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TV WEEK is a weekly television magazine in Australia, first published as a Melbourne, Australia-only publication in 1957 , and bearing a strong affiliation to television station GTV....
Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy

Graham Kennedy

Graham Cyril Kennedy, Order of Australia was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called "Gra Gra" and "The King" of Australian television....
in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award , the name 'Logie' awards honors John Logie Baird

John Logie Baird

John Logie Baird was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system. Although Baird's electromechanical system was eventually displaced by purely electronic systems , his early successes demonstrating working television broadcasts and his colour and cinema television work earn him a prominent place in televis...
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who invented the television

Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
as a practical medium. Awards are given in many categories, but the most widely-publicized and prestigious award is the Gold Logie

Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

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Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

The Gold Logie Award has been awarded annually to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the TV Week Logie Award since 1960....
, which is awarded to the 'most popular personality on Australian television'.

Home and Away
Home and Away

Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
is the most successful program in Logies history, having won 34 awards since it premiered in 1988. Neighbours
Neighbours

Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
is the second most successful having won 30 Logies since it began in 1985. A Country Practice
A Country Practice

A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993....
follows as the third most successful programme, having won 29 awards throughout its twelve year run. Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers is a long-running Australian Police procedural series which depicted the lives of the police officers stationed at the fictional Mt....
is fourth with 25 Logies.

History

The first awards, known as the TV Week Awards, were instigated by TV Week
TV Week

TV WEEK is a weekly television magazine in Australia, first published as a Melbourne, Australia-only publication in 1957 , and bearing a strong affiliation to television station GTV....
magazine after the first voting coupons were released in the magazine in late 1958, two years after the introduction of television in Australia. The first awards saw no formal ceremony; they were presented on January 15, 1959 on an episode of In Melbourne Tonight
In Melbourne Tonight

In Melbourne Tonight, otherwise known as "IMT", was a variety show and interview television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 1957 to 1970....
. Only Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
television personalities were nominated and awards were given in eight categories, including two for American programs.

The following year, Kennedy coined the name 'Logie Awards'. In the same year, the first Gold Logie, considered by some to be equivalent to the 'Star of the Year Award' presented in 1959, was presented.

In 1961 the awards ceremony was televised for the first time, with the ABC screening the first half hour of the awards in Sydney.

In 1973 the media were invited for the first time to attend the Logies.

In 1984 the Hall of Fame Logie was introduced by TV Week to recognise outstanding and continued contribution to television by an individual or program with the induction of Hector Crawford.

