Amberley Lobo

Personal life

Amberley was born in Western Australia, and grew up in South Hedland. Her father is from India and her mother is from New Zealand. 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, Western Australia in 2007 and joined the West Australian Police Force where she worked as a Police Cadet fighting crime. She dropped out of Curtin University where she studied 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, ABC3. The competition was entered by over 5,700 people Australia-wide. Entrants had to film a video of themselves for the chance to host the new channel. Lobo was selected along with Kayne Tremills to be the face of the station and host its flagship show, Studio 3.

As well as Studio 3, during her time with the ABC Lobo also hosted The World Animal Championships and Wacky World Beaters (sold worldwide)– all of which saw her become a permanent daily fixture on Australian TV. She presented coverage of the 2010 Schools Spectacular with Kayne Tremills and musician John Foreman. A passionate gardner Lobo has also appeared on an episode of Gardening Australia.

In 2013 Lobo came second in the Nagasaki Speed Eating World Championships.

Lobo moved to the UK in 2014 to continue her career in television. She was snapped up by the BBC and hosted a variety of children's programs across the channel. Lobo was the solo host of a music travel show called Pop Slam, which ran for two seasons on CBBC. In each episode, Lobo would pitt top bands and singers against each other to find the 'greater' pop star. The bands/solo artists included One Direction, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Cheryl Cole and the Arctic Monkeys. As well as airing in the UK, the show was sold in numerous countries. Lobo also hosted a live daily show on CBBC called The Office.

During the 2014 FIFA World Cup Lobo was a member of the BBC Alternative commentary team alongside Barry Davies and Hacker T. Dog.

In addition to television, Lobo is sports mad and has been affiliated with Cricket Australia as their youth ambassador. In her work with the organization she has been the face of the Milo In2Cricket kids development program, created online content for the program, MC’ed the KFC T20 Big Bash Series, been a member of the commentary team for the live coverage of the Women’s International T20 series, MC’ed internal stakeholder events, and been an official correspondent for both the Alan Border Medal and Ashes Tours. Lobo has also worked for the Melbourne Renegade (boundary riding and vox pops) during the Big Bash season and engaged fans both young and old.