Logie Awards 2016: Newcomer & Graham Kennedy Award nominees
Seven stars dominate in new talent categories in this year's Logies.
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Nominees have been revealed for the Logies Most Outstanding Newcomer Award and The Graham Kennedy Breakthrough Star Of Tomorrow Award.
Seven stars dominate with 2 of 3 nominees in each category.
All three will be announced on Sunday April 3rd.
Most Outstanding Newcomer — Actor.
Joel Jackson –Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door
Joel Jackson – Deadline Gallipoli
Rahel Romahn – The Principal.
Most Outstanding Newcomer — Actress
Melina Vidler – 800 Words
Sara West – Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door
Hannah Monson – Glitch.
Graham Kennedy Breakthrough Star of Tomorrow
Jack Anthony – 800 Words
Ky Baldwin – Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door
Olivia De Jonge – Hiding
“With all of them starring in some of the most magnificent television Australia has produced for some time, the Most Outstanding Newcomer Award will be hotly contested,” editor Emma Nolan says. “We’re thrilled that TV Week has the opportunity to honour these bright young stars as they start their careers in television. No doubt we will be honouring them all again in many years to come!”
The winners will be announced at the 2016 TV Week Logie Awards Nominations Event on Sunday, April 3, 2016.
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I know it’s always easy to bash The Logies, but really – 3 nominees? A double nominee in one category. Just merge – Outstanding New Actor (gender neutral like the SAG awards). It’s already overkill with 3 categories for new talent. If they really wanted to be judicious with categories (which seemingly they don’t) – have 1 outstanding and 1 popular for the new/breakthrough/star of tomorrow nonsense and if there is an amazing child actor, give them a special Logie or something as was done years ago.
I am expecting the resurrected supporting categories to be like the Golden Globe award – best supporting in a series: comedy or drama/mini series/made for television. A mish mash. But i welcome it anyway. It’ll be interesting to see who pops up – Sigrid Thornton (in one and a half eps of Peter Allen) v a Jackie Woodburne (in 180 eps a season of Neighbours),
@daveinprogress, that makes too much sense. It’s not going to happen.
I know! I just can’t fathom the organisers and how they mangle the rundown of categories (some of that is the production company that stages the event) but the bizarre titling of the categories the daft mixing up of peer voted and public voted. The ever changing description of comedy/light entertainment/entertainment. I’ve been watching it for nearly 40 years. I long for the old days – it made more sense then; it really did. Ok back to my rocking chair and blanky! 🙂
These types of awards keep ignoring the earlier roles of actors. Sara West was wonderful but she appeared in Anzac Girls in 2014. So how can she be a newcomer in 2015?