Logie Awards of 2012

54th Logie Awards
Date	15 April 2012
Site	Crown Palladium, Melbourne, Victoria
Host	N/A
Highlights
Gold Logie	Hamish Blake
Hall of Fame	Molly Meldrum
Most awards	Hamish and Andy's Gap Year, Packed to the Rafters, Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, The Slap and Spicks and Specks (2)
Most nominations	Home and Away and Underbelly: Razor (7)
Television coverage
Network	Nine Network

The 54th Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Sunday 15 April 2012 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network.^[1] Public voting for the "Most Popular" categories were conducted through an online survey from 5 December 2011 to 19 February 2012.^[2] Nominations were announced on 18 March 2012.^[3] The red carpet coverage which preceded the ceremony was hosted by Jules Lund, Sonia Kruger, Livinia Nixon and Shane Crawford.^[4] Musical performers at the event included One Direction, Flo Rida, Tony Bennett, Seal and Delta Goodrem.^[3][5]

Winners and nominees

In the tables below, winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^[6]

Gold Logie

Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
Hamish Blake in Hamish and Andy's Gap Year (Nine Network) Esther Anderson in Home and Away (Seven Network) Carrie Bickmore in The Project (Network Ten) Adam Hills in Spicks and Specks and Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight (ABC1) Asher Keddie in Offspring (Network Ten) and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (ABC1) Karl Stefanovic in Today (Nine Network)

Acting/Presenting

Most Popular Actor	Most Popular Actress
Hugh Sheridan in Packed to the Rafters (Seven Network) Daniel MacPherson in Wild Boys (Seven Network) Ray Meagher in Home and Away (Seven Network) Eddie Perfect in Offspring (Network Ten) Erik Thomson in Packed to the Rafters (Seven Network)	Asher Keddie in Offspring (Network Ten) and Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (ABC1) Esther Anderson in Home and Away (Seven Network) Danielle Cormack in Underbelly: Razor (Nine Network) and East West 101 (SBS) Rebecca Gibney in Packed to the Rafters (Seven Network) Jessica Marais in Packed to the Rafters (Seven Network)
Most Outstanding Actor in a Series	Most Outstanding Actress in a Series
Rob Carlton in Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (ABC1) Alex Dimitriades in The Slap (ABC1) Don Hany in East West 101 (SBS) Geoff Morrell in Cloudstreet (Showcase) David Wenham in Killing Time (TV1)	Melissa George in The Slap (ABC1) Essie Davis in The Slap (ABC1) Diana Glenn in Killing Time (TV1) Asher Keddie in Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (ABC1) Kat Stewart in Offspring (Network Ten)
Most Popular New Male Talent	Most Popular New Female Talent
Steve Peacocke in Home and Away (Seven Network) Dan Ewing in Home and Away (Seven Network) Peter Kuruvita in My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita (SBS) James Mason in Neighbours (Network Ten) Tom Wren in Winners & Losers (Seven Network)	Melissa Bergland in Winners & Losers (Seven Network) Chelsie Preston Crayford in Underbelly: Razor (Nine Network) Tiffiny Hall in The Biggest Loser (Network Ten) Demi Harman in Home and Away (Seven Network) Anna McGahan in Underbelly: Razor (Nine Network)
Most Outstanding New Talent	Most Popular Presenter
Chelsie Preston Crayford in Underbelly: Razor (Nine Network) Melissa Bergland in Winners & Losers (Seven Network) Hamish Macdonald, Senior Foreign Correspondent (Network Ten) Anna McGahan in Underbelly: Razor (Network Nine) Hamish Michael in Crownies (ABC1)	Adam Hills in Spicks and Specks and Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight (ABC1) Carrie Bickmore in The Project (Network Ten) Hamish Blake in Hamish and Andy's Gap Year (Nine Network) Karl Stefanovic in Today (Nine Network) Chrissie Swan in The Circle (Network Ten)

