Dannii Minogue and Chris Isaak Bring the Sex Factor

Dannii Minogue and Chris Isaak turn up the heat for WHO's Sexiest People 2015. Photographed for WHO by Simon Upton

They each have careers spanning more than 30 years, but The X Factor Australia co-stars Dannii Minogue and Chris Isaak prove that sexiness comes with age and experience as they embody retro cool in an exclusive shoot for WHO’s Sexiest People 2015 issue.

“What I’m becoming more aware of as I get older is that age can be a really sexy thing — how you wear your knowledge, your world-experience,” Minogue, who turned 44 on Oct. 20, tells WHO.

Noting she’s “come round to my big butt,” Minogue’s sexy mantra is about embracing every part of herself—and others. “The things that you love and also the things that are not perfect in your eyes. The flaws are the best stuff,” she explains. “I love Chris’s broken nose — he used to be a boxer — so imperfections, and whatever your life experience is, becomes a sexy thing,” she adds. “Perfection isn’t so sexy.”

For Isaak, who turns 60 in June, “I really got to do everything I wanted at every different age along the way, and I’m looking forward to having grey hair,” he tells WHO, noting he feels his best when he’s in the ocean near his Malibu home on one of his 20 surfboards. “I never did the drugs, the cigarettes, that sort of stuff,” he adds. “If I can take care of myself and still surf ‘til I’m 80, I’m lucky.”

While Minogue calls her co-star the sexiest judge on the panel, the California-born crooner is quick to brush off the heartthrob status that came with 1991’s Wicked Game music video. “When I was first sent the footage, I said, ‘I don’t think they’re going to play it because there’s a lot of me in it.’ Before I did this for a living, I was doing roofing work, I’d box, and my nose was a mess. I felt I was never going to win any awards for looks, you know?”

So how does he channel his sexy side for the cameras? “With me, it’s really easy: my face from boxing is all smashed on one side, so I literally have a ‘sexy side!’” he says. “But if you want to talk about sexy, you gotta mention Dannii Minogue. There’s an electricity. The whole room stops and watches.”

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