Logie Awards of 2006

The 48th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday May 7 2006 at the Crown Entertainment Complex in Melbourne and televised on the Nine Network.

The final nominees in each of the categories – as well as the 11 industry-voted Most Outstanding awards – was announced at the "50 Years of Television Exhibition" at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney on 3 April.

In an historic first, the public then voted for their choice of the eight nominees (instead of five) for the Gold Logie via SMS or a 1900 number, right up until the awards night.

There was also a new award - "The Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding new talent". This award was presnted by Graham Kennedy's close friend Noleine Brown.

The first International Guest Presenter to be announced was Joan Rivers. P!nk & Sherbet also performed on the night. Other celebrities that attended were George Eads from , Chris Noth from and Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.

Chas Licciardello of The Chaser team took pains to appear in as many shots throughout the Channel Nine broadcast as possible by executing an extreme version of the "bonehead" phenomenon, in which people in the background of camera shots try to attract attention to themselves. Chas went so far as to appear on stage when Blue Water High was awarded for Most Outstanding Children's Program. [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21648574-28957,00.html]

Gold Logie

;Most Popular Personality on Australian Television:"Winner:"::John Wood, "Blue Heelers", Seven Network (First win after 10 straight nominations):"Nominated:"::Natalie Bassingthwaighte, "Neighbours", Network Ten::Bridie Carter, "McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network::Bec Hewitt, "Home and Away", Seven Network::Rove McManus, "Rove Live", Network Ten::Bert Newton, "Good Morning Australia", Network Ten::Ada Nicodemou, "Home and Away", Seven Network::Kate Ritchie, "Home and Away", Seven Network

Silver Logie

;Most Popular Actor:"Winner:"::John Wood, "Blue Heelers", Seven Network:"Nominated:"::Chris Hemsworth, "Home and Away", Seven Network::Joel McIlroy, "Home and Away", Seven Network::Aaron Jeffery, "McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network::Glenn Robbins, "Da Kath and Kim Code", ABC TV

;Most Popular Actress:"Winner:"::Kate Ritchie, "Home and Away", Seven Network:"Nominated:"::Natalie Bassingthwaighte, "Neighbours", Network Ten::Bridie Carter, "McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network::Bec Hewitt, "Home and Away", Seven Network::Ada Nicodemou, "Home and Away", Seven Network

;Most Popular TV Presenter:"Winner:"::Rove McManus, "Rove Live", Network Ten:"Nominated:"::Melissa Doyle, "Sunrise", Seven Network::David Koch, "Sunrise", Seven Network::Andrew O'Keefe, "Deal or No Deal", Seven Network::Tom Williams, "The Great Outdoors" and "The Mole", Seven Network

Logie

;Most Popular New Male Talent:"Winner:"::Paul O'Brien, "Home and Away", Seven Network:"Nominated:"::Adam Hills, "Spicks and Specks", ABC TV::Dan O'Connor, "Neighbours", Network Ten::Jonny Pasvolsky, "McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network::Rhys Wakefield, "Home and Away", Seven Network

;Most Popular New Female Talent:"Winner:"::Jodi Gordon, "Home and Away", Seven Network:"Nominated:"::Pippa Black, "Neighbours", Network Ten::Jennifer Hawkins, "The Great Outdoors", Seven Network::Rachael Taylor, "headLand", Seven Network::Sharni Vinson, "Home and Away", Seven Network

;Most Popular Australian Drama Series:"Winner:"::"Home and Away", Seven Network:"Nominated:"::"All Saints", Seven Network::"Blue Heelers", Seven Network::"McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network::"Neighbours", Network Ten

;Most Popular Lifestyle Program:"Winner:"::"Backyard Blitz", Nine Network:"Nominated:"::"Better Homes and Gardens", Seven Network::"Getaway", Nine Network::"The Great Outdoors", Seven Network::"Renovation Rescue", Nine Network

;Most Popular Sports Program:"Winner:"::"The NRL Footy Show", Nine Network:"Nominated:"::"Before The Game", Network Ten::"The AFL Footy Show", Nine Network::"RPM", Network Ten::"Sports Tonight", Network Ten

