INXS up for six TV Week Logie Awards
INXS’ TV mini-series INXS: Never Tear Us Apart is up for six TV Week Logie Awards –the Australian television industry awards which isnow in its 57th year.
The two-part telemovie, which was screened in Australia, New Zealand, US and in Latin America, is up for Most Outstanding Miniseries Or Telemovie, Most Popular New Talent – where its two cast members Samantha Jade and Laura Brent go head-to-head –Most Popular Actor (Luke Arnold), Most Popular Drama Program and Most Outstanding Actor (Luke Arnold).
In Australia, where it screened on Channel Seven, the first part had a total audience of 2.243 million metro viewers and the second had 2.579 million, including regional viewers. In New Zealand when it was screen on TV3 last August, it attracted an average total audience of 220,000 New Zealanders and took greatest hits album,INXS: The Very Bestto #1 on the NZ album charts – the first time INXS has had a #1 album in the territory since 1987.
Locally, the album was certified Quadruple Platinum and wasthe #1 selling artist album in Australia for 2014. When it hit #1 on the ARIA Albums chart last year it marked the first ARIA #1 album for the band in 24 years (since 1990’sX) and saw them make ARIA chart history as the Australian act with the longest gap between #1 albums.
In December INXS: Never Tear Us Apart was nominated for four Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards.
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The Logie Awards will be held atCrown Palladium inMelbourne on May 3, and broadcast on the Nine Network.
See below for the full list of 2015 nominees:
Gold Logie
• Andy Lee (Hamish & Andy's Gap Year South America, Nine Network)
• Asher Keddie (Offspring/Party Tricks, Network Ten)
• Carrie Bickmore (The Project, Network Ten)
• Hamish Blake (Hamish & Andy's Gap Year South America, Nine Network)
• Scott Cam (The Block, Nine Network)
• Stephen Peacocke (Home and Away, Channel Seven)
Most Popular Actor
• Chris Lilley (Jonah From Tonga, ABC)
• Craig McLachlan (The Doctor Blake Mysteries, ABC)
• Josh Thomas (Please Like Me, ABC 2)
• Luke Arnold (INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, Channel Seven)
• Stephen Peacocke (Home and Away, Channel Seven)
Most Popular Actress
• Asher Keddie (Offspring/Party Tricks, Network Ten)
• Bonnie Sveen (Home and Away, Channel Seven)
• Jessica Marais (Carlotta/Love Child, ABC/Nine Network)
• Julia Morris (House Husbands, Nine Network)
• Mandy McElhinney (Love Child, Nine Network)
Most Popular Presenter
• Amanda Keller (The Living Room, Network Ten)
• Andy Lee (Hamish & Andy's Gap Year South America, Nine Network)
• Carrie Bickmore (The Project, Network Ten)
• Grant Denyer (Family Feud, Network Ten)
• Karl Stefanovic (Today, Nine Network)
Most Popular New Talent
• Harriet Dyer (Love Child, Nine Network)
• Laura Brent (ANZAC Girls/INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, ABC/Channel Seven)
• Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, Nine Network)
• Olympia Valance (Neighbours, Network Ten)
• Samantha Jade (INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, Channel Seven)
Most Popular Drama Program
• Home and Away (Channel Seven)
• House Husbands (Nine Network)
• INXS: Never Tear Us Apart (Channel Seven)
• Love Child (Nine Network)
• Offspring (Network Ten)
Most Popular Entertainment Program
• Family Feud (Network Ten)
• Hamish & Andy's Gap Year South America (Nine Network)
• Sunrise (Channel Seven)
• The Project (Network Ten)
• The Voice Australia (Nine Network)
Most Popular Reality Program
• Big Brother (Nine Network)
• Bondi Rescue (Network Ten)
• Bondi Vet (Network Ten)
• My Kitchen Rules (Channel Seven)
• The Block (Nine Network)
Most Popular Sports Program
• Marngrook Footy Show (NITV)
• The AFL Footy Show (Nine Network)
• The Cricket Show (Nine Network)
• The NRL Footy Show (Nine Network)
• Wide World Of Sport (Nine Network)
Most Popular Lifestyle Program
• Better Homes and Gardens (Channel Seven)
• Getaway (Nine Network)
• Grand Designs Australia (FOXTEL/LifeStyle Channel)
• Selling Houses Australia (FOXTEL/LifeStyle Channel)
• The Living Room (Network Ten)
Most Outstanding Drama Series
• Janet King (ABC)
• Puberty Blues (Network Ten)
• Rake (ABC)
• The Code (ABC)
• Wentworth (FOXTEL/SoHo)
Most Outsanding Miniseries Or Telemovie
• ANZAC Girls (ABC)
• Carlotta (ABC)
• Devil's Playground (FOXTEL/Showcase)
• INXS: Never Tear Us Apart (Channel Seven)
• The Broken Shore (ABC)
Most Outstanding Actor
• Ashley Zukerman (The Code, ABC)
• John Noble (Devil's Playground, FOXTEL/Showcase)
• Luke Arnold (INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, Channel Seven)
• Martin Henderson (Secrets & Lies, Network Ten)
• Richard Roxburgh (Rake, ABC)
Most Outstanding Actress
• Danielle Cormack (Wentworth, FOXTEL/SoHo)
• Denise Roberts (Schapelle, Nine Network)
• Jessica Marais (Carlotta, ABC)
• Marta Dusseldorp (Janet King, ABC)
• Nicole da Silva (Wentworth, FOXTEL/SoHo)
Graham Kennedy Award For Most Outstanding Newcomer
• Brandon McClelland (ANZAC Girls, ABC)
• Harriet Dyer (Love Child, Nine Network)
• Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, Nine Network)
• Silvia Colloca (Made In Italy With Silvia Colloca, SBS ONE)
• Troy Kinne (Kinne, 7mate)
Most Outstanding Entertainment Program
• Bogan Hunters (7mate)
• Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell (ABC)
• The Chaser's Media Circus (ABC)
• The Checkout (ABC)
• The Voice Australia (Nine Network)
Most Outstanding Comedy Program
• Black Comedy (ABC)
• Legally Brown (SBS ONE)
• Please Like Me (ABC 2)
• Upper Middle Bogan (ABC)
• Utopia (ABC)
Most Outstanding News Coverage
• "Lindt Café Siege" (Seven News, Channel Seven)
• "Moree" (NITV News, NITV)
• "Peter Greste Trial" (7pm News, ABC)
• "Sydney Siege" (Nine News, Nine Network)
• "What Is Metadata" (Sky News, Foxtel)
Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report
• "Banking Bad" (Four Corners, ABC)
• "Ian Thorpe – The Parkinson Interview" (Network Ten)
• "Ice Towns" (The Feed, SBS2)
• "Joining the Fight" (Insight, SBS One)
• "Searching for C11" (Australian Story, ABC)
Most Outstanding Factual Program
• Brilliant Creatures (ABC)
• Changing Minds (ABC)
• Coast Australia (FOXTEL/The History Channel)
• First Contact (SBS ONE)
• The War That Changed Us (ABC)
Most Outstanding Sports Coverage
• 2014 FIFA World Cup (SBS ONE)
• 2014 Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival (Channel Seven)
• KFC T20 Big Bash League (Network Ten)
• Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 (Channel Seven)
• 2014 Toyota AFL Grand Final (Channel Seven)
Most Outstanding Children's Program
• Bushwhacked! (ABC3)
• Move It Mob Style (NITV)
• Nowhere Boys (ABC3)
• Tashi (7Two)
• The Worst Year Of My Life, Again! (ABC3)