Jessica Hillda Mauboy was born to a father of Indonesian origin and a mother of Indigenous Australian, Native American and English descent.At the age of 14 she won the Telstra Road to Tamworth competition, with the grand prize being a single recording contract with Sony BMG. She then recorded a country version of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". Years later during Australian Idol this contract became a source of controversy, with certain media reports stating that already having a recording contract was against the rules of Idol, but Grundy Television said Mauboy's experiences in Tamworth had no bearing on her involvement in Austra ...More