Year	Venue	Host	Broadcaster
1959 Logie Awards of 1959 The 1st Annual TV Week Logie Awards were the first awards ever to be awarded for work on Australian television. Television had begun in Australia only three years earlier, in 1956....	No awards ceremony; awards presented on In Melbourne Tonight In Melbourne Tonight *In Melbourne Tonight, otherwise known as "IMT*", was a variety show and interview television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 1957 to 1970....	?
1960 Logie Awards of 1960 The Logie Awards of 1960 were held in 1960. The awards were only for Melbourne television. All major cities had different stations.The ceremony was held at the Savoy Hotel in Melbourne....	Savoy Hotel, Brighton Brighton, Victoria Brighton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 12 km south-east from Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the City of Bayside.... , Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....	Hugh O'Brien Hugh O'Brien Hugh O'Brien was the mayor of Boston, from 1884-1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Ireland mayor; O'Brien was born in Ireland; immigration in the early 1830s....
1961	Chevron-Hilton Hotel, Sydney Sydney Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....	?
1962	Chevron Hotel, Melbourne	Gerald Lyons	ABC
1963	Chevron-Hilton Hotel, Sydney	?
1964	On board the Lloyd Triestino Liner 'Marconi'	?
1965	Palais De Dance, Melbourne	Gerald Lyons	ABC
1966	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	?
1967	The Zodiac Room on cruise liner The Fairstar	Bert Newton Bert Newton Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire, , is a multiple Gold Logie winning Australian television, radio, film, Stage performer and author....	GTV-9 GTV-9 GTV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia owned by the Nine Network. It was the primary commercial television stations in Melbourne, and amongst the first to begin transmission in Australia....
1968 Logie Awards of 1968 The 1968 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 22 March 1968 at the The Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne, Australia with Bert Newton hosting....	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1969	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1970 Logie Awards of 1970 The 1970 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 20 March 1970....	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1971 Logie Awards of 1971 The 1971 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 26 March 1971....	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1972 Logie Awards of 1972 The 1972 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 18 February 1972. The awards featured appearances by Rock Hudson and Roger Moore. The awards were broadcast live in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide and broadcast later elsewhere....	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1973 Logie Awards of 1973 The 1973 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 16 February 1973. Tony Barber won the Gold Logie for his appearances on Channel 7's "The Great Temptation"...	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1974 Logie Awards of 1974 The 1974 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 8 March 1974....	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1975 Logie Awards of 1975 The 1975 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 7 March 1975....	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1976 Logie Awards of 1976 The 1976 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 12 March 1976....	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1977 Logie Awards of 1977 The 1977 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 25 March 1977....	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1978 Logie Awards of 1978 The 1978 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 3 March 1978....	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1979 Logie Awards of 1979 The 1979 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 16 March 1979.Best New Talent:Winner::Jon English, Against the Wind:NominatedBest Actress in a Mini Series:Winner:...	Hilton Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1980 Logie Awards of 1980 The 1980 Logie Awards Ceremony was held on 14 March 1980....	Hilton Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1981 Logie Awards of 1981 The 1981 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 10 April 1981....	Centrepoint Convention Centre, Sydney	Michael Parkinson Michael Parkinson Sir Michael Parkinson, Order of the British Empire is an English people broadcaster and journalist. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson , from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007....	Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
1982 Logie Awards of 1982 The 1982 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 12 March 1982....	Hilton Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1983 Logie Awards of 1983 The 1983 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 22 April 1983....	Wentworth Regent Hotel, Melbourne	Mike Willesee	Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
1984 Logie Awards of 1984 The 1984 Logie Award Ceremony was held on 6 April 1984.*Most Popular Actor: Grant Dodwell, A Country Practice ...	Hilton Hotel Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1985 Logie Awards of 1985 The 27th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 26 April 1985 at the Worldwide world trade center in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Network Ten....	World Trade Centre, Melbourne	Greg Evans Greg Evans (television host) Greg Evans is an Australian radio and television host.In the 1970s he was the highly popular host of the drive time slot of radio station 3XY, with his program being the number one rated show in 27 of the 28 ratings surveys taken....	Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
1986 Logie Awards of 1986 The 28th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 18 April 1986 at the State Theatre in Sydney, and broadcast on the Nine Network....	State Theatre, Sydney	Mike Willesee	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1987 Logie Awards of 1987 The 29th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 3 April 1987 at the Hyatt on Collins in Melbourne and broadcast on the Ten Network....	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne	Don Lane Don Lane Don Lane is an United States-born Australian entertainer, talk show host and singer....	Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
1988 Logie Awards of 1988 The 30th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 11 March 1988 at the Hyatt on Collins in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network....	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne	Daryl Somers Daryl Somers Daryl Paul Somers Order of Australia , sometimes referred to as Dazza or Dags, is an Australian television personality. The son of a dairy farmer and a cabaret singer, Somers rose to national fame as the host of the long-running comedy-variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday....	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1989 Logie Awards of 1989 The 31st Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 17 March 1989 at the Hyatt on Collins in Melbourne and broadcast on the Seven Network for the very first time....	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
1990 Logie Awards of 1990 The 32nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 9 March 1990 at the Hyatt on Collins in Melbourne and broadcast on the Network Ten....	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne	Mark Mitchell Mark Mitchell Mark Mitchell is an Australian comedic actor. His most famous character is Con the Fruiterer whom he played on The Comedy Company. He also plays Con's wife, Marika....	Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
1991 Logie Awards of 1991 The 33rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 15 March 1991 at the World Congress Centre in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network....	World Congress Centre, Melbourne	Daryl Somers	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1992 Logie Awards of 1992 The 34th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 13 March 1992 at the Radisson President Hotel in Melbourne and broadcast on the Seven Network....	Radisson President Hotel, Melbourne	Steve Vizard Steve Vizard Stephen William Vizard, born 6 March 1956 in Richmond, Victoria, is an Australian media personality, businessman and philanthropist....	Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
1993 Logie Awards of 1993 The 35th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 19 March 1993 at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne and broadcast on the Seven Network. Bert Newton hosted the evening for the 18th time....	Grand Hyatt, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Network Ten Network Ten Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
