by Halliwell Hannah
It was back-to-back gold for Lisa McCune last night, when she
again won the coveted Gold Logie for the Most Popular Personality on
Australian television.
The Blue Heelers' favorite looked glamorous in a stunning red dress and elegant hairstyle. Earlier in the evening, she collected the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actress, and celebrated with her co-stars as Blue Heelers won Most Popular Series, and the new Silver Logie for Most Popular Program on Australian television. Her on-screen beau Martin Sacks won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor.
Channel Ten received a much needed morale boost when Neighbours star Brooke Satchwell won the Most Popular
New Talent.
In other awards, Frontline won the peer voted award for Most
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and Most Outstanding Series. This result
will no doubt please Channel Seven who have just begun to repeat the former
ABC show.
Some predictability crept into the evening as most of the popular awards
went to the same recipients as last year. If the night had an underdog,
then it was the ABC's Wildside which won Most Outstanding
Mini-Series/Telemovie and Most Outstanding Actor in Tony Martin.
Graham Kennedy was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame, but was not
present to collect the award.
Full details of all the winners are below, with some Logies stats.
| POPULAR AWARDS as voted by readers of TV Week |
|---|
| Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television | Lisa McCune | 7 |
| Silver Logie for Most Popular Actress | Lisa McCune | 7 |
| Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor | Martin Sacks | 7 |
| Silver Logie for Most Popular Program on Australian Television | Blue
Heelers | 7 |
| Most Popular New Talent | Brooke Satchwell (Neighbours) | 10 |
| Most Popular Series | Blue Heelers | 7 |
| Most Popular Lifestyle Program | Better Homes and Gardens | 7 |
| Most Popular Public Affairs Program | A Current Affair | 9 |
| Most Popular Comedy Program | Full Frontal | 7 |
| Most Popular Light Entertainment Program | Hey Hey It's
Saturday | 9 |
| Most Popular Sports Event | AFL Grand Final | 7 |
| Most Popular Sports Program | The Footy Show-AFL | 9 |
| INDUSTRY AWARDS as voted by a panel of industry professionals |
|---|
| Most Outstanding Documentary: Series or Program | Rats in the
Ranks | 2 |
| Most Outstanding Achievement in News | Thredbo report | 7 |
| Most Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs | Four Corners: Where Does the Buck Stop? | 2 |
| Hall of Fame | Graham Kennedy | |
| Most Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Frontline | 2 |
| Most Outstanding Achievement in Sport | World Cup Qualifier:
Australia vs Iran | SBS |
| Most Outstanding Mini-series/Telemovie | Wildside | 2 |
| Most Outstanding Achievement in Children's Television | Play
School | 2 |
| Most Outstanding Series | Frontline | 2 |
| Most Outstanding Actor | Tony Martin for Wildside | 2 |
| Most Outstanding Actress | Catherine McClements for Water
Rats | 9 |
LOGIE STATISTICS
- Of the 12 Popular Awards, 9 were awarded to the same person or program as last year.
- Blue Heelers won 5 Logies
- Channel 2 (ABC) won 7 Logies
- Channel 7 won 9 Logies
- Channel 9 won 4 Logies
- Channel 28 (SBS) won 1 Logie
Return to "Switched On" soon for a report on the highlights and lowlights of the evening, as well as gossip and public reaction to television's night
of nights.
