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Hamish Blake, Leigh Sales among Gold Logie nominees

Veteran current affairs host Leigh Sales has been nominated for a Gold Logie for the first time. Photo: Getty

ABC journalist Leigh Sales has been nominated for a Gold Logie for the first time.

But the going may be tough for the veteran current affairs host – the winner is determined by public vote, and she is up against popular Lego Masters host Hamish Blake.

Blake has won the coveted Gold Logie multiple times, including in 2022.

Sales hosted the ABC’s flagship current affairs program 7.30 for 12 years before stepping down from the role in 2022.

Other nominees are hosts Julia Morris, Sonia Kruger, Osher Gunsberg, comedian Shaun Micallef and actor Mark Coles Smith.

The 63rd Logies awards night will be hosted in Sydney on July 30, returning to the city for the first time in 37 years.

Voting for the popular awards categories has opened and for the first time Gold Logie voting will remain open throughout the awards night.

Logie Nominees

Gold Logie for most popular personality on Australian television

  • Hamish Blake, Lego Masters Australia, Nine Network
  • Julia Morris, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and Taskmaster, Network Ten
  • Leigh Sales, 7.30, ABC
  • Mark Coles Smith, Mystery Road: Origin, ABC
  • Osher Gunsberg, The Bachelors Australia and The Masked Singer Australia, Network Ten
  • Shaun Micallef, Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell, ABC
  • Sonia Kruger, The Voice, Dancing with the Stars and Big Brother, Seven Network

Bert Newton Award for most popular presenter

  • Hamish Blake, Lego Masters Australia, Nine Network
  • Julia Morris, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and Taskmaster, Network Ten
  • Scott Cam, The Block, Nine Network
  • Shaun Micallef, Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell, ABC
  • Sonia Kruger, The Voice, Dancing with the Stars and 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 and Barons, Nine Network, Paramount+ & ABC
  • Mark Coles Smith, Mystery Road: Origin, ABC
  • Patrick Brammall, Colin from Accounts and 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 Season 2, ABC
  • Kitty Flanagan, Fisk Season 2, 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, Nine Network
  • Kween Kong, RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, Stan
  • Lilliana Bowrey, Surviving Summer, Netflix

– AAP

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