1994 Logie Awards of 1994 hi peple...	World Congress Centre, Melbourne	Ray Martin Ray Martin (television presenter) Ray Martin is a well known Australian Television Journalist. He is best known for his various on-air roles on Nine Network from 1978 to 2008....	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1995 Logie Awards of 1995 The 37th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 28 April 1995 at the Concert Hall in Melbourne and broadcast on the Seven Network....	Concert Hall, Melbourne	Andrew Daddo Andrew Daddo Andrew Daddo is an Australian actor, author and television personality.Andrew Daddo has been a long time presenter on the Seven Network in Australia and has been involved in hosting many Seven specials.... Noni Hazlehurst	Seven Network Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
1996 Logie Awards of 1996 The 38th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 21 April 1996 at Melbourne Park Centre and broadcast on the Nine Network. Daryl Somers from Hey Hey It's Saturday was the Master of Ceremonies for the evening....	Melbourne Park Centre, Melbourne	Daryl Somers	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1997 Logie Awards of 1997 The 39th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 18 May 1997 at Crown Casino in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Daryl Somers from Hey Hey It's Saturday was the Master of Ceremonies for the second year in a row....	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers Crown Casino Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex is a casino and entertainment precinct on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia attracting on average 16 million visitors yearly.... , Melbourne	Daryl Somers	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1998 Logie Awards of 1998 The 40th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 19 April 1998 at Crown Casino in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Daryl Somers from Hey Hey It's Saturday was the Master of Ceremonies for the third year in a row....	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Daryl Somers	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
1999 Logie Awards of 1999 The 41st Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 11 April 1999 at Crown Casino in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Andrew Denton from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation was the Master of Ceremonies....	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Andrew Denton Andrew Denton Andrew Christopher Denton is an Australian comedian and Gold Logie nominated television presenter, and is the host of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation weekly interview program Enough Rope....	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
2000 Logie Awards of 2000 The 42nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 30 April 2000 at Crown Casino in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Andrew Denton from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation was the Master of Ceremonies....	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Andrew Denton	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
2001 Logie Awards of 2001 The 43rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 22 April 2001 at Crown Casino in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Shaun Micallef from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation was the Master of Ceremonies....	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Shaun Micallef Shaun Micallef Shaun Patrick Micallef is an Australian comedian, actor and writer. After ten years of working in insurance law as a solicitor in Adelaide, Micallef moved to Melbourne to pursue a full-time comedy career in 1993....	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
2002 Logie Awards of 2002 The 44th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 28 April 2002 at Crown Casino in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Wendy Harmer from the Sydney radio station 2Day FM was the Master of Ceremonies.The ratings of the 2002 logie awards averaged around 1,865,000 and ranked at #5 This article lists the winners of Logie Awar...	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Wendy Harmer Wendy Harmer Wendy Harmer is an Australian author, writer, radio show host and comedienne....	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
2003 Logie Awards of 2003 The 45th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 11 May 2003 at Crown Casino in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Eddie McGuire from the Nine Network was all Master of Ceremonies....	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Eddie McGuire Eddie McGuire Edward Joseph "Eddie" McGuire Order of Australia is an Australian television presenter and businessman known for his long association with Australian Rules Football....	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
2004 Logie Awards of 2004 The 46th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 18 April 2004 at Crown Casino in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Eddie McGuire presided as Master of Ceremonies for the second year in a row, and the awards featured special guest Mel Brooks....	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Eddie McGuire	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
2005 Logie Awards of 2005 The 47th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 1 May 2005 at Crown Casino in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. In an historic first Andrew O'Keefe from the Seven Network, Eddie McGuire from the Nine Network and Rove McManus from Network Ten were all Master of Ceremonies....	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Eddie McGuire Rove McManus Rove McManus Rove McManus is a multi Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television winning Australian media personality. He is host of variety show Rove and owner of the production company Roving Enterprises.... Andrew O'Keefe Andrew O'Keefe Andrew Patrick O'Keefe is currently unemployed but he had formerly worked as a property lawyer. He is the son of former Supreme Court of New South Wales judge Barry O'Keefe and nephew of the late Australian rock and roll musician Johnny O'Keefe....	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
2006 Logie Awards of 2006 The 48th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday May 7 2006 at the Crown Casino in Melbourne and televised on the Nine Network.The final nominees in each of the categories ? as well as the 11 industry-voted Most Outstanding awards ? was announced at the 50 Years of Television Exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney on...	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Bert Newton Ray Martin Daryl Somers Lisa McCune Lisa McCune Lisa McCune , is a four time Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television winning Australian actress, best known for her role as Constable Maggie Doyle in Blue Heelers.... Georgie Parker Georgie Parker Georgina Parker is an Australian television and film actor. She grew up in the suburb of St Ives, New South Wales....	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
2007 Logie Awards of 2007 The 49th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 6 May 2007 at the Crown Casino in Melbourne and televised on the Nine Network. The three key presenters were Adam Hills, Dave Hughes and Fifi Box....	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Adam Hills Adam Hills Adam Hills is a Perrier Comedy Award and Gold Logie-nominated Australian comedian and television presenter. He has appeared on Australian and British television and is best known for his role hosting the Australian ABC TV music trivia show Spicks and Specks .... Dave Hughes Dave Hughes David William "Hughesy" Hughes is an Australian stand-up comedy, radio and television presenter.... Fifi Box Fifi Box Fiona "Fifi" Box is an Australian radio broadcaster, comedian and TV personality, formerly hosting The Shebang with Marty Sheargold, and now a weather presenter on the Seven Network Sunrise program....	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
2008 Logie Awards of 2008 The 50th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 4 May 2008 at the Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, and televised on the Nine Network....	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Various Hosts	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
2009	Palladium Ballroom, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Not announced yet	Nine Network Nine Network The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....

