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Concetta Caristo (/kənˈtʃɛtə/ kən-CHET-uh) is an Australian radio presenter and comedian. She is of Italian parentage and has co-hosted the triple j radio show Breakfast since December 2022.

Career

Caristo began performing comedy in 2019. The same year, she co-wrote (with Hannah Pembroke) and starred in the one-woman play Loose, an autobiographical "blend of stand-up, storytelling and theatre" about Caristo's family escaping from her abusive father and moving to Perth. The show was her debut at the Sydney Fringe Comedy Festival. Other shows Caristo has performed in include Big Natural Talents and Funny As Sin.

She has been co-host of the morning radio show triple j Breakfast since December 2022.

On television, Caristo has appeared on Celebrity Letters and Numbers, The Cheap Seats, and Question Everything. She appeared on the third season of Taskmaster Australia, in addition to Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.

Caristo received a Moosehead Award in 2023.

References

1. Young, David James (2023-12-07). "Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers Team Up with triple j's Concetta Caristo on 'The Song I Wrote When I Was 11'". Music Feeds. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
2. ^ Cunningham, Katie (13 January 2023). "Three things with Triple J's Concetta Caristo: 'This question is so triggering for me'". The Guardian.
3. Elphick, Nicole (September 28, 2019). "What's on in Sydney: September 29 to October 5". Sydney Morning Herald.
4. Hamer, Naomi (27 September 2019). "Review: Loose by Concetta Caristo at The Factory Theatre". Theatre Travels.
5. "Something funny going on about true story of escape". Local News Plus. 11 September 2019.
6. ^ "Presenter changes: here's what triple j looks like in 2023". triple j. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

External links

• Official website

• Australian radio personalities
• Australian women comedians
• Australian television presenters
• Australian people of Italian descent
• Living people
• Triple J announcers