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Kylie and Dannii Minogue duetted on TV for the first time in nearly 30 years on 'The X Factor' in Australia at the weekend.
The 'Spinning Around' hitmaker and her younger sister - who is also a judge on the talent show - last performed together on television in 1986 when they sang 'Sisters Doing It For Themselves' on the show 'Young Talent Time'.
The siblings dazzled on stage as they belted out their festive single '100 Degrees' and Kylie, 47 and Dannii, 44, and even held hands at one point in front of parents Ronald and Carol who were in the live audience.
Dancers with Christmas bobble headpieces backed them and confetti cannons fired gold glitter on stage, and Kylie sweetly shouted out, "I love you Dannii," as the song finished.
Afterwards, Kylie said: "We have been very excited and a bit nervous because it was a very special moment for us. It was amazing, thanks for the opportunity. The thing I love about Christmas is family and our mum and dad are in the audience tonight."
The pair have collaborated only once in the past decade in 2008 to cover ABBA's 'The Winner Takes It All' for a TV comedy drama.
The sisters' last joint live performance came in 2006 when Dannii replaced Robbie Williams for his vocal parts on single 'Kids' on star at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, in 2006.
Dannii is very pleased with '100 Degrees' - which features on the festive album 'Kylie Christmas' - describing it as the perfect Christmas party song.
She said: "There's not enough party Christmas songs. Everyone has Christmas parties, but what music do you put on? This song is perfect for dancing to."
Other acts who performed in on 'The X Factor' final on Channel 7 included Jason Derulo and Rudimental.

Sir Tom Jones wants to continue working until he's 100.
The 'It's Not Unusual' hitmaker insists he would love to still be performing onstage and recording music when he reaches the milestone age.
He said: "At 75, I'm three-quarters of the way home, hopefully. But I still want to record more stuff, to continue doing shows."
The 75-year-old singer also revealed his grandchildren have no interest in entering the music industry despite his grandson having a great voice.
He added to USA Today: "He's an accountant, and she's an architect. They're very bright people. They can both sing, though. My grandson can sing and play guitar, and he looks like a male model.
"But he doesn't want to make a career of it, which I understand. It's like showing off when you're a kid. Some kids will hide; with me, I was always pulling on my mother's skirt, asking, 'When are they going to ask me to sing?'"
Meanwhile, family is incredibly important to Tom, as he previously revealed he doesn't think he could continue singing if his wife Linda was to die.
He explained: "A lot of the songs that I do, the love songs that I do, of course it's Linda is there and yes, she is the one. I don't want to go on about it but she wasn't well a while ago and she got close to... we didn't know whether she was going to make it or not and I said to Mark [my son] I said, 'If your mother doesn't make it, I don't know whether I can sing' because a lot of the songs that I do, I think of her when I do it so it would be hard if she wasn't there to be able to sing."

Adele is "very excited" about Rihanna's new album 'Anti'.
The 'Hello' hitmaker was "on the edge" whilst following the R&B superstar's teasers of her long-awaited eighth studio LP on new website ANTIdiaRy.com recently and has declared herself "the biggest RiRi fan".
Speaking to US talk show host Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show', she gushed: "I got very excited the other night because there was some teasers for Rihanna's new record.
"I am very excited Rihanna's new record. I am on the edge - in a good way. I'm the biggest RiRi fan. I love her. So I'm very excited for that record."
The 27-year-old singing superstar was on the show promoting her new album '25' and performed new track 'Water Under the Bridge'.
And it's not the first time Adele has shared her love for the 'FourFiveSeconds' singer, discussing her "squad goals", Adele previously said she'd love to have RiRi as a friend.
She said: "I guess I have my own squad. It's not as interesting as some of the other squads that are around right now. But maybe Rihanna can be in my squad! That would be really cool. Oh, God. She's life itself, isn't she? I love her."
Adele won't have to wait long for Rihanna's record as it's reportedly being streamed via paid-for subscription service Tidal on Friday November 27 before being made available on all other platforms on December 4.

