Logie Award for Best New Talent

Logie Award for Best New Talent
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First awarded	1980
Currently held by	Miranda Tapsell (2015)
Official website	www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Silver Logie for Best New Talent is an award presented at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was first awarded at the 22nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1980 when the award was originally called Most Popular New Talent.^[1] For the 2016 ceremony, it was renamed Best New Talent.^[2] The award is given to honour a standout performance of a new talent in an Australian program. It may or may not be their first television appearance, however it is their first major television role.^[3] The winner and nominees of Most Popular New Talent are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website.^[4]

This award category was eliminated in 1999 and replaced by the Most Popular New Male Talent and Most Popular New Female Talent categories.^[5] After a 15-year absence, the Most Popular New Talent category was reintroduced in 2014 to replace the gender specific categories.^[6] Neighbours and Home and Away have the most recipients of this award, with four wins each.

Winners and nominees

Key	Meaning
	Indicates the winner

Year	Nominees	Program(s)	Network(s)	Ref
1980	Vera Plevnik	The John Sullivan Story	Nine Network	[1]
1981	Simon Gallaher	The Mike Walsh Show	Nine Network	[7]
1982	Gary Sweet	The Sullivans	Nine Network	[8]
1983	Stephen Comey	Sons and Daughters	Seven Network	[9]
1984	James Reyne	Return To Eden	Network Ten	[10]
1986	Peter O'Brien	Neighbours	Seven Network	[11]
1987	Jason Donovan	Neighbours	Network Ten	[11]
1988	Alex Papps	The Henderson Kids	Network Ten	[12]
1989	Nicolle Dickson	Home and Away	Seven Network	[11]
1990	Georgie Parker	A Country Practice	Seven Network	[13]
1991	Richard Huggett	Neighbours	Network Ten	[14]
1992	Kym Wilson	Brides of Christ	ABC TV	[15]
1993	Simon Baker	E Street	Network Ten	[16]
1994	Melissa George	Home and Away	Seven Network	[17]
1995	Lisa McCune	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[17]
1996	Nic Testoni	Home and Away	Seven Network	[17]
1997	Tasma Walton	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[17]
1998	Brooke Satchwell	Neighbours	Network Ten	[18]
2014	Bonnie Sveen	Home and Away	Seven Network	[19]
	Timomatic	Australia's Got Talent	Nine Network
	Abby Earl	A Place to Call Home	Seven Network
	Caren Pistorius	Offspring	Network Ten
		Redfern Now	ABC1
		Paper Giants: Magazine Wars	ABC1
	Johnny Ruffo	Home and Away	Seven Network
2015	Miranda Tapsell	Love Child	Nine Network	[20]
	Laura Brent	ANZAC Girls	ABC
		INXS: Never Tear Us Apart	Seven Network
	Harriet Dyer	Love Child	Nine Network
	Samantha Jade	INXS: Never Tear Us Apart	Seven Network
	Olympia Valance	Neighbours	Network Ten

Multiple wins

Number	Program
Wins
4	Home and Away
4	Neighbours
2	Blue Heelers

See also

• Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent
• Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent

References

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20. Knox, David (3 May 2015). "TV Week Logie Awards 2015: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 May 2015.