Awards prove a golden night for Hamish, ’the new Bert’
No one could deny that the 62nd TV Week Logie Awards belonged to comedian Hamish Blake.
No one could deny that the 62nd TV Week Logie Awards belonged to comedian Hamish Blake.
After three years of Covid cancellations, glitz and glamour returned to the Gold Coast on Sunday night.
Blake took home three awards on the night, including the coveted Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality. “What does this say?” Blake mused as he looked at the statue. “Congratulations, you have won the 2022 Logie. As there was no Gold Logie in 2021 or 2020, they jackpot it and this counts for three. Oh my god. That’s too much, that is a huge.”
Patti Newton declared Blake “the new Bert” after presenting him with the inaugural Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter, in honour of her late-husband who died last October.
“I could not think of a better person to win the Logie,” she said.
Blake’s hit show Lego Masters was awarded the first gong of the night for Most Outstanding Comedy or Entertainment Program.
The red carpet was covered in feathers as Australia’s top television stars arrived at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on Sunday night.
Former Spice Girl Mel B walked the carpet alongside fellow The Masked Singer judge Abbie Chatfield. Neighbours stars walked the red carpet for the last time as stars of the show following the soap’s cancellation.
Today show host Karl Stefanovic was at the ceremony, as was outgoing 7.30 host Leigh Sales.
I’m a Celebrity host and Gold Logie nominee Julia Morris opened up the night following a wardrobe malfunction that prevented her from striding down the red carpet when one of her $1,500 shoes broke. Dressed in a blue suit, she joked about the gender pay gap and the pressure of being a 54-year-old woman on screen.
“The deal was that I could open the show as long as I dressed like a man,” she said. “Instead of a rich white man opening the show, they’ve gone for a white woman earning 30 per cent less.”
Anna Torv was named Most Outstanding Actress for The Newsreader, while the male equivalent was won by Richard Roxburgh for Fires, both on the ABC.
Veteran sports broadcaster and AFL commentator Bruce Mcavaney was inducted into the hall of fame. “I’ve spent all my broadcast life looking forward ... (now is a) nice moment to stop for a second and pause and think about … the opportunities I've been given, I've been very lucky,” he said.
Jimmy Barnes rocked the stage with kids David Campbell and Mahalia Barnes, warming up the crowd for British pop star Calum Scott, who performed a mash-up of his hits, including Rise.
Jessica Mauboy brought the night to a crescendo with her new single Automatic.
The Project host Lisa Wilkinson teetered to the stage sans shoes to accept the award for Most Popular Panel or Current Affairs Program alongside co-hosts Waleed Aly and Peter Hellier.
Wilkinson later won Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report for her interview with Brittany Higgins.
ABC News Breakfast presenter Tony Armstrong won the Graham Kennedy Award For Most Popular New Talent, while the broadcaster‘s animated kids show Bluey secured Most Outstanding Children’s Program.
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