User:Allied45/Sandbox: Logie Awards of 2011

The 53rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards honoured the best programs and personalities in Australian television in 2010 and took place on 1 May 2011, at the Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, Victoria, with the television broadcast beginning at 7:30 p.m. (AEST) on the Nine Network. The ceremony was hosted by Shane Bourne.

Nominations
The initial online voting for the awards commenced on 7 December 2010, and marked the first time in which all voting was conducted online, and not through the TV Week magazine. This process enabled a greater amount of nominees on the preliminary voting list, including community television programs. Nominees for the Gold Logie were drawn from the Most Popular Actor, Actress, and Presenter lists, and the initial list of candidates is set, meaning there is no option for those voting to include any programs or personalities that were not listed. Preliminary voting ran for 12 weeks, closing at 11:59 p.m. (AEDT) on 20 February 2011, and voters were required to vote in each of the ten "Most Popular" categories. As a result of online-only voting, approximately twice as many votes were cast compared to the year before. The process for the industry-voted or "outstanding" categories also underwent an overhaul, with recipients for each category decided by three independent judges who are peers of the nominees, meaning network representatives were now banned from judging.

Nominations were announced on 4 April 2011 in an event held at The Green Room at Quay, The Rocks, Sydney. It was the first time that nominations were publibly announced prior to their publication in TV Week. Voting for the Gold Logie award resumed in the form of SMS voting following the announcement of nominees. The Seven Network's Packed to the Rafters had the most nominations with 15, including for "Most Popular Drama Series".


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 * Another ref

Program-specific awards

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In Memoriam
During the annual "In Memoriam" tribute, Eddie Perfect, alongside musical trio Tripod, performed the Paul Kelly song "Meet Me in the Middle of the Air" a cappella. The tribute included the following individuals:


 * Norman Hetherington – creator of Mr Squiggle.
 * Gus Mercurio – Actor.
 * Dame Pat Evision – Actress.
 * Adriana Xenides – Assistant host on Wheel of Fortune.
 * Julie Ryles – former Young Talent Time performer.
 * Rex Heading – creator of Humphrey B. Bear.
 * James Dibble – ABC newsreader.
 * Victoria Longley – Actress.
 * Eric Walters – News presenter.
 * Michael Meagher – Nine Network journalist.
 * Edward Bryans – ABC newsreader.
 * Tedd Dunn – Costume designer, producer and creator of Fredd Bear.
 * Michael Schildberger – A Current Affair host.


 * Dame Joan Sutherland – Opera singer and actress.
 * Geoff Raymond – Newsreader.
 * Sonia Humphrey – Newsreader and journalist.
 * Veronica Overton-Low – television presenter (in Adelaide and Perth).
 * Albert "Bert" Raymond Shaw – Dancer and choreographer.
 * James "Jimmy" Elliott – Number 96 actor.
 * Murray Nicoll – News reporter, journalist and telvision presenter.
 * Esben Storm – Screenwriter, producer, actor and director of Round the Twist.
 * Paulene Terry-Beitz – Actress.
 * John Bowring – Cinematographer.
 * Blair Milan – television presenter and actor.
 * Malcolm Douglas – television adventurer and conservationist.

Controversies
Twitter ban, Karl speech, Vote 4 Karl campiagn, Wrong voting info displayed, arrest