Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent

Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First awarded	1980
Currently held by	Felix Cameron for Boy Swallows Universe (2024)
Website	www.tvweeklogieawards.com.au

The Silver Logie for Most Popular New Talent, also known as the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent, is an award presented at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award recognises the popularity of a new talent in an Australian program. The program may or may not be the nominee's first television appearance, however it should be their first major television role. ^[1]

It was first awarded at the 22nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1980 and originally called Most Popular New Talent. ^[2] This award category was eliminated in 1999 and replaced by the Most Popular New Male Talent and Most Popular New Female Talent categories. ^[3] After a 15-year absence, the Most Popular New Talent category was reintroduced in 2014 to replace the gender specific categories. ^[4] It was briefly renamed Best New Talent (2016-2017). ^[5] From 2018, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular New Talent. ^[6]

The winner and nominees of Most Popular New Talent are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website. ^[7] Neighbours and Home and Away have the most recipients of this award, with four wins each.

Winners and nominees

Key	Meaning
‡	Indicates the winner

Year	Nominees	Program(s)	Network(s)	Ref
1980	Vera Plevnik ‡	The John Sullivan Story	Nine Network	[2]
1981	Simon Gallaher ‡	The Mike Walsh Show	Nine Network	[8]
1982	Gary Sweet ‡	The Sullivans	Nine Network	[9]
1983	Stephen Comey ‡	Sons and Daughters	Seven Network	[10]
1984	James Reyne ‡	Return to Eden	Network Ten	[11]
1986	Peter O'Brien ‡	Neighbours	Seven Network	[12]
1987	Jason Donovan ‡	Neighbours	Network Ten	[12] [13]
	Cameron Daddo	Perfect Match	Network Ten
	Kylie Minogue	Neighbours	Network Ten
1988	Alex Papps ‡	The Henderson Kids	Network Ten	[14]
1989	Nicolle Dickson ‡	Home and Away	Seven Network	[12]
1990	Georgie Parker ‡	A Country Practice	Seven Network	[15] [16]
	Matt Day	A Country Practice	Seven Network
	Marcus Graham	E Street	Network Ten
1991	Richard Huggett ‡	E Street	Network Ten	[17] [18]
	Rebekah Elmaloglou	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Sophie Heathcote	A Country Practice	Seven Network
	Sophie Lee	The Bugs Bunny Show	Nine Network
1992	Kym Wilson ‡	Brides of Christ	ABC TV	[19]
1993	Simon Baker ‡	E Street	Network Ten	[20] [21]
	Dieter Brummer	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Natalie Imbruglia	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Matthew Krok	Hey Dad..!	Seven Network
1994	Melissa George ‡	Home and Away	Seven Network	[22]
	Kimberley Davies	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Jo Beth Taylor	Australia's Funniest Home Videos	Nine Network
1995	Lisa McCune ‡	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[23]
	Daniel Amalm	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Isla Fisher	Home and Away	Seven Network
1996	Nic Testoni ‡	Home and Away	Seven Network	[24] [25]
	Kate Fischer	What's Up Doc?	Nine Network
	Katrina Hobbs	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Wendy Mooney	Don't Forget Your Toothbrush	Nine Network
	Vulcan	Gladiators	Seven Network
1997	Tasma Walton ‡	Blue Heelers	Seven Network	[26]
	Belinda Emmett	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Tania Zaetta	Who Dares Wins	Seven Network
	Ben Unwin	Home and Away	Seven Network
1998	Brooke Satchwell ‡	Neighbours	Network Ten	[27]
	Bree Desborough	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Callan Mulvey	Heartbreak High	ABC TV
	Daniel Kowalski	Plucka's Place	Nine Network
2014	Bonnie Sveen ‡	Home and Away	Seven Network	[28]
	Timomatic	Australia's Got Talent	Nine Network
	Abby Earl	A Place to Call Home	Seven Network
	Caren Pistorius	Offspring	Network Ten
		Redfern Now	ABC1
		Paper Giants: Magazine Wars	ABC1
	Johnny Ruffo	Home and Away	Seven Network
2015	Miranda Tapsell ‡	Love Child	Nine Network	[29]
	Laura Brent	ANZAC Girls	ABC
		INXS: Never Tear Us Apart	Seven Network
	Harriet Dyer	Love Child	Nine Network
	Samantha Jade	INXS: Never Tear Us Apart	Seven Network
	Olympia Valance	Neighbours	Network Ten
2016	Adam Dovile‡	Better Homes and Gardens	Seven Network	[30]
	Benson Jack Anthony	800 Words	Seven Network
	Joel Jackson	Deadline Gallipoli	Showcase
		Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door	Seven Network
	Pia Miller	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Dan Reilly	The Block	Nine Network
2017	Rob Collins ‡	Cleverman	ABC	[31]
		The Wrong Girl	Network Ten
	Shalom Brune-Franklin	Doctor Doctor	Nine Network
	Tiarnie Coupland	Love Child	Nine Network
	Hayley Magnus	The Wrong Girl	Network Ten
	Penny McNamee	Home and Away	Seven Network
2018	Dilruk Jayasinha ‡	CRAM!	Network Ten	[32]
		Utopia	ABC
	Matty Johnson	The Living Room	Network Ten
	Sam Frost	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Sophia Forrest	Love Child	Nine Network
	Sophie Dillman	Home and Away	Seven Network
2019	Dylan Alcott ‡	The Set	ABC	[33]
	Bonnie Anderson	Neighbours	Network Ten
	Courtney Miller	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Eddie Woo	Teenage Boss	ABC
	Joe Jonas	The Voice	Nine Network
	Tasia Zalar	Mystery Road	ABC
2022	Tony Armstrong ‡	News Breakfast	ABC	[34]
	Alessandra Rampolla	Married At First Sight	Nine Network
	Carlos Sanson Jr	Bump	Stan
	Matt Evans	Home and Away	Seven Network
	Melanie Bracewell	The Cheap Seats	Network Ten
	Will Lodder	Love Me	Binge/Foxtel
2023	Amy Shark ‡	Australian Idol	Seven Network
	Ayesha Madon	Heartbreak High	Netflix
	Chloé Hayden	Heartbreak High	Netflix
	Flex Mami	Love Island Australia	Nine Network
	Kween Kong	RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under	Stan
	Lilliana Bowrey	Surviving Summer	Netflix
2024	Felix Cameron‡	Boy Swallows Universe	Netflix	[35]
	Alyla Browne	The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart	Amazon Prime Video
	Ava Caryofyllis	Bay of Fires	ABC
	Imi Mbedla	Bay of Fires	ABC
	Lee Tiger Halley	Boy Swallows Universe	Netflix
	Tristan Gorey	Home and Away	Seven Network

Multiple wins

Number	Program
Wins
4	Home and Away
4	Neighbours
2	Blue Heelers
2	E Street

See also

• George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent
• Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer
• Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent
• Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent

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