KYLIE MINOGUE - KYLIE: 'DON'T WRITE OFF BRITNEY'

Australian singer KYLIE MINOGUE empathises with the way BRITNEY SPEARS is being treated by the media - but she warns critics to write off the TOXIC beauty at their peril.

It took the CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD chart-topper years to successfully break away from her bubble gum pop beginnings and she can't imagine Spears sinking into obscurity either.

The 36-year-old says, "I wouldn't take her out of the game yet. I feel for her because I've been through exactly what she's going through, where you've been so successful, suddenly you're not as successful, and people think doomed to failure.

"She's a force. Whatever she does, people will take notice."