Sydney will welcome back the TV WEEK Logie Awards for the first time in 37 years on Sunday, July 30, with the red carpet starting at 7:00 pm AEST and the main event at 7:30 pm AEST on Channel Seven and 7plus.
Dr Chris Brown will co-host this year’s TV WEEK Logie Award’s red carpet alongside entertainer, presenter and Gold Logie nominee Sonia Kruger.
Kruger said: “I’d like to thank the Seven Network for this early Christmas present. I couldn’t be more excited to be working with Chris Brown on the amuse-bouche to the main event, the main course if you will, with the very tasty Sam Pang.
“Chris has such great, natural charisma and a brilliant sense of humour. With my brains and Chris’ beauty, this red-carpet show is going to be fresh, fun, unpredictable and bigger than ever. It will be one of the best nights ever for both the television industry and the viewers at home. I can’t wait.”
Brown added: “As far as I’m concerned, Sonia Kruger is the Logies. Naturally funny, fearless, flawless and a party animal. So while it may be a duty of care situation that they’ve paired her with a vet, I genuinely can’t wait to work with her on the red carpet show.
“There’s a real excitement around the Logies being unpredictable this year. And nothing says unpredictable like putting a colour blind guy like me on the red carpet. However, luring Sam Pang off the green of the local golf course to host might be the wildest swing of all. I honestly can’t wait!”
The TV WEEK Logie Awards has also confirmed a star-studded line up of presenters for the evening including Abbie Chatfield, Alan Fletcher, Celeste Barber, Colin Fassnidge, Emma Hamilton, Grant Denyer, Joel Creasey, Kat Stewart, Kyle Sandilands, Kylie Gillies, Larry Emdur, Lincoln Younes, Lynne McGranger, Mark Coles Smith, Marta Dusseldorp, Matt Shirvington, Mick Molloy, Natalie Barr, Osher Günsberg, Poh Ling Yeow, Rodger Corser, Samantha Armytage, Sophie Monk, Stephen Peacocke and Tony Armstrong.
Comedian Sam Pang will be the first host of the Logies in 11 years. He said: “It’s a huge honour to be asked to host the Logies and while it will be weird not having a buzzer or beer in front of me, hopefully I’m up to the challenge. I feel very lucky to be a part of this industry and can’t wait for July 30 in Sydney to celebrate Australian television on its night of nights and guide viewers at home through the entire four-hour broadcast.”
Voting will open for all popular awards at 9.00 am AEST on June 19 and remain open until the end of the red carpet telecast on Sunday 30 July at 7.30 pm AEST, except for the coveted TV WEEK Gold Logie Award, which, for the first time ever, will stay open throughout the telecast and close at 10.30 pm AEST. Those watching at home have the chance to help shape Australian television history, live on the night, with their vote for who should take out the evening’s big award. Fans can now vote for their favourites from the shortlisted nominees at tvweeklogies.com.au.
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The 63rd TV WEEK Logie Awards will be broadcast exclusively on Channel Seven and 7Plus starting from 7:00 pm on Sunday, July 30.