Born:
October 19, 1963
in
Seattle
Best Known For:
Hit records in the 1980s.
Early-life:
Sinitta Renet Malone was born in Seattle on October 19, 1963 to Canadian actress and singer Miquel Brown and Anthony Blackett. She trained at the Legat Ballet School before studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Career:
Sinitta released her first single, Never Too Late, in 1983. Further singles Cruising and Feels Like the First Time were followed by the smash hit So Macho, which peaked at number two in the charts and was the biggest selling British single of 1986. Her debut self-titled album was released a year later and it included the hits Toy Boy, GTO, Cross My Broken Heart and Right Back Where We Started From. The album only peaked at number 34 and her music career soon began to fade away. Her stage credits include The Wiz, Cats, Little Shop of Horrors, Hair and Mutiny! She has worked on The X Factor as a coach and mentor since the show began in 2004. In 2010, she appeared as a contestant on Dancing on Ice, and a year later, she entered the jungle in I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! In early 2014, she was a celebrity contestant on Channel 4 reality series The Jump.
Quote:
On her friendship with Simon Cowell: "People think I am on some sort of crazy payroll, that I have to behave in a certain way, that I am living off him. I'm not paid an allowance by Simon, he doesn't supply my lifestyle."
Trivia:
In November 2013, Sinitta performed on a remake of Aha's Take On Me for Children in Need.