Nomination and voting procedures

Many of the Logie categories are voted by the readers of TV Week
TV Week

TV WEEK is a weekly television magazine in Australia, first published as a Melbourne, Australia-only publication in 1957 , and bearing a strong affiliation to television station GTV....
magazine using coupons in the magazine and online forms. SMS (short message service) was introduced in 2006. Thus, the majority of Logie Awards are fan awards. The readership of TV Week is a relatively small proportion of the Australian population, and skews heavily to teenage girls. The 'Most Outstanding' categories are voted on by a jury comprising members of the Australian TV industry and are thus industry awards.

In 2008, internet votes could be cast for the first time without having to buy a copy of the TV Week magazine.

To be eligible to receive a Logie, a programme must be Australian produced, set in Australia and have a predominantly Australian cast. Although in other years there has been a Logie for Most Popular Foreign Programme, this award was not part of the 2007 or 2008 awards.

People eligible for a Logie must have appeared on an Australian-produced show that was broadcast on Australian television in the previous year. It's unknown whether someone who isn't an Australian but appears on an Australian-produced show that was broadcast on Australian television can be eligible for the award.

There are long-held suspicions that network publicists engage in mass voting to rig the results. However, no hard evidence has emerged for this, other than the experiment by the satirical newspaper The Chaser

The Chaser (newspaper)

The Chaser was a newspaper, published in Australia by political satire group The Chaser from 1999 to 2005.The newspaper, first published on May 9 1999, was The Chaser team's most famous enterprise....
, who attempted to have low-profile SBS

Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service is one of two government-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and List of Australian television channels, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ....
newsreader Anton Enus

Anton Enus

Anton Enus is a South African-born Australian news presenter for Special Broadcasting Service.Until December 2007, Enus anchored the late edition of SBS World News Australia, which aired on weeknights at 9.30pm....
nominated for the Gold Logie. They did so by getting their small readership to buy copies of TV Week and vote for Enus for the award. While the attempt failed (they came "reasonably close", to earning a nomination for Enus, according to a "TV Week Insider"), their failure gives some cause for the widespread derision in the industry (particularly the 'quality' end) towards the popular-vote awards.

