After his debut on Network 10’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! in March, Robert Irwin described his 2024 Gold Logie nomination as a “dream come true” to Mediaweek.
Nominated alongside his I’m A Celeb co-host Julia Morris, one can only imagine where he was when he got the big news.
“I was at home, but I was actually in my backyard cleaning my chicken coop,” he said.
“I was covered in chicken poop and I got this call and they said something about a Logie, I straight away said, ‘you’ve got the wrong guy.’
“Once I realised it was for real, I just ran inside and told my family, it was such a beautiful moment, but really the first person I called was Julia.”
This year’s Logies marks Morris’ second Gold Logie nomination after being nominated for the first time in 2022, also for I’m a Celeb.
“I wish I was in the coop [like Robert] but I was just happy to be in the loop,” she joked.
“Seriously though, we’ve been having so much fun because we get to have this experience together.
“I’ve been nominated before and it can feel a bit lonely because you’re standing next to the people your competing with, but standing next to Robert, there’s no competition.
“I think Robert’s gonna take it.”
In March, Irwin was named Australia’s most popular broadcast personality in the Australian Talent Index’s 2024 Top Talent Report, before he even appeared on I’m A Celeb.
Irwin, a relative newcomer to Aussie screens, took out the top broadcast talent spot, eclipsing the last report’s winner – comedian and TV personality Hamish Blake – in his debut appearance on the list.
Alongside his top broadcast position, Irwin was also voted number one broadcast talent by women and was considered the celebrity who gives the most back to the community, according to the Index.
Irwin also took home the award for On-Screen Content – Talent at Mediaweek‘s Next of the Best Awards in June.
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“I feel so honoured to have gotten to step into this,” Irwin said.
“To represent a show that’s pumping out so much positivity and entertainment with this little thread [for the audience] maybe learning a little bit about conservation, that is so meaningful.”
Morris said the newest season of I’m A Celeb has allowed “new, important voices come to the front.”
“What you aren’t necessarily hearing in television these days is an incredibly experienced person in their early 20s and that voice projecting through, suggesting things that to do that are popular on TikTok or something.
“Having these two streams side by side of an older generation and younger generation representation, it allows us to deliver this comedy into Australian homes where parents can feel confident they can sit down with their kids and have a decent moment while cacking together.
“There’s just not many shows that allow that.”
The 64th annual TV Week Logie Award ceremony will be held on 18 August at The Star, Sydney.