32-591: The Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television , commonly referred to simply as the Gold Logie , is an award presented annually at the Australian Logie Awards . The Gold Logie was first awarded at the 2nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards , held in 1960 when the award was originally called Most Popular Personality on Australian Television . It was briefly renamed Best Personality on Australian Television in 2016-2017. For
64-417: A blinds manufacturer, for which Naylor produced the original radio advertisement. It was from there that he was to start his career in the media. In 1956, when Woodweev Blinds needed someone to provide a voice for their radio commercials, Naylor was "co-opted" into the role – reportedly because his voice made him sound like "a nice family sort of fellow". This led to a two-year stint as the radio presenter of
96-447: A comment "I like the boy!" (in reference to a series of TV advertisements Bert had recently done). Ali became upset at the comment, as the term "boy" carried negative racial connotations for many black Americans, although Newton was oblivious to this use of the term and claimed this was not his intention. After realising his faux pas, Newton quickly apologised to Ali on stage. The most difficult guest to interact with, according to Newton,
128-640: 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. Known from their inception as the TV Week Awards, the awards were instigated by TV Week magazine with
160-451: 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
192-596: A stepping stone for performers such as Debra Byrne , Rod Kirkham , Jane Scali , Peter Doyle , Patti Newton , Anne Watt , Vikki Broughton and Jamie Redfern . Naylor also hosted the SSB Adventure Club in the early 1960s with Madeleine Burke, and appeared as a regular on the station's daytime variety program Time For Terry in 1965. He became HSV-7's chief news presenter in 1970, replacing Geoff Raymond . Naylor switched to GTV -9 in 1978 and replaced Sir Eric Pearce as chief news presenter. He presented
224-458: A television connection, this has not always been the case. In 2001, Ricky Martin was the headline performer. In 2002, Destiny's Child performed, with Elton John and Shakira making appearances. In 2004, it was Michael Bublé with Delta Goodrem . In 2011, Katy Perry performed and presented an award, while 2012 saw One Direction and Delta Goodrem perform on the night with appearances from Flo Rida , Tony Bennett and Seal . In 2013, it
256-646: 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
288-576: Is fourth with 25 Logies. Television personalities with the most national wins (excluding state-based Logie awards) are: Actors/actresses with the most national wins: Brian Naylor (broadcaster) Brian Norman Naylor (21 January 1931 – 7 February 2009 ) was an Australian television broadcaster and presenter, best known for his longstanding stint as chief news presenter at Seven Network ( HSV-7 ) from 1970 to 1978 and for Nine Network ( GTV-9 ) from 1978 to 1998 and his sign-off line, "May your news be good news, and good-night." Naylor
320-501: 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
352-557: The Most Popular Actor and Actress categories, 15 names for Most Popular Presenter and five programs for Most Popular Drama . These restrictions often are introduced over those who are not listed in the voting form, and as a result, they are not eligible to be nominated for an award. Many local and overseas performers have appeared at the Logie Awards ceremony. While it had been a tradition to choose performers with
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#1732779894634384-622: 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 . The decade of the 2010s was the first decade where no one won the Gold Logie award more than once. The prestigious Logie Hall of Fame
416-578: The 2018 ceremony, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular Personality on Australian Television . The winner and nominees of the Gold Logie are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website. Gold Logies were awarded for separate male and female categories in 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, and between 1974 and 1977. The most represented programs are The Don Lane Show and Blue Heelers . Logie Awards The TV Week Logie Awards (known colloquially as The Logies )
448-609: The Jack Brockhoff Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Research Unit of Royal Melbourne Hospital ), Naylor also assisted with fundraising for the Macfarlane Burnet Appeal and Windana Society Drug Rehabilitation. Naylor's son Matthew was killed in a plane crash at Kinglake, Victoria , on 29 May 2008, aged 41. Less than a year later, on 7 February 2009, Naylor and his wife Moiree were killed as one of
480-735: The Melbourne edition of National Nine News until he retired from this position on 27 November 1998. He was replaced by Peter Hitchener . In his time at Nine, Naylor also hosted Carols by Candlelight from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl ten times. He won the 1988 Victorian Father of the Year Award. A patron of several organisations (the Variety Club in Victoria, the Dialysis and Transplant Association of Victoria and