Sir Elton John has advised Ed Sheeran to hire a band.
The 'Tiny Dancer' hitmaker has been a longtime supporter and friend of Ed's but he thinks if he wants his music to get even more popular he needs to add backing musicians to his trademark solo set-up.
Elton told The Sun newspaper: "Putting on my management hat, that has to change. I'm doing it to make sure his [Ed's] career goes the right way. I'm very good at that."
The 68-year-old musician - who owns Rocket Music Entertainment Group, the management company that is responsible for Ed - has a good track record when it comes to giving the 'Thinking Out Loud' songwriter advice.
It was Elton who suggested he tour with Taylor Swift in the US rather than work on a follow up to his smash hit debut LP '+' because it was a "no-brainer" that touring with the multi-award-winning pop star would expand his audience.
Elton previously said: "I've been advising him, and own the company that manages him. He asks me for advice. For example, a couple of years ago, he told me that the record company wanted a follow up to '+', but he was also offered a tour with Taylor Swift, 88 shows in America.
"He said to me. 'What should I do?' I said to him, 'It's a no-brainer. You do the 88 shows with Taylor Swift. She'll be on top of the bill. You'll be coming on when people are coming in. It's not your audience.' It'll give you so much backbone, and you can't buy that experience. And you know Taylor. You like her. Do that - there's plenty of time for a second record.' "

David Bowie's upcoming album 'Blackstar' is inspired by rapper Kendrick Lamar.
The 68-year-old singer has been busy recording his 25th studio album with long-time producer Tony Visconti and the studio mastermind has revealed the pair spent a lot of time listening to the 'Poetic Justice' hitmaker's LPs and they were very impressed by his ability to veer between different musical genres.
Tony said: "We were listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar. We wound up with nothing like that, but we loved the fact Kendrick was so open-minded and he didn't do a straight-up hip hop record. He threw everything on there, and that's exactly what we wanted to do. The goal, in many, many ways, was to avoid rock and roll."
Another artist to have an impact on the record was LCD Soundsystem founder James Murphy, who plays drums on two of the tracks.
Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, Tony said: "At one point we were talking about three producers for the album: David, James and myself.
"[James] was there for a brief time, but he had his own projects to go off to."
'Blackstar' will be released through RCA on January 8, 2016, which will be Bowie's 69th birthday.
The release comes three years after the music legend's surprise LP 'The Next Day', which was his first album in a decade and went on to top charts around the world.

Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott thinks modern bands lack "focus" because of social media.
The 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' hitmaker thinks musicians nowadays spend too much time on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, time which they could spend honing their songs, and he is "glad" the medium wasn't around when the hard rock band started out in 1977.
He said: "I'm glad it wasn't around when we started, purely because it gave us more opportunity to concentrate on what we really wanted to be. It wasn't, like, 'We can't rehearse today because we've got to answer all these questions.' I think that actually is one of the reasons there aren't so many bands coming through the way that we did - they have other tasks they have to perform that we didn't."
The 56-year-old frontman doesn't think he'd have been "as good" a singer if he'd spent his time at the start of his career responding to tweets rather than rehearsing with his bandmates.
He told Classic Rock magazine: "We learned to play our instruments, we learned to sing, we learned to write songs together, and that was our only focus. Once we got that down, and then if other stuff comes in, you can probably split your time and manage to do both.
"For me, I'm not sure I would have been as good if I was starting off the way it is now. It would have been too much of an interference."

