Dannii Minogue has denied that she and Cheryl Cole have engaged in a fashion war during this years X Factor auditions. In fact the Australian singer admitted to being bemused by magazines constantly comparing the two.

Speaking to The Observer, she commented: “If this supposed fashion war between Cheryl and me is the worst part of my life, then everything’s OK. A friend of mine has just finished a course of chemotherapy – that’s important, not what I wear to auditions.”

Asked how she chooses her dresses, Minogue joked: “Sometimes I use stylists, sometimes I work with designers. If you liked what I wore, it was all me – if you didn’t like it, it wasn’t my idea.

“I’m not a shopper. My boyfriend loves shopping, so I have to go with him to get brownie points, but I sit in the store drumming my fingers.”