A PIECE OF DANNII

Dannii Minogue: 'X Factor is addictive'

2009-04-07T23:37:00.002+02:00

Dannii Minogue has revealed that she feels "addicted" to The X Factor after two years of appearing on the hit talent show.

The Australian singer joined the ITV1 programme for the 2007 series, which saw her mentoring the top two acts, Leon Jackson and Rhydian Roberts. Last year, she returned to her role but lost all of her singers before the semi-final.

Speaking to The National Newspaper, she explained: "I like the mentoring and the working with the artists that you're given. Having performed and knowing how nervous they are, you feel really protective about them.

"I want to make sure I've done my best so they can get out there and enjoy it, and maybe win. They want it so much, you can see it in their eyes."

Commenting on the continued speculation over her future with the show, the star added: "Who knows what's going on? None of us knows what's going on.

"I would like to go on. It gets addictive. I'm not competitive for myself but I get so involved and protective of the contestants that I want to make sure they are looked after - they're like my babies. It's the first time I had that kind of feeling about something."

Simon Cowell recently praised Minogue's commitment to the programme, naming her as the hardest-working judge.

Source: Digitalspy

The Pam Ann Show

2009-04-04T14:16:00.002+02:00

Dannii will be a guest in The Pam Ann Show on April 15th at 21:30 on The Comedy Channel.

Pam Ann is the comic creation of Australian comedian Caroline Reid who portrays the 1960s-clad air hostess with a mixture of comedy and glamour. Fresh from a major UK tour, sell-out shows in New York, a sell-out 25 date European Tour and a hit run at the Edinburgh Festival, Pucci-clad Pam has also toured with Cher, crewed private jets for Elton John and even Madonna is a fan!

Kylie defends her sister

2009-04-04T14:13:00.001+02:00

Kylie Minogue has slammed X Factor judge Louis Walsh and labelled him "pathetic". The '2 Hearts' singer criticised Walsh for the way he treated her sister Dannii Minogue on the ITV1 series.

"I think it makes it [hard] for her when she gets Louis Walsh's rather pathetic jibes - one of which is she hasn't had a hit record," she told Elle."That's not true. He has no idea where she's come from. No idea. And neither does England. And that's quite hard.

"She was on TV every week from seven years old. I'm just so proud of my sister and it annoys the hell out of me when comparisons between us are made in an unfavourable way to her."

The star added that suggestions that Dannii and fellow judge Cheryl Cole didn't see eye to eye were "so cheap".

"We all know there were issues between Sharon and my sister. But I don't think there were any between her and Cheryl," she said.

source: Showbiz

L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival launch

2009-03-17T00:39:00.002+01:00

Neither rain nor recession could cloud the glamour at the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival launch.

Dutch glamazon Doutzen Kroes, festival ambassador April-Rose Pengilly and Dannii Minogue sat front row with Governor David de Kretser and Premier John Brumby for a retrospective of mostly 20th-century looks.

Source: news.com.au

Kylie and Dannii appeared at Sound Relief

2009-03-15T15:19:00.003+01:00

It was billed a being a case of 'will she or won't she?' but Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue took to the stage at Melbourne's Sound Relief concert to perform a rendition of the Peter Allen classic 'I Still Call Australia Home'.

Kylie is at the Melbourne event to act as a guest MC. It follows on from other guest appearances earlier in the day including from John Farnham (joining Coldplay on stage in Sydney to perform a stirring rendition of his hit 'You're The Voice') and from Dannii Minogue, who joined her Australia's Got Talent co-host Red Symons on the stage in Melbourne to introduce Taylor Swift at Sydney's event.

Source: auspOp

Dannii Minogue sized up to bullies

2009-03-15T15:17:00.001+01:00

AUSTRALIA'S Got Talent star Dannii Minogue has spoken about being bullied to be thin when she was younger and curvier.

"I was 19 when I moved to London and the British press put a huge amount of pressure on me – they said I was too fat because I wasn't the same size as my sister," Minogue has told Who's Bodies at Every Age issue.

"And you go, well, funny about that because we're two different people!"I definitely felt bullied, but that's just the size I was.

"What was weird was that I felt comfortable in myself, I just couldn't understand why it was a problem for everyone else. It wasn't their body, they weren't walking around in it."

Minogue 37, who was photographed for the magazine with Sonia Kruger, 43, and Jennifer Hawkins, 25, said she was happier than ever with her foxy figure."

From 28 on, I started to feel really excited about finding a different type of body confidence," she said.

"It just feels like you're in your skin. I definitely feel like I'm getting better as I'm getting older."

