Logie Awards: Nominee Tom Gleeson under fire for mocking television’s top honour
ABC comedian Tom Gleeson raised the hackles of some Aussie television stars with his comments after taking out the industry’s top honour - and his fellow nominees haven’t forgotten. SEE FULL LIST OF NOMINEES
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And already the gloves are off – moments after the 2022 Logie Award nominations were announced, barbs were flying between contenders for television’s coveted Gold trophy.
Vying for the top award at television’s night of night’s are Sonia Kruger, Julia Morris, Ray Meagher, Melissa Leong, Hamish Blake, Karl Stefanovic and Tom Gleeson.
“People have on occasion run down the Logies but I love it, I love the industry, it supports so many people with jobs and it has been a tough three years for the industry,” Stefanovic told The Daily Telegraph. “To have this now, the timing is unreal and we are going to blow the roof off it, which will be great.”
Gleeson won the Gold at the 2019 Logies, the last time the event was held as it has been cancelled for two years running due to the pandemic.
He won the award after a campaign mocking the honour, which was widely criticised by his peers.
“I love Tommy but you can’t run down TVs night of nights,” said Stefanovic, who reunited with former Today co-host Lisa Wilkinson at the event. “It is a beautiful night, I won’t have it and if he does it again, there will be serious problems for him.
“This is Queensland, we can lock him up for months and no one would know.”
The nominees were announced at a star-studded breakfast early Sunday morning with the biggest names of the Australian small screen gathering at the Burleigh Pavilion on the Gold Coast.
The 62nd annual Logies will be held at The Star Gold Coast Entertainment Precinct Convention and Exhibition Centre on Sunday, June 19.
“I got a surprise because after my carry-on last time, I thought the Logies could invite me to the Gold Coast to let me know that I am not nominated,” he joked. “They missed an opportunity there.
“I am not going to campaign … I don’t want to annoy anyone this year. I am just going to sit back and watch, let other people have a go and it is an election, no one wants to be told how to vote right now.”
Stefanovic, Meagher and Blake have all won Gold previous years while it is a first time nomination for Kruger, Morris and Leong.
“I have never won a single Logie after 75 years in the business,” Morris laughed, Kruger adding: “I can’t wipe the smile off my face.”
As is the case each year, nominations are separated into peer voted ‘most outstanding’ and public voted ‘most popular’. Voting in the most popular categories started today and runs for five weeks until the end of the red carpet telecast on the night of the awards.
Sophie Monk provided some comedy gold herself at the nomination event as she read out some of the contenders and instead of throwing to a slide of vision, read out the cue card: “TV Gold Logie vision slide”.
Realising her mistake, she was quick to make light of the blonde moment.
“I am like Anchorman,” she laughed.
Nominated for the Silver Logie Most Popular Actor are Wentworth’s Bernard Curry, Guy Pearce for Jack Irish, Hugo Weaving in Love Me, Ray Meagher on Home And Away, Rodger Corser on Doctor Doctor and Stephen Peacocke on RFDS.
In the Silver Logie Most Popular Actress category are Love Me’s Bojana Novakovic, Deborah Mailman in Total Control, Anna Torv in The Newsreader, Fisk’s Kitty Flanagan and Ada Nicodemou and Sophie Dillman for Home And Away.
Nominees for the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent are Tony Armstrong for ABC News Breakfast, Love Me’s Will Lodder, Melanie Bracewell for The Cheap Seats, Home And Away’s Matt Evans and Married At First Sight’s Alessandra Rampolla.
Most Popular Drama Program nominees are Love Me, Home And Away, RFDS, Doctor Doctor, The Newsreader and Total Control while up for Most Popular Entertainment Program are Anh’s Brush with Fame, Gogglebox Australia, Hard Quiz, Lego Masters Australia, The Masked Singer Australia and The Voice Australia.
Organisers have also made a permanent tribute to the late Bert Newton, who died in October at the age of 83.
The inaugural Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter trophy will be handed out this year with Sonia Kruger, Carrie Bickmore, Hamish Blake, Leigh Sales, Melissa Leong and Tom Gleeson vying for the coveted award.
