Voting Opens for the 2012 TV Week Logie Awards

Voting has opened for the 2012 TV Week Logie Awards - Australia's night of nights in terms of fan-voted television awards. Winners last year included actors Asher Keddie (Dr Nina Proudman, Offspring) for Most Popular Actress, and Hugh Sheridan (Ben Rafter, Packed to the Rafters) for Most Popular Actor. I think it was the first year that I can remember where an actor or actress from Aussie suds Home and Away or Neighbours hasn't won the Logie for Most Popular New Talent! Let's see if we can change that this year with a nomination for Steve Peacocke (Brax, Home and Away), Demi Harman (Sasha, Home and Away) or Gemma Pranita (Jade, Neighbours).

I'm not sure if Denial Islanders outside of Australia can vote, but try the link anyway. Voting closes February 19, 2012. The Logie (pronounced low-gies (as if you were saying get, not geez)) Awards are usually held the first week in May at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, and two years ago boasted international guests Kristian Alfonso and Peter Reckell from US soap Days of our Lives.

Logies Nominations 2010: The Good, the Bad and the Honorable Mentions

It's time to pay homage to Denial Island's own Melanie*SoapOperaBabble*daisyclover1938's Daytime Emmy Nominations which can be read here. With my (short) coverage and opinions on the 2010 Australian Logie nominations.

A list of all the nominations can be read here.

Here we go!

The Good :

It's about flamin time that actor Ray Meagher gets a nod from the industry that he has been flamin working at for the last flamin twenty some odd years. But is this Ray's year? The veteran Home and Away actor did not have the biggest year storyline wise, unless you are counting the scenes that aired earlier this (2010) year. I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens there, but it is about flamin time is all i have to say. Ray is nominated as Most popular personality on Television, and Most Popular Actor.

Next up we have actress Ashleigh Brewer who plays Kate Ramsey on the channel ten soap Neighbours. Ashleigh is up for Best Female Newcomer. She is the only actor from Neighbours to be nominated for an award.

The character of Kate has been a breath fresh air, and has brought about a much needed new vibe to the street.


Next (and last for the good), we have for Most Popular New Male Talent Home and Away stud Luke Mitchell who play's everyone's favorite Romeo.

While I cannot really think of a 'storyline' worthy of a loggie, the actor is brilliant and is good for more then just 'eye candy'. So I am rooting for him to pull it out. But will he be able to?




Next up we have the BAD!


Okay so this category is going to be extremely short, that is because there is only one actress that I really have to rant about, and that is Kate Bell who played Joey Collins for a whole two seconds on Home and Away.

Now the reason I dislike her so much is not necessarily the actresses fault, she was an alright actress, but my problem was that the character of Joey Collins was meant to be a long term character. There was obviously a massive amount of storylines to play out with Joey essentially turning Charlie gay for a quick second, only to leave the bay and never look back.

The executive producers should have locked the actress into a long term contract and let the storyline play out, otherwise it turned into a complete and utter disaster, and I cannot think of any reason to give the award to Kate Bell over Ashleigh Brewer who is nominated in the same category.


Honorable mentions go to -

Home and Away for snagging a nomination in the best drama catagory for the billionth year in a row.

Jessica Tovey for her portrayal of Belle Jefferies on Home and Away *tear* her cancer storyline was brilliant.

Lastly Esther Anderson for her job as police constable Charlie Buckton, who actually has some good award winning stories to put up.

Home and Away has a total of 11 nominations, but lets be honest here, the prime-time drama Packed To The Rafters is going to beat it in every category LOL.

So who are you rooting for this year?