By Andrew Court For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 23:49 GMT, 14 February 2019 | Updated: 00:09 GMT, 15 February 2019
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Last year's Olivia Newton-John biopic, starring Australian pop star Delta Goodrem, is set to premiere on U.S. television.
Hopelessly Devoted to You will screen this coming Saturday on Lifetime, with a projected viewing audience in the millions.
It comes less than a year after the telemovie was met with poor reviews and a mortified response from Olivia herself when it aired in Australia on Channel Seven.
Going global! Delta Goodrem's Olivia Newton-John biopic set to air on American television this weekend... a year after the Grease icon revealed she was 'horrified' by the film. Delta is pictured playing Olivia in the film
In Hopelessly Devoted to You, Delta portrays Olivia across several decades as she rises to international fame and grapples with a series of personal dramas.
Ahead of the film's Australian release last May, 70-year-old Olivia revealed she was 'horrified' by the project, despite being close friends with Delta in real life.
She told The
