New award to honour Bert Newton at 2022 Logies
Melissa Leong, Hamish Blake and Tom Gleeson are among the nominees battling it out for the Gold Logie, with the 2022 awards set to honour Bert Newton.
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Hamish Blake, Julia Morris, Karl Stefanovic, Melissa Leong, Ray Meagher, Sonia Kruger and Tom Gleeson will battle it out for the title of Australian TV’s most popular personality after being nominated for this year’s TV Week Gold Logie.
This Logies will also see TV legend Bert Newton, who passed away in October 2021, honoured for his extraordinary career with an award named in his honour.
The Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter has been introduced to mark Newton’s impact as a TV presenter and entertainer.
He won four Gold Logies during his celebrated career and was a member of the Logies Hall Of Fame. He hosted the Awards on 20 occasions including for an unbroken 14 year run between 1967 and 1980.
Newton’s wife Patti said his family was delighted with the recognition.
“We are so thrilled Bert is being recognised this way and will be part of the Logies every year
moving forward. 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.”
Carrie Bickmore, Hamish Blake, Leigh Sales, Melissa Leong, Sonia Kruger and Tom Gleeson are the inaugural nominees for the Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter.
The Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor sees Guy Pearce nominated alongside Bernard Curry, Hugo Weaving, Ray Meagher, Rodger Corser and Stephen Peacocke.
In the Silver Logie category for Most Popular Actress Anna Torv, from The Newsreader, has been nominated as has Ada Nicodemou, Bojana Novakovic, Deborah Mailman, Kitty Flanagan and Sophie Dillman.
Married At First Sight’s love doctor Alessandra Rampolla is a surprise nominee in the Graham Kennedy Award For Most Popular New Talent alongside Carlos Sanson Jr, Matt Evans, Melanie Bracewell, Tony Armstrong and Will Lodder.
Some of Australia’s most admired actors have landed nominations in the Most Outstanding categories.
The Most Outstanding Actor sees Hugo Weaving, Jamie Dornan, Richard Roxburgh, Sam Reid and Scott Ryan nominated with the Most Outstanding Actress award drawing a top field of contenders including Anna Torv, Claudia Karvan, Deborah Mailman, Isla Fisher and
Miranda Otto.
The 2022 TV Week Logie Awards will be held on the Gold Coast on June 19 following a two year hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic restrictions.
It will be broadcast by Channel Nine.
Live voting for all the Most Popular awards including the Gold Logie, starts today, Sunday, May 15, for five weeks at tvweeklogiesvote.com.
Nominees for the 2022 TV Week Logie Awards
TV WEEK 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
TV WEEK Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Drama Series
Bump, Stan
Love Me, BINGE and FOXTEL
RFDS, Seven Network
The Newsreader, ABC
Wentworth – The Final Sentence, FOXTEL
TV WEEK Silver Logie – Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie
Fires, ABC
New Gold Mountain, SBS
The End, FOXTEL
The Tourist, Stan
The Unusual Suspects, SBS
TV WEEK 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
TV WEEK 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
TV WEEK 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
TV WEEK 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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