It does feel as if a large portion of December’s TV scheduling has been carried out with the phrase “camp as Christmas” in mind. We’ve had Hannah Waddingham doing festive show tunes, Rylan Clark is about to meet Cher, and here we are, facing An Audience With Kylie, an extravaganza so fabulously extravagant that the only time the audience screams louder than they do for Minogue herself is for Alison Hammond, which should be registered as some sort of official camp-o-meter.
The event was filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in London earlier this month, and as always with the Audience With ... format, you never quite know what you’re going to get. Adele’s 2021 turn might have been one of the most talked-about yet, churning out a series of did-you-see-that moments – from her reunion with her old teacher to Emma Thompson’s energetic response to simply being there. But Adele is a chatterbox, who gives the illusion, at least, of being very candid. Minogue has always been more of an enigma, professional and dazzling, but she’s not known for giving away her secrets.
