Logie Awards

The Logie Awards is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine TV Week. The event is telecast live and billed as "television's night of nights". The first ceremony was hosted in 1959 as the TV Week Awards.
The Gold Logie is the most prestigious award and the industry's highest honour; it's awarded to the Most Popular Personality on Australian Television for the previous year. The award receives much publicity and media attention. Awards are presented in 20 categories, representing both industry and public voted prizes
The event has been strongly associated with the Nine Network, who have hosted the ceremony on the most occasions, and TV and former radio personality Bert Newton, particularly in the early days, who served as a solo host of the ceremony on 17 occasions, with a constant run from 1966 until 1980 and as co-host on three other occasions. Over the years, the Logies have been hosted in Melbourne and Sydney. From 2018 to 2022, the ceremony was held on the Gold Coast before the 2023 ceremony was announced as moving to Sydney for the first time in 37 years.

History

Known from their inception as the TV Week Awards, the awards were instigated by TV Week magazine with the first voting coupons provided in the magazine in late 1958, two years after the introduction of television in Australia. The first awards were presented on 15 January 1959 on an episode of In Melbourne Tonight. Only Melbourne television personalities were nominated and awards were given in eight categories, including two for American programs.
The most prestigious award in 1959 was Star of the Year presented to IMT host Graham Kennedy. The following year, Kennedy coined the name Logie Awards, to honour the Scottish engineer and innovator who contributed to the development of television as a practical medium, John Logie Baird.
The Logie statuette was designed by Alec De Lacy, chief designer for Melbourne-based trophy makers KG Luke Ltd. The first Gold Logie, the equivalent of the Star of the Year Award, was presented in 1960, and again won by Graham Kennedy. The record for most "Gold Logie" wins—at five apiece—is a tie between Kennedy and Ray Martin.
The 2020 and 2021 ceremonies were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Logie institutions and milestones

Logie Hall of Fame

The prestigious Logie Hall of Fame was first introduced in 1984; former conductor, turned television producer and pioneer and founder of Crawford Productions, Hector Crawford was the first inductee. The induction was a posthumous honour for TV cameraman Neil Davis, actor Maurie Fields, conservationist Steve Irwin, news anchor Brian Naylor, journalist Peter Harvey and television executive Brian Walsh.
Magda Szubanski was only the fifth woman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, after former recipients Ruth Cracknell, Noni Hazlehurst, Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Rebecca Gibney. The Logies have been criticised for its lack of women inductees in the category.

TV programs

These are the only programs that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Nomination and voting procedures

Public voting

Voting for the Most Popular Logie categories is done using an online form, or by SMS voting for the final nominees. Ten of the Logie Award categories are fan awards. In the past, the "Most Popular" Logies categories were voted by the readers of TV Week magazine using a coupon.
SMS voting was introduced in 2006 for the Gold Logie. In 2008, Internet votes could be cast for the first time without having to buy a copy of the TV Week magazine.
Before 2018, public voting usually lasted for four weeks, beginning in December or January, while the ceremony itself was in late April or early May. Since 2018, voting begins in March and the ceremony is held in July.

Industry voting

The Most Outstanding categories are voted on by a jury comprising members of the Australian TV industry peers. There were 15 categories in the industry awards at the Logie Awards of 2018.

Eligibility

To be eligible to receive a Logie, a program must be Australian produced, set in Australia and have a predominantly Australian cast. Although in other years there has been a Logie for overseas programs, these awards are no longer part of the awards. People eligible for a Logie must have appeared on an Australian-produced show that was broadcast on Australian television in the previous year.
There are long-held suspicions that network publicists engage in mass voting to rig the results. However, no hard evidence had emerged for this, other than the experiment by the satirical newspaper The Chaser, who attempted to have low-profile SBS newsreader Anton Enus nominated for the Gold Logie. They did so by getting their small readership to buy copies of TV Week and vote for Enus for the award. While the attempt failed, their failure gives some cause for the widespread derision in the industry towards the popular-vote awards.
Community television, Channel 31, personalities and shows are eligible for nomination for Logies, however since their audiences are far smaller than those of the commercial channels and public broadcasters, they are at a tremendous disadvantage. For a time they had their own community television awards, known as the Antenna Awards. Despite this, in 2009 the Logies were dogged by minor controversy after organisers refused to allow an acclaimed community television show, The Bazura Project, to be nominated in the category of Outstanding Comedy Show, stating "As TV Week does not cover community television within the magazine, we are unable to consider individual programs on this platform." The ABC's Media Watch program first reported the story on Monday 9 March 2009, with many media outlets covering the growing support for the community television program since.