Sharon Osbourne blasts Dannii again

2009-03-15T15:13:00.002+01:00

Sharon Osbourne has launched a fresh attack on Dannii Minogue, claiming that the Aussie popstar was "awful" to work with on The X Factor.

The music manager quit the ITV1 talent show last year following her highly-publicised feud with Minogue on the fourth series.

Speaking to the Daily Mail about her decision, Osbourne explained: "Can you imagine having to go into work every day and sit beside someone you can't stand? You would go mad. Well, I thought: 'Life's too short. What am I putting up with this for?'"

Asked why Minogue irritated her so much, she replied: "I don't know. Just the way that you sometimes meet somebody and it doesn't work - and that's what happened, and it went from bad to worse, from worse to awful to uncomfortable."

"Anyone who knows me knows I am a woman's woman," Osbourne continued. "I try to get on with people, but even though I sat beside her for all that time, I have no idea who she is. No idea what makes her tick. She doesn't give anything of herself."

The star added that she believes rumours of ill-feeling between Minogue and Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole, the programme's latest recruit.

She revealed: "I love Cheryl. She is relevant, she is gorgeous and she is young - so she's a threat to Dannii on those three levels."

Osbourne has recently made headlines by branding Minogue "an iceberg" and claiming that the singer "wanted to f*** Simon Cowell".

Source: digital spy

Dannii has some strong backing for her musical comeback

2009-03-15T14:57:00.001+01:00

She's teamed up with Richard "Biff" Stannard, who has a proven track record with older sister Kylie on her hits In Your Eyes, Love At First Sight and Light Years.The title of the track is yet to be released, but British producers The Freemasons have been working on it.

"Dannii can sing, which is the paramount thing with us," The Freemasons' Russell Small said ahead of his performance at the Metro this Saturday.

"It's great to be able to do two sisters. It's something a little different for her, I think, because she's used to doing more the dance thing."

The Freemasons are also preparing for the release of a collaboration with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, titled Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer.

source: news.com.au

Dannii to attend Chris Martin's birthday party.

2009-03-08T02:36:00.001+01:00

Chris Martin has invited the cast of Neighbours to his birthday party after Coldplay commitments meant he couldn't squeeze in a part on the long-running soap.

Martin visited the set eight years ago when Coldplay first toured Australia.

He wanted to go one step further this time, but was unable to make any of the three filming options presented to him by producers.

"He's a mad Neighbours fan, but unfortunately it just didn't work with the schedule this time," a Neighbours spokeswoman said.

But Martin will still get some time with his Ramsay St favourites at his belated 32rd birthday bash after the band's show at Rod Laver Arena tonight.

He has invited Neighbours cast members Jackie Woodburne, Alan Fletcher, Ryan Moloney, Kym Valentine, Stefan Dennis and Carla Bonner to the party.

The soap stars will attend the show as guests of the band before being shepherded to a secret location for the party, which will be a traditional Aussie barbecue, with a selection of fish and chargrilled vegies for Martin, who calls himself a piscetarian.

Also rumoured to be attending the exclusive event are Dannii Minogue and Natalie Imbruglia.

Source: news.com.au

Cheryl Cole 'will quit if Minogue is sacked'.

2009-02-24T23:29:00.000+01:00

Cheryl Cole has reportedly told Simon Cowell that she will quit her role on The X Factor if he replaces Dannii Minogue on the show.

The Girls Aloud singer is said to be concerned that she may not get along with Minogue's replacement if she leaves, The Sun reports.

A source said: "Cheryl told Simon straight - if it's not her and Dannii together, then he's looking for two new stars.

"There's no way he will let them both go. The show was a bigger success than ever and Simon knows a lot of that is down to Cheryl."

The source added that Cole does not believe the programme needs any format changes to remain successful.

Reports had emerged that Cowell was considering sacking Minogue from the show, with a number of stars supposedly in the frame to replace the Australian singer.

However, X Factor bosses denied many of the reports and confirmed that they are in talks with Minogue to renew her contract for this year's series.

Source: digital spy

Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue demand X-Factor pay rise

2009-02-22T23:01:00.001+01:00

X-factor judges, Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue are both demanding a pay rise to mean they will be paid £1 million for the next series.

Cheryl Cole is asking for an increase £250,000, meaning she will then be paid £1 million for her to return as golden girl judge on the X-factor.

Dannii Minogue though is not happy with Cheryl earning more than her. Dannii currently on £500,000 a series is looking to double her fee meaning she also wants a million for the next series.

Rumours are spreading that it will be unlikely that Dannii will be given her huge salary increase and she’s more likely to get £750,000, whilst Girls Aloud, Cheryl, could be given the £1 million.

Cheryl is the girl they are desperate to get to sign on the dotted line after her popularity with both contestants and viewers in the last series, not to mention Simon Cowell’s obvious affection for her.

