They’re going to finish early! Nah, I’m just kidding. They will probably blow out again. But some wholesale changes to Logies voting and categories have come into effect for this year.
The previous most popular and most outstanding categories will be combined under a new “best” banner. Previously, most popular awards were voted by fans, while most outstanding was voted on by a jury of Australian TV industry professionals.
Celia Pacquola is among the nominees for best lead actress in a comedy.
Winners of the “best” awards will be decided by a combined score as determined by judges, according to the assessment criteria (30 per cent), supplied audience data (20 per cent) and number of Australian public votes (50 per cent).
The awards have also finally decided to separate comedy and drama in the acting categories, with each category having its own best actor and actress awards, in a move that mirrors the US Emmy Awards. Other changes include miniseries or telemovies being separated from the drama category, and the comedy and reality categories will, for the first time, be split into scripted comedy and comedy entertainment, and competition reality and structured reality, respectively.
