TV Week to monitor snarky Logies campaign
TV Week is watching for the Jordan-effect while TEN distances itself from a snarky social media campaign.
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Reaction to Jordan Raskopoulos’ campaign to upset the Logies now has a response from both TV Week and Network TEN.
Raskopoulos, who appeared in Underground: The Julian Assange Story, is asking online forum readers to vote for him in the Logies so he can deliver a parody acceptance speech, deriding the legitimacy of the annual event.
TV Week Editor Emma Nolan, says the magazine goes to great lengths to ensure the credibility of both the public and industry voted awards and will ensure all votes are scrutinised to ensure each is legitimate.
“Our voters are passionate about Australian TV and you only have to look at previous winners of popular awards, like Simon Baker, Asher Keddie, Chris Hemsworth and Jessica Marais, to know they get it pretty spot on,” she said in a statement.
A TEN spokesperson also distanced themselves from the actor.
“TEN in no way endorses Jordan’s campaign or comments and the Network is in full support of the TV Week Logies Awards,” she said.
No surprise there given the watertight association between network and consumer magazine.
The Logies have always enjoyed a uniquely-Australian “love / hate” relationship with its audience. It is robust enough to endure a few rocks being thrown from the sidelines. We all do it from the couch anyway, and we love it. It’s what makes the Logies the Logies.
Few seem to have recalled that the very telemovie Raskopoulos appeared in was all about conspiracy theories, citizen-journalism and bucking the system. Raskopoulos’ snarky ploy sounds like just the thing a young Julian Assange would do.
Last night in a Today Tonight interview, Raskopoulos played his part to a tee.
“A think the word mock is too harsh,” he said, when asked if he was mocking the Logies.
“I think lampoon is probably more akin to what I’m doing. I believe the Logies are an Australian institution that has had it too good for too long – the fat cats who work in that industry have been taking the accolades and keeping it away from the small people.”
Raskopoulos’ derision of the Logies is hardly a first. Others have publicly questioned the voting methodology, which TV Tonight notes has improved in recent years, including some rare nominees refusing to attend even for the win.
It’s also not the first time social media campaigning has seen results heavily sway in favour of some winners, including Karl Stefanovic and Hamish Blake.
It’s just that the two of them have never been so deftly combined together before….
Source: Herald Sun
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Got this today (voted for Jordan Raskopoulos, by the way):
Thank you for voting in this year’s Logie Awards. Your vote has been randomly selected for verification.
So that we can verify your vote, please click the link below – this will take you to a short survey where you will need to re-enter the personal details you supplied at time of voting (address, phone number and date of birth).
For your vote to count, you will need to complete the verification process no later than Tuesday, February 19.
Mary Collins
Roy Morgan Research Pty Ltd
Interesting!
I’m still a little burned by that number by the cast of Neighbours all wearing white and singing the Neighbours theme song… the Logie Awards died a little that night…
Get off your high horse David. It was my opinion and an assumption. I used the words apparently and a ? it wasnt a straight out allegation.
trying to get an invite to the Logies or something?
As you can see I take allegations published on my blog very seriously, as opposed to opinions. Your wording was pretty clear about TV Week’s actions. A reminder also to write respectfully on this site please. I think we can leave the topic there thanks.
this was 6 or 7 years ago! I had 1000s voting for her through an online campaign. It may not be “rigged” but I’m sure they can omit anyone they like regardless of votes.
Sorry but this still doesn’t address the specific allegations you’ve raised against both TV Week or Nine. Are you also suggesting the auditors are complicit in this? I’m all for scrutiny, balance and improvement, but there is a difference between making allegations and deducing based on what one surmises.
Dear Andrew-83,
As someone who worked behind the scenes on Logies voting for a number of years, I am intrigued by you allegations. As David has called for, I too would like to see the evidence of these allegations.
Firstly, who is Nikki Osborne? And I can assure you it takes more than the votes just from “me and some friends” to get someone onto a nominations list. It takes many, many, many thousands of votes – consider the size of the voting population and the period of voting.
And as for your comment – “Logies are completely rigged”. Oh, I wish it was that easy. It would save many months of time and work if it was. Sorry if this fact disappoints you, but the voting is indeed 100% genuine.
So, over to you. Please provide some definite evidence of your allegations so we can clear this up.
