Dannii Minogue Spills All On New Dating Show ‘I Kissed A Boy’ | This Morning

She's been in the show business since she was only a seven-year-old pup. She's had nine UK top singles, first-ever female judge-driver contestant, winner and the X-factor, two-time winner. But now Aussie superstar Danny Minogue has taken the long-haul flight from down under and picked up her bow and arrow to play Cupid as the host of the UK's first-ever gay dating show. I kissed a boy. Let's have a look. I mean, I'm not sure anyone else could have hosted this show. I love watching your faces.

Because we're in. We are in now. When they came up the form, they went, and lastly, who's going to host it? Let's see the shortlist. Oh, Danny Minogue. Great, that's. Just Danny. So, OK.

So, I mean, it looks like it is what it says. Thank you so much. The last time we spoke to Danny, you remember it was down the line. It was in coding time. We missed you. So nice having you there. We were out of control.

Sorry about that, everyone. The producers are worried again. What are they going to get up to? No, no, no, not today. But this is so exciting. So, tell us about the format of I Kissed a Boy. I Kissed a Boy. UK's first-ever gay dating show.

How can that be in 2023? But here we are. It's finally happening. It's about. And he's just boys, isn't he? He's not our lesbian sister. He's just boys. He's just boys. We're in Italy, and it starts with a kiss.

So, we have a matchmaking team. So, there's a big profile process that goes on before not only do we choose who's on the show, but who they're looking for, who they're not looking for, and try and create a really great match. Because I get a buzz, like, you know, I don't know if you do when you, like, hook up friends. You're like, I think this is going to work. This is a must-try. It's so exciting. So, they start with a kiss, and then we see what happens after that if they agree with the match that we've made.

Or if there's a little disruption, maybe someone comes into the masserie and maybe there are changes. Oh, wow. So, they live in the masserie and then do they.? Wow. They're in the masserie altogether. There are no phones, no devices, and the guy said at the end of it, I'm like, how was that? And they said, after. It was just the best experience.

So, I think the key thing with dating is eye contact, you know, and your body language. And then you feel that thing that you can't explain, that tingle that you get, and then you can't stop thinking about the person. But without the phones, without devices, no text messages are going to be misunderstood. Oh, what do they mean by that? Or they've ghosted me. There's no ghosting. We're all there. Let's see what happens.

And it was a really good thing for them to just have to talk and communicate. All from very different backgrounds, all different experiences. Do we find love? Is there going to be love? And also, as a host, can you spot when two people have the chemistry at the kiss? There's instant chemistry, for sure. And then there are the ones that grow, you know? Like, some of my friends that have been together for a long time, they said, wasn't it immediate we were friends at first, we knew each other for a long time before they actually got together and, you know, now it's been forever. You can't imagine them not being together. For other people, it's instant. So, I think it's, you know, every variety, we've just got to try and make love happen.

But everyone's exhausted with dating, swiping, apps, all of that. So, something quite nice. So true. Old school, really. There's such a trailblazing show. I remember going to the disco and you'd see someone you like and you'd go, oh, get a bit closer to them. Yeah, no.

And then you're on the dance floor and then you're like, oh, I'm around them and then there might be a kiss and they're like, where are you from? What's your name? And that's how it used to happen at the club. But we're kind of creating that situation again. The boys are incredible. You know, the team that produced it really looked after them so well, which was a main concern for me. I wanted them to come away with a great experience. But you were a good mentor, though. And did it remind you, when you was mentoring these boys, did it remind you of the days back at the expats? Well, I was definitely Mum and Minogue.

I'd come on set and they knew that, you know, it'd be no funny business. And, you know, that I was there to look after them and, you know, genuinely so excited. I love that, because the duty of care is there and looking after them, because it is a big thing, isn't it? You're giving over your heart, you know? Yeah. You're revealing everything to the whole world. I think it's a big thing. Yeah, you're going into the hundreds. Yeah.

But the crew were great. Like, we were mostly, mostly the crew were from the community. And that made such a big difference because they felt really supported and looked after on set. And that was a vibe for the crew as well. Like, it was really groundbreaking in so many ways. Danny is such a good judge. Like, when she was.

