Oprah Winfrey Taking Studio Audience To Australia

CHICAGO (CBS/AP) Oprah Winfrey kicked off her 25th and last season of the "The Oprah Winfrey Show" by promising the 300 people in her studio audience a trip to Australia.

On the premiere of the final season that aired Monday, Winfrey surprised the studio audience with the news. Audience members shrieked when Winfrey made the announcement and then invited actor John Travolta to join her on stage.

The show included a few surprise visitors, including actor Don Johnson and singer Paul Simon, who performed a song he wrote for the talk show host.

While Winfrey had hinted she's going out in style, she she was uncharacteristically tight-lipped about the season premiere.

The only information made public was a preview clip showing the TV talk show host and Travolta dancing hand-in-hand through her stage doors to "Love Train" by the O'Jays.

For cable viewers, there's more Winfrey to come. She's set to launch her Oprah Winfrey Network, or OWN, on cable Jan. 1.

The end of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be featured on that network with "Behind the Scenes: Oprah's 25th Season."