When Dannii Minogue joined UK talent show The X Factor as a judge last year, the British press went wild over rumours that original judge Sharon Osbourne was frothing at the mouth with jealousy over the appearance of a younger, sexier woman on the program.

Sharon ended up leaving the program, and was replaced this year by Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole - and quelle surprise, the tabloids began speculating that Dannii was frothing at the mouth with jealousy over the appearance of a younger, sexier woman on the program!

Throughout this year, there have been numerous articles pitting Dannii against Cheryl in a fight for hearts, and given that Cheryl is younger, very attractive, married (although not 100% happily!), and happens to have a very successful music career, it can't have been too pleasant an experience for Dannii.

It's about to get worse. Guess who has decided to announce whose side they're on when it comes to the Dannii/Cheryl rivalry? Why, ladies and gentlemen... please welcome fresh-faced pop singer Amy Winehouse!

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I had no idea Kylie and Dannii were collaborating, but then again - my inner homosexual has been disappointingly quiet of late. Something I hope to remedy with some repeated listening of the Glitter soundtrack later this afternoon.

But until then, I wish to make those of you who were also living in ignorance aware of the existence of a Minogue sister's duet, which was recorded for a new BBC2 comedy called Beautiful People. And as if the collaboration itself wasn't a studio team made in camp heaven, guess what they've bloody recorded?

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As though it weren't already bad enough that our wholesome reality television talent quests were populated by deluded people who've never heard the word "no" and consequently think they sound like Stevie Wonder (when the reality is closer to Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia!), now the poor judges can't even give a contestant the boot without fearing for their safety - just ask our Dannii Minogue, who co-panels the X Factor desk in the UK.

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As much as I love Our Kylie, I've always been of the opinion that Dannii has released some corker tracks (Put The Needle On It? Genius!) that were unfairly overlooked if only because her sister had become a publicity maelstrom that left no room for 'the other Minogue' to succeed.

That, however, could possibly be a thing of the past, with Dannii apparently being picked up by a powerful US talent agency with dollar signs going round and round in their eyeballs plans to make her a star.

While Kylie's recent attempt to break into the tough US market collapsed with a splat, a British newspaper is reporting Dannii has signed with high-powered Hollywood talent agency William Morris and is being groomed for stardom.

The star, 36, is said to have all the right credentials to hit the big time across the pond and is even thought to have a chance at bagging her own show.

"Dannii has the body, the hair, the teeth and the boobs to make it in America," a source told The Sun newspaper.

Although... all it takes is teeth and boobs, then? Sign me up for orthodontics and a push-up bra, Hollywood and Vine here I come!

Look out, world - Danni Minogue, after years of constantly being thought of as Kylie's less successful little sister, is kicking some career goals and putting the haters to shame.

Taking home the trophy for top TV personality of the year at London's Glamour magazine awards yesterday wasn't the only prize Dannii Minogue pocketed - she also scored a $1 million pay rise.

And although I've never found her overly charismatic during the thirty second snippets of Australia's Got Talent I've managed to catch, it seems her particular brand of variety show judging - from what I can gather, it involves going absolutely nuts for anything remotely 'rainbow', which goes to show the woman knows and appreciates her audience - might lead to exposure in the States poor Kylie could only dream of.

Using her X-Factor ties with creator Simon Cowell, UK sources say she's in line for a guest spot on the next American Idol.

It really pays to be in Simon Cowell's good books, doesn't it?

"Yes." - Leona Lewis

Noted.

Our Personal Gay (and Euro Correspondent) Will has been flooding our inbox with an assortment of Dannii Minogue-related information, and we've just sat down to go through it all - and you know what? We're starting to get his deep love of Minogue the Younger!

Enjoy this short "film", please.

Over a month since the press release regarding Olivia Newton-John's fundraising venture the Great Walk to Beijing was sent out, we've finally looked closely enough at the fine print (well, the print in general) and realised that - goddamn it! - the entire thing appears to be the most brilliant concept ever for a reality television show!

Olivia Newton-John says she is "excited and proud" to announce the team joining her epic, cancer, fundraising journey, the Great Walk to Beijing.

The team joining Olivia includes international stars, Joan Rivers, Sir Cliff Richard, Dannii Minogue and Jane Seymour. They will be supported by Australian music industry legends, Jimmy Barnes, James Reyne and Kirk Pengilly. Television celebrities from across the globe have committed too with our own Alison Cratchley, and Rachel Gordon from Home and Away, Sunrise presenter Monique Wright, and Biggest Loser host, Ajay Rochester being joined from the US by, Carrie Ann Inaba of Dance War and Leeza Gibbons of Entertainment Tonight, fame and from the UK by actors, Gemma Atkinson from Hollyoaks and Martina Laird from Casualty. and more. Olympic and sporting heroes have also agreed to tackle the challenging journey for wellness, including, Kieren Perkins, Sam Riley, "oarsome foursome" men, Nick Green and Mike McKay and 7-time world surfing champion Layne Beachley.

So just to sum up that AMAZING collection of folk who will be trekking through the Gobi Desert together like, erm, some sort of crazy fucked up family of people who enjoy nothing more than trekking through the Gobi Desert...

· ON-MOTHERFUCKING-J!
· JOAN RIVERS!
· CLIFF RICHARD!
· DANNII MINOGUE!
· KIRK PENGILLY!
· JANE SEYMOUR!
· KIEREN PERKINS!

Can you imagine it?