There is nothing stopping Channel 31

Channel 31

Channel 31 is the frequency currently reserved for free-to-air Community television in Australia stations in the major Australian capital cities....
personalities and shows being nominated for Logies, however since their audiences are far smaller than those of the commercial channels and public broadcasters, they are at a tremendous disadvantage. They do, however, have their own community television awards, known as the Antennas

Antenna Awards

The Antenna Awards are an annual award ceremony that recognises outstanding community television programs broadcast on Australia's Channel 31 stations....
.

Awards ceremony

The Logies ceremony is televised, and has generally become more elaborate in recent years. The awards have for the past 11 years been held in a ballroom in Melbourne's

Melbourne

Crown Casino

Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex is a casino and entertainment precinct on the south bank of the Yarra River, in Melbourne, Australia attracting on average 16 million visitors yearly....
(rather than a theatre, which is common for the Emmy Awards and Academy Awards

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
). Dinner is served just before the ceremony and drinks are served during the ceremony.

Bert Newton

Bert Newton

Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire, , is a multiple Gold Logie winning Australian television, radio, film, Stage performer and author....
has been strongly associated with the history of the Logies. As well as winning the Gold Logie four times, he hosted the awards a total of 18 times. He has also performed in well-received guest appearances. One notable appearance was with Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali is a retired United States boxing and former three-time List of heavyweight boxing champions.As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in the light heavyweight division gold medal....
as co-presenter in 1979. Newton made a comment "I like the boy!" (in reference to a series of TV advertisements Bert had recently done), that was seen as racist by Ali, although Newton claimed this was not his intention. Ali was upset at the comment and a full apology was issued by Newton and the Awards producers.

In 1973, American actor Michael Cole

Michael Cole (actor)

Michael Cole is an American actor best known for his character Pete Cochran on the American Broadcasting Company television crime show, The Mod Squad, which ran from 1968 to 1973....
generated controversy after accepting an award while apparently drunk, uttering the word "shit" in a short, incoherent acceptance speech. This was the first time the word had been said on Australian television.

GTV-9

GTV-9

GTV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia owned by the Nine Network. It was the primary commercial television stations in Melbourne, and amongst the first to begin transmission in Australia....
/Nine Network

Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
is also strongly associated with the history of the Logies, particularly since the parent company Publishing and Broadcasting Limited

PBL

PBL may stand for:*Performance Based Logistics*Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes*Phi Beta Lambda*Philippine Basketball League*Planetary boundary layer...
now also owns TV Week. Nine has hosted the awards 35 times in their 49-year history.

Public voting for the awards begins in early February while the ceremony itself is in late March or early April.

Award categories

Logies are currently awarded in the following categories:

Gold Logie

Silver Logie

Most Popular Actor
Most Popular Actress
Most Popular TV Presenter
Logie Award for Most Popular TV Presenter

This Logie award began in 2003, and has been won by Rove McManus every year. Sunrise's David Koch has been nominated the most, with 4 nominations, with fellow co-host Melissa Doyle has been nominated 3 times....
Most Popular New Male Talent
Most Popular New Female Talent
Most Popular Sports Program
Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy
Most Popular Australian Drama
Logie Award for Most Popular Australian Drama

The Silver Logie for Most Popular Australian Drama is an award in the annual Australian Logie Awards. The award was previously known as Most Popular Drama Series , Most Popular Drama Program , Most Popular Drama , Most Popular Series , Most Popular Program and Most Popular Australian Program ....
Most Popular Reality Program
Most Popular Lifestyle Program
Most Popular Factual Program

Outstanding Awards

Most Outstanding Drama Series
Logie Award for Most Outstanding Drama Series

The Outstanding Drama is the highest award for an Australian Drama at the Logie Awards. The awards has had various names, which are:Most Outstanding Achievement in Drama ...
Most Outstanding Actor in a Series
Most Outstanding Actress in a Series
Most Outstanding Telemovie/Miniseries
Most Outstanding News Coverage
Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report
Most Outstanding Documentary Series
Most Outstanding Comedy Program
Most Outstanding Sports Coverage
Most Outstanding Children's Program
Most Outstanding New Talent
Most Outstanding Factual Series

External links

- Official website

Logie Award

History

Nomination and voting procedures

Awards ceremony

Award categories

Gold Logie

Silver Logie

Outstanding Awards

See also

Other references

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