Peter Allen telemovie receives Logie nominations

Seven Network’s two-part telemoviePeter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door has taken out two nominations and two early wins for the 58th TV Week Logie Awards.

The Australian television industry awards has already celebrated the 2015 screening, which was inspired by the global success ofThe Boy From Ozmusical. Not The Boy Next Door has wontwo awards for Most Outstanding Newcomer Actor (Joel Jackson) and The Graham Kennedy Breakthrough Star Of Tomorrow (Ky Baldwin).

NIDA graduate Joel Jackson is also up for Best New Talent for his work in the lead role and with drama miniseriesDeadline Gallipoli. Jackson is up against Adam Dovile (Better Homes And Gardens, Channel Seven), Benson Jack Anthony (800 Words, Channel Seven), Dan Reilly (The Block, Nine Network) and Pia Miller (Home And Away, Channel Seven).

Not The Boy Next Door has also been nominated for Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie. It’s up against Deadline Gallipoli(Foxtel — showcase), House Of Hancock(Nine Network), The Beautiful Lie(ABC) and The Secret River(ABC).

The first part ofPeter Allen’sNot The Boy Next Door(September 13, 2015) had 1.333 metro viewers tuning in, with a total of 1.560 million. The second, a week later, dropped to 1.212 million metros, with a combined total of 1.450 million.

The telemovie preceded the Seven Network’s screening of Molly last month. Molly of course, was screened outside the cut-off date for voting on January 17, but with total top ratings of 2.636 million, it’s a frontrunner for the 2017 awards.

Last year’s Logies saw INXS’ TV mini-seriesINXS: Never Tear Us Apartreceive five nominations and take home one award; Luke Arnold who played Michael Hutchence was awarded the Most Outstanding Actor Logie.

With such figures and accolades for Network Seven, it’s little wonder that the TV networks are competing to produce a teleseries on Olivia Newton-John and Gudinski. Another possible production is the infamous 1970s rivalry between Skyhooks and Sherbet.

The Logie Awards winners will be announcedon May 8 at Crown’s Palladium Room in Melbourne.

See the full list of Logie Award nominations below:

Gold Logie for most popular TV personality:

• Carrie Bickmore (The Project, Network Ten)
• Waleed Aly (The Project, Network Ten)
• Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, ABC)
• Grant Denyer (Family Feud / The Great Australian Spelling Bee, Ten)
• Scott Cam (The Block / Reno Rumble, Nine Network)
• Lee Lin Chin (SBS World News / The Feed, SBS)

Best Actor:

• Craig McLachlan (The Doctor Blake Mysteries, ABC)
• Erik Thomson (800 Words, Channel Seven)
• Josh Thomas (Please Like Me, ABC)
• Stephen Peacocke (Home And Away, Channel Seven)
• Firass Dirani (House Husbands, Nine Network)

Best Actress:

• Jessica Marais (Love Child, Nine Network)
• Bonnie Sveen (Home And Away, Channel Seven)
• Julia Morris (House Husbands, Nine Network)
• Marta Dusseldorp (A Place To Call Home, Foxtel-SoHo)
• Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, ABC)

Best Presenter:

• Carrie Bickmore (The Project, Network Ten)
• Lee Lin Chin (SBS World News / The Feed, SBS)
• Waleed Aly (The Project, Network Ten)
• Grant Denyer (Family Feud / The Great Australian Spelling Bee, Network Ten)
• Amanda Keller (The Living Room, Network Ten)

Best New Talent:

• Pia Miller (Home And Away, Channel Seven)
• Adam Dovile (Better Homes And Gardens, Channel Seven)
• Benson Jack Anthony (800 Words, Channel Seven)
• Dan Reilly (The Block, Nine Network)
• Joel Jackson (Deadline Gallipoli / Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, Foxtel Showcase /Channel Seven)

Best Drama Program:

• 800 Words (Channel Seven)
• A Place To Call Home (Foxtel – SoHo)
• Home And Away (Channel Seven)
• House Husbands (Nine Network)
• Love Child (Nine Network)

Best Entertainment Program:

• Family Feud (Network Ten)
• Gruen (ABC)
• Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten)
• The Voice (Nine Network)
• The X Factor Australia (Channel Seven)

Best News Panel or Current Affairs Program:
• 60 Minutes (Nine Network)
• Q&A (ABC)
• Sunrise (Channel Seven)
• The Project (Network Ten)
• Today (Nine Network)

Best Reality Program
• I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (Network Ten)
• MasterChef Australia (Network Ten)
• My Kitchen Rules (Channel Seven)
• The Bachelorette Australia (Network Ten)
• The Block (Nine Network)

Best Sports Program:
• AFL 360 (Foxtel – Fox Footy)
• Marngrook Footy Show (NITV)
• The AFL Footy Show (Nine Network)
• The NRL Footy Show (Nine Network)
• Wide World Of Sports (Nine Network)

Best Lifestyle Show:

• Selling Houses Australia (Foxtel-The LifeStyle Channel)
• Better Homes And Gardens (Channel Seven)
• Gardening Australia (ABC)
• The Living Room (Network Ten)
• Getaway (Nine Network)

