The 2021 Logie Awards ceremony ‘WILL take place’ after being shelved last year due to the pandemic – with ‘planning already underway’
The 2021 TV Week Logie Awards ceremony looks set to take place, after being cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Herald Sun this weekend, organisers are ‘quietly getting back up to speed with planning underway on exactly what form the event will take place’.
While a date has not yet been confirmed, should the red carpet event take place, trophies will still be awarded with TV bosses having begun submitting candidates.
Ready to roll out the red carpet? According to the Herald Sun this weekend, the 2021 Logie Awards ceremony ‘WILL take place’ after being shelved last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pictured: Grant Denyer at the 2016 ceremony
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to ARE Media group publisher Fiona Connolly for comment.
Fiona announced the cancellation of the 2020 ceremony, originally scheduled for June, in April last year.
‘We have spent the last few weeks discussing with our event partners what the TV WEEK Logie Awards could look like in 2020 while adhering to government restrictions and working around the challenges of COVID-19,’ the statement read.
‘All parties agree the most positive outcome is to not hold the Logies, including public voting, in 2020, but to stage an even bigger event on the Gold Coast in 2021.’
Reports: While a date has not yet been confirmed, should the red carpet event take place, trophies will still be awarded with TV bosses having begun submitting candidates. Pictured: Waleed Aly and his wife Susan Carland at the 2017 ceremony, held in Melbourne
Shelved: Organisers promised ‘an even bigger event on the Gold Coast in 2021’ when the 2020 event was officially cancelled in a statement released early last year. Pictured: Delta Goodrem (left) and Kelly Rowland (right) at the 2019 ceremony
The 2019 event, which featured a packed red carpet and celebrity guests seated at tables inside, was held at The Star on the Gold Coast and aired on Channel Nine.
Having begun in 1959, the cancellation of the prestigious event last year, would have no doubt caused a financial blow for Gold Coast tourism.
Comedian Tom Gleeson, 46, still holds the top honour, having been awarded the Gold Logie in 2019.
During his acceptance speech, The Hard Quiz host poked fun at the candidates who had sincerely campaigned for the award, and said his victory was a win for ‘taking the p**s’ and ‘not giving a s**t’.
Top honour: Comedian Tom Gleeson (pictured), 46, still holds the top honour, having been awarded the Gold Logie in 2019
Fellow 2019 Gold Logie nominee Amanda Keller, 58, admitted on her WSFM radio show in July 2019, that she found Tom’s Gold Logie speech upsetting.
‘He’s a comedian and I get what he was doing, which was trying to subvert the result and good luck to him, he did it. That’s how it goes. I have no problem at all with that,’ she said on Jonesy & Amanda.
‘But I think in his speech when he said, “Everyone that works in television, if you want to win this, you’re a wanker”, that kind of upset me.’
Controversy: During his acceptance speech, The Hard Quiz host poked fun at the candidates who had sincerely campaigned for the award, and said his victory was a win for ‘taking the p**s’ and ‘not giving a s**t’. Pictured on the Today show