2010 TV Week Logie Awards: Nominees
After 21 years on screen as Alf 'flamin' Stewart actor Ray Meagher has been nominated for a Gold Logie award, in nominations announced today.
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Nominees for the 2010 TV Week Logie Awards have been announced.
The eight nominees in contention for the Gold Logie award this year include:
Esther Anderson, Home & Away
Wil Anderson, The Gruen Transfer
Rebecca Gibney, Packed to the Rafters
Adam Hills, Spicks and Specks
Paul McDermott, Good News Week
Rove McManus, Rove
Ray Meagher, Home & Away
Shaun Micallef, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation
Last year’s winner Rebecca Gibney will again compete with Adam Hills and Rove McManus, but the other five names are all first-timers to the battle.
While Shaun Micallef has had a popular run with Your Gen, a campaign for veteran actor Ray Meagher mirrors one for Ian Smith in his final Neighbours year. Two years ago neither performer was even on the ballot paper for consideration.
The other contenders are likely to be outside chances.
The eight names have been named in today’s edition of TV Week and will be formally announced at an industry breakfast this morning, to screen live on Sunrise and Today.
Voting for the Gold Logie is the only category which continues right up until the day of the awards presentation.
POPULAR AWARDS:
SILVER: MOST POPULAR ACTOR
Luke Jacobz, Home and Away
Todd Lasance, Home and Away
Ray Meagher, Home and Away
Hugh Sheridan, Packed to the Rafters
Erik Thomson, Packed to the Rafters
SILVER: MOST POPULAR ACTRESS
Esther Anderson, Home and Away
Rebecca Breeds, Home and Away
Rebecca Gibney, Packed to the Rafters
Jessica Marais, Packed to the Rafters
Jessica Tovey, Home and Away
SILVER: MOST POPULAR PRESENTER
Natalie Bassingthwaighte, So You Think You Can Dance Australia
Melissa Doyle, Sunrise
Adam Hills, Spicks & Specks
Rove McManus, Rove
Shaun Micallef, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation
MOST POPULAR DRAMA:
All Saints, Seven
Home and Away, Seven
Neighbours, TEN
Packed to the Rafters, Seven
Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities, Nine
MOST POPULAR REALITY:
Dancing with the Stars, Seven
MasterChef Australia, TEN
So You Think You Can Dance Australia, TEN
The Biggest Loser Australia, TEN
The Farmer Wants a Wife, Nine
MOST POPULAR NEW TALENT: MALE
Luke Mitchell, Home and Away
Charlie Pickering, The 7PM Project
Matt Preston, MasterChef Australia
James Stewart, Packed to the Rafters
Josh Thomas, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation
MOST POPULAR NEW TALENT: FEMALE
Kate Bell, Home and Away
Carrie Bickmore, The 7PM Project
Ashleigh Brewer, Neighbours
Mirrah Foulkes, All Saints
Katherine Hicks, Rescue Special Ops
MOST POPULAR LIFESTYLE:
Better Homes and Gardens, Seven
Domestic Blitz, Nine
Getaway, Nine
Ready Steady Cook, TEN
Top Gear Australia, SBS
MOST POPULAR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT:
Deal or No Deal, Seven
Hey Hey The Reunion, Nine
Spicks and Specks, ABC
Sunrise, Seven
Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, TEN
MOST POPULAR SPORTS:
Before the Game, TEN
Sports Tonight, TEN
The Footy Show AFL, Nine
The Footy Show NRL, Nine
Wide World of Sports, Nine
MOST POPULAR FACTUAL:
Bondi Rescue, TEN
Border Security, Seven
Find My Family, Seven
RPA, Nine
RSPCA Animal Rescue, Seven
OUTSTANDING AWARDS:
SILVER: MOST OUTSTANDING ACTOR:
Roy Billing, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities
Don Hany, East West 101
Garry McDonald, A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
Ben Mendelsohn, Tangle
Aaron Pedersen, The Circuit
SILVER: MOST OUTSTANDING ACTRESS:
Justine Clarke, Tangle
Claudia Karvan, Saved
Asher Keddie, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities
Susie Porter, East West 101
Kat Stewart, Tangle
SILVER: MOST OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES, MINISERIES OR TELEMOVIE:
A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne, TEN
East West 101, SBS ONE
Packed to the Rafters, Seven
Tangle, Showcase
Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities, Nine
MOST OUTSTANDING NEWS COVERAGE:
Bushfire Disaster, TEN News Victoria
Godwin Grech, ABC News
Samoan Tsunami, Nine News
Victorian Bushfires, Seven News
Victorian Bushfires, ABC News
MOST OUSTANDING PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT:
Code of Silence, Four Corners, ABC1
Liberal Leadership Meltdown, Sky News
