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Erinn Fagan Jeffries and gory wasp story to represent Australia in FameLab FINAL!

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Corri Baker

Erinn Fagan-Jeffries is through to the FINAL of FameLab competition and will compete in the final on the 10th June.

Erinn competed in the semi-final of FameLab at the Cheltenham Festival in the UK yesterday, up against 27 competitors from around the world.

The other finalists are:

Dina El-Zohiry (Egypt)
Alba Aguion (Spain)
Erinn Fagan-Jeffries (Australia)
Leandros Lamnis (Greece)
Ilissa Ocko (USA)
Kyle Evans (UK)
Nozipho Gumbi (South Africa)
Lorenzo Pizzuti (Italy)
Aida Rafat (Qatar)
Abhi Veerakumarasivam (Malaysia)
Karolina Nowak (Poland)
Constantinos Timinis (Cyprus)

You can watch the livestream of the Final at 5:00am AEST Friday 10th June. Good Luck Erinn!

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