Jessica Mauboy
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About
R&B singer who was the runner-up on the Australian version of American Idol. Her 2008 song "Burn" became a #1 single, while both "Running Back" and "Because" became top ten hits that same year. In 2018, she represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "We got Love."
Before Fame
She attended Sanderson High School and sang in her church choir.
Trivia
She released her debut album Been Waiting in 2008 and her follow-up Get 'Em Girls in 2010.
Family Life
She was raised with four siblings and her parents are named Therese and Ferdy. She is of Indigenous Australian and Indonesian descent.
Associated With
She starred in the 2012 Australian musical comedy The Sapphires alongside Chris O'Dowd.