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GRANT Denyer has won the Gold Logie as the most popular personality on Australian television.
The Bathurst local, was sitting beside wife Chezzi during the awards, looked shocked as his name was read out as the winner.
“Game shows aren't important, but this is so important to me,” he said as he accepted the award on stage.
“I wasn’t expecting to stand up here tonight.”
Denyer praised comedian Tom Gleeson for his efforts in encouraging people to vote for him in the #Denyer4Gold campaign.
“Sometimes when you need things done in this county you need an angry red head and Pauline Hanson wasn’t available, so thank you,” he said.
Family Feud came along for me at a time in my life when I wasn’t sure if I would ever work again, or even if I wanted to.
- Gold Logie winner Grant Denyer
Denyer said he had taken a lot of joy from the fact that families sit down together to watch Family Feud each night.
He thanked his parents, his wife Chezzi and through tears he spoke about how Family Feud came at a very low point in his life.
“Family Feud came along for me at a time in my life when I wasn’t sure if I would ever work again, or even if I wanted to,” he said.
“I was very unwell at the time, and Family Feud gave me a ladder out of that hole.
“Family Feud thank you so much, you saved me.
“I know it’s just television and just entertainment, but it means the world to me.”
Then, he spoke to his Bathurst born wife Chezzi from the stage.
“To my beautiful Chezzi, we did it, we bloody did it,” he said.
“Thank you for everything, this is yours, I dedicate it to you.”
In a final nod to his much-used Family Feud catch phrase, Denyer said his much-used line one more time.
“I’ve said ‘survey says’ 30,000 times over the last four years … for the very last time, ‘survey says thank you so much for making this your top answer’.”
Lastly, he spoke of the public voting that had been introduced to the Logies this year for the 10 ‘most popular’ categories, including the Gold Logie, and thanked everyone who voted for him.
The other nominees for a Gold Logie were:
- Amanda Keller (The Living Room, Network Ten)
- Andrew Winter (Love It Or List It Australia/Selling Houses Australia,Foxtel – Lifestyle)
- Jessica Marais (Love Child, Nine Network; The Wrong Girl, Network Ten)
- Rodger Corser (Doctor Doctor, Nine Network)
- Tracy Grimshaw (A Current Affair, Nine Network)
Update 10.55pm
FAMILY Feud did not pick up a win in the Most Popular Entertainment Program category, the win went to Gogglebox Australia.
The other nominees in the category were:
- Anh’s Brush With Fame (ABC)
- Hard Quiz (ABC)
- The Project (Network Ten)
Update 8.26pm
NETWORK TEN’s coverage of the Bathurst 1000 has won the Most Outstanding Sports Coverage category at the Logies.
“To everyone at Channel TEN who stuck it out in a pretty tough 12 months, thank you,” RPM host and Supercars commentator Matt White said on stage as he accepted the award.
“To the 350 people who make this broadcast possible, thank you.”
Update 8.07pm
GRANT Denyer has won the Most Popular Presenter category at the Logies.
“Family Feud’s not even television anymore,” he said on stage as he accepted his award.
Denyer said the show had been funny and thought provoking.
He also thanked the 5000 families who had appeared on the show.
“Survey says, thank you,” Denyer said as he left the stage.
The other nominees in the category were:
- Amanda Keller (The Living Room, Network Ten)
- Andrew Winter (Love It Or List It Australia/Selling Houses Australia, Foxtel – Lifestyle)
- Carrie Bickmore (The Project, Network Ten)
- Tracy Grimshaw (A Current Affair, Nine Network)
Update 6.30pm
GOLD Logie nominee Grant Denyer has spoken to TV Week on the red carpet for the 60th annual Logie Awards.
He has spoken about his one win from 22 nominations since 2007 in television’s night of nights.
Denyer also joked that he had let down the tyres on the limousine of Gold Logie favourite Tracy Grimshaw.
Vote for the 10 ‘most popular’ categories, including the Gold Logie, right up until the end of the red carpet telecast. Vote here.
Update 6.05pm
IN an interview conducted with TV Week, Grant and Chezzi Denyer have been described as a “power couple”.
“He’s done it all himself, I've just been a very supportive wife cause I love him and I'm proud of what we've been through, what he's been through, yeah I really hope that this is his year,” Chezzi said.
- Public voting for Grant Denyer in the Gold Logie remains open until the end of the red carpet walk.
Update 5.18pm
GRANT and Chezzi Denyer have walked the red carpet for tonight’s Logie Awards, see video below.
It is not too late to vote for Grant, he has been nominated for the Gold Logie and also Most Popular Presenter for Family Feud/All Star Family Feud which was axed by Network Ten last month.
Update 4.25pm
IT’S hard work getting ready for the TV’s night of nights – just ask Bathurst’s Grant Denyer and his wife Chezzi.
The couple have posted to social media since arriving on the Gold Coast for the glamorous night.
In the lead up to tonight’s Logies, they have also shared a little of their beauty routines – for Grant this included a face vibrator and Chezzi shared the below photo of her complete with her hair in rollers.
“The calm before the storm. Grateful for the beautiful team around us today too. It truly takes a village,” Chezzi posted to Facebook.
- Vote in the Logies here until the end of the red carpet walks.
Update 4pm
COMEDIAN Tom Gleeson has joined the #Denyer4Gold campaign and says he is going to push to get Bathurst local Grant Denyer a Gold Logie.
During Gleeson’s recent interview on his Hard Chat segment on The Weekly, he commented that Network Ten had axed the show for which Denyer has been nominated.
“Are the Logies broken,” Gleeson asks.
Denyer replies (amid giggles): “I think it’s a lovely way to send out Family Feud, go out with a bang”.
“If I had of known it was this easy to get nominated I would’ve had all my shows axed a long time ago.”
At the end of the interview, Gleeson declares he is going to campaign to help Denyer get the Gold Logie. See the full interview below.
- Public voting for the Logies remains open until the end of the red carpet event.
Update 3pm
THE campaign to help Bathurst’s Grant Denyer to victory with a Gold Logie is heating up in the lead up to the glittering annual awards.
For the first time ever, TV’s night of nights will be held on the Gold Coast with the stars of the small screen undergoing final preparations for the night.
Another first for the awards is live voting with the public able to have their say on the 10 ‘most popular’ categories, including the Gold Logie, right up until the end of the red carpet telecast.
Bathurst’s own Grant Denyer has been nominated for a Gold Logie, as well as Most Popular Presenter for Family Feud/All Star Family Feud which was axed by Network Ten last month.
The 60th annual TV Week Logie Awards will be telecast from 7pm on Channel 9.
Earlier
BATHURST may soon be known as the home of a Gold Logie winner, but first television personality Grant Denyer is looking for a little help from his community.
Denyer, along with Love Child and The Wrong Girl star Jessica Marais, The Living Room’s Amanda Keller, Doctor Doctor’s Rodger Corser, Love It Or List It and Selling Houses Australia’s Andrew Winter and A Current Affair’s Tracy Grimshaw are all in the running for the coveted award.
This year live voting has been introduced for the first time with the public able to vote on the 10 ‘most popular’ categories, including the Gold Logie, right up until the end of the red carpet telecast.
Mr Denyer is no stranger to a Logie nomination with 22 under his belt for either himself personally or shows he has worked on since 2007.
His only win was in 2016 for Best Light Entertainment for Family Feud.
“It