Minogue was originally scheduled to perform in Australia and Asia during Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour in 2005, but the dates were postponed due to her breast cancer diagnosis.

To accommodate Minogue's medical condition and conserve her strength, both alterations to the choreography and longer breaks between show sections were introduced.

[4] The show was split into seven acts: Homecoming, Everything Taboo, Samsara, Athletica, Dreams, Pop Paradiso, Dance of the Cybermen, with the addition of an encore and an interval.

The show opens with an instrumental introduction, before Minogue rises out of the stage on a platform dressed in a pink showgirl outfit.

[5] Kathy McCabe of The Daily Telegraph newspaper also wrote a positive review, stating it was Minogue's imagination and professionalism which established the "Showgirl Homecoming" concept as a new benchmark for the pop concert.

"Simply, Minogue is the best act in town when it comes to pop", she said, complementing that she had exceeded the public's expectations with "dazzling couture costumes, state-of-the-art lighting and staging, and special effects which almost stunned the delirious crowd into silence".

[7] CBBC Newsround described the tour as the "perfect comeback" due to its "range of songs, excellent dancers, stage lighting and Kylie's love of performing".

[8] Ludovic Hunter-Tilney from the Financial Times noted how "the outfits were as camp as the Rio carnival, the songs were irrepressibly bubbly and Kylie was as much the stage trouper as ever, beaming those huge white teeth at us and making no mention of recent ill-health", and felt her voice had improved since her previous tour.

[9] A reviewer from the Manchester Evening News newspaper commented that "Showgirl remains a spectacle filled with genuine moments - not just because Kylie has been ill", attributing it to the "self deprecating and fun as well as emotional" nature of the concert.

Directed by her stylist and close friend William Baker, it premiered on 16 October 2007 in Australia and three days later in the United Kingdom, before being released commercially on 10 December 2007.