Bio
Goldie (23 October, 1983 - 14 February, 2013) was a Nigerian pop singer best known as one of the celebrity housemates on the seventh season of the reality competition television series Big Brother Africa, in 2012.
Hailing from Ikole in Ekiti state and born in Lagos, she attended Green-springs Montessori primary school and completed her secondary education at St John's college Lagos, graduating from the prestigious university of Sunderland UK, with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management.
Goldie had several award nominations under her belt for videos such as Komole, Spin me, Shift and Nothing has Changed, all from her 2007 limited edition album Spin Me.
Passionate about the welfare of women around the world, Goldie was one of the ambassadors of Project Alert, an organisation that advocates zero tolerance to all forms of violence against women. This affiliation inspired her to produce a video documentary on the subject entitled "Eve-O-Lution".
An energetic stage performer, Goldie was renowned for her use of flamboyant costumes on and off camera.
Big Brother Africa Profile
Promising that viewers could expect "never a dull moment", Goldie hoped to use the game as a learning experience and a personal challenge.
When she was not performing, Goldie loved reading books, watching Manchester United, playing console games and Scrabble – as well as sewing, knitting, drawing and designing.
She likeds Mills & Boon novels and supernatural romance books and liked watching E! Entertainment, Sky News and the Crime & Investigation channel.
Asked about her favourite musicians, she said "myself, thank you very much!" before including Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Adele, 2Face, D'Banj and PSquare.
She said her favourite place in Nigeria is Lagos State because there's so much to do there - there's always somewhere to go, something to do and lots of friends to be made.
The best thing about Africa is the diversity, warmth of the people and "our friendliness". Outside of Africa, she liked visiting the UK because she spent time there at school and there's always so much to do.
Her role model was her mother, who she described as "the kindest, sweetest, most hard-working woman I know". She was influenced by "any strong, confident, hard-working woman who breaks boundaries with her work and passion", citing Oprah, Madonna and her mother as examples.
She was a fanatical Big Brother follower and listed Uti, Richard, Tatiana and Karen as her favourite housemates from past seasons.
Goldie died on Thursday, 14 February 2013 after returning to Lagos from Los Angeles. She attended the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, returned to Lagos and had to be rushed to hospital shortly after her return. The cause of her death is unknown.