Matthew Johns Interview, A Current Affair, Nine
Proof of Life, Australian Story ABC1
Rising from the Ashes, 60 Minutes, Nine
MOST OUTSTANDING LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT:
Chandon Pictures, Movie Network
Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, TEN
Thank God You’re Here, Seven
The Chaser’s War on Everything, ABC1
Wilfred, SBS ONE
MOST OUTSTANDING SPORTS:
Golf: Women’s Australian Open 2009, ABC1
Horse Racing: Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival, Seven
League: 2009 NRL Grand Final, Nine
2009 AFL Grand Final: St Kilda vs Geelong, TEN
V8 Supercars: Supercheap Auto Bathurst, Seven
MOST OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S:
Camp Orange: The Final Frontier, Nickelodeon
Dirtgirlworld, ABC1
Hi-5, Nine
My Place, ABC3
The Elephant Princess, TEN
MOST OUSTANDING FACTUAL:
Bombora: The Story of Australian Surfing, ABC1
Bondi Rescue, TEN
Darwin’s Brave New World, ABC1
Last Chance Saloon, SBS ONE
Law and Disorder, SBS ONE
GRAHAM KENNEDY AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING NEW TALENT:
Anastasia Feneri, My Place
Anna Hutchison, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities
Camille Keenan, Satisfaction
Eva Lazzaro, Tangle
Matt Preston, MasterChef Australia
TV Week is also yet to announce who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
This post updates.
52 Responses
What an underwhelming list.. Rush was snubbed. Callan Mulvey deserves a nod. Great to see Gary McDonald there!
Oh so many sceptics and cynics. Enjoy the Lgies for what they are. I am sure that the people in the industry appreciate the annual awards.
Popular awards are what they say, popular. Of course Home and Away and Packed to the Rafters will be up there for the awards, they are the most popular shows on TV for the people who vote! That is made evident by the industry awards being so different!
My husband and I have enjoyed going through the nominees and speculating on the winners. Well done for all who have been nominated!
Is it time for me, the award show loving fool, to give up on the Logies? This is the first time ever that I don’t know 4 of the nominees for gold. This saddens and surprises me because I do watch too much television.
Home and Away is one of the worst shows on tv. Kate Ritchie was the only one who gave it some interest. Where are shows like City Homicide, Sea Patrol and Rush? These are written by very experienced writers, producers and directors and never fail to make great drama and storylines. Sea Patrol is probably better than Blue Heelers, written by the same people yet it never gets any awards ever.
My predictions are for most popular awards;
Gold: Ray Meagher, H&A….. Silver: Hugh Sheridan Rafter……. Silver: Rebecca Gibney, Rafters….. Presenter: Shaun Micallef, Your Gen – (hopefully not Rove)….. Drama: Rafters….. Reality: Masterchef…… New Talent: Luke Mitchell, H&A…… New Talent: Kate Bell, H&A……. Lifestyle: Better Homes & Gardens…… Light Entertainment: Your Gen……. Sports: The Footy Show: NRL……. Factual: Border Security
Most Popular New Talent: Female
Kate Bell, Home and Away
what the hell? she has been in so many shows before home and away, and her role here was very small, only a week or 2. how did she make the shortlist for “new”. but good on her nonetheless, she did a good job
btw, if you don’t know. she was the one with esther anderson in the gay kiss drama.
i just realised that there is no more comedy this year. who made that decision? i guess that is one less reson for networks to start making any.
can’t really argue with the popular awards, if people voted for them they are popular. i was however hoping jessica marais would get a nom for gold.
again it is the outstandings that disapoint. (remember last year; scorched nominated for best drama, and so many great drama missed out) especially the news outstandings. why don’t they just ctrl+C, ctrl+V the walkley noms.
i see border is not nominated for outstanding factual, didn’t it win last year?
and no beauty and the geek in pop. reality? that show was fantastic. as was the apprentice, but no one watched that so it doesn’t surprise.
That would be a blow to Matthew Newton’s ego not getting nominated for his work in Underbelly. rafters will take out all the awards which is a good thing. For people complaining about there shows not getting nominted then you should have voted. Although it’s a shame that City Homicide doesn’t get in there.
