(CNN) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott moved their only televised election debate so they wouldn't clash with the finale of "MasterChef Australia" Sunday -- but their switch forced Kylie Minogue to change her schedule.
The politicians didn't want to go up against the cooking showdown, Australia's most popular program, so they started their debate an hour earlier than tradition dictates.
That should have put them up against "Dancing With the Stars," where Kylie was scheduled to make a guest appearance, Australia's Daily Telegraph reported.
The Australian pop star is making her first round of appearances on television Down Under in a decade.
Channel 7, the network that shows "Dancing with the Stars," is known for its news coverage, so they had little choice but to cover the debate, the channel's head of programming told the Daily Telegraph.
"We didn't really have any option -- we're the number one for news and we have to cover the election debate live. It was a very short discussion," said the channel's head of programming, Tim Worner.
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