The BRITs 2016 Critics' Choice Award shortlist has been unveiled.
This year sees London-based songstress Izzy Bizu, piano maestro Frances and soul singer Jack Garratt nominated for the award passed down by 'Hold Back The River' hitmaker James Bay who won last year.
Sharing her delight of being selected, Izzy said: "I'm so honoured to be nominated for the BRITs Critics' Choice Award this year, following in the footsteps of amazingly talented artists like Adele, Emeli Sande and James Bay so thank you! I grew up watching the BRITs on the TV at home so it's pretty exciting to be a part of it!"
And Frances, 22, says it's a "huge honour" to be nominated for an award that was once given to so many of her "idols".
She commented: "It's such a huge honour to be nominated for the Critics' Choice award. I've followed the BRITs my whole life, but never thought I'd be lucky enough to be nominated...It's amazing to be a part of something that has included so many of my idols and musical inspirations. An amazing feeling. Thank you."'
While Jack was thrilled just to be nominated alongside some "incredible new acts".
He said: "It's amazing to be nominated for the BRITs Critics' Choice Award 2016. It's such a significant award that highlights the importance of new music, so it's a genuine honour to have been nominated alongside some other incredible new acts from the UK."
The prestigious accolade - which is chosen by the UK's leading music press - is awarded to artists who are gearing up to release a debut album in 2016.
The lucky winner will handed a unique gong created by music and fashion legend Pam Hogg at the music extravaganza held at London's O2 Arena on 27 November 2015.
Previous winners including Adele, Sam Smith, Florence + The Machine and Ellie Goulding who have all gone on to achieve global success.
Adele - who won in 2008 - is set to break UK chart history with her third LP '25' in line to be the UK's fastest-selling album ever.

Sir Elton John is to perform at Henley Festival next year.
The 'Tiny Dancer' singer - who has sons Zachary, five, and Elijah, two, with partner David Furnish - has announced he will play the Floating Stage at the boutique festival for the first time on July 6, 2016.
Elton - who has just five concerts scheduled for the UK next year - said: "The simple truth is I want to spend more time with my family, and I am only too aware of just how precious the time ahead is. My sons are growing up so quickly; their early years are just flying by and I want to be there with them.
"So these concerts will give me the chance to thank the British audiences who have been so faithful to me over these many decades. We cannot get to everyone but I am going to try - and I am thrilled that I will be able to say I have played the beautiful Henley-on-Thames."
The news comes after it was announced his highly anticipated new album 'Wonderful Crazy Night' will be released on February 5, 2016.
Henley Festival is attended by 7,000 ticket holders dressed in black tie, who will be served Michelin star food at the Henley-on-Thames location.
Following Elton's performance on the opening night there will be a 15-minute firework display along the river.
Henley Festival Director Charlotte Geeves said: "We are extremely excited to be able to announce that the world's most famous pop star will be headlining Henley Festival for the first time. Henley Festival goers are huge Elton John fans so he can expect a very warm welcome when he plays at Henley. It's definitely going to be a night to remember and we can't wait for him to open the festival in July."
Other acts who will perform at the festival will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Foo Fighters have released a surprise EP in memory of those killed in the Paris terrorist attacks.
The 'Learn To Fly' hitmakers - who were forced to cancel the rest of their world tour after the atrocities in the French capital - have dropped the free download, 'Saint Cecilia'.
In a heartfelt letter on their official website, frontman Dave Grohl writes: "Tonight, Let me begin with a preface to a letter I wrote a few weeks ago from my hotel room in Berlin while on our final tour for this album. I felt the need to write this foreword in light of the heartbreaking tragedies of Nov. 13th, as this project has now taken on an entirely different tone. As has everything, it seems...
"The Saint Cecilia EP was put into motion back in October of this year as a celebration of life and music. The concept being that, as our world tour drew to a close this week, we wanted to share our love of both with you in return for everything you have given us. (sic)"
The 46-year-old musician also revealed he hopes the band's music will bring a "little light into this sometimes dark world".
He added: "Now, there is a new, hopeful intention that, even in the smallest way, perhaps these songs can bring a little light into this sometimes dark world. To remind us that music is life, and that hope and healing go hand in hand with song. That much can never be taken away.
"To all who were affected by the atrocities in Paris, loved ones and friends, our hearts go out to you and your families. We will return and celebrate life and love with you once again someday with our music. As it should be done."