Jessica Mauboy: Why would Oz's answer to Beyonce enter Eurovision?
"I've already been looking up a lot of the contestants and seeing who I'm competing against," Jessica Mauboy conspiratorially admits.The effusive Australian sensation is the first to agree she's a touch competitive and she's going into Eurovision with her characteristic energy and determination. Her name may still be relatively unknown in the UK, but in Australia she's kind of a big deal.The 28-year-old has been referred to as "Australia's answer to Beyonce" - and she even supported the superstar on her I Am.. world tour.The pop princess burst onto the scene in 2006, when she sang a sweet, soulful a cappella rendition of Whitney's I Have Nothing at an audition in the outback for the fourth series of Australian Idol.After coming runner-up in the series, she had a brief stint in a girl group...