Emo Majok

Emo was born on 6 August 1988 in Itang refugee camp, Gambela Region, Ethiopia to Sudanese parents,[2] who having fled the Second Sudanese Civil War which claimed over 2 million lives,[3] settled in a Itang refugee camp in Ethiopia.

[6][7][8] in the same year, he won the Western Australia Raw Comedy finals[4] as the Funniest Amateur Comedian in Western Australia which earned him a ticket to compete at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival[7][9][10] In January 2019, Emo performed at the Fringe World Festival with his show Not Quite Grown Yet[7][11] Emo produced and headlined the show Can We Laugh Again[4] at the Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth, in October 2020.

In April 2021, he performed at the Fad Gallery, Melbourne, in a show titled Black Santa[12][13] In 2022, Emo received the golden buzzer[14][15] to make it to the semi-finals of Australia's Got Talent (season 10)[4][16] where he later made it to the finals.

In August 2022, he performed for the first time at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the Bistro Square in a show dubbed African Aussie.

[29][30] In August, he was one of the performers in the Comedy Gold Tour in Western Australia[8][31][32] Emo has three children from a previous relationship[4][7]