Best Factual Program:
• Australian Story (ABC)
• Bondi Rescue (Network Ten)
• Bondi Vet (Network Ten)
• Gogglebox (Foxtel – The LifeStyle Channel/Network Ten)
• Who Do You Think You Are? (SBS)

Most Outstanding Actor:

• Alex Dimitriades (Matt Bashir, The Principal, SBS)
• Hugh Dancy (Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, Deadline Gallipoli, Foxtel-Showcase)
• Malcolm Kennard (Ivan Milat, Catching Milat, Seven)
• Patrick Brammall (James Hayes, Glitch, ABC)
• Sam Neill (Lang Hancock, House Of Hancock, Nine Network)

Most Outstanding Actress:

• Deborah Mailman (Lorraine, Redfern Now: Promise Me, ABC)
• Essie Davis (Phryne Fisher, Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries, ABC)
• Mandy McElhinney (Gina Rinehart, House Of Hancock, Nine Network)
• Pamela Rabe (Joan Ferguson, Wentworth, Foxtel-SoHo)
• Sarah Snook (Anna Ivin, The Beautiful Lie, ABC)

Most Outstanding Supporting Actor:

• Dan Wyllie (Jimmy, No Activity, Stan)
• David Berry (James Bligh, A Place To Call Home, Foxtel-SoHo)
• Ryan Corr (Corporal MacDonald, Banished, Foxtel-BBC First)
• Tim Minchin (Jacob, No Activity, Stan)
• Tim Minchin (Smasher Sullivan, The Secret River, ABC)

Most Outstanding Supporting Actress:

• Celia Ireland (Liz Birdsworth, Wentworth, Foxtel-SoHo)
• Emily Barclay (Sarah Hayes, Glitch, ABC)
• Harriet Dyer (Patricia Saunders, Love Child, Nine Network)
• Jenni Baird (Regina Standish, A Place To Call Home, Foxtel-SoHo)
• Rarriwuy Hick (Robyn Davis, Redfern Now: Promise Me, ABC)

Most Outstanding Newcomer – Actor:
• Joel Jackson (Charles Bean, Deadline Gallipoli, FoxtelShowcase)
• Joel Jackson (Peter Allen, Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, Channel Seven)
• Rahel Romahn (Tarek Ahmad, The Principal, SBS)

Most Outstanding Newcomer – Actress:
• Hannah Monson (Kirstie Darrow, Glitch, ABC)
• Melina Vidler (Shay Turner, 800 Words, Channel Seven)
• Sara West (Liza Minnelli, Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, Channel Seven)

The Graham Kennedy Breakthrough Star Of Tomorrow:
• Benson Jack Anthony (Arlo Turner, 800 Words, Channel Seven)
• Ky Baldwin (Young Peter Allen, Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, Channel Seven)
• Olivia DeJonge (Shaneen Quigg/Tara Swift, Hiding, ABC)

Most Outstanding Drama:

• 800 Words (Channel Seven)
• A Place To Call Home (Foxtel-SoHo)
• Glitch (ABC)
• Love Child (Nine Network)
• Wentworth (Foxtel-SoHo)

Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie
• Deadline Gallipoli (Foxtel – showcase)
• House Of Hancock (Nine Network)
• Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door (Channel Seven)
• The Beautiful Lie (ABC)
• The Secret River (ABC)

Most Outstanding Entertainment Program:

• The Weekly With Charlie Pickering (ABC)
• Gruen (ABC)
• Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten)
• The Voice (Nine Network)
• The X Factor Australia (Channel Seven)

Most Outstanding Comedy:

• Open Slather (Foxtel-The Comedy Channel)
• No Activity (Stan)
• Please Like Me (ABC)
• Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (ABC)
• Utopia (ABC)

Most Outstanding Children’s Program:
• Bottersnikes & Gumbles (Channel Seven)
• Bushwacked! (ABC3)
• Little Lunch (ABC3)
• Play Along With Sam (Foxtel – Nick Jr)
• Ready For This (ABC3)

Most Outstanding Sports Coverage:
• 2015 Australian Open (Channel Seven/7TWO)
• Emirates Melbourne Cup (Channel Seven)
• KFC T20 Big Bash League (Network Ten)
• NRL Telstra Premiership Grand Final (Nine Network)
• Holden State Of Origin II (Nine Network)

Most Outstanding News Coverage
• Iraq Syria War Coverage (ABC 7pm News, ABC)
• Liberal Leadership Crisis: Abbott V Turnbull (Foxtel – Sky News Live)
• Migrant Crisis – Special Report (ABC 7pm News, ABC)
• Paris Attack (Seven News, Channel Seven)
• Parramatta Shooting (Seven News, Channel Seven)

Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report:
• Catching A Monster (60 Minutes, Nine Network)
• Hitting Home (Hitting Home, ABC)
• Making A Killing (Four Corners, ABC)
• The Killing Season (The Killing Season, ABC)
• The Siege Survivors (60 Minutes, Nine Network)

Most Outstanding Comedy Program:
• No Activity (Stan)
• Open Slather (Foxtel – The Comedy Channel)
• Please Like Me (ABC)
• Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (ABC)
• Utopia (ABC)