However, the year of 2009 took a positive turn for Miss Minogue. With a gorgeous new haircut and a hunky younger man on her arm, things seemed to be looking up for Dannii. When the X Factor 2009 started back in September the nation seemed to see a whole new side of her. She looked amazing and was no longer in Cheryl Coles shadow.
Holly Willoughby, presenter of 'The Xtra Factor', said she found it frustrating that the nation had only just noticed in Dannii what she had known all along!
Is that true? Or has Dannii genuinely changed along with the public's perception of her?
After looking over some footage of last years X Factor where we saw the arrival of the young, beautiful Cheryl Cole it appears that Dannii had been shunted to the left to make room for Ms Cole. The chair in the judges panel stratigically placed next to Simon Cowell had been swiped from under Dannii's bottom to be replaced by a slightly younger bottom belonging to Cheryl. This, I believe, was the beginning of Dannii's somewhat difficult year, to say the least.
Cheryl Cole had managed to become 'the nations sweetheart'. We just couldnt get enough of her. I dont know whether it was her lucious locks, flawless face or that jolly Geordie accent we'd all grown to know and love. There was no question about it, next to Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue was old and ugly. (This of course is not correct, I am merely using hyperbole.)
During the course of the series Cheryl's popularity soared, perhaps aided by her popular and copiously talented category of the girls, while Dannii's continued to plummet. Why this was, it is uncertain. However, Dannii did show a distinct lack of emotion towards contestents whilst weeping Cheryl reaped the benefits of an overactive tear gland. Perhaps the audience felt they could not connect with her due to her supposed steely front. Or maybe it was her title as 'Queen of botox' - the British are, of course, against plastic surgery.
Another issue Dannii faced was the ongoing supposed 'fight' between Cheryl and herself, the press cottoned on to the idea that Dannii must be bitter about Cheryl's arrival (a claim that both women denied). Perhaps the public felt that someone 'against' their beloved Cheryl Cole was not someone they would waste their time supporting.
This year Danni's ride on the X Factor has been considerably smoother than last. She arrived onto our screens with the new must-have haircut and immediately stole our hearts. Cheryl however seemed to lose some supporters, perhaps due to a string of bad decisions now hanging over her head.
Dannii has had a couple of uncomfortable moments this year, namely the controversial moment when she accidently 'outed' Danyl Johnson on live TV. There were many complaints sent into the X Factor but I think it can be agreed that she seems to have redeemed herself and it was a genuine mistake.
Danni's appeared on ITV's Pierce Morgans Life Stories was a lovely moment for Dannii to have her say after all she has had to endure from the public and the press. She shared intimately about her tough times on the X Factor in 2006 with Sharon Osborne. She also spoke of the tragic time her sister Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer. The programme felt like a celebration of the end of a time of tribulation for her and there was a real sense of looking forward to the future for Dannii Minogue.
P.S. She also had a bit of a blub. Maybe we just like crying celebrities.
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