2023 Logie nominations: Sonia Kruger reveals surprising strategy to win

The nominees for the 63rd TV Week Logie Awards have been announced, with a number of Australia’s biggest stars recognised for their work in TV over the past year.

Two-time Gold Logie winner Hamish Blake is nominated for the top prize once again for his work on LEGO Masters Australia, while The Bachelor and The Masked Singer host Osher Günsberg has landed his first nod in the coveted category.

Also up for the Gold Logie is I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! host Julia Morris and Channel Seven’s Sonia Kruger for her work on The Voice, Big Brother and Dancing with the Stars.

The ABC also landed an historic three nominations for the coveted award with Australian Story presenter Leigh Sales, Mad as Hell host Shaun Micallef, and Mystery Road: Origin actor Mark Coles Smith all in the running for the title of Australia’s most popular television personality.

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Sonia Kruger's surprising campaign strategy

Speaking with Yahoo Lifestyle at the nominations event on Monday morning, Sonia says it feels “really exciting” to be up for the Gold Logie for a second year in a row.

“The first time I thought it was a mistake, an anomaly,” she laughs. “So when I got nominated again I was just like, this is really cool, now I can enjoy it! Because I know what to expect, so I won’t be a deer in the headlights.”

The Channel Seven star notes that while previous Gold Logie nominees like Sunrise’s Sam Mac have had impressive award campaign strategies in the past, she’s vying for the “participation award”.

“If you look at Hamish, he hosts one show. And I’m not sure how many I host now but it’s more than one,” she jokes, referring to the handful of programmes she appears on throughout the year.

Julia Morris' honest reaction to her nomination

Comedian Julia Morris tells Yahoo Lifestyle it’s a “strange feeling” being nominated for the Gold Logie two years in a row.

“I don’t want to look like I want it too much, [but] I really want it,” she shares.

“You’ve got to kind of [act] casual and be like, ‘Yes it’s a real honour’, but all I’m thinking is what it would be like. I think the end of the night is perfect for me, I’ll be ready for a speech and take that show in a different direction.”

Julia hilariously kicked off her Logies campaign in April when she encouraged I’m A Celebrity viewers to vote for the reality show at the end of her emotional farewell speech to her longtime co-host Dr Chris Brown.

“I was worried during my Chris Brown moment that I was going to do all my blubbering,” she explains. “So I thought, what’s the most insincere direction I can take it in this moment?

“It just seemed like something our television industry would do, to ring out that moment and then go, ‘Hi guys, I need to gain out of this moment’.”

Why Osher Günsberg is 'extraordinarily grateful'

Having worked in the TV industry for 25 years, Osher Günsberg says it’s “extraordinary” to be nominated for the Gold Logie for the very first time.

“I still can’t quite get my head around the fact that I am considered to be able to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with my fellow nominees,” he tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “It’s a testament to my wife and my sponsor and my psychiatrist, to be honest.”

The Channel 10 host adds that he feels “extraordinarily grateful” to have developed into the person he is today across his extensive career, and believes “there’s a reason” why he hasn’t been nominated until now.

“I played this game very differently for a while and it ended with me being unemployed and paying rent out of my savings not being able to get hired and living in a foreign country because I was playing it to win the prize, and then when the prize wasn’t there I didn’t have anything,” he says.

“Holding the thing, whatever it might be - the gold medal, the bronze, the silver, the Logie - that’s not the prize. The prize is who you have to become to hold that thing and that’s the thing you get to be with for the rest of your life.”

Who else is nominated?

Here is the full list of this year’s nominees, with the 63rd TV Week Logie Awards set to take place at The Star in Sydney on July 30.

Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

• Hamish Blake, LEGO Masters Australia, 9Network

• Julia Morris, I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! & Taskmaster, Network 10

• Leigh Sales, 730 Report, ABC

• Mark Coles Smith, Mystery Road: Origin, ABC

• Osher Günsberg, The Bachelors Australia & The Masked Singer Australia, Network 10

• Shaun Micallef, Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, ABC

• Sonia Kruger, The Voice, Dancing with the Stars & Big Brother, Seven Network

Bert Newton Award for Most Popular Presenter

• Hamish Blake, LEGO Masters Australia, 9Network

• Julia Morris, I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! & Taskmaster, Network 10

• Scott Cam, The Block, 9Network

• Shaun Micallef, Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, ABC

• Sonia Kruger, The Voice, Dancing with the Stars & Big Brother, Seven Network

• Tony Armstrong, A Dog's World with Tony Armstrong, ABC

Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor

• James Stewart, Home and Away, Seven Network

• Lincoln Younes, After The Verdict, Last King of The Cross & Barons, 9Network, Paramount+ & ABC

