Logie Award for Most Popular Factual Program

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Logie Award for Most Popular Factual Program
CountryAustralia
Presented by TV Week
First awarded2008
Currently held by Gogglebox Australia (2017)
Most awards Bondi Rescue (6)
Website tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Logie for Most Popular Factual Program was an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was given to recognise the popularity of an Australian factual program.

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The award was first awarded at the 50th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 2008 when it was originally called Most Popular Factual Program. [1] The award was discontinued after the 55th Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 2013, [2] however the category was reinstated in 2016 at the 58th Annual TV Week Logie Awards. [3] For the 2016 and 2017 ceremonies, it was renamed Best Factual Program before being permanently eliminated in 2018. [4]

The winner and nominees of Most Popular Factual Program are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website. [5] Bondi Rescue holds the record for the most wins, winning the category every year in the first six years it was awarded.

Winners and nominees

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

KeyMeaning
Indicates the winning program
YearProgramNetworkRef
2008 Bondi Rescue Network Ten [6]
Border Security: Australia's Front Line Seven Network
The Choir of Hard Knocks ABC1
RPA Nine Network
RSPCA Animal Rescue Seven Network
2009 Bondi RescueNetwork Ten [7]
Border Security: Australia's Front LineSeven Network
Find My Family Seven Network
RPANine Network
RSPCA Animal RescueSeven Network
2010 Bondi RescueNetwork Ten [8]
Border Security: Australia's Front LineSeven Network
Find My FamilySeven Network
RPANine Network
RSPCA Animal RescueSeven Network
2011 Bondi RescueNetwork Ten [9]
Bondi Vet Network Ten
Undercover Boss Australia Network Ten
RPANine Network
Who Do You Think You Are? SBS1
2012 Bondi RescueNetwork Ten [10]
Bondi VetNetwork Ten
Border Security: Australia's Front LineSeven Network
RPANine Network
The World's Strictest Parents Seven Network
2013 Bondi RescueNetwork Ten [11]
Bondi VetNetwork Ten
Border Security: Australia's Front LineSeven Network
RPANine Network
Who Do You Think You Are?SBS
2016 Gogglebox Australia The Lifestyle Channel [12]
Network Ten
Australian Story ABC
Bondi RescueNetwork Ten
Bondi VetNetwork Ten
Who Do You Think You Are?SBS
2017 Gogglebox AustraliaThe Lifestyle Channel [13]
Network Ten
Australian StoryABC
Bondi RescueNetwork Ten
Bondi VetNetwork Ten
Todd Sampson's Body Hack Network Ten

Multiple wins/nominations

NumberProgram
Wins
6 Bondi Rescue
2 Gogglebox Australia
Nominations
8Bondi Rescue
6 RPA
5 Border Security: Australia's Front Line
5 Bondi Vet
3 RSPCA Animal Rescue
3 Who Do You Think You Are?
2 Australian Story
2 Find My Family
2Gogglebox Australia

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