In his career, Newton won four Gold Logies, was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame, and hosted the event 20 times.
“We are so thrilled Bert is being recognised this way and will be part of the Logies every year moving forward,” wife Patti Newton said. “It was such a big part of his career and he just loved it, so I know he would be pretty pleased with this honour.”
Another new award was also introduced in the Silver Logie Most Popular Australian Actor or Actress in an International Program, acknowledging the number of Australians making an impact globally. The nominees are Murray Bartlett in The White Lotus, Mare of Easttown’s Angourie Rice, Yellowstone’s Jacki Weaver, Sarah Snook in Succession, Troye Sivan in Three Months and Yvonne Strahovski in The Handmaid’s Tale.
In the most outstanding categories, Love Me, Wentworth – The Final Sentence, RFDS, Bump and The Newsreader are nominated for Drama Series.
Binge and Foxtel production Love Me received the most nominations of any TV drama with a total of seven nods.
Hugo Weaving, Jamie Dornan, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Reid and Scott Ryan are up for Most Outstanding Actor while Most Outstanding Actress nominees are Anna Torv, Claudia Karvan, Deborah Mailman, Isla Fisher and Miranda Otto.
Full list of nominees
Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
Hamish Blake, Lego Masters Australia, 9 Network
Julia Morris, I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!, Network 10
Karl Stefanovic, Today/ 60 Minutes, 9 Network
Melissa Leong, MasterChef Australia / Celebrity MasterChef Australia, Network 10
Ray Meagher, Home And Away, Seven Network
Sonia Kruger, Big Brother, Holey Moley, Dancing with The Stars: All Stars, The Voice Australia, The Voice Australia Generations, Seven Network
Tom Gleeson, Hard Quiz, ABC
Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter
Carrie Bickmore, The Project, Network 10
Hamish Blake, Lego Masters Australia, 9 Network
Leigh Sales, 7.30, ABC
Melissa Leong, MasterChef Australia / Celebrity MasterChef Australia, Network 10
Sonia Kruger, Big Brother, Holey Moley, Dancing with The Stars: All Stars, The Voice Australia, The Voice Australia Generations, Seven Network
Tom Gleeson, Hard Quiz, ABC
TV WEEK Silver Logie – Most Popular Actor
Bernard Curry, Wentworth – The Final Sentence, FOXTEL
Guy Pearce, Jack Irish, ABC
Hugo Weaving, Love Me, BINGE and FOXTEL
Ray Meagher, Home And Away, Seven Network
Rodger Corser, Doctor Doctor, 9 Network
Stephen Peacocke, RFDS, Seven Network
TV WEEK Silver Logie – Most Popular Actress
Ada Nicodemou, Home And Away, Seven Network
Anna Torv, The Newsreader, ABC
Bojana Novakovic, Love Me, BINGE and FOXTEL
Deborah Mailman, Total Control, ABC
Kitty Flanagan, Fisk, ABC
Sophie Dillman, Home And Away, Seven Network
Graham Kennedy Award For Most Popular New Talent
Alessandra Rampolla, Married At First Sight, 9 Network
Carlos Sanson Jr, Bump, Stan
Matt Evans, Home And Away, Seven Network
Melanie Bracewell, The Cheap Seats, Network 10
Tony Armstrong, News Breakfast, ABC
Will Lodder, Love Me, BINGE and FOXTEL
Most Popular Drama Program
Doctor Doctor, 9 Network
Home And Away, Seven Network
Love Me, BINGE and FOXTEL
RFDS, Seven Network
The Newsreader, ABC
Total Control, ABC
Most Popular Entertainment Program
Anh’s Brush with Fame, ABC
Gogglebox Australia, FOXTEL
Hard Quiz, ABC
Lego Masters Australia, 9 Network
The Masked Singer Australia, Network 10
The Voice Australia, Seven Network
Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program
7.30, ABC
Australian Story, ABC
A Current Affair, 9 Network
Four Corners, ABC
The Front Bar, Seven Network
The Project, Network 10
Most Popular Comedy Program
Aftertaste, ABC
Fisk, ABC
Have You Been Paying Attention?, Network 10
Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell, ABC
The Hundred with Andy Lee, 9 Network
The Cheap Seats, Network 10
Most Popular Reality Program
The Block (Fans Vs Faves), 9 Network
Celebrity Apprentice Australia, 9 Network
I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here, Network 10
Married At First Sight, 9 Network
MasterChef Australia, Network 10
SAS Australia, Seven Network
Most Popular Lifestyle Program
Better Homes and Gardens, Seven Network
Bondi Rescue, Network 10
Gardening Australia, ABC
Love It Or List It Australia, FOXTEL
The Living Room, Network 10
Travel Guides, 9 Network
TV Week Silver Logie – Most Popular Australian Actor Or Actress In An International Program
Angourie Rice, Mare of Easttown, BINGE and FOXTEL
Jacki Weaver, Yellowstone, Stan
Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus, BINGE and FOXTEL
Sarah Snook, Succession, BINGE and FOXTEL
Troye Sivan, Three Months, Paramount+
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale, SBS
2022 most outstanding awards
Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Drama Series
Bump, Stan
Love Me, BINGE and FOXTEL
RFDS, Seven Network
The Newsreader, ABC
Wentworth – The Final Sentence, FOXTEL
Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie
Fires, ABC
New Gold Mountain, SBS
The End, FOXTEL
The Tourist, Stan
The Unusual Suspects, SBS
Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Actor
Hugo Weaving, Love Me, BINGE and FOXTEL
Jamie Dornan, The Tourist, Stan
Richard Roxburgh, Fires, ABC
Sam Reid, The Newsreader, ABC
Scott Ryan, Mr Inbetween, FOXTEL
Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Actress
Anna Torv, The Newsreader, ABC
Claudia Karvan, Bump, Stan
Deborah Mailman, Total Control, ABC
Isla Fisher, Wolf Like Me, Stan
Miranda Otto, Fires, ABC
Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Supporting Actor
Colin Friels, Wakefield, ABC
Damon Herriman, The Tourist, Stan
Hugh Sheridan, Back To The Rafters, Amazon Prime Video
Matt Nable, Mr Inbetween, FOXTEL
William McInnes. The Newsreader, ABC
Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Supporting Actress
Heather Mitchell, Love Me, BINGE and FOXTEL
Katrina Milosevic, Wentworth -The Final Sentence, FOXTEL
Mabel Li, New Gold Mountain, SBS
Noni Hazlehurst, The End, FOXTEL
Rachel Griffiths, Total Control, ABC
Most Outstanding Entertainment or Comedy Program
Hard Quiz, ABC
Lego Masters Australia, 9 Network
Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell, ABC
The Masked Singer Australia Australia, Network 10
The Voice Australia, Seven Network
Most Outstanding Reality Program
Beauty and The Geek, 9 Network
Celebrity Apprentice Australia, 9 Network
I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!, Network 10
MasterChef Australia, Network 10
SAS Australia, Seven Network
Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report
60 Minutes – ‘Nazi’s Next Door’, 9 Network
7News – War In Ukraine, Seven Network
Four Corners – Bursting The Canberra Bubble, ABC
Insight – Intimate Terrorism, SBS
The Project – Brittany Higgins Interview, Network 10
Most Outstanding Sports Coverage
2021 AFL Grand Final, Seven Network
2021/2022 Fox Cricket Ashes Coverage, FOXTEL
2022 Australian Open Women’s Final, 9 Network
Olympic and Paralympics Games Tokyo 2020, Seven Network
State of Origin – Game 1, 9 Network
Most Outstanding Children’s Program
Bluey, ABC
Dive Club, Network 10 & Netflix Australia
Hardball, ABC
Little J & Big Cuz, NITV & ABC
Mikki Vs The World, ABC
Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program
Burning, Amazon Prime Video
Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra, ABC
Incarceration Nation, NITV
See What You Made Me Do, SBS
The School That Tried To End Racism, ABC
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