Emo Majok

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Emo Majok
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Emo in 2023
Birth nameEmmanuel Gureec Majok
Born (1988-08-06) 6 August 1988 (age 36)
Ethiopia
MediumStand-up
NationalitySouth Sudanese Australian
Years active2018–present
Genres
Subject(s)
  • Social life
  • refugees
  • politics
  • economical life
  • religion
  • relationships
  • education
Website https://www.emomajok.com/

Emo Majok, born Emmanuel Gureec Majok [1] (6 August 1988) is a South Sudanese Australian Stand up comedian. He was a winner at the Western Australia Raw Comedy and a finalist at the 10th edition of Australia's Got Talent.

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Early life

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. [4] [5] When he was 3 years old, the Ethiopian Civil War forced his family and thousands of other displaced refugees to walk for weeks until they reached Kakuma Refugee Camp, in northern Kenya. [1] [6]

In 1996, when Emo was 8 years old, the family was sponsored to relocate to Australia where they settled in Girrawheen, Western Australia [3] in the northern suburbs of Perth,. [4] [7]

In the mid 90's while in school, Emo used to love entertaining his friends [8]

Comedy

2018–Present

In 2018 Emo, and his childhood friend, Joe White performed a number of shows titled White vs. Black at the Perth Fringe World Festival. [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. [4] [5] [17] In October, Emo was a participant in the ABC Radio Comedy Debate [5] [8] and also in the same month, was part of the Perth Comedy Festival Showcase Tour. [18] In November, he hosted the Western Australia Comedy Week – All Stars at Northbridge,Perth. [19] [20] In December he performed a live show at Fitzroy, Melbourne. [21]

In March 2023, Emo performed at the Joondalup Festival at Hilary's Boat Harbour, Perth [22] and at the Perth International Comedy Festival. [23] In April, he shared the stage with Basketmouth and Aliya Kanani at Emperors Palace, in the Johannesburg International Comedy Festival [24] [25] [26] and later that month he performed at the Comics Lounge, Melbourne [27] and at in June, together with Learnmore Jonasi and Aliya Kamani, he performed at the Strictly International Comedy Show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [28] In July, he performed African Aussie at the Toronto Fringe Festival. [29] [30] In August, he was one of the performers in the Comedy Gold Tour in Western Australia [8] [31] [32]

Personal life

Emo has three children from a previous relationship [4] [7]

Specials

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2018WA Raw ComedyFunniest New ComedianNomineesWon [4]
2018Raw Comedy National FinalsFunniest New ComedianNomineesFinalist
2021Comedy LoungeComedian of The YearNomineesWon
2022Comics LoungeBest Interstate ActNomineesWon
2022Australias Got TalentCategoryNomineesFinalist [4]
2023Toronto FringePatrons' PickNomineesWon [33]

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