;Most Popular Reality Program:"Winner:"::"Australian Idol 3", Network Ten:"Nominated:"::"Big Brother 5", Network Ten::"Border Security", Seven Network::"The Mole", Seven Network::"RPA", Nine Network

;Most Popular Light Entertainment or Comedy Program:"Winner:"::"Dancing with the Stars", Seven Network:"Nominated:"::"Deal or No Deal", Seven Network::"The Glass House", ABC TV::"Rove Live", Network Ten::"Spicks and Specks", ABC TV

Outstanding Awards

;Most Outstanding Drama Series:"Winner:"::"Love My Way", FOX8, Foxtel:"Nominated:"::"All Saints", Seven Network::"McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network::"MDA", ABC TV::"The Surgeon", Network Ten

;Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:"Winner:"::Dan Wyllie, "Love My Way", FOX8, Foxtel:"Nominated:"::Brendan Cowell, "Love My Way", FOX8, Foxtel::John Howard, "All Saints", Seven Network::Alex O'Loughlin, "The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant", Network Ten::John Wood, "Blue Heelers", Seven Network

;Most Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series:"Winner:"::Claudia Karvan, "Love My Way", FOX8, Foxtel:"Nominated:"::Justine Clarke, "The Surgeon", Network Ten::Romola Garai, "The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant", Network Ten::Asher Keddie, "Love My Way", FOX8, Foxtel::Lisa McCune, "Hell Has Harbour Views", ABC TV

;Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie:"Winner:"::"The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant" Network Ten:"Nominated:"::"Da Kath and Kim Code", ABC TV::"Hell Has Harbour Views", ABC TV::"Little Oberon", Nine Network::"", Network Ten

;Most Outstanding News Coverage:"Winner:"::"", ABC News, ABC TV:"Nominated:"::"The Bali Nine", Ten News, Network Ten::"New Orleans Rescue", Seven News, Seven Network::"Schapelle Corby Verdict", Seven News, Seven Network::"Vivian Solon", "Lateline", ABC TV

;Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report:"Winner:"::"The Gathering Storm", "Australian Story", ABC TV:"Nominated:"::"", "The 7.30 Report", ABC TV::"Inside Indonesia's Sex Trade", "Dateline", SBS TV::"Hands Off", "60 Minutes", Nine Network::"Melbourne Confidential", "Four Corners", ABC TV

;Most Outstanding Documentary or Documentary Series:"Winner:"::"", The History Channel, Foxtel:"Nominated:"::"The Colony", SBS TV::"Divorce Stories", SBS TV::"", ABC TV ::"Revealing Gallipoli", ABC TV

;Most Outstanding Comedy Program:"Winner:"::"", ABC TV:"Nominated:"::"Comedy Inc - The Late Shift", Nine Network::"The Glass House", ABC TV::"The Ronnie Johns Half Hour", Network Ten::"Spicks and Specks", ABC TV

;Most Outstanding Sports Coverage:"Winner:"::Super Cheap Auto 1000, Network Ten:"Nominated:"::AFL Grand Final, Network Ten::Australian Tennis Open, Seven Network::Emirates Melbourne Cup Day, Seven Network::Lexmark Indy 300, Network Ten

;Most Outstanding Children's Program:"Winner:"::"Blue Water High", ABC TV:"Nominated:"::"Camp Orange", Nickelodeon, Foxtel ::"Hi-5", Nine Network ::"Scope", Network Ten::"Wicked Science", Network Ten

;Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent :"Winner:"::Chris Lilley, "", ABC TV:"Nominated:"::Heath Franklin, "The Ronnie Johns Half Hour", Network Ten::Adam Hills, "Spicks and Specks", ABC TV ::Matt Shirvington, "Beyond Tomorrow", Seven Network::Kat Stewart, "Supernova", UK.TV, Foxtel

Hall of Fame

"Play School" became the 23rd induction into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame (the third television programme to do so).