Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
Country	Australia
Formerly called	Logie Award for Best Personality on Australian Television
First awarded	1960;64 years ago (1960)
Currently held by	Sonia Kruger (2023)
Most awards	Graham Kennedy Ray Martin
Website	www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, commonly referred to simply as the Gold Logie, is an award presented annually at the Australian Logie Awards.

The Gold Logie was first awarded at the 2nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards, held in 1960 when the award was originally called Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. It was briefly renamed Best Personality on Australian Television in 2016-2017. ^[1] For the 2018 ceremony, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. ^[2]

The winner and nominees of the Gold Logie are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website. ^[3] Gold Logies were awarded for separate male and female categories in 1962, 1967, 1970, 1971, and between 1974 and 1977. The most represented programs are The Don Lane Show and Blue Heelers .

Stars with Most Wins

Name	Wins
Graham Kennedy	5x
Ray Martin	5x
Bert Newton	4x
Lisa McCune	4x
Daryl Somers	3x
Rove McManus	3x

Winners and nominees

Key	Meaning
‡	Indicates the winner(s)

Year	Nominees	Program(s)	Network	Ref
1960	Graham Kennedy ‡	In Melbourne Tonight	GTV9	[4]
1961	Bob Dyer ‡	Pick a Box	ATN7	[5]
1962	Lorrae Desmond ‡	The Lorrae Desmond Show	ABC TV	[6]
	Tommy Hanlon Jr. ‡	It Could Be You	Nine Network
1963	Michael Charlton ‡	Four Corners	ABC TV	[7]
1964	Bobby Limb ‡	The Mobil Limb Show	Nine Network	[8]
1965	Jimmy Hannan ‡	Jimmy	Network Ten	[9]
1966	Gordon Chater ‡	The Mavis Bramston Show	Seven Network	[10]
1967	Graham Kennedy‡	In Melbourne Tonight	Nine Network	[11]
	Hazel Phillips ‡	The Barry Crocker Show	Network Ten
1968	Brian Henderson ‡	Bandstand	Nine Network	[12]
1969	Graham Kennedy‡	In Melbourne Tonight	Nine Network	[13]
1970	Barry Crocker ‡	Sound of Music	Nine Network	[14]
	Maggie Tabberer ‡	Maggie	Seven Network
	Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ‡ [note 1]	Apollo 11 broadcast
1971	Gerard Kennedy ‡	Division 4	Nine Network	[15]
	Maggie Tabberer‡	Maggie	Seven Network
	Bob and Dolly Dyer ‡ [note 2]	Pick a Box	Seven Network
1972	Gerard Kennedy‡	Division 4	Nine Network	[16]
1973	Tony Barber ‡	Great Temptation	Seven Network	[17]
1974	Graham Kennedy‡	The Graham Kennedy Show	Nine Network	[18]
	Pat McDonald ‡	Number 96	0-10 Network
1975	Ernie Sigley ‡	The Ernie Sigley Show	Nine Network	[19]
	Denise Drysdale ‡	The Ernie Sigley Show	Nine Network
1976	Norman Gunston ‡	The Norman Gunston Show	ABC TV	[20]
	Denise Drysdale‡	The Ernie Sigley Show	Nine Network
1977	Don Lane ‡	The Don Lane Show	Nine Network	[21]
	Jeanne Little ‡	The Mike Walsh Show	0-10 Network
1978	Graham Kennedy‡	Blankety Blanks	0-10 Network	[22]
1979	Bert Newton ‡	The Don Lane Show	Nine Network	[23]
1980	Mike Walsh ‡	The Mike Walsh Show	Nine Network	[22]
1981	Bert Newton‡	The Don Lane Show	Nine Network	[24]
1982	Bert Newton‡	The Don Lane Show	Nine Network	[25]
1983	Daryl Somers ‡	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network	[26]
1984	Bert Newton‡	The Don Lane Show	Nine Network	[27]
1985	Rowena Wallace ‡	Sons and Daughters	Seven Network	[28]
1986	Daryl Somers‡	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network	[29]
1987	Ray Martin ‡	Midday	Nine Network	[30]
1988	Kylie Minogue ‡	Neighbours	Network Ten
1989	Daryl Somers‡	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network	[30] [31]
	Jason Donovan	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Craig McLachlan	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Kylie Minogue	Neighbours	Network Ten
1990	Craig McLachlan‡	Neighbours	Network Ten	[32] [33]
	Ray Martin	Midday	Nine Network
	Daryl Somers	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
	Jana Wendt	A Current Affair	Nine Network
1991	Steve Vizard ‡	Fast Forward	Seven Network	[34]
1992	Jana Wendt‡	A Current Affair	Nine Network	[32]
1993	Ray Martin‡	Midday	Nine Network
1994	Ray Martin‡	Midday	Nine Network	[35]
1995	Ray Martin‡	A Current Affair	Nine Network	[35] [36]
	Daryl Somers	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
	Gary Sweet	Police Rescue	ABC TV
	Melissa George	Home and Away	Seven Network
1996	Ray Martin‡	A Current Affair	Nine Network	[35] [37]
	Lisa McCune	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
	Melissa George	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Dieter Brummer	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Daryl Somers	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
1997	Lisa McCune‡	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[38]