Well, not really a judge, more of a mentor. When she was doing X Factor, she was. Yeah. I mean, she was a two-time winner, obviously, but she was so. The best judges for mentors always are the ones that invest in their artists, and Danny did that so well. I think you've got a wanted for them. Yeah.

And the other winner I had in Australia was Dami Im, who went on to Eurovision. I'm here for Eurovision Week. It's like. It's co-perfect. It's like, perfect. Great. Well, I saw you.

I saw on Instagram, definitely, on Ryland's Instagram that he met you. And it was just lovely still there where. I think we've got it, haven't we, where he meets you. Oh, there he is. And the link was, I'm now officially gay, which I love, because it's just that he's met you. But, Danny, you really are a trial blazer for the community, like, the word on the straight, that everyone absolutely adores you. Do you feel a little bit of responsibility? It's just been.

Over the years, I've been asked to do stuff. For me, that's just been an o-brainer, and it's been fun, and that I've loved. So. But then, I guess, when you link all of those together, like, the first ever performer to perform at GAY, in a time where that was a dangerous thing to do for artists and record companies and management, we're telling artists, do not perform there, because this is going to kill your career. And I was like. And why shouldn't you do it? You know what? People are going to say whatever they're going to say about me anyway. They're going to say about everything.

So, damn it, I'm going to go to the club where I love to be with people I want to be, with love, the music that I love. So, it kind of. That was a big love affair with GAY that just went on and on and on for me. Let me tell you, when we did X Factor together, Danny, we did Judge's Houses, and we stayed around for a couple of days, and suddenly, Danny, we went out one night, and it's not a gay club, but we went to a beefy, we went to Pasha, and it was the moment it dawned on me what a gay icon Danny was, because we walked into it, and it was literally like, oh, oh, OK, we're with Royalty, yeah, right, it was unbelievable. It's so lovely that it really is. Where are you going to be watching The Eurovision? What are you going to be? I'm going to be tomorrow. I'm here with my manager.

It's her birthday, so we're going to have a birthday party watching. Yes, and Australia's in, Voyages in. I was in Liverpool last night, managed to watch all the performances, and then leg it back to London. It was the first time I'd been to Eurovision. I'm so glad for you to go in. They're definitely going to go straight to the point. They've got the crowd going.

You've done the song for this, right? Yeah, for I Kissed a Boy. The guy who's written the theme tune is Ian Masterson. Best made of mind, we've written songs together. He's been my musical director for tours. We went on tour, he met his now husband, and he said, we wouldn't be married without you, so that was my first. Are you serious? Yes, serious. So when I told him I was doing this show, he was like, I have to write the song for this show, and I'm like, OK, that'd be great.

He wrote the song, and then I heard it, and I'm like, oh, I really want to record it. So I recorded it, it's coming out June 2nd. All the proceeds go to Switchboard. Now, it's one of the oldest LGBTQ+, charities around. It's one of the most respected. You can call any day, 24 hours, any day of the year for any question that you want answered. That's amazing.

They're incredible, so big love to all the volunteers for Switchboard. And it's not out until the 2nd of June, but we've got an exclusive look. Let's take a look. Oh, the music. Here it is. Yeah. Love it.

Vibes. Come on, it's got disco, it's been all over it, hasn't it? Absolutely loving this. Any more new music for you, Tana? This is all I've done so far. This just got recorded after I did World Pride with Kylie and Sydney. Oh, that was amazing. That was so fun. It was so good for you to be both back together.

There you are. Look at that. So, we'd done, you know, prides and Mardi Gras before, but we hadn't done Mardi Gras together. Then it was World Pride, so there's people flying in from all over the world. And to be together, I'd flown up from Melbourne. We'd been in the world longest lockdown. Good part of two years, not able to leave our homes.

And then I'm up in Sydney in this beautiful crowd full of love and everyone. You know, when people unite with music and you're at a concert and you can't explain that feeling? That's intangible, isn't it? It's the best feeling. It was a love bomb. Danny, thank you so much. Tanya. First two episodes of Akista Boy, launched tomorrow on the iPlayer and the series starts on BBC Three and 9pm this Sunday. Thanks.

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