Dannii’s said to be furious that she is paid less that the Geordie Golden girl but it’s likely to be the same again this series with Cheryl getting more money than Miss Minogue.

Let’s hope for that amount of money we’ll get some fantastic comments from the glamorous duo rather than some of the plastic last lustre advice we heard in the last series.

Source: www.footballcupleague.com

Dannii confirms 'X Factor' talks

2009-02-12T21:20:00.003+01:00

Dannii Minogue has confirmed reports that she is having contract discussions with the producers of The X Factor.

Rumours had emerged that Simon Cowell wanted to replace the judge with Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Lily Allen or Charlotte Church.

However, a spokesman for Minogue said that she is currently in negotiations with bosses to rejoin the show when it returns to ITV1 later this year.

He told Now Online: "She would very much love to return to The X Factor for series six.

"Talks have begun, but the contracts are never signed off on until March/April time."

The spokesman added that Minogue is currently busy filming Australia's Got Talent.

Minogue was previously reported as saying that she did not know what would happen regarding her future on The X Factor.

Source: digital spy

Dannii, Kylie and Natalie join up for OZ fire relief

2009-02-10T16:56:00.004+01:00

Kylie Minogue is teaming up with sister Dannii and fellow Aussie singer Natalie Imbruglia to host a benefit show in London for the victims of the Australian bush fires. The stars hope to raise funds and give people the chance to pay their respects to the 173 who have perished.

Rescue services in the fire-ravaged country are expecting the death toll to rise when they get to search burnt-out buildings and houses in the state of Victoria - home state for the Minogues.

Kylie ' s pal, Aussie author Kathy Lett, told us at the Elle Style Awards last night that the wheels have been put in motion for the London event.

While Kylie and Dannii would like something along the lines of a memorial service, Natalie is trying to convince them to go down the l ine of a fundraising show.

Kathy told us: "We want to hold a memorial service in London so people can pay their respects. We're working on that now. The situation down there is really, really dreadful."

Speaking about Kylie, she added: "Her parents are in Melbourne, so we're all very worried. There are serious fires, and there is also a drought, which is very much preying on our minds.

"They live in Melbourne, and that's where Dannii is at the moment. We're all very concerned and worried. Kylie has been calling and emailing her family constantly - we're all deeply upset and concerned."

Natalie, who presented the Future Fashion Award to designer ERDEM, told us at the afterparty: "I think we should definitely talk about doing something like a fundraiser for those affected by the bush fires. Thankfully, I pers ona l ly don' t know anyone affected."

Source: thisislondon.co.uk

Australia's Got Talent - episode 2 promo trailer

2009-02-10T16:07:00.005+01:00

Australia's Got Talent has made a triumphant return with 1.67 million viewers turning into the first show of the third series on Channel 7 last Wednesday.

Watch the promo trailer for the next episode:

Daily Mirror: Dannii's still got the X Factor, as Cowell does U-turn

2009-02-10T15:55:00.007+01:00

Dannii Minogue WILL return to the X Factor, after a U-turn by Simon Cowell.
She is to rejoin the panel after he decided keeping her on would help win the ratings battle with the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.

Cowell also fears making a martyr of the singer after the embarrassment of last month sacking Kelly Brook from his other ITV series, Britain’s Got Talent. Insiders says Cowell came to the decision after talks with potential replacements including Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Lily Allen and Charlotte Church. He is said to have been particularly impressed with Baby Spice Emma, 32, who appeared in the judges houses section of the X Factor last year.

But sources say Cowell changed his mind at the 11th hour after calculating that keeping Dannii, 37, would help swell the X Factor’s ratings after it peaked at a record 14million in December.
A source close to Cowell revealed: “He had been toying with the idea of new blood for a while, but when he looked back it became increasingly obvious that Dannii was the talking point of the last series.

“Simon is a very canny businessman and this is a purely business decision.

“Although sacking Dannii and getting a new judge could win viewers for the first few shows, keeping Dannii pretty much guarantees fireworks throughout the entire series.”"

Meanwhile, Cowell has been in talks about making one new appointment – supermodel Kate Moss. He wants the 35-year-old model to help contestants with styling advice. But Kate – who is worth an estimated £15million – is said to be nervous about the offer and is yet to accept.

Source: Daily Mirror

Dannii's message on Red Nose Day.

2009-02-09T16:56:00.003+01:00

"Dont forget Red Nose Day on Friday 13 March. Pick your nose, Do Something Funny for Money and then enjoy the night of TV. Its going to be hilarious and its all about raising money to help transform lives." - Dannii Minogue.

Please show your support - visit the Comic Relief website here: http://www.rednoseday.com/