Why you can't vote for Sarah Harris in the 2018 Logie Awards
If you were planning on voting for Sarah Harris (or any of the other Studio 10 hosts) for “Most Popular Presenter” at this year’s Logie Awards, you might want to pick someone else.
You see, even though the public chooses the winner of the award, the nominees are put forth by the network. This year, Channel 10 has snubbed its popular morning presenters in favour of 15 other personalities, including Tom Gleisner (Have You Been Paying Attention), the MasterChef judges, The Project hosts (including Lisa Wilkinson) and Amanda Keller (The Living Room).
The omission of the Studio 10 presenters has left fans (and the hosts themselves) scratching their heads.
A Network Ten producer even took to Twitter to ask TV Week why he couldn’t vote for any of the presenters, which host Joe Hildebrand then retweeted, writing, “My name is Joe Hildebrand, and I endorse this message.”
Mysteriously, both Hildebrand and the producer’s tweets have since disappeared.
As if that wasn’t strange enough, Channel 10 have also put forward two shows which haven’t even gone to air yet for voting – Rove McManus’ new quiz show Show Me the Movie! for “Most Popular Comedy Program” and Bachelor in Paradise for “Most Popular Reality Program”.
In the case of Show Me the Movie! (which premieres on March 22), voters would only have gotten to see two episodes before voting closes, while Bachelor in Paradise doesn’t even have an airdate yet, although it is expected to begin around the time I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! comes to an end.
Tell us in the comments below, will you be voting in this year’s Logie awards? Who would you like to see win the Gold Logie?
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