Ever looked back on family home videos and cringed?

Don’t worry, even Hollywood star and Oscar winner Cate Blanchett went through an awkward phase. It can happen to anyone.

Now 46, Blanchett appears in some recently rediscovered footage from Australian television mainstay Hey, Hey It’s Saturday, and it’s a far cry from her recent appearances on the Oscars red carpet.

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The clip shows a 17-year-old Blanchett performing on the show’s ‘Red Faces’ segment alongside two male friends, one on the saxophone and the other on the guitar.

The segment was a way of parodying real talent shows of the time and contestants were usually outrageously bad or bizarre on purpose.

In keeping with this, Blanchett and her friends wear some questionable outfits and sport some statement hairdos to perform a ditty called ‘Weird Love Song’, with Blanchett on vocals.

The lyrics include lines like: “I wish I was your cigarette, smoked on through your lips, killing you softly with my tar and seeping out your nostrils.”

From talented 17-year-old to seasoned Hollywood star.

Despite the whacky nature of the performance, it’s clear young Blanchett has some impressive pipes. She hits every note with ease.

Unfortunately, judge Red Symons is unimpressed, cutting the performance short and giving the group a score of two out of 10.

Blanchett and her fellow performers seem to be on the show to promote the Melbourne University Law Revue, regularly mentioning the phone number audience members can call to book tickets. The Law Revue is an annual sketch show written and performed by students.

Blanchett dropped out of Melbourne University, where she was studying Economics and Fine Arts, after a year to travel. After she returned she enrolled at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) and the rest, as they say, is history.