The team will face a tough physical and mental challenge, trekking 228 kilometres over 21 days along the Great Wall of China. The journey will begin with Olivia's team on a mountain trek with 40-degree gradients, winding through dust storms into the Gobi Desert as they head to Beijing over 21 days from 7th April 2008.

We have visions of Dannii and Joan Rivers arguing over something trivial, but then Sir Cliff steps in and the two women turn on him - and leave him a quivering mess curled up in the sand, softly singing the refrain of 'Some People' under his breath while rocking back and forth in shock. Dr Quinn and Olivia attempt to play the roles of Respected Elders of the posse, but their holier-than-thou front is shattered when Kieren Perkins stumbles across the highly intoxicated pair (the duo having earlier 'confiscated' a hip flask of highly potent rocket fuel from the backpack of one Ms Joan Rivers) giggling loudly near camp in the middle of the night and exchanging bawdy one-liners about the size of certain celebrity members.

Kirk Pengilly stays happily under Laybe Beachley's thumb for most of the journey, but in the rare moments she's busy talking fitness with Sam Riley, he shares extremely libelous tales of his time with the Hines family. James Reyne keeps morale up during the long walk by singing 'One More River' incessantly, and Jimmy Barnes recreates the glory years of the Tin Lids by belting out 'When Your Love Is Gone' (with the Oarsome Foursome stepping in to play the roles of the Barnes children), bewildering and frightening the Americans and British who have no idea what Jimmy is actually screaming at them, or why the men in matching zoot suits are absurdly dancing behind him and eating tinned fruit during this blood curdling performance.

Okay, obviously we're letting our imagination run away with us, but can you blame us? Dear god, may someone be filming this fantastic and epic journey so we can all enjoy it repeatedly on DVD at some point. It'll be like an intoxicating mix of The Biggest Loser and The Surreal Life, and we're already craving a hit.

Each participant will support Olivia by appealing to their friends and fans to sponsor their steps via the Great Walk to Beijing website, www.greatwalktobeijing.com , where progress reports on the trek and the ability for everyone to donate to support their favourite celebrity will be available.

Regular progress reports? Hell yeah. We'll be checking in regularly once it all kicks off in April.

Remember Dannii Minogue and Sharon Osbourne's mighty X Factor cat fight?

Well, just when you thought it was all over, the two showbiz dames are likely to cross paths at the upcoming Melbourne Grand Prix, as both ladies are likely to have RSVPed for the various celeb-soaked functions that surround the motor race.

Ozzy will be in town to play Rod Laver Arena that weekend, and Sharon is accompanying him (presumably so she can remind him he is playing a concert, and not going for a prostate examination).

Formula 1 drivers will rub shoulders with celebs including Rachel Griffiths, Miranda Otto, Fifi Box and Dannii Minogue at the high-rise party.

But the real fireworks are expected when Minogue and Sharon Osbourne run into each other at the champagne bar.

As co-judges on the Brit version of talent quest X Factor, there was no love lost between the two, with Osbourne attacking Minogue on air.

"Celebs including ... Fifi Box".

Yes, that Fifi Box. Celeb is probably pushing it a little, wouldn't you say?

We are distraught at having to break the following heartbreaking news regarding Australia's Got Talent judge Dannii Minogue and an unfortunate situation regarding lighting fixtures.

'The X Factor' judge - who recently confessed she is single and desperate to find a boyfriend - has been unable to invite anyone back to her place for weeks as the floor of her London home is covered in sparkling glass lamps.

A source close to the star told BANG Showbiz: "Dannii bought all these new chandeliers but the guys who delivered them wouldn't put them up. She hasn't been able to find anyone to install them and so she hasn't been able to have anybody round for over a month - the floor is covered in bits of chandelier.

"Have anybody around" clearly being a nice euphemism for "rut in the privacy of her own home", as far as we can tell. Terrible stuff! Whatever will Dannii do? The woman has needs, for god's sake!

"She spends all her time at her friends' houses."

Ahh. Someone call Geldof and cancel VadgeAid - Dannii's still scoring, just on the fold out bed at a mate's place.

PHEW!

Thanks to our UK Correspondent Will for the heads up... LOVE YOU, WILLY!)

Somehow we don't think an online group full of passionate Dannii-loving British homosexuals is going to lead to Minogue The Younger troubling the world of politics in the near future. Still, worth a story, right?

Somehow we can't imagine her becoming the next Tony Blair or Gordon Brown but it seems some of Dannii Minogue's British aficionados think otherwise.

A group of the Aussie songstress's fans in the UK has set up a Facebook group "Dannii Minogue for PM".

It seems mini-Minogue's stint as a judge on The X-Factor has brought in a legion of new followers but she still has a way to go before she overtakes her big sis Kylie in the popularity stakes.

Scraping the barrel, aren't we Confidential? Now look here - we don't want to tell you how to be journalists, but surely this Facebook group is more worthy of a bloody article!

This group has been formed to educate and inform the people of Australia the likelihood that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and the Muppet Show's Dr. Bunsen Honeydew have been separated at birth. As well as the glaring similarities between Julia Gillard and Beaker.

IT IS TRUE! RUDD DOES LOOK LIKE DR BUNSEN HONEYDEW! AND JULIA GILLARD IS BEAKER'S LONG LOST TWIN!

Write it up as soon as possible, News Ltd kids, and watch the Walkley Awards roll in. Just thank us in the acceptance speech and we'll call it even.