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Dannii eager to get back into shape after baby

Filed under: Celebrity babies — Alan @ 1:51 am

Dannii Minogue wants to return to ‘The X Factor’ as glamorous as ever, and she’s working on it diligently. Dannii is most known by her sister Kylie Minogue, a cultural phenomenon since her first Grammy award winning pop song 'Love at First Sight'. Kyle has most recently been seen in the provocative video for luxury lingerie label Agent Provocateur. Dannii, however has always been centered around smaller projects and family. She has just returned from maternity leave in Australia, where she gave birth to a son, Ethan, with boyfriend Kris Smith.

Sources close to the singer, fashion model and ‘X Factor’ judge say that Dannii is worried she’ll compare unfavourably with ultra-trim Cheryl Cole, and she’s dieting religiously to get back to her pre-baby shape.  Dannii had her baby on July 5 and she’s going back into the spotlight October 9 for what might be her final season with the immensely popular show.

Whether Dannii can lose any extra poundage before the big night is probably not as important as how all those millions of fans see her, and most of them are waiting breathlessly for her reappearance on the panel.  The show is known for glam women and way up front style, and Dannii has been one of its biggest draws.

Does Dannii’s baby have the X factor

Filed under: Celebrity babies — Alan @ 12:14 am

Dannii Minogue’s role as one of three judges on the popular TV show X Factor is apparently still in question at this time, but the latest word is that Simon Cowell has given her two weeks to assure him that her pregnancy and the birth of her first baby in July will not undermine her performance on the show.

Simon’s fears, according to various sources, are that Dannii will not be able to cope with the hectic schedule at X Factor while occupied with a new baby.  She is currently in Australia, where she intends to remain for the birth, so she will have to miss the live auditions for the show that will be taking place in June.

Cowell definitely doesn’t want to face the kind of uproar that followed the sacking of Denise Van Outen from ‘Over the Rainbow’, and he is certainly aware of the outrage from Dannii’s fans if she is removed from the show.

He may opt to keep her on in a lesser role such as mentor, or try to find stand-in judges until she is able to continue in that capacity.  The other option is to replace her with a new judge; his spokesman says that nothing has been decided.

From Dannii, the word is that she wants to continue as a judge on the live shows but the decision rests with Cowell and the producers of X Factor.  Her popularity with audiences is such that fans are rallying round to support her return, some even threatening that they will simply stop watching the show if she’s not on it.