AACTA Awards 2020: Audience Choice nominees revealed

In a year when TV viewers took control of the remote more than ever before, the AACTA awards turned voting over to you. Now your nominees can be revealed.

In a year when TV viewers took control of the remote more than ever before, it seems only fitting that this year’s AACTA awards turned voting over to you.

The Audience Choice awards, marking the academy’s 10th anniversary, saw some of Australian TV’s biggest names battle it out in a public poll, across the national News Corp websites.

Those votes were then tabulated to reveal these top 5 short lists, with your winners in each category to be revealed during the gala telecast this Wednesday on Seven.

AACTA’s new president Russell Crowe and vice president Nicole Kidman will headline this year’s milestone ceremony, from Sydney’s Star casino.

AACTA chief executive, Damian Trewhalla tells The BINGE Guide: “the support of Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman has been integral to AACTA’s growth over the last decade, helping us to achieve record industry and audience growth and engagement in Australia and internationally.’

The AACTA awards, presented by Foxtel, ceremony will air from 7.30pm next Sunday on Foxtel Arts; while the Australia Decides: AACTA’s Best of the Decade special will air 8.30pm, Sunday on Seven, with an encore 9.30pm on Foxtel Arts.

Actors Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman. Picture: AFP

FAVOURITE GLOBAL STAR OF THE DECADE

Cate Blanchett

Chris Hemsworth

Hugh Jackman

Nicole Kidman

Margot Robbie

Chris Hemsworth.

Margot Robbie.

FAVOURITE TV CONTESTANT OF THE DECADE

Poh Ling Yeow, MasterChef, 10

Dami Im, The X Factor, Channel 7, Dancing with the Stars, 10, Eurovision, SBS

Sam Frost, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, 10

Chrissie Swan, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, 10

Olivia Vivian, Ninja Warrior, Nine Network

Poh Ling Yeow.

Sam Frost.

FAVOURITE COMEDY PERFORMER OF THE DECADE

Hamish Blake and Andy Lee

Hannah Gadsby

Julia Morris

Celia Pacquola

Celeste Barber

Hamish Blake (left) and Andy Lee (right).

FAVOURITE TV ACTOR OF THE DECADE

Sarah Snook

Asher Keddie

Claudia Karvan

Deborah Mailman

Essie Davis

Sarah Snook.

Deborah Mailman.

FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN FILM OF THE DECADE

Red Dog

The Sapphires

The Great Gatsby

The Dressmaker

Lion

Koko played the notorious kelpie in the Red Dog movie.

FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN TV DRAMA

Offspring, 10

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, ABC TV

Wentworth, Foxtel

Home and Away, Channel 7

Packed to the Rafters, Channel 7

Wentworth actors, Kate Box and Zoe Terakes. Picture: Supplied/Foxtel

FAVOURITE TV MOMENT

Death of Dr Patrick Reid on Offspring, 2013, 10

The Freak is Buried Alive on Wentworth, 2018, Foxtel

Thailand Cave Rescue, 2018 (all networks)

Mick Fanning Punching a Shark, 2015 (all networks)

Adam Goodes War Cry Dance, 2015, Seven and Fox Footy

Mick Fanning for his two-part documentary, Save This Shark.

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