{"id":337,"date":"2025-04-03T09:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T22:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tieawards.com.au\/2025\/?page_id=337"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T23:04:23","slug":"mc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tieawards.com.au\/2025\/mc\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity MC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px||10px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; 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