Kylie Minogue fulfilled the dream every fan secretly hopes for at karaoke

A story that will make many jealous. Australian pop queen Kylie Minogue surprised a fan by joining him in singing while he played the piano, during an event as part of the London premiere of the new Netflix documentary mini-series about the 57-year-old singer.

Rudi Douglas, a 39-year-old Irish musician, was hired to host this event on May 18 without realizing the surprise that awaited him.

Interviewed Friday May 22 by Sky Newsthe music lover explained that his contract only provided for a piano performance. But members of Netflix eventually invited him to perform a few songs after hearing him sing well while warming up. And that’s when Kylie Minogue surprised him, as you can see in the video at the top of this article.

While the Irish artist began to sing Dancing by Kylie Minogue, a track from her album Goldenthe singer arrived on stage to sing a duet with him. Rudi Douglas then seems, in the images, both surprised and moved by this improvised concert.

And for good reason, it was a dream for the one who had won tickets to see the star in 2018 after being ranked among the 0.1% of his most frequent listeners on Spotify. “I couldn’t show her how much I love her and her music other than by playing this piece on the piano and singing it for her », s’est épanché Rudi Douglas à Sky News.

This evening therefore took place for the release on May 20 on Netflix of the series in three episodes Kylie, produced by Michael Harte. Kylie Minogue looks back in this documentary on her phenomenal rise, on her biggest global successes including Can’t Get You Out of My Head et also addresses more intimate subjects. She reveals in particular that at the beginning of 2021 she was again diagnosed with breast cancer, after a first diagnosis in 2005 and a remission.