Minogue returned to British television in August 2008 as a judge on "The X Factor", alongside Cowell, Walsh and Cheryl Cole, who replaced Osbourne.
Končno sem našla svoje poslanstvo.« Nazadnje sta se dva od njenih učencev, Rhydian Roberts in Leon Jackson, uvrstila v finale, in nazadnje je 15. decembra po javnem glasovanju v oddaji zmagal Leon Jackson.