{"id":719048,"date":"2026-06-06T13:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/719048\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:19:18","slug":"kylie-minogue-netflix-doco-slammed-for-erasing-melbourne-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/719048\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylie Minogue Netflix doco slammed for erasing Melbourne figures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key Melbourne figures who helped shape Kylie Minogue\u2019s global success story are devastated and upset about being omitted from the hit Netflix documentary<\/a> on the pop superstar. <\/p>\n

The three-part doco studies Minogue\u2019s trajectory from soap star to pop princess, but largely overlooks the Melbourne chapter and important local music industry figures who helped launched her career, and continued with unwavering support.<\/p>\n

Since the doco\u2019s release, social media, fan forums and Reddit threads have lit up with outrage over late music boss Michael Gudinski, Minogue\u2019s former manager Terry Blamey, and record label executive Amanda Pelman, being erased from Kylie history.<\/p>\n

None are featured in the documentary. <\/p>\n

Mushroom Records legend Gudinski got fleeting video grab in the doco, despite signing Minogue to his label in 1987 after Kylie\u2019s demo of The Loco-Motion found its way to Pelman. <\/p>\n

Gudinski became Minogue\u2019s biggest champion, as a label boss and concert promoter.<\/p>\n

Blamey managed Minogue from 1987 to 2013, and oversaw her career from homegrown act to global pop force, Grammy winner, and performer with full artistic control.<\/p>\n

However, industry figures say the absence of Blamey, Pelman, Gudinski, and another late music executive, Gary Ashley, in the Kylie doco has left some feeling upset and unappreciated.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerry is devastated,\u201d a source close to Blamey told Sunday Confidential. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe is really hurt. Wouldn\u2019t you be if you were written out of history? He was like a father figure to Kylie. For 26 years, it was just them, especially in the early days. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to ask the question, and it\u2019s a fair question, \u2018Where was the man who helped make Kylie a global superstar? She had the talent, but it took strategy. That\u2019s what Terry had, and that\u2019s what Terry did. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe told her to invest her money in property, and he strategised Kylie\u2019s career and made her a brand. Beyond the music and shows, he did deals for the perfume, the sheets, the linen, the this, the that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2012, Blamey won the Peter Grant Award, the ultimate accolade for a music manager, for his outstanding contribution to the worldwide music industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, give the man some f—ing credit,\u201d the source said. <\/p>\n

Another former record label boss told Sunday Confidential: \u201cEverybody is talking about who is, and isn\u2019t, in the documentary. It\u2019s grossly unfair. Terry drove Kylie\u2019s career for 25 f—ing years, and so did Gudinski. But who am I to say? The (doco) producers are telling their version of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Cashmere, chief executive of music site noise11, told Sunday Confidential: \u201cKylie is a Melbourne legend. Her story starts here. But the Kylie documentary alleges the whole thing began in England.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy not mentioning the facts, and people who played an important part in the Kylie story, the history get distorted and rewritten. That\u2019s the danger we\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minogue first performed The Loco-Motion during a charity event for the Fitzroy Football Club, at Melbourne\u2019s Dallas Brooks Hall, in 1987.<\/p>\n

The performance prompted TV producer Greg Petherick to organise a studio recording.<\/p>\n

Pelman wrote in her memoir, Four Weddings And An Encore: \u201cI thrive on the thrill of discovery. Kylie\u2019s voice was effervescent.. I knew Mushroom could make this work.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Loco-Motion was Kylie\u2019s first hit, and ruled the top of the Australian singles chart for seven weeks.<\/p>\n

However, the Kylie doco claimed Minogue\u2019s first hit was I Should Be So Lucky, written by pop craftsmen Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Peter Waterman.<\/p>\n

Minogue attended Michael Gudinski\u2019s funeral service in 2021. <\/p>\n

\u201cLegend. Legacy. Love,\u201d she wrote on social media at the time. \u201cOne of a kind and forever family to me. I\u2019ll always love you, Big G. Irreplaceable and unforgettable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key Melbourne figures who helped shape Kylie Minogue\u2019s global success story are devastated and upset about being omitted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[348628,348616,64,63,348629,447,348626,1208,134,2057,96720,348637,348633,348623,348622,348634,348630,265156,348627,61722,348638,63496,348620,348635,348625,49327,181066,30888,348617,348618,3583,348632,241919,348619,1314,348621,348624,348631,348636],"class_list":["post-719048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-amanda-pelman","tag-artistic-control","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-singles","tag-celebrities","tag-charity-event","tag-england","tag-entertainment","tag-europe","tag-father-figure","tag-feeling-upset","tag-fitzroy-football-club","tag-fleeting-video-grab","tag-funeral-service","tag-gary-ashley","tag-global-pop-force","tag-global-success-story","tag-global-superstar","tag-industry-figures","tag-ing-credit","tag-kylie-minogue","tag-matt-aitken","tag-michael-gudinski-minogue","tag-mike-stock","tag-mushroom-group","tag-music-executive","tag-music-industry","tag-music-industry-figures","tag-music-manager","tag-northern-europe","tag-pop-princess","tag-pop-superstar","tag-record-label-executive","tag-social-media","tag-studio-recording","tag-three-part-doco","tag-tony-mott","tag-unwavering-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}