Regards, Mr TVTalk
There are so many conspiracy theories about the Logies, yet no evidence whatsoever to back them up.
Why is it so hard for people to see the difference between Karl Stefanovic and Hamish Blake’s campaigns to win a Logie and this guy’s? Karl and Hamish’s teams actually wanted the honour, whereas this guy has made it very clear that he wants to poke fun at the system. It’s sad that some people are happy to vote “for the first time ever” for someone who clearly doesn’t deserve to win (just to make a point), yet they’re not prepared to vote for someone who deserves the honour. The Logies aren’t flawless, but the vast majority of those who receive them really do consider them an honour, regardless of whether they receive a peer voted or public voted award.
this fool wont win let alone be nominated! Logies are completely rigged. my and some friends campaigned for Nikki Osborne to be nominated as best new talent for Quizmania and apparently she got on the short list but TV WEEK (and nine?) didnt want a nominee from a cash grabbing late night quiz show up for the award.
Reckon you should give us some evidence of this really…
@ Dr Rudi, I am well aware of what his plans are if he wins. I am referring to him possibly being a nominee, but not the winner, and pulling a stunt whilst in the audience.
His campaign is different to all the others because he has made it known that his intentions are not entirely genuine. The fact the network has distanced itself from his “campaign” says a lot.
Maybe I have no sense of humour, whatevs, but I don’t really see his point. I also don’t think it’s particularly original. How many times have we seen this tried before?
I’m not saying the Logies are above criticism or parody, we all do enough of both, but there’s a difference to doing it as a viewer/outsider and doing it as a participant.
I don’t know about TEN needing to distance itself from Rasko’s campaign. The only story about it on TV yesterday was on Channel Seven’s 6PM news and that was filed by a Today Tonight reporter.
I hope he wins – and for the first time since forever, I’ll vote. The down side is, that I don’t trust TV Week to announce the correct winner. If this guy gets the majority vote, they’ll just take him out of the equation.
As for TVWeek complaining – the Logies have never had such good publicity.
@Gaz – er, he’s been very clear about what he intends to do if he wins – you may call it a stunt
@Andrew – notwithstanding previous successful campaigns, have you no sense of humour?
@ Secret Squirrel – You are spot on. What is the difference between this guy and what Nine did with Karl and Hamish. Channel Nine killed the Logies.
@Andrew – please tell me how Raskopoulos’ campaign is any different from those which successfully got Hamish the gold last year and Karl the year before that. Or for that matter network and fan-forum campaigns for Neighbours nobodies in any year?
The only difference is that Raskopoulos has been honest about his intentions and kicked off his campaign via SomethingAwful instead of the apparently more acceptable avenues of Twitter, FB, TV, or your own radio show.
The fact that this is being done just goes to show how borring and predictable the logies have become. I say good on you Jordan keep it up.
This bloke cannot do anymore harm to the Logies.
The current voting system is a sham anyway and the awards these days have little cred.
“I believe the Logies are an Australian institution that has had it too good for too long – the fat cats who work in that industry have been taking the accolades and keeping it away from the small people.”
Seriously… what is he talking about?
But given that he has made public his motivation for his “campaign” can’t TV Week (as owner of the awards) just declare any votes for him as null and void now?
So, basically, TV Week are in damage control because there is every possibility this guy could get through and show what a joke this award ceremony actually is.
What they should be more concerned about is what they are going to do in three or four years time when their subscription massively plummets due to the proliferation of EPGs and online guides and they are forced to stop circulation. Then what happens to the Logies? Australia’s “TV night of nights” simply become an awards show hosted by an online website. If that is the case, I’d much rather see the TV Tonight awards being broadcast. The people here seem a little more well versed with TV than the those who vote for the Logies
Hamsih and Andy told everyone on their radio station earlier this year to vote for their show and for Hamish Blake, and that is okay, but this guy, Jordan, does the same (on an internet forum) and it’s an outrage by tv week organisers?
All networks tell viwers to vote for their programs. I’ve seen Ten to it with Neighbours and The Project pretty much on a daily basis (and assume that other shows do it to?)
Even if his campaign is successful and he is on the short list of nominees, I hope TV Week don’t invite him to the Logies, because he will probably pull some sort of stunt.