Logies ceremonies by year

Year	Gold Logie winner	Venue	Host	Broadcaster
1959	Graham Kennedy Panda Lisner	Awards presented on In Melbourne Tonight	Graham Kennedy Guest Presenter – Googie Withers	GTV-9
1960	Graham Kennedy	Brighton Savoy Hotel, Brighton, Melbourne	Hugh O'Brian	GTV-9
1961	Bob Dyer	Chevron-Hilton Hotel, Sydney	Jimmy Edwards	ABN-2
1962	Lorrae Desmond Tommy Hanlon, Jr.	Chevron Hotel, Melbourne	Gerald Lyons Awards Presented by Bob Dyer	ABN-2
1963	Michael Charlton	On board cruise liner Changsha. Originally to have been Chevron-Hilton Hotel, Sydney.	Originally to have been Tony Hancock with Marie McDonald	Originally to have been ABC
1964	Bobby Limb	On board the Lloyd Triestino cruise liner Marconi		Nine Network
1965	Jimmy Hannan	Palais De Dance, Melbourne	Gerald Lyons	ABC
1966	Gordon Chater	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1967	Graham Kennedy Hazel Phillips	Zodiac Room on board cruise liner the Fairstar	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1968	Brian Henderson	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1969	Graham Kennedy	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1970	Barry Crocker Maggie Tabberer	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1971	Gerard Kennedy Maggie Tabberer	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1972	Gerard Kennedy	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1973	Tony Barber	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1974	Graham Kennedy Pat McDonald	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1975	Ernie Sigley Denise Drysdale	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1976	Norman Gunston Denise Drysdale	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1977	Don Lane Jeanne Little	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1978	Graham Kennedy	Southern Cross Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1979	Bert Newton	Hilton Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1980	Mike Walsh	Hilton Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1981	Bert Newton	Centrepoint Convention Centre, Sydney	Michael Parkinson	Network Ten
1982	Bert Newton	Hilton Hotel, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1983	Daryl Somers	Wentworth Regent Hotel, Melbourne	Mike Willesee	Network Ten
1984	Bert Newton	Hilton Hotel Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
1985	Rowena Wallace	World Trade Centre, Melbourne	Greg Evans	Network Ten
1986	Daryl Somers	State Theatre, Sydney	Mike Willesee	Nine Network
1987	Ray Martin	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne	Don Lane	Network Ten
1988	Kylie Minogue	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne	Daryl Somers	Nine Network
1989	Daryl Somers	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Seven Network
1990	Craig McLachlan	Hyatt on Collins, Melbourne	Mark Mitchell	Network Ten
1991	Steve Vizard	World Congress Centre, Melbourne	Daryl Somers	Nine Network
1992	Jana Wendt	Radisson President Hotel, Melbourne	Steve Vizard	Seven Network
1993	Ray Martin	Grand Hyatt, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Network Ten
1994	Ray Martin	World Congress Centre, Melbourne	Ray Martin	Nine Network
1995	Ray Martin	Concert Hall, Melbourne	Andrew Daddo Noni Hazlehurst	Seven Network
1996	Ray Martin	Melbourne Park Centre, Melbourne	Daryl Somers	Nine Network
1997	Lisa McCune	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Daryl Somers	Nine Network
1998	Lisa McCune	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Daryl Somers	Nine Network
1999	Lisa McCune	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Andrew Denton	Nine Network
2000	Lisa McCune	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Andrew Denton	Nine Network
2001	Georgie Parker	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Shaun Micallef	Nine Network
2002	Georgie Parker	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Wendy Harmer	Nine Network
2003	Rove McManus	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Eddie McGuire	Nine Network
2004	Rove McManus	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Eddie McGuire	Nine Network
2005	Rove McManus	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Eddie McGuire Rove McManus Andrew O'Keefe	Nine Network
2006	John Wood	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Bert Newton Ray Martin Daryl Somers Lisa McCune Georgie Parker	Nine Network
2007	Kate Ritchie	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Adam Hills Dave Hughes Fifi Box	Nine Network
2008	Kate Ritchie	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	No host. Only a series of presenters.	Nine Network
2009	Rebecca Gibney	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Gretel Killeen	Nine Network
2010	Ray Meagher	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Bert Newton	Nine Network
2011	Karl Stefanovic	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	Shane Bourne	Nine Network
2012	Hamish Blake	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	No host. Only a series of presenters.	Nine Network
2013	Asher Keddie	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	No host. Only a series of presenters.	Nine Network
2014	Scott Cam	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	No host. Only a series of presenters.	Nine Network
2015	Carrie Bickmore	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	No host. Only a series of presenters.	Nine Network
2016	Waleed Aly	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	No host. Only a series of presenters.	Nine Network
2017	Samuel Johnson	The Palladium Room, Crown Towers, Melbourne	No host. Only a series of presenters.	Nine Network
2018	Grant Denyer	The Star, Gold Coast	No host. Only a series of presenters.	Nine Network
2019	Tom Gleeson	The Star, Gold Coast	No host. Only a series of presenters.	Nine Network
2022	Hamish Blake	Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre	No host. Only a series of presenters.	Nine Network
2023	Sonia Kruger	The Star, Sydney	Sam Pang	Seven Network
2024	Larry Emdur	The Star, Sydney	Sam Pang	Seven Network
2025	Lynne McGranger	The Star, Sydney	Sam Pang	Seven Network