Lewis Hobba (born 16 June 1980) is an Australian radio presenter, television presenter and comedian. From 2014 to 2020, he co-hosted the afternoon drive time programme ''Veronica & Lewis'' alongside

Veronica Milsom Veronica Louise Milsom (born 9 October 1984) is an Australian radio presenter, comedian and actress. From 2014 to 2020, she co-hosted the afternoon drive-time programme ''Veronica & Lewis'' alongside Lewis Hobba on youth radio station Triple J. ...

on youth radio station Triple J prior to Milsom leaving the station. He is the current co-host of ''Hobba and Hing'' alongside comedian Michael Hing on Triple J.

Early life and education

Hobba was born in Melbourne and grew up in

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, Victoria. He attended the same high school in Geelong as his '' Hungry Beast'' and Triple J ''Drive'' co-host,

. He graduated from RMIT University with a Bachelor of Communication, Media, Film and Television major in 2007 and from Victorian College of the Arts with a Post Graduate Diploma of Film and Television in 2008.

Career

Hobba first appeared on

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in current affairs comedy programme, '' Hungry Beast'', as a web content producer and presenter. He joined Triple J as co-host of ''Weekend Breakfast'' and then ''Weekend Afternoon'' alongside Veronica Milsom. In early 2015, Hobba and Milsom moved to the weekday drive time slot (''Drive'') after

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left Triple J. He has been a regular contributor on '' A Rational Fear'' on FBi Radio and

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. In 2014, he performed his stand-up comedy show, ''Backs to the Wall'', at

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and

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. He has made guest appearances on '' The Trophy Room'', the second iteration of '' Spicks and Specks'', '' Back Seat Drivers'', ''

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'' and '' The Feed''.

Discography

Singles

Filmography

Television

Podcasts

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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References

External links

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