear.

Donovan revived his career on reality show I'm A Celebrity, where he came across as likeable, intelligent and genuine.

On stage, however, he appeared to take himself too seriously.

A slide-show backdrop opened with a black and white Donovan in a tight Hustler T-shirt, arms outstretched, in an imitation of the iconic Jim Morrison pose.

As he worked his way through old favourites, such as Since We Parted and Nothing Can Divide Us, it changed to a picture of Donovan as a sad clown in a cowboy outfit and brooding next to a heap of tyres.

Just before Especially For You, David Gest ran onto the stage, then returned to the wings, where he could be seen bopping up and down during the rest of the set.

Any Dream Will Do was inexplicably sung twice, while Donovan twirled around in a coat of many colours, before changing into his jungle vest for a passable acoustic version of Sealed With A Kiss.

Like most of the show, encore Ten Good Reasons was received with rapturous applause and whooping.

Press cuttings projected onto the screen highlighted the highs and lows of his two-decade career, including endless pictures of him with Kylie. There was also a selection of his family holiday snaps and David Brent-esque slogans such as "Don't be afraid of cliches" and "Use an old idea".

For him, it makes sense. If you have a formula which can still make money, squeeze it for everything you can.