Mike Goldman
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Mike Goldman is an Australian television and radio host, probably best known for his various roles in Big Brother Australia series.

Television

A Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...

 performer, Goldman is known for his work on Big Brother
Big Brother (Australia)
Big Brother Australia is the Australian version of the international Big Brother reality television series. Big Brother Australia was produced from 2001 and ran for 8 seasons before it was cancelled in 2008. It has been renewed in September 2011 for a 2012 season. All eight seasons were produced by...

, where he narrated the Daily Show from 2001 till 2008, and hosted UpLate and Friday Night Live. Since 2005, he has provided narration for the series Meerkat Manor
Meerkat Manor
Meerkat Manor is a British television programme produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet International that premiered in September 2005 and ran for four series until its cancellation in August 2008...

, co-hosted Joker Poker
Joker Poker
Joker Poker was a late night Australian poker program on Network Ten which aired in 2005 and 2006. Series one was hosted by Adam Spencer, with series two hosted by Mike Goldman. Both series were co-hosted by New Zealand poker pro Lee Nelson and Australian model Laura Weston acted as hostess...

and Friday Night Download nationally on network Ten. He is the son of Grant Goldman
Grant Goldman
Grant Goldman is an Australian radio and TV personality. Goldman began his radio career at the age of 14, and has worked for numerous stations, including 2TM, 2GB, 2UE, 2WS, and 2DAY. He was educated in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, and is married with 6 children and 3 grandchildren,...

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Goldman has also worked on Australian television and radio promoting companies such as Amart All Sports and Motorama. In 2006, Goldman was a Dawes Point presenter for the Sydney New Year's Eve 2006–07 telecast.

On 1 June 2008, he co-hosted the Big Brother eviction show with Jackie O
Jackie O (radio host)
Jacqueline Ellen Marie Henderson, better known as Jackie O, is an Australian commercial radio host, actress and television presenter. She is best-known nationally for presenting The Hot Hits, the Hot 30 Countdown, Take 40 Australia and the Kyle & Jackie O on 2Day FM with Kyle Sandilands and for...

 for the first time in his eight years in the show when regular co-host Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Sandilands
Kyle Dalton Sandilands is an Australian radio and TV personality. He is currently the host with Jacqueline Henderson, better known as Jackie O, on the weekday morning radio program The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Sydney radio station 2Day FM, The Kyle and Jackie O Hour of Power which airs on...

 felt ill.

Goldman co-hosted a second series of Friday Night Download, renamed Download. The first series aired for ten episodes and then the second series saw it dropped in October by Network Ten after being beaten in the ratings by Funnies Home Videos on the nine network. In December 2008, he was part of the Summer Breakfast Show on the Today Network
Today Network
The Today Network is a network of Contemporary Hit Radio stations run by Southern Cross Austereo in Australia.-Affiliates:-History:The Today Network started when the Austereo Radio Network secured the first commercial FM licence in Adelaide in 1980. Austereo launched a station called Double SA FM,...

 alongside Ricki Lee Coulter and Brian McFadden
Brian McFadden
Brian Nicholas McFadden , is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife...

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Goldman also does radio work. Until January 2010 he was the Morning breakfast host for the new Sydney Digital dance radio Gorilla from 6-9 am every Monday to Friday. He now hosts the drive program for Campbelltown station C91.3
C91.3
C91.3 is a commercial radio station broadcasting on the FM band at a frequency of 91.3 MHz to the Macarthur region of New South Wales in Australia. This area takes in the major centres of Campbelltown and Camden. The station is owned by WIN Corporation, the parent company of WIN Television...

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In March 2011, Goldman became the face of Strategic Airlines. Goldmans appearance has significantly changed since he last appeared on television, noticeable losing a large amount of weight and becoming incredibly fit competing in triathlons and marathons.

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