10 h. ago Kylie Minogue looks set to take the coveted Christmas No.1 spot as she 'thrashes' rivals Wham!

Kylie Minogue is thrashing her rivals Wham! In her bid to win the coveted Christmas number one spot.

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42 h. ago AMANDA PLATELL: The tragic reason I think Kylie can't find love. She's gorgeous, rich and dated the world's hottest men. But it's so clear what's holding her back... every woman will understand

Watching Kylie Minogue performing her latest festive single, Xmas, on Strictly on Sunday, the one thought I couldn't get out of my head was: 'Why can't Kylie find love?'

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59 h. ago Christmas number one race sees Kylie Minogue pull further ahead of Wham! as superstar on the brink of chart history

THERE’S snow stopping Kylie Minogue as she leads the race for this year’s Christmas No1. And all the signs point towards the Aussie pop princess landing her first chart-topping single in over two decades. My chart mole has revealed her song Xmas had sold 24,242 copies by the end of the weekend, while Last Christmas...

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65 h. ago Kylie Minogue, 57, puts on a leggy display in a skimpy mini dress before slipping into a sexy Santa outfit for new single XMAS' music video as she battles it out for Christmas No 1

The songstress, 57, stunned in as thigh-skimming satin mini dress which boasted a black and white polkadot trim and huge bow.

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69 h. ago Kylie Minogue's performance on Strictly Come Dancing leaves BBC viewers divided

Kylie Minogue's performance of her new Christmas single 'Xmas' on the Strictly Come Dancing results show divided viewers

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2 d. ago Kylie Minogue leaves BBC viewers distracted minutes into Strictly performance

Strictly Come Dancing's latest results show saw a performance by Kylie Minogue

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2 d. ago BBC Strictly viewers say the same thing minutes into Kylie Minogue's performance

Viewers watching the Strictly Come Dancing results show had mixed reactions to Kylie Minogue's performance of her new Christmas single,

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3 d. ago Super flu: Race to get two million Londoners vaccinated before Christmas

Just over 1.87 million people in the capital had had the flu jab as of December 7

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3 d. ago What rhymes with la la la, la la la la la? Kevin Killian, the poet obsessed with Kylie Minogue

He wrote poems named after Kylie songs and named his collection of erotic fiction after her indie album. He even loved the B-sides. So what did the avant garde writer find so inspiring about the mini Melbourne marvel? Kevin Killian was obsessed with stars. Not in a metaphysical sense, like the grand lineage of poets that went before him, but the celebrity kind. Some were A-listers – he kept a vast database on Julia Roberts – and some more obscure. In 2000, taken by the work of cult literary sensation JT LeRoy, and confusion about their identity, Killian gave public readings of their work in San Francisco, where he had lived for 20 years after moving from New York. He would also turn unknown poets into local celebrities, hosting poetry events and making rapturous introductions to crowds that were occasionally outnumbered by the people on stage. “Anyone he admired was an A-lister,” says poet and friend, Evan Kennedy, “especially unknown poets. He’d enthuse about someone, and I’d say ‘...

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3 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing viewers divided over Kylie Minogue performance

The Australian singer performed her new Christmas song before the semi-finalists learnt their fate

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4 d. ago Kylie Minogue reunites with sister Dannii for exciting new project

Superstar Kylie Minogue on her new festive album, spending a sunny Christmas down under and reflecting on her iconic Glastonbury set

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4 d. ago Kylie Minogue reunites with sister Dannii for epic new Christmas song

Superstar Kylie Minogue on her new festive album, spending a sunny Christmas down under and reflecting on her iconic Glastonbury set

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5 d. ago Kylie Minogue says it feels ‘astonishing’ to finish 2025 with a number one album

Her record, Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped), has topped the UK albums chart.

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5 d. ago Kylie Minogue soars to number one with reissue of her 2015 Christmas album

Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) has become the singer’s 11th chart-topping album in the UK.

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5 d. ago Wham! ruin race for Christmas No1 but create new chart craze

As Last Year tops the chart, pop fans moan that Wham! have ruined the Christmas race for No1. However, a new chart craze is growing with rivals acts aiming for the Christmas No2 spot instead with no hope of overtaking hits of yesteryear. Take a look at the runners and riders aiming to get close to Wham! on next week's chart.

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6 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Celebrity Race Across The World: It was the most thrilling series yet, but this pell

If I'd ever been tempted to chance malaria and the Zika virus , and decamp to the tropics, this pell-mell race through Central America has well and truly put me off.

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6 d. ago Quality Street fans race to get Amazon's reduced 2kg box of Christmas chocolates

The 2kg box should arrive in time to share out this Christmas with friends and family

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8 d. ago Marks and Spencer shoppers race to buy heavily reduced Christmas fleece lounge wear set for 87p in deal stack

"Bought for my niece, they feel warm and cosy - soft on skin."

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8 d. ago Which bloodthirsty English prince ordered two prisoners beheaded at just 8 years old?

On the latest episode of the Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things podcast , royal biographers Robert Hardman and Kate Williams chart the bloody history of the Wars of the Roses.

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9 d. ago Kylie Minogue Glowed at Capital's Jingle Bell Ball in London, Plus Jacob Elordi, Jessica Chastain and More

Kylie Minogue Glowed at Capital's Jingle Bell Ball in London, Plus Jacob Elordi, Jessica Chastain and More  People.com

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