	Daryl Somers	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
	Kerri-Anne Kennerley	Midday with Kerri-Anne	Nine Network
	Ray Martin	A Current Affair	Nine Network
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
1998	Lisa McCune‡	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[39]
	Kerri-Anne Kennerley	Midday with Kerri-Anne	Nine Network
	Ray Martin	A Current Affair	Nine Network
	Daryl Somers	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Nine Network
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
1999	Lisa McCune‡	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[40]
	Belinda Emmett	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Kerri-Anne Kennerley	Midday with Kerri-Anne	Nine Network
	Georgie Parker	All Saints	Seven Network
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
2000	Lisa McCune‡	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[41]
	Don Burke	Burke's Backyard	Nine Network
	Georgie Parker	All Saints	Seven Network
	Sigrid Thornton	SeaChange	ABC TV
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
2001	Georgie Parker‡	All Saints	Seven Network	[42]
	Lisa McCune	Blue Heelers and The Potato Factory	Seven Network
	Ada Nicodemou	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Sigrid Thornton	SeaChange	ABC TV
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
2002	Georgie Parker‡	All Saints	Seven Network	[43]
	Rove McManus	Rove (Live)	Network Ten
	Ada Nicodemou	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Libby Tanner	All Saints	Seven Network
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
2003	Rove McManus‡	Rove (Live)	Network Ten	[44]
	Lisa Chappell	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Georgie Parker	All Saints	Seven Network
	Libby Tanner	All Saints	Seven Network
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
2004	Rove McManus‡	Rove (Live)	Network Ten	[45]
	Lisa Chappell	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Delta Goodrem	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Georgie Parker	All Saints	Seven Network
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
2005	Rove McManus‡	Rove (Live)	Network Ten	[46]
	Bridie Carter	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Bec Cartwright	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Georgie Parker	All Saints	Seven Network
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
2006	John Wood‡	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[47]
	Natalie Bassingthwaighte	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Bridie Carter	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Bec Cartwright	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Rove McManus	Rove Live	Network Ten
	Bert Newton	Good Morning Australia	Network Ten
	Ada Nicodemou	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Kate Ritchie	Home and Away	Seven Network
2007	Kate Ritchie‡	Home and Away	Seven Network	[48]
	Natalie Blair	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Rachael Carpani	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	John Howard	All Saints and The Real Seachange	Seven Network
	Simmone Jade Mackinnon	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Rove McManus	Rove Live	Network Ten
	Bert Newton	Bert's Family Feud and 20 to 1	Nine Network
	John Wood	Blue Heelers	Seven Network
2008	Kate Ritchie‡	Home and Away	Seven Network	[49]
	Natalie Blair	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Andrew Denton	Enough Rope	ABC1
	Adam Hills	Spicks and Specks	ABC1
	John Howard	All Saints	Seven Network
	Chris Lilley	Summer Heights High	ABC1
	Lisa McCune	Sea Patrol	Nine Network
	Rove McManus	Rove and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?	Network Ten
2009	Rebecca Gibney ‡	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network	[50]
	Natalie Bassingthwaighte	So You Think You Can Dance Australia	Network Ten
	Andrew Denton	Enough Rope	ABC1
	Adam Hills	Spicks and Specks	ABC1
	Simmone Jade Mackinnon	McLeod's Daughters	Nine Network
	Rove McManus	Rove and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?	Network Ten
	Kate Ritchie	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Ian Smith	Neighbours	Network Ten
2010	Ray Meagher ‡	Home and Away	Seven Network	[51]
	Esther Anderson	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Wil Anderson	The Gruen Transfer	ABC1
	Rebecca Gibney	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Adam Hills	Spicks and Specks	ABC1
	Paul McDermott	Good News Week	Network Ten
	Rove McManus	Rove and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?	Network Ten
	Shaun Micallef	Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation	Network Ten
