KYLIE Minogue has been reunited with former Neighbours co-star and one-time real-life love interest Jason Donovan tonight for a one-hour television special, called The Kylie Show.
The program on Britain's ITV1 tonight featured comedy sketches in the form of spoof backstage glimpses of the Australian pop star throwing diva tantrums, betting on the horses and having a cat fight with sister Dannii.
It also included highly stylised performances of past hits and new tracks from Minogue's 10th studio album, called X, which is her first since recovering from breast cancer last year and due for release later this month.
Minogue, 39, opened the show with her hit Can't Get You Out Of My Head in front of a studio audience.
"I'm so pleased to be doing this ... When I was offered a show of my own, what could a girl say?" Minogue told viewers before offering a sneak peak behind the scenes, including the studio corridor, where she bumps into Donovan.
At first, he fails to recognise her and offers his autograph while she reminds him of their past.
"I was your co-star on Neighbours, there was a big wedding and everything and, more to the point, we actually dated for a few years," she says as the penny finally drops for Donovan.
The pair did not reprise their 1988 duet Especially For You, although he did dedicate his autograph with the title.
Other backstage sequences included a peek into Minogue's dressing room, with the star smashing up the camera when she is embarrassed by the discovery of a prosthetic posterior among her costumes.
Dannii Minogue's fellow judge on British TV singing competition X Factor, Simon Cowell, arrives in the dressing room in time to break up the siblings' scuffle, but is punched by Kylie when he "mistakes" her for Dannii's mother.
Minogue also performed the first single from the new album, 2 Hearts, and gave a stunning performance of another new song in a flame-haired wig and mirrored leotard aboard a mechanical bull surrounded by scantily clad dancers.
She closed the show with backing from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
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