Australia misses Eurovision final for second year in a row
Marty Zambotto, 29, known as Go-Jo, gyrates across the Eurovision Song Contest stage in the second semifinal, but fails to make the cut.
Mawunyo Gbogbo
Mawunyo Gbogbo is an ABC journalist specialising in popular culture. She has worked in the media industry for more than 20 years, including as a music and pop culture reporter for Double J and ABC News, a features reporter for ABC Radio Sydney, a journalist for ABC NewsRadio, a reporter for the flagship ABC Audio Current Affairs programs AM, PM and The World Today, a segment producer for the Today Show on Channel Nine and as an associate producer for Insight on SBS TV, where she won a United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award for Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Children's Rights and Issues. She was a finalist in the Music Journalist Award category at the 2024 Australian Women in Music Awards. Mawunyo is the author of Hip Hop & Hymns published by Penguin Random House.
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