• Mark Coles Smith, Mystery Road: Origin, ABC

• Patrick Brammall, Colin from Accounts & Summer Love, BINGE & ABC

• Ray Meagher, Home and Away, Seven Network

• Sam Neill, The Twelve, FOXTEL & BINGE

Silver Logie for Most Popular Actress

• Ada Nicodemou, Home and Away, Seven Network

• Celeste Barber, Wellmania, Netflix

• Emily Symons, Home and Away, Seven Network

• Julia Zemiro, Fisk, ABC

• Kitty Flanagan, Fisk, ABC

• Lynne McGranger, Home and Away, Seven Network

Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent

• Amy Shark, Australian Idol, Seven Network

• Ayesha Madon, Heartbreak High, Netflix

• Chloe Hayden, Heartbreak High, Netflix

• Flex Mami, Love Island Australia, 9Network

• Kween Kong, RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Stan

• Lilliana Bowrey, Surviving Summer, Netflix

Most Popular Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie

• Heartbreak High, Netflix

• Home and Away, Seven Network

• Mystery Road: Origin, ABC

• Savage River, ABC

• The Twelve, FOXTEL & BINGE

• Underbelly: Vanishing Act, 9Network

Most Popular Entertainment Program

• Australia’s Got Talent, Seven Network

• Gogglebox Australia, FOXTEL & Network 10

• Gruen, ABC

• Hard Quiz, ABC

• LEGO Masters Australia, 9Network

• The Voice, Seven Network

Most Popular Current Affairs Program

• 60 Minutes, 9Network

• 7.30, ABC

• A Current Affair, 9Network

• Australian Story, ABC

• Foreign Correspondent, ABC

• Four Corners, ABC

Most Popular Comedy Program

• Fisk Series 2, ABC

• Have You Been Paying Attention?, Network 10

• Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, ABC

• The Front Bar, Seven Network

• The Hundred with Andy Lee, 9Network

• Wellmania, Netflix

Most Popular Reality Program

• Farmer Wants A Wife, Seven Network

• Hunted Australia, Network 10

• I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Network 10

• Married At First Sight, 9Network

• MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites, Network 10

• The Block, 9Network

Most Popular Lifestyle Program

• A Dog's World With Tony Armstrong, ABC

• Back Roads, ABC

• Better Homes and Gardens, Seven Network

• Gardening Australia, ABC

• Selling Houses Australia, FOXTEL

• Travel Guides, 9Network

While the public votes for the ‘Most Popular’ awards, the ‘Most Outstanding’ awards are voted by industry members.

Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor

• Mark Coles Smith, Mystery Road: Origin, ABC

• Patrick Brammall, Colin from Accounts, BINGE

• Richard Roxburgh, Bali 2002, Stan

• Sam Neill, The Twelve, FOXTEL & BINGE

• Tim Draxl, In Our Blood, ABC

• Tim Minchin, Upright, FOXTEL & BINGE

Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actress

• Claudia Jessie, Bali 2002, Stan

• Claudia Karvan, Bump, Stan

• Harriet Dyer, Colin from Accounts, BINGE

• Kate Mulvany, The Twelve, FOXTEL & BINGE

• Marta Dusseldorp, The Twelve, FOXTEL & BINGE

• Milly Alcock, Upright, FOXTEL & BINGE

Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor

• Alexander England, Black Snow, Stan

• Arka Das, Here Out West, ABC

• Clarence Ryan, Mystery Road: Origin, ABC

• Hamish Michael, The Twelve, FOXTEL & BINGE

• Luke Arnold, True Colours, SBS

• Thomas Weatherall, Heartbreak High, Netflix

Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress

• Brooke Satchwell, The Twelve, FOXTEL & BINGE

• Hayley McElhinney, Mystery Road: Origin, ABC

• Miranda Otto, True Colours, SBS

• Pallavi Sharda, The Twelve, FOXTEL & BINGE

• Virginia Gay, After The Verdict, 9Network

• Yerin Ha, Bad Behaviour, Stan

Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie

• Black Snow, Stan

• Five Bedrooms, Paramount+

• In Our Blood, ABC

• Mystery Road: Origin, ABC

• Significant Others, ABC

• The Twelve, FOXTEL & BINGE

Most Outstanding Entertainment Program

• Gruen Nation, ABC

• Hard Quiz, ABC

• LEGO Masters Australia, 9Network

• RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Stan

• The Cheap Seats, Network 10

• The Masked Singer Australia, Network 10

Most Outstanding Comedy Program

• Colin from Accounts, BINGE

• Fisk, ABC

• Have You Been Paying Attention?, Network 10

• Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, ABC

• Summer Love, ABC

• Taskmaster, Network 10

Most Outstanding Reality Program

• Australian Survivor: Heroes v Villains, Network 10

• Hunted Australia, Network 10

• I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Network 10

• Married At First Sight, 9Network

• MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites, Network 10

• The Block, 9Network

Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report

• 7NEWS - Turkey Earthquake, Seven Network

• A Current Affair - Seaworld Helicopter Disaster, 9Network

• Foreign Correspondent - Saving the Children, ABC

• Foreign Correspondent - Somalia: A Story of Survival, ABC

• Four Corners - Do No Harm, ABC

• Four Corners - How Many More, ABC

Most Outstanding Sports Coverage

• 2022 AFL Grand Final, Seven Network

• 2022 FIFA World Cup, SBS

• 2022 Melbourne Cup Carnival, Network 10

• 2023 Australian Open, 9Network

• Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Seven Network

• State of Origin, 9Network

Most Outstanding Children's Program

• Barrumbi Kids, SBS

• Bluey, ABC

• Crazy Fun Park, ABC

• Surviving Summer, Netflix

• Turn Up The Volume, ABC

• Ultimate Classroom, Network 10

Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program

• Alone Australia, SBS

• Australia's Wild Odyssey, ABC

• Old People's Home For Teenagers, ABC

• Revealed: Trafficked, Stan

• The Australian Wars, SBS

• Todd Sampson's Mirror Mirror: Love & Hate, Network 10

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