 At the 2010 Australian of the Year Awards, Mauboy received her first nomination for Young Australian of the Year.On 10 December 2010, she performed in front of an audience of 92,000 at the Federation Square in Melbourne, ahead of Oprah Winfrey's visit to the place.Mauboy's performance was shown in the first of the four Australian specials of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on 18 January 2011.