What you didn’t know about the Logie statue

HOW much does a trophy weigh? Who knows the winners first? As the statues get their final polish, here’s all you need to know about the Logies.

EACH year, Logies organisers perform a last-minute check to make sure that the gongs - which have been engraved with the winner’s names in the lead up to the event - are still under lock and key.

“Security is extremely tight,” said a spokesperson for the event team.

“There are many checks and processes in place to ensure that the awards are kept safe until they are needed on the night.”

Each of the 23 gongs has taken 10 weeks to make. Weighing in at a whopping 1.47kg, they are made of gold and silver-plated stainless steel.

No wonder every second winner remarks on how heavy they are.

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Congrats ... The winners’ names are already engraved on the trophies when they’re handed out.

Heavy ... Golden girl Asher Keddie is carrying 3kg of Logie loftiness in this picture.

To keep the process as tightly guarded as possible, the same engraver has been commissioned each year to add the finishing touches to each statuette.

In previous years, Gold Logie voting has finished less than an hour before the winner is due to be announced. So he has waited backstage to quickly add their name to the statuette before it hits the stage.

This year 30 presenters will hit the stage hand out the 23 gongs in front of 1100 guests.

As for where they will land? That’s a secret more closely guarded than who will win My Kitchen Rules.

“Only those who need to know are in on the winners,” says a source close the event.

“Even the TV WEEK team are in the dark.”

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Originally published as What you didn’t know about the Logie statue