Seventeen minutes into the first episode of I Kissed a Boy, host slash “Cupid” Dannii Minogue makes her fierce entrance to the beat of her iconic dance smasher I Begin to Wonder. “Camp, camp, and more camp!” she tells GAY TIMES. “Just when you thought it wasn’t camp enough, in comes a Minogue!” Her exhilarating arrival comes moments after the cast of singletons (check ’em out here) are paired up and, upon meeting for the first time, share a smooch. It’s everything you could possibly want from the UK’s first-ever same-sex dating show. “I am so proud of it,” Dannii says. “I am so proud of BBC Three for finally putting this on because it’s time.”

As per the official synopsis, the eight-episode series is “packed with explosive drama, gripping cliffhangers and powerful untold stories – from coming out in a strict religious family, to the pressures of body image in the gay dating scene, to navigating self-acceptance, sex and first same-sex relationships.” Narrated by Bad Education and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie alum Layton Williams, the first two episodes I Kissed a Boy will premiere on BBC iPlayer from 6am on Saturday 13 May, before the series launches on BBC Three on Sunday 14 May at 9pm. 

Ahead of its premiere, we spoke with Dannii about the origins of the historic BBC series, her return to the music with I Kissed a Boy’s official theme tune We Could Be The One and why it was crucial for the series to depict different ‘body types, backgrounds, religions, attitudes and personalities’ of the LGBTQ+ community. Dick pics come up too.

Dannii, you look stunning.

Thank you, I’m wearing a little Barbie dress. Isn’t it the best pink ever? It’s yum, like ice cream.

I was toying with whether to wear a pink shirt for this interview. Lemme go change real quick…

Exactly! You’ll have to do the Wonder Woman and just spin around.

Dannii, I have to say, you and your sister looked transcendent at Sydney WorldPride. Transcendent!

Thank you! Dion Lee did the outfits and he made us feel like a princess. It was everything. The fact that these dresses matched… I was thinking the whole time, ‘Please do not fall over.’ We had stiletto heels on and a lace dress with a train at the back. Heels going through lace dress? I wouldn’t advise that combination! But, it would look good.

So, we’re here to chat about I Kissed a Boy, the UK’s first-ever same-sex dating series. Within 20 minutes, boys are smooching and you make a camp entrance to the beat of I Begin to Wonder, which is everything I needed from this show?!

Camp, camp, and more camp! Just when you thought it wasn’t camp enough, in comes a Minogue! It’s such a great show. I am so proud of it. I am so proud of BBC Three for finally putting this on because it’s time. I can’t believe it’s taken this long, from everybody wanting a gay dating show to there actually being one. It still blows my mind. And there’s so many other dating shows. [I Kissed a Boy] is definitely where we want people to match and for love to blossom. There’s a lot of work that goes into the process of casting. These are people looking for love. These are people that have given very detailed descriptions about themselves and who they’re looking for and what they’re not looking for, in order for us to help match them up and get away from the tiring job of swiping and meeting people through apps. It was incredible to see how much they were thriving, not having their phones and looking people in the eyes and speaking to them! They loved it.