The 2020 TV Week Logie Awards ceremony is CANCELLED due to coronavirus pandemic – but voting will go on and the presentations may air without any guests
The 2020 TV Week Logie Awards ceremony will not go ahead due to the coronavirus pandemic.
According to a statement released on Saturday by Fiona Connolly, Group Publisher at Bauer Media, the official ceremony, slated for June, has been called off.
The statement reads: ‘Given the global COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 TV WEEK Logie Awards will not proceed as planned on the Gold Coast on Sunday June 28, nor any of the ancillary public events.’
Not on: The 2020 TV Week Logie Awards ceremony will not go ahead due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced on Saturday. Gold Logie nominees (L-R) Tom Gleeson, Sam Mac, Eve Morey, Amanda Keller, Rodger Corser and Costa Georgiadis at 2019’s event
However, the voting will go on, with online ballots for popular categories slated to begin in May.
And it appears that alternative arrangements will be made to give winners their awards.
The statement continues: ‘But we will continue with our nominations announcement and online voting campaign and are working with our partners on a TV broadcast alternative and will advise of those details when we have them.’
Cancelled: According to a statement released on Saturday by Fiona Connolly, Group Publisher at Bauer Media, the official ceremony, slated for June, has been called off. The statement reads: ‘Given the global COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 TV WEEK Logie Awards will not proceed as planned on the Gold Coast on Sunday June 28, nor any of the ancillary public events’
Some hope: The voting will go on, with online ballots for popular categories slated to begin in May. And it appears that alternative arrangements will be made to give winners their awards, with talk of a ceremony broadcast without guests. Pictured: Sonia Kruger
Speculation has arisen that the ceremony could air, but without any guests in the room.
Last year’s event, which features a packed red carpet and celebrity guests seated at tables inside, was held at The Star on the Gold Coast and aired on Channel Nine.
The cancellation of the prestigious event, which began in 1959, is set to cause a financial blow for Gold Coast tourism.
Popular: Last year’s event, which features a packed red carpet and celebrity guests seated at tables inside, was held at The Star on the Gold Coast and aired on Channel Nine
Local stars: The cancellation of the prestigious event, which began in 1959, is set to cause a financial blow for Gold Coast tourism
The event last year brought in an estimated $30 million in publicity for the Queensland city.
Some have taken the bad news in good humour, with Tim Bailey Tweeting that last year’s Gold Logie winner, Tom Gleeson, caused the event to sink with his rambling and controversial acceptance speech.
The weatherman Tweeted on Saturday: ‘The #TVWeekLogies shin dig is off – they reckon #coronavirus killed it, but you and I know, Tom did.’
In Australia, as of Saturday there have been 3,637 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 14 deaths.
Blame him! Some have taken the bad news in good humour, with Tim Bailey Tweeting that last year’s Gold Logie winner, Tom Gleeson, (pictured) caused the event to sink with his rambling and controversial acceptance speech
Scary: In Australia, as of Saturday there have been 3,637 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 14 deaths