Amberley "Ambo" Lobo (born 30 October 1990) is an Australian television presenter, best known for her role as a host on Australian children's television program '' Studio 3'', which was on ABC 3.

Early life

Lobo was born in

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, Western Australia, and grew up in South Hedland. Her father is from

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and her mother is from

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. Her television career began in 2009 after she was selected from a nationwide search conducted by the ABC. Lobo graduated from Rossmoyne Senior High School in Perth in 2007 and joined the

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where she worked as a police cadet. She dropped out of

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after studying journalism for one semester.

Career

In 2009 the ABC launched a nationwide campaign called ''Me On 3'', which was looking for fresh personalities to become the face of a new digital kids channel,

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. The competition was entered by over 5,700 people Australia-wide. Entrants had to send in a video audition for the chance to host the new channel. Lobo was selected along with

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to be the face of the station and host its flagship show, '' Studio 3''. As well as Studio 3 and during her time with the ABC, Lobo also hosted ''The World Animal Championships'' alongside '' Prank Patrol'' host

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and ''Wacky World Beaters'' – which saw her become a daily fixture on Australian TV. She presented coverage of the 2010 '' Schools Spectacular'' with

and musician John Foreman. Lobo has also appeared on an episode of ''Gardening Australia''. Lobo moved to the UK in 2014 to continue her career in television. She was employed by the

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and hosted children's programmes. Lobo was the solo host of a music travel show called ''Pop Slam'', which ran for two seasons on

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. In each episode, Lobo would pit top bands and singers against each other to find the "greater" pop star. The bands/solo artists included

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and the

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. As well as airing in the UK, the show was shown in other countries. Lobo combined hosting that show with continuity presenting for CBBC. During the

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, Lobo was a member of the CBBC alternative commentary team alongside Cel Spellman and Hacker T. Dog. In addition to television, Lobo has been affiliated with

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as their youth ambassador. In her work with the organization she has been the face of the Milo In2Cricket kids development program, MCed the KFC T20

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, been a member of the commentary team for the live coverage of the Women’s International T20 series, MCed internal stakeholder events, and been a correspondent for both the Allan Border Medal and Ashes Tours. Lobo has also worked for the

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(boundary riding and vox pops) during the Big Bash season.

References

External links

ABC Profile
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110716013414/http://www.scenemodels.com/models/1550/Amberley%2BLobo * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lobo, Amberley 1990 births Living people Mass media people from Perth, Western Australia Australian television presenters Australian women television presenters Curtin University alumni Australian people of Indian descent Australian people of New Zealand descent Australian expatriates in England