Dannii Minogue: ‘My queer dating show will be a time capsule for this country’
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery ‘It must emanate from me’: oozing pop-star cool, Minogue performs at London’s GAY in 1998 “A lot of the shows then were lad-oriented,” she recalls. I couldn’t walk around feeling like I needed an armour shield around me.” open image in gallery ‘New and wild for me’: Minogue on the BBC’s ‘I Kissed a Girl’ – a femme spin on last year’s ‘I Kissed a Boy’ Minogue ultimately chose to stick around on the show : she spent three more series mentoring contestants including series seven winner Matt Cardle and singer turned TV staple Stacey Solomon. “I always used to sing around the house but as soon as Ethan could talk, he’d go, ‘Mummy, shhh – no singing’.” She erupts in laughter. open image in gallery ‘There is a lot of comparison’: Kylie and Dannii Minogue perform during Sydney WorldPride last year “By my fans, absolutely,” she says.