Funny to see Matt preston in the best new talent and George and Gary wern’t even nominated to begin with. Im surprised with paul McDermott with the gold nomination becasue I didn’t think GNW highly rated. Glad to see Ray rewarded for his all years on H&A
This would be Rove’s last year of nominations so it will be interesting to see how he goes.
I voted for Melissa Doyle a couple of times because she is friendly and one of the nicest people on tv and off it. I also watch Sunrise. Everyone has there own opinion but everyones free to vote for who they want. But I also enjoy watching the Zoo the other show she hosts so it wasn’t just for Sunrise.
Who atre the Popular nominees? I find it ironic that i know none of them. Esther Anderson? I guess its because i dont read tv week and dont watch soaps.
I understand when unknown actors are nominated for ‘Outstanding’ awards…… but thats because they are nominated for their actual performance.
Ban the Popular categories. What this country does not need is ego-inflated soap actors sharing the stage with unbelievable talent who dont get the same publicity
Esther… who?
i am glad ray go nomminated. i wonder if kochie went on a rant this morning about sonia kruger not getting nomminated again this year. sunrise doesn’t deserve a nommination either
It is a little unfair to see only Home and Away and Packed to the Rafters in the popular category. What about Underbelly, Sea Patrol and Rush?
It would be awesome if Hey Hey The Reunion took out Light Entertainment. I think the only thing that would be standing in its way is Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation.
Yep, it’s an outrage that ‘Light Entertainment’ has been fused with ‘Most outstanding comedy’ category. When will the networks realise Australians love home grown comedy series and start developing more!
Interesting that James Stewart can be claimed as a “new talent” nominee when he actually made his TV debut over a decade ago in “Breakers”
Disappointed that Rush seems to have escaped the nominees list.
Meh. Logies. Meaningless. At least there’s a decent list for Gold Logie though with Shaun Micallef, Rebecca Gibney, Adam Hills, Paul McDermott, Wil Anderson. How Rove is still there i dunno.
Underbelly was not a critical success yet it gets Outstanding nominations. And again City Homicide and Rush miss out completely, these shows are brilliant and deserve some acknowledgement.
I am happy overall with the ‘Outstanding’ catergories, especially with East West 101, Underbelly 2 and Killing of Carolyne Byrne being nominated for Drama / acting catergories, as well as Aaron Pederson up for The Circuit. All deserving
I’m happy to see a few ‘hosts of ‘comedy/light entertainment’ up for the Gold this year, but who the hell is Esther Anderson?
Why do people keep nominating Sunrise and Melissa Doyle for?
I’d love to say something positive about the Logies, but what can be said? Once again, the voting process has proven itself to be flawed. Case in point – It’s wonderful to see Ray Meagher nominated twice, but why this year? Alf did not have unusually big storylines in 2009. So, as David points out, we must look to an organised campaign (read: Seven buying up copies of TV Week). Where is the integrity in this? It is, however, hugely refreshing to see that Nine did not force their way into the Gold and Silver categories, despite owning TV Week and the telecast.
What I’d give for Camp Orange 3 to spoil Freeview’s party….
Look at the Most Popular acctess and actor nominations – Home and Away and Rafters only. They really should make them ore diverse. Would have thought internet voting would have helped but obviously not.
Thank you David for the full list – You are always on the money!
My main beef with nominees this year, is that they have merged light entertainment and comedy into one category. As someone who worked in television comedy for many years, the local industry has nurtured and developed sketch comedy and narratives since the barren days of just a Mother and Son and Kingswood Country and dare I say Hey Dad. Why no comedy category? Otherwise, lots of Channel 10 – first time gold for McDermott, Micallef – 7pm project – Packed to the Rafters to sweep again!
Why did RUSH not make it?. That the best aussie drama you can get.
Why the hell is Sunrise nominated every year for light entertainment? Its just stupid! With 2 or 3 breakfast shows and 3 morning shows there should be a new category so shows like Today can have a chance.
Nine seem slim on the nominations.
How can Carrie Bickmore and Charlie Pickering be considered ‘new talent’?
I love that they try to make the Logies matter with a nominations breakfast with the ‘big announcements’ when, at 6:30am, I am well aware of the nominees because I went into the newsagent and looked inside the magazine.
Yet another symptom of the Logies trying in all the wrong ways to redeem their image.