Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer

Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer
Country Australia
Presented by TV Week
First awarded 2006
Currently held by Remy Hii (2014)
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
double-dagger Indicates the winner
Year Nominees Program(s) Network Ref
2006 Chris LilleyAward winner 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 LungAward winner 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 ClarksonAward winner 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 MaraisAward winner 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 PrestonAward winner 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 DiraniAward winner 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 CrayfordAward winner 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 SebbensAward winner 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 HiiAward winner 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 Silvia Colloca Made In Italy with Silvia Colloca
SBS One
[11]
Harriet Dyer Love Child
Nine Network
Troy Kinne Kinne
7mate
Brandon McClelland ANZAC Girls
ABC
Miranda Tapsell Love Child
Nine Network

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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 (22 March 2015). "Logie Awards 2015: Nominations". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 March 2015.