Dannii Minogue
Name
Dannii Minogue
Birth Name
Danielle Jane Minogue
Occupation
Actress, author, businesswoman, model, music manager, singer, songwriter, television personality, television talent competition judge
Born
20 October 1971
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue (born 20 October 1971) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress who was a judge on The X Factor UK from Series 4 to Series 7. She also served as a judge on The X Factor Australia from Season 5 to Season 7.
Judges Rank
The X Factor UK
| Year | Category | Last Act | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Boys | Leon Jackson | Winner |
| 2008 | Over 25s | Ruth Lorenzo | 5th |
| 2009 | Girls | Stacey Solomon | 3rd |
| 2010 | Boys | Matt Cardle | Winner |
The X Factor Australia
| Year | Category | Last Act | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Over 24s | Dami Im | Winner |
| 2014 | Groups | Brothers3 | 3rd |
| 2015 | Girls | Mahalia Simpson | 5th |
Trivia
- Dannii's role as a mentor in the UK series is very similar to Nicole Scherzinger's role in the UK series:
- Both we’re judges on the UK show for four series.
- Both won twice.
- Both previously were judges of The X Factor in their homelands when Dannii judged The X Factor Australia in 2013, 2014, and 2015 and Nicole judged The X Factor USA in 2011.
- Both of their winners came from the Boys category (Leon Jackson and Matt Cardle for Dannii and James Arthur and Matt Terry for Nicole) - both had a winner with the name, 'Matt', the second time they won.
- Both of them were the first judge to lose all their acts in the second year - 2008 for Dannii and 2013 for Nicole.
- Both have also mentored the Girls and Overs categories once and the Boys twice with Dannii mentoring the Boys in 2007 and 2010, Over 25s in 2008, Girls in 2009, while Nicole was mentoring the Boys in 2012 and 2016, Girls in 2013, and Over 27s in 2017.
- Both had one of their highest-placing act finish 3rd in one year (Stacey Solomon for Dannii and Kevin Davy White for Nicole).
- Both also had one of their highest-placing act coming 5th in their second year (Ruth Lorenzo for Dannii and Tamera Foster for Nicole).
- Both had two of their acts in the final two in their first series on The X Factor UK with Leon Jackson and Rhydian Roberts in 2007 for Dannii and James Arthur and Jahméne Douglas in 2012 for Nicole.
- Both judged alongside Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, and Sharon Osbourne on The X Factor UK.
- Both have judged in the same seat occupied by Kelly Rowland, Mel B, Rita Ora, and Robbie Williams.
- Both are the only two judges to judge multiple series in the seat they judged in.
- Both are beloved judges on The X Factor UK.
- She is the first UK show judge to be born in the 1970s.