A date has finally been announced for the 2021 TV Week Logie Awards, after it was cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 28, at The Star Gold Coast.
It will be televised on Channel 9 and 9Now.
Ready to roll! A date has finally been announced for the 2021 TV Week Logie Awards after it was cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic
‘TV WEEK is thrilled to have landed on a date we know we can deliver a spectacular show on,’ TV WEEK editor Amber Giles said in a statement.
‘After spending way too much time on the couch in stretchy pants over the past 12 months, it’s important to us and our partners that we come together at a time when we can all frock up and be in the same room.
‘We can’t wait to head back to The Star Gold Coast to celebrate and honour the best in Australian TV in the style for which we’re famous.
‘On November 28, we look forward to seeing on the red carpet all those who have kept us entertained and informed during trying times.’
Last year ARE Media group publisher Fiona Connolly regretfully 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.’
Exciting times: The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 28, at The Star Gold Coast and will be televised on Channel 9 and 9Now 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.
The cancellation of the prestigious event last year would have caused a financial blow for Gold Coast tourism.
Meanwhile, 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: Meanwhile, comedian Tom Gleeson, 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