512-513: 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
544-700: The ceremony itself was in late April or early May. Since 2018, voting begins in March and the ceremony is held in July. 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 . To be eligible to receive a Logie, a program must be Australian produced, set in Australia and have
576-571: The ceremony. Bert Newton, who has won the Gold Logie four times, hosted the awards a total of 19 times. GTV-9 / Nine Network is also strongly associated with the history of the Logies. Nine has hosted the awards 46 times in their 60-year history. The Seven Network will take over from the Nine Network as host broadcaster. Seven had last broadcast the Logie Awards in 1995 . In 1973, American actor Michael Cole generated controversy after accepting an award while apparently drunk, uttering
608-494: The company's program on radio station 3AK . Two years after starting with 3AK, Naylor joined Melbourne radio station 3DB where he worked with Ernie Sigley as a radio announcer and host of a children's talent program, Swallow's Juniors . In 1958, Naylor moved to Melbourne television station HSV-7 , transferring Swallow's Juniors to television where it was renamed Brian and the Juniors . Running until 1969, it provided
640-419: 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 (they came "reasonably close", to earning a nomination for Enus, according to a " TV Week Insider"), their failure gives some cause for
672-597: 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 (short message service) 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
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#1732779894634704-404: 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
736-428: 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
768-487: The story on Monday 9 March 2009, with many media outlets covering the growing support for the community television program since. The Logie Awards ceremony is televised and became generally more elaborate as years went by. The awards have mostly been held in a ballroom, rather than a theatre, which is common for the Emmy Awards and Academy Awards . Dinner is served just before the ceremony and drinks are served during
800-400: The victory. The trial of the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins was delayed because of comments from Lisa Wilkinson's acceptance speech. Every year before public voting opens, major commercial networks ABC, SBS, Seven, Nine, and 10 are restricted in the number of personalities and programs they can submit for consideration in the publicly voted category, including up to 10 names in both
832-424: The widespread derision in the industry (particularly the 'quality' end) 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
864-455: The word "shit" in a short, incoherent acceptance speech. This was the first time such profanity had been said on Australian television. According to Bert Newton, Channel Nine received thousands of complaints about the use of the word, however, when it was edited for the repeat transmission Newton stated "they got double the calls complaining it had been dropped." In 1979, during a notable appearance with Muhammad Ali as co-presenter, Newton made
896-474: Was Bruno Mars and 2014 Ed Sheeran . Gold Logie Silver Logie Program awards Gold Logie Silver Logie As of 2017, Home and Away is the most successful program in Logies history, having won 49 awards since it premiered in 1988. Neighbours is the second most successful having won 31 Logies since it began in 1985. A Country Practice follows as the third most successful program, having won 29 awards throughout its twelve-year run. Blue Heelers
928-476: Was Vic Morrow in 1967. He would just stand there saying nothing, silently handing out the Logies. According to Bert, "every so often, I'd say 'how are you going, Vic?' and he would just nod his head." Grant Denyer's 2018 Gold Logie win has proved controversial with people believing he only won because of Tom Gleeson 's campaign. Gleeson has shrugged off those suggestions. Tom Gleeson's 2019 Gold Logie win has proved controversial with him not being so humble by
960-550: Was born on 21 January 1931. He grew up in Melbourne, initially attending Melbourne High School until the onset of World War II , when he was relocated to Camberwell High School , along with all of the students at his school. Completing his schooling in Form 5 (Year 11), his first job was as a production cadet at the Australian Paper Manufacturers . Naylor left APM when his manager started Woodweev Blinds,
992-402: 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 . Rebecca Gibney
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1024-602: Was the fourth woman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame , joining former recipients Ruth Cracknell , Noni Hazlehurst and Kerri-Anne Kennerley . The Logies have been criticised for its lack of women inductees in the category These are the only programs that have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Voting for the Most Popular Logie categories is done using an online form, or by SMS (short message service) voting for
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