Kylie Minogue may join The Voice UK

Kylie Minogue, right, could be following in her sister Dannii into reality TV mentoring. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

 

 

 
The Daily Telegraph reports

Kylie Minogue could be following in sister Dannii's footsteps on reality TV after emerging as a frontrunner to join the British version of "The Voice".

Minogue is in talks to star in the third series of the BBC reality TV singing contest, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The publication cites an insider as saying the pop princess has been shortlisted to appear on the show, although she has yet to officially sign on.

If confirmed, the pop star will join Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am and crooner Tom Jones on the judging panel.

Minogue joined sister Dannii on Sunday's episode of The X Factor Australia in the mentoring chair, delivering a ratings hit for the Seven Network.

In 2012, the pop princess was rumoured to have been in talks with producers of Britain's X Factor to appear as a judge.

At the time, Minogue didn't rule out tackling a reality TV role in the future.

"It may only be a matter of time, who knows? Those shows are going to keep happening every year for the foreseeable future. I'm a fan of those shows," she told Britain's Sunday Express.

Dannii Minogue reunites with sister Kylie Minogue for X Factor TV special

The Minogue sisters, Dannii and Kylie, are joining forces on the X Factor. Source: Supplied



 
Cameron Adams, The Sunday Telegraph, reports

This year's X Factor has scored a major pop culture coup - reuniting Dannii and Kylie Minogue on screen.

It is the first time the musical sisters have worked together on Australian TV since a Young Talent Time concert in 1987.

"I don't even want to think of how long ago that was," Kylie said. "My hair was bigger, my waist was smaller ... good times."

Dannii, one of the judges on this year's X Factor, recruited sister Kylie to mentor her contestants on the reality TV hit.

The sisterly episode was filmed in New York last week, where Kylie is working on her new album.

It will air later this year on Channel 7.

It is Dannii's first time as a judge on the Australian X Factor, after finding success on the British show.

While the pair are no strangers to passing comment on singers on reality TV shows, until now it's been at home in private.

"Usually we're in pyjamas and ugg boots," Dannii said. "So this is a change. Kylie is a huge X Factor fan."

Older sister Kylie was Dannii's first choice as mentor, a role she performed on the UK X Factor four years ago.

"Dannii is so good at this, I'm just along for the ride," Kylie said. "It's really fun to do something together, so it was a done deal when she asked me.

"This feels normal for us. This kind of show is one of Dannii's natural habitats, but I do feel at home on a TV set and being with my sister. If you've grown up being a tennis player you're comfortable on a tennis court, we're both comfortable in this environment."

Kylie said she is unsure whether she would audition for The X Factor if she was starting out in the industry.

"I have questioned that myself. I don't know. I'm sure I wouldn't make it through. I really am."

Kylie will release a 'buzz' single from her 12th album, Skirt, shortly.

Watch out Keith Urban, the curse of reality TV strikes again

Keith Urban, married to Nicole Kidman, should be wary of the reality TV show curse that's striking at the heart of celebrity relationships. Source: Supplied

Siobhan Duck, The Herald Sun, reports

Watch out Keith Urban. The curse of being an Aussie reality TV judge has claimed another victim.

Dannii Minogue is the sixth talent quest star to split up with their partner, officially calling it quits with Kris Smith last week.

It seems TV talent quests may be great for reviving flagging careers, but they appear to wreak havoc with love lives.

Minogue's high-profile bust-up follows The X-Factor Australia's Ronan Keating's recent announcement that he and his wife, Yvonne, are getting divorced after 14 years and three children.

Their marriage weathered the strain of Keating's relationship with a dancer in 2010, but fractured irreparably after Keating's role on the The X-Factor kept them apart for long periods.

"Sadly our news is true. Thank u all for your support. Yvonne and I still love and care for each other and want to protect our kids,'' Keating tweeted of the break-up, which took place last year.

Minogue's Australia's Got Talent co-stars Brian McFadden and Kyle Sandilands have also undergone high-profile splits since they started on the series.

Sandilands and wife Tamara Jaber divorced in 2010 - the same year he joined the show.

McFadden broke up with his fiancee, Delta Goodrem, in 2001. He is now happily engaged to DJ and model Vogue Williams.

It's more of the same over at Nine's rival talent show, The Voice.

Only Urban - who has been married to Nicole Kidman since 2006 - has escaped relationship woes since signing on to the new series.

Fellow panellist Seal broke up with his model wife Heidi Klum last month.

The split rocked Hollywood as the couple - who have four children - were widely believed to be one of the happiest and rock-solid unions in Hollywood.

The often put on public displays of affection and renewed their vows each year after they wed in 2005.

Goodrem also recently announced her break-up with teen heart-throb Nick Jonas.

The couple - who had only been dating 10 months - said they remained friends.

Joel Madden and wife Nicole Richie have also been the subject of speculation.

Madden recently dismissed reports he and Richie were separating to pursue careers on opposite sides of the world- Richie on the New York-based Fashion Star series and Madden on Aussie series The Voice.

"I don't usually comment on gossip, but seeing as this is something that is defaming my character and the sanctity of my marriage and family, I feel like I have to make something clear,'' he wrote.

"My wife and my children are the most important thing in the world to me. I try very hard to be the father that (children) Harlow and Sparrow need and deserve, and the husband I believe Nicole deserves."

Kris Smith falls on his Apprentice sword

Kris Smith says he's not in the running for the new season of Celebrity Apprentice. Source: The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph reports

WITH the announcement of Channel 9's new Celebrity Apprentice contestants but a few sleeps away, one person who has taken himself out of the reality TV running for the cut-throat competition is Kris Smith.

Every name from David Hasselhoff to Ian "Dicko" Dickson was heard as potential talent for boss Mark Bouris after the finale of the first series in November, Smith included.

But the Myer clothes horse and Mrs Dannii Minogue confirmed on Twitter yesterday that there was "no truth" to talk he was heading into the Channel 9 boardroom.

Hey, so long as Deni Hines doesn't reprise, we'll be happy.

Cringe! Hugh Jackman and Dannii Minogue write letters to their 16-year-old selves

Getty

NineMSN reports

Everyone is a bit awkward at 16 years old. It's the rules, right? Even for future celebrities!

Hugh Jackman and Dannii Minogue are among 70 stars to lend their voices to a new book called Dear Me: More Letters to my Sixteen-Year-Old Self.

"There will be a time when you get over Penny dumping you at the bus stop," 43-year-old Hugh Jackman writes to his 16-year-old self in the book. "In fact you'll see her in a couple of years and wonder why you cried every time you heard the Lionel Richie song 'Penny Lover'."

He adds, "Oh and the patch of zits on your forehead will also go but probably not as quickly as you hope. PS: buy shares in Google when they're invented."

Meanwhile, Dannii Minogue tells her younger self, "On a trip to Ibiza you will meet your true love in a nightclub. I know... tacky... but you can never plan these things.

"Deny, deny, deny if you are asked about how much hairspray you have used... your hairdos may be responsible for part of the hole in the ozone layer."

Rocker Alice Cooper advises his teenage self, "'Trashy girls are exciting for about five minutes. Keep your eye out for a really good lookin' church girl. Then you'll have the best of both worlds."

And Harry Potter author JK Rowling suggests, "Don't have your ears pierced by a hippy at a music festival. That was one nasty infection. Avoid bass players. All of them."