Most Popular Programs

Most Popular Drama Series	Most Popular Light Entertainment Program
Packed to the Rafters (Seven Network) Home and Away (Seven Network) Offspring (Network Ten) Underbelly: Razor (Nine Network) Winners & Losers (Seven Network)	Hamish and Andy's Gap Year (Nine Network) Australia's Got Talent (Seven Network) The Project (Network Ten) Spicks and Specks (ABC1) Sunrise (Seven Network)
Most Popular Lifestyle Program	Most Popular Factual Program
Better Homes and Gardens (Seven Network) Getaway (Nine Network) iFish (Network Ten) Ready Steady Cook (Network Ten) Selling Houses Australia Extreme (The LifeStyle Channel)	Bondi Rescue (Network Ten) Bondi Vet (Network Ten) Border Security: Australia's Front Line (Seven Network) RPA (Nine Network) The World's Strictest Parent (Seven Network)
Most Popular Sports Program	Most Popular Reality Program
2011 AFL Grand Final (Network Ten) Before the Game (Network Ten) The Footy Show (AFL) (Nine Network) The Footy Show (NRL) (Nine Network) Wide World of Sports (Nine Network)	The Block (Nine Network) Beauty and the Geek Australia (Seven Network) MasterChef Australia (Network Ten) My Kitchen Rules (Seven Network) The X Factor (Seven Network)

Most Outstanding Programs

Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie	Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program
The Slap (ABC1) Cloudstreet (Showcase) Offspring (Network Ten) Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (ABC1) Underbelly: Razor (Nine Network)	Spicks and Specks (ABC1) Australia's Got Talent (Seven Network) Gruen Planet (ABC1) The Project (Network Ten) Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation (Network Ten)
Most Outstanding Sports Coverage	Most Outstanding News Coverage
2011 State Of Origin – Game Three (Nine Network) 2011 Australian Open Tennis (Seven Network) 2011 Bathurst 1000 (Seven Network) 2011 Melbourne Cup Carnival (Seven Network) 2011 Tour de France (SBS)	"The Queensland Floods", Nine News (Nine Network) "Lockyer Valley Flood", Seven News Brisbane (Seven Network) "Qantas Grounded", Sky News National (Sky News Australia) "Skype Scandal", Ten News at Five (Network Ten) "Unfinished Business", SBS World News Australia (SBS)
Most Outstanding Children's Program	Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report
My Place (ABC3) Camp Orange: Wrong Town (Nickelodeon) Lockie Leonard (Nine Network) Saturday Disney (Seven Network) Scope (Network Ten)	"A Bloody Business", Four Corners (ABC1) After The Deluge: The Valley (ABC1) "Rescue 500", Sunday Night (Seven Network) "Salma in the Square", Foreign Correspondent (ABC1) Tour of Duty: Australia's Secret War (Network Ten)
Most Outstanding Factual Program
Go Back To Where You Came From (SBS) Leaky Boat (ABC1) Mrs Carey's Concert (ABC1) Outback Fight Club (SBS) Tony Robinson Explores Australia (The History Channel)

Performers

One Direction on the red carpet at the 2012 TV Week Logie Awards.

• Flo Rida^[1]
• One Direction^[3]
• Tony Bennett^[1]
• Seal^[3]
• Delta Goodrem^[1]

Presenters

• Shaun Micallef^[3]
• Adam Hills^[3]
• Julia Morris^[3]
• Hamish Blake^[3]
• Andy Lee^[3]
• Dave Hughes^[3]

References

1. "54th TV Week Logie Awards, 2012". Tvweeklogies.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014.
2. Knox, David (5 December 2011). "Logies 2012 Voting opens". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
3. Knox, David (12 March 2012). "One Direction, Seal set for Logie Awards". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
4. "54th Annual TV Week Logie Awards: Winners". Mediaspy.org. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
5. Knox, David (27 March 2012). "Tony Bennett, Delta Goodrem for the Logies". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
6. Knox, David (15 April 2012). "2012 Logie Awards: winners". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 December 2012.

External links

• 2012 Logie Awards at the Internet Movie Database