Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer

Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First awarded	2006
Currently held by	Miranda Tapsell (2015)
Official website	www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Newcomer, also known as the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer, is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was created in honour of Graham Kennedy following his death in 2005. The award was first presented at the 48th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, held in 2006 when it was originally called Most Outstanding New Talent.^[1] It is given to honour an outstanding performance of a new talent on an Australian program. It may or may not be their first television appearance, however it is their first major television role. The winner and nominees of this award are chosen by television industry juries.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Key	Meaning
	Indicates the winner

Year	Nominees	Program(s)	Network	Ref
2006	Chris Lilley	We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year	ABC TV	[1]
	Heath Franklin	The Ronnie Johns Half Hour	Network Ten
	Adam Hills	Spicks and Specks	ABC TV
	Matt Shirvington	Beyond Tomorrow	Seven Network
	Kat Stewart	Supernova	UK.TV
2007	Emma Lung	Stranded	SBS TV	[3]
	Emily Barclay	The Silence	ABC TV
	Aaron Fa'aoso	RAN Remote Area Nurse	SBS TV
	Sam Parsonson	Love My Way	W. Channel
	Alex Tilman	Answered by Fire	ABC TV
2008	Tammy Clarkson	The Circuit	SBS TV	[4]
	Adelaide Clemens	Love My Way	Showtime
	Nicole da Silva	Dangerous	Fox8
	Sean Keenan	Lockie Leonard	Nine Network
	Zoe Ventoura	Kick	SBS TV
2009	Jessica Marais	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network	[5]
	Lauren Clair	Underbelly	Nine Network
	Hanna Mangan-Lawrence	Bed of Roses	ABC1
	Hugh Sheridan	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Ashley Zukerman	Rush	Network Ten
2010	Matt Preston	MasterChef Australia	Network Ten	[6]
	Anastasia Feneri	My Place	ABC3
	Anna Hutchison	Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities	Nine Network
	Camille Keenan	Satisfaction	Showcase
	Eva Lazzaro	Tangle	Showcase
2011	Firass Dirani	Underbelly: The Golden Mile	Nine Network	[7]
	Emma Booth	Underbelly: The Golden Mile	Nine Network
	Ryan Corr	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Richard Davies	Offspring	Network Ten
	Sarah Snook	Sisters of War	ABC1
2012	Chelsie Preston Crayford	Underbelly: Razor	Nine Network	[8]
	Melissa Bergland	Winners & Losers	Seven Network
	Anna McGahan	Underbelly: Razor	Nine Network
	Hamish Macdonald	N/A	Network Ten
	Hamish Michael	Crownies	ABC1
2013	Shari Sebbens	Redfern Now	ABC1	[9]
	Annabel Crabb	Kitchen Cabinet	ABC2
	Brenna Harding	Puberty Blues	Network Ten
	Jason Montgomery	Underbelly: Badness	Nine Network
	Natasa Ristic	Danger 5	SBS One
2014	Remy Hii	Better Man	SBS One	[10]
	Anna Bamford	Wonderland	Network Ten
	Shareena Clanton	Wentworth	SoHo
	Caren Pistorius	Paper Giants: Magazine Wars	ABC1
	Meyne Wyatt	Redfern Now	ABC1
2015	Miranda Tapsell	Love Child	Nine Network	[11]
	Silvia Colloca	Made In Italy with Silvia Colloca	SBS One
	Harriet Dyer	Love Child	Nine Network
	Troy Kinne	Kinne	7mate
	Brandon McClelland	ANZAC Girls	ABC

Multiple wins/nominations

Number	Program
Wins
2	Underbelly
Nominations
7	Underbelly
3	Packed to the Rafters
2	Love My Way
2	Redfern Now

References

1. "2006 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
2. "Full list of nominations for the 55th Annual TV Week Logie Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Archived from the original on 24 April 2014.
3. "2007 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
4. "2008 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
5. "2009 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
6. "2010 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
7. "2011 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
8. "2012 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
9. "2013 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
10. Knox, David (21 April 2014). "Remy Hii wins Most Outstanding Newcomer at Logies". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
11. Knox, David (3 May 2015). "TV Week Logie Awards 2015: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 May 2015.