Ife Kuku's Biography

Ife Kuku was the tenth housemate to enter Big Brother 2010.

Ife was the fifth housemate to be evicted from Big Brother series 11.

Ife was a 25-year-old professional dancer from Milton Keynes when she entered Big Brother.

She had won lots of trophies and had, for example, been one of Cheryl Cole's backing dancers, however from October 2009 she started to focus on singing rather than dancing.

Ife Kuku also worked part-time in telesales from her home.

At the time of Big Brother, Ife Kuku was engaged to her boyfriend of six years and lived with her adoptive parents and fiancée.

Ife is of Nigerian origin. When she was 6 weeks old her mother left her with a white family. Years later, Ife Kuku met her biological mother and was struck by how much they looked and acted like each other.

Ife believes in the power of positive thinking and the ideas behind The Secret and since January 2010 she visualised herself being on Big Brother.

 According to The Sun, Ife went to the same school as fellow Big Brother housemate Shabby.