Logie Awards of 1961


The 3rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Saturday 18 March 1961 at Chevron-Hilton Hotel in Sydney. Jimmy Edwards from the BBC series Whack-O! was the Master of Ceremonies. The Awards presentation was televised in a half-hour live broadcast on ABN-2, Sydney, with delayed broadcast on ABC stations in other capital cities during the following week.
This was the first year that the awards were known as the Logie Awards, after having been coined by Star of the Year recipient Graham Kennedy the previous year, to honour the Scottish engineer and innovator who contributed to the development of television as a practical medium, John Logie Baird. This article lists the winners of Logie Awards for 1961:

Awards

Gold Logie

;Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

Special Gold Logie

;Best Drama

Logie

National

;Best Actor
;Best Variety Show
;Best Comedians
;Best Singer
;Best Australian Drama
;Best Sporting Coverage

Victoria

;Most Popular Male
;Most Popular Female
;Most Popular Program

New South Wales

;Most Popular Male
;Most Popular Female
;Most Popular Program

South Australia

;Most Popular Male
;Most Popular Female
;Most Popular Program

Queensland

;Most Popular Male
;Most Popular Female
;Most Popular Program