The 62nd TV Week Logie Awards

After three years, the TV Week Logie Awards made their return, culminating with Hamish Blake winning the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality On Australian Television.

For Blake, host of Nine’s Lego Masters, it was his second Gold Logie, having won the first in 2012.

In winning the Gold, he had beaten fellow nominees Julia Morris, Karl Stefanovic, Melissa Leong, Ray Meagher, Sonia Kruger and Tom Gleeson. He also won the inaugural Bert Newton Award For Most Popular Presenter and Lego Masters won the industry-voted Most Outstanding Entertainment Or Comedy Program.

After the customary coverage of the Red Carpet Arrivals, Gold Logie nominee Morris opened the show but, regrettably, was not great with what she was given to work with. An attempted parody to have her monologue gate-crashed by a dancing performance might have been a good idea on paper but it didn’t translate to the screen.

It seemed to be a common thread through the night, where appearances by Magda Szubanski, Hamish Blake and Andy Lee were largely let down by ordinary scripting. Dave Hughes‘ monologue ahead of presenting the Gold Logie was also fairly ordinary, not wavering far from his previous Logies monologues.

One highlight was Chrissie Swan roasting Karl Stefanovic for not attending rehearsals and also for heckling “Irene” from Home And Away after the show’s cast were on stage to accept the Logie for Most Popular Drama Program.


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The much-anticipated tribute to Neighbours, which amounted to a well-worn collection of clips from the archive and a segue from former stars Daniel MacPherson and Natalie Bassingthwaighte to introduce the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent, left fans of the show disappointed. Given the show’s record-breaking 37-year run and with a considerable contingent of cast members present at the awards, it seemed a missed opportunity to give the show a lasting and more dignified send off.

Leigh Sales introduced the In Memoriam segment, which was accompanied by a performance from Tim Minchin. Given it was three years since the last Logies presentation, it was always going to be a challenge to offer a complete roll call to all in the industry that had passed away over that time, with some names relegated from the main presentation to a video posted online as something of a compromise for time.


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Bert Newton, who hosted and won many Logies over his career and died last year, was paid tribute by wife Patti, who introduced the naming of the Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter.

Football commentator Leigh Matthews introduced the presentation of the TV Week Logie Awards Hall Of Fame and announced sporting commentator Bruce McAvaney as its latest inductee. McAvaney’s career dates back over 40 years as a sports reporter and commentator, first in Adelaide, then in Melbourne, then as a national identity for the Ten Network and for over 30 years at Seven, covering the AFL — commentating more than 1000 games and 20 grand finals — and major events such as the Melbourne Cup, Test Cricket, Brownlow Medal and Olympic Games.


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TV WEEK GOLD LOGIE — MOST POPULAR PERSONALITY ON AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
Hamish Blake (Lego Masters Australia)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE — MOST POPULAR ACTOR
Guy Pearce (Jack Irish)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE — MOST POPULAR ACTRESS
Kitty Flanagan (Fisk)

BERT NEWTON AWARD — MOST POPULAR PRESENTER
Hamish Blake (Lego Masters Australia)

GRAHAM KENNEDY AWARD — MOST POPULAR NEW TALENT
Tony Armstrong (ABC News Breakfast)

MOST POPULAR DRAMA PROGRAM
Home And Away (Seven)

MOST POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
Gogglebox Australia (Foxtel/Ten)

MOST POPULAR PANEL OR CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM
The Project (Ten)

MOST POPULAR COMEDY PROGRAM
Have You Been Paying Attention? (Ten)

MOST POPULAR REALITY PROGRAM
MasterChef Australia (Ten)

MOST POPULAR LIFESTYLE PROGRAM
Travel Guides (Nine)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN ACTOR OR ACTRESS IN AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Jacki Weaver (Yellowstone)

2022 MOST OUTSTANDING AWARDS

TV WEEK GOLD LOGIE — HALL OF FAME: Bruce McAvaney

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE — MOST OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
The Newsreader (ABC)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE — MOST OUTSTANDING MINISERIES OR TELEMOVIE
Fires (ABC)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE — MOST OUTSTANDING ACTOR
Richard Roxburgh (Fires)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE — MOST OUTSTANDING ACTRESS
Anna Torv (The Newsreader)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – MOST OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
Colin Friels (Wakefield)

TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE – MOST OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Heather Mitchell (Love Me)

MOST OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT OR COMEDY PROGRAM
Lego Masters Australia (Nine)

MOST OUTSTANDING REALITY PROGRAM
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! (Ten)

MOST OUTSTANDING NEWS COVERAGE OR PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT
Brittany Higgins Interview (The Project)

MOST OUTSTANDING SPORTS COVERAGE
Olympic and Paralympics Games Tokyo 2020 (Seven)

MOST OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
Bluey (ABC)

MOST OUTSTANDING FACTUAL OR DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
Incarceration Nation (NITV)

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  1. Ah well, I suppose Tony Armstrong has had enough publicity elsewhere and only needs to be in your winner’s list.

    1. Mr Armstrong is a worthy winner, but unfortunately with time constraints, I was not in a position to give a commentary on every winner so really just focused on the major awards.

    • Trevar langlands on 21 June 2022 at 1:02 AM
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    How about first female gold winner Hazel Phillips
    She was in audience
    Should have been a presenter

    1. They could have had her present the Gold instead of Dave Hughes!

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