The 2021 TV Week Logie Awards ceremony appears to be like set to happen, after being cancelled final 12 months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In response to the Herald Solar this weekend, organisers are ‘quietly getting again in control with planning underway on precisely what type the occasion will happen’.
Whereas a date has not but been confirmed, ought to the purple carpet occasion happen, trophies will nonetheless be awarded with TV bosses having begun submitting candidates.
Able to roll out the purple carpet? In response to the Herald Solar this weekend, the 2021 Logie Awards ceremony ‘WILL happen’ after being shelved final 12 months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Pictured: Grant Denyer on the 2016 ceremony
Every day Mail Australia has reached out to ARE Media group writer Fiona Connolly for remark.
Fiona introduced the cancellation of the 2020 ceremony, initially scheduled for June, in April final 12 months.
‘We’ve got spent the previous few weeks discussing with our occasion companions what the TV WEEK Logie Awards may appear like in 2020 whereas adhering to authorities restrictions and dealing across the challenges of COVID-19,’ the assertion learn.
‘All events agree probably the most optimistic end result is to not maintain the Logies, together with public voting, in 2020, however to stage an excellent larger occasion on the Gold Coast in 2021.’
Studies: Whereas a date has not but been confirmed, ought to the purple carpet occasion happen, trophies will nonetheless be awarded with TV bosses having begun submitting candidates. Pictured: Waleed Aly and his spouse Susan Carland on the 2017 ceremony, held in Melbourne
Shelved: Organisers promised ‘an excellent larger occasion on the Gold Coast in 2021’ when the 2020 occasion was formally cancelled in an announcement launched early final 12 months. Pictured: Delta Goodrem (left) and Kelly Rowland (proper) on the 2019 ceremony
The 2019 occasion, which featured a packed purple carpet and celeb visitors seated at tables inside, was held at The Star on the Gold Coast and aired on Channel 9.
Having begun in 1959, the cancellation of the celebrated occasion final 12 months, would have little doubt prompted a monetary blow for Gold Coast tourism.
Comic Tom Gleeson, 46, nonetheless holds the highest honour, having been awarded the Gold Logie in 2019.
Throughout his acceptance speech, The Exhausting Quiz host poked enjoyable on the candidates who had sincerely campaigned for the award, and mentioned his victory was a win for ‘taking the p**s’ and ‘not giving a s**t’.
High honour: Comic Tom Gleeson (pictured), 46, nonetheless holds the highest honour, having been awarded the Gold Logie in 2019
Fellow 2019 Gold Logie nominee Amanda Keller, 58, admitted on her WSFM radio present in July 2019, that she discovered Tom’s Gold Logie speech upsetting.
‘He is a comic and I get what he was doing, which was attempting to subvert the outcome and good luck to him, he did it. That is the way it goes. I’ve no downside in any respect with that,’ she mentioned on Jonesy & Amanda.
‘However I believe in his speech when he mentioned, “Everybody that works in tv, if you wish to win this, you are a wanker”, that type of upset me.’
Controversy: Throughout his acceptance speech, The Exhausting Quiz host poked enjoyable on the candidates who had sincerely campaigned for the award, and mentioned his victory was a win for ‘taking the p**s’ and ‘not giving a s**t’. Pictured on the At this time present