2011	Karl Stefanovic ‡	Today	Nine Network	[52]
	Rebecca Gibney	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Adam Hills	Spicks and Specks	ABC1
	Asher Keddie	Offspring	Network Ten
	Jessica Marais	Packed to the Rafters	Seven Network
	Chrissie Swan	The Circle	Network Ten
2012	Hamish Blake ‡	Hamish and Andy's Gap Year	Nine Network	[53]
	Esther Anderson	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Carrie Bickmore	The Project	Network Ten
	Adam Hills	Spicks and Specks and Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight	ABC1
	Asher Keddie	Offspring	Network Ten
		Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo	ABC1
	Karl Stefanovic	Today	Nine Network
2013	Asher Keddie‡	Offspring	Network Ten	[54]
	Carrie Bickmore	The Project	Network Ten
	Hamish Blake	Hamish and Andy's Euro Gap Year	Nine Network
		Hamish and Andy's Caravan of Courage: Australia Vs New Zealand
	Adam Hills	Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight	ABC1
	Andy Lee	Hamish and Andy's Euro Gap Year	Nine Network
		Hamish and Andy's Caravan of Courage: Australia Vs New Zealand
	Steve Peacocke	Home and Away	Seven Network
2014	Scott Cam ‡	The Block	Nine Network	[55]
	Carrie Bickmore	The Project	Network Ten
	Essie Davis	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	ABC1
	Asher Keddie	Offspring	Network Ten
	Andy Lee	Hamish & Andy's Gap Year Asia	Nine Network
	Steve Peacocke	Home and Away	Seven Network
2015	Carrie Bickmore‡	The Project	Network Ten	[56]
	Hamish Blake	Hamish & Andy's Gap Year South America	Nine Network
	Scott Cam	The Block	Nine Network
	Asher Keddie	Offspring	Network Ten
		Party Tricks
	Andy Lee	Hamish & Andy's Gap Year South America	Nine Network
	Steve Peacocke	Home and Away	Seven Network
2016	Waleed Aly ‡	The Project	Network Ten	[57]
	Carrie Bickmore	The Project	Network Ten
	Essie Davis	Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries	ABC
	Grant Denyer	Family Feud	Network Ten
		The Great Australian Spelling Bee
	Lee Lin Chin	SBS World News	SBS
		The Feed
	Scott Cam	The Block	Nine Network
		Reno Rumble
2017	Samuel Johnson ‡	Molly	Seven Network	[58]
	Waleed Aly	The Project	Network Ten
	Rodger Corser	Doctor Doctor	Nine Network
		The Doctor Blake Mysteries	ABC
	Grant Denyer	All Star Family Feud	Network Ten
		Family Feud
		The Great Australian Spelling Bee
	Peter Helliar	The Project	Network Ten
	Jessica Marais	Love Child	Nine Network
		The Wrong Girl	Network Ten
2018	Grant Denyer ‡	All Star Family Feud	Network Ten
		Family Feud
	Amanda Keller	The Living Room	Network Ten
	Andrew Winter	Selling Houses Australia	Lifestyle
		Love It or List It Australia
	Jessica Marais	Love Child	Nine Network
		The Wrong Girl	Network Ten
	Rodger Corser	Doctor Doctor	Nine Network
	Tracy Grimshaw	A Current Affair	Nine Network
2019	Tom Gleeson ‡	Hard Quiz	ABC	[59] [60]
	Amanda Keller	The Living Room	Network Ten
		Dancing with the Stars
	Costa Georgiadis	Gardening Australia	ABC
	Eve Morey	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Rodger Corser	Doctor Doctor	Nine Network
	Sam Mac	Sunrise	Seven Network
	Waleed Aly	The Project	Network Ten
2022	Hamish Blake‡	Lego Masters	Nine Network	[61]
	Julia Morris	I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!	Network Ten
	Karl Stefanovic	Today	Nine Network
		60 Minutes
	Melissa Leong	MasterChef Australia	Network Ten
		Celebrity MasterChef Australia
	Ray Meagher	Home And Away	Seven Network
	Sonia Kruger	Big Brother	Seven Network
		Holey Moley
		Dancing with the Stars: All Stars
		The Voice
		The Voice: Generations
	Tom Gleeson	Hard Quiz	ABC
2023	Sonia Kruger	Big Brother	Seven Network
		Dancing with the Stars
		The Voice
	Hamish Blake	Lego Masters	Nine Network
	Julia Morris	I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!	Network Ten
		Taskmaster Australia
	Leigh Sales	7.30	ABC
	Mark Coles Smith	Mystery Road: Origin	ABC
	Osher Günsberg	The Bachelors Australia	Network Ten
		The Masked Singer Australia
	Shaun Micallef	Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell	ABC

Most awarded programs

Wins	Program
5	The Don Lane Show
5	Blue Heelers
3	In Melbourne Tonight
3	The Ernie Sigley Show
3	Hey Hey It's Saturday
3	Midday
3	A Current Affair
3	Rove (Live)
3	Home and Away
2	Neighbours
2	Pick a Box
2	Maggie
2	Division 4
2	The Mike Walsh Show
2	All Saints
2	The Project

Notes

1. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin received a special Gold Logie for providing TV's greatest moment in their moon telecast.
2. Bob and Dolly Dyer received a special Gold Logie in recognition of their contribution to Australian TV.

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External links

• Official website