July 21st, 2012 by Anna Howell.
It would seem that 80′s one hit wonder, Sinitta, has finally given hope that her ex-boyfriend, Simon Cowell, will reinvent her and resurrect her far from fabulous singing career, and is threatening to make a come-back all by herself, according to the Daily Star newspaper.
Sinitta, who dated the music mogul back in the day of yester-year, has made a regular appearance on his popular ITV talent show, The X Factor, as a mentor to both him and Louis Walsh, but has spoken out recently about how she was disappointed at continually being passed up for any of the many vacant X Factor judging positions, both in the UK and the US versions.
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July 14th, 2012 by TV Writer Lynn.
Superstar judge Jason Donovan has revealed that he’s hoping his former ‘80s girlfriend and Neighbours co-star Kylie Minogue may duet with him during the show’s live rounds…
Particularly in view of the fact that their scheduled duet at Hit Factory Live was cancelled due to the god awful weather last week, which turned London’s Hyde Park into a mud bath.
Speaking to TV Biz about his hopes that the duet will happen, Jason said, “We were both genuinely looking forward to it and disappointed it didn’t happen in the end.
“We were rehearsed and it felt like the right time. But the glorious British weather had other ideas… Read more & comment »
May 31st, 2012 by Anna Howell.
After the recent revelations of an affair with Simon Cowell, former X Factor judge, Dannii Minogue has remained very tight-lipped over the situation, despite it reportedly breaking her family up, but it would seem that there is one member of the Minogue clan who can no longer hold her tongue regarding the subject, Dannii’s sister Kylie Minogue!
According to The Sun newspaper, pint-sized Kylie has come out and publicly blasted Simon Cowell, claiming that the details revealed in his tell-all biography, Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life Of Simon Cowell, by Tom Bower, have really hurt her sister Dannii.
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May 29th, 2012 by Anna Howell.
After only its first year on our screens, execs at BBC singing competition, The Voice, have admitted that their efforts have not been good enough, and vow to re-vamp the show before its second series premiers next year.
The Voice, which has been a huge success across the pond in the US, has seen its viewing figures drop by over half after the end of the highly popular blind auditions and battle stages of the competition, which peaked at 12.1 million, down to a staggeringly low peak of 5.2million during Sunday’s result show, which featured a performance for the iconic Kylie Minogue, which was 100,000 viewers more than its performance show the previous night, which saw an appearance from ex X Factor judge, Cheryl Cole.
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May 27th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Kylie Minogue made her debut on The Voice this evening.
The pint sized pop princess performed her latest single titled “Timebomb” on the semi final results show, as four singers were voted off the series.
The song was released on 25 May 2012 as part of Minogue’s K25 celebrations, comemmorating the 25 years of her music career.
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May 25th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
The Voice moves into it’s semi final stage tomorrow night and it seems that bosses are pulling out all the stops when it comes to their guest performers for the last two shows.
In it’s penultimate weekend, taking to the stage during the results show, in which the four finalists will be announced and four gutted hopefuls will be sent home, Kylie Minogue and Cheryl Cole will both be taking to the stage.
Former X Factor judge Cole will be performing the lead single ‘Call My Name’ from her third solo album ‘A Million Lights’, which is due for release next week.
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May 24th, 2012 by TV Writer Lynn.
During an interview with Paris Match, pop star Kylie Minogue – who’s singing live on this weekend’s edition of The Voice – has revealed that her battle with breast cancer has left her with “mental and physical scars”.
However brave Kylie, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2005, went on to say that despite having “incredible anger” over her illness, she feels very lucky to have been a survivor, and said she now feels like “a cat with several lives.”
She said, “I feel like a cat, having had several lives. In my career as in my personal life, I made enough bad decisions to land me in deep water.
“Finally, I haven’t got out too badly.”
Of her cancer battle, Kylie added, “Over time, people have a tendency to forget about it. Not me.
“Not a day does not go by without me thinking about it. Just looking in a mirror is enough – the scars are moral and physical.
“There are days when I feel an incredible anger, others when I say that I was very lucky in my misfortune… Read more & comment »
May 12th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
Ryan O’Shaughnessy certainly has been winning himself some famous fans.
The 19 year old singer took to the stage for tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent final show and once again sang his self penned tune named ‘ No Name’ for the panel and the millions of viewers at home.
It’s the song that won him a place in our hearts all those weeks ago, when his first audition aired on the ITV show and he revealed that it had been written for a friend named Katie, who he was desperately in love with.
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May 8th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
After The Voice lost out to Britain’s Got Talent in the ratings battle, insiders say bosses are planning to bring in some real star power to the show.
On Sunday night, the BBC show lost another two million viewers to it’s rival ITV show, as the only 6.9 million people tuned in to watch Ruth-Ann St.Luce and Hannah Berney being eliminated from the new series. The results show had attracted a respectable 8 million the week before and on the Sunday Battle Rounds episode, more than 11 million tuned in.
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April 23rd, 2012 by Lisa McGarry.
It seems that Cheryl Cole was not the only celebrity glued to her TV screen for The Voice battle rounds last weekend, as fellow pop songstress Kylie Minogue revealed that she is also a fan.
The ‘Spinning Around’ hitmaker took to Twitter to revealed that she was a big fan of the new BBC talent series and one of the famous coaches in particular, writing:
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