Logie Awards of 2012

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54th Logie Awards
2012 Logie Awards logo.jpg
Date15 April 2012
Site Crown Palladium, Melbourne, Victoria
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]

Contents

Winners and nominees

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

Gold Logie

Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

Acting/Presenting

Most Popular Actor Most Popular Actress
Most Outstanding Actor in a Series Most Outstanding Actress in a Series
Most Popular New Male Talent Most Popular New Female Talent
Most Outstanding New Talent Most Popular Presenter
Most Popular Drama Series Most Popular Light Entertainment Program
Most Popular Lifestyle Program Most Popular Factual Program
Most Popular Sports Program Most Popular Reality Program

Most Outstanding Programs

Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program
Most Outstanding Sports CoverageMost Outstanding News Coverage
Most Outstanding Children's Program Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report
Most Outstanding Factual Program

Performers

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

Presenters

In Memoriam

The In Memoriam segment was introduced by Mick Molloy who spoke of the passing of Bill Hunter. Bernard Fanning's "Watch Over Me" was played during the tribute. The following deceased were honoured:

During the tribute, an image of David Gulpilil was shown in place of David Ngoombujarra. Nine and TV Week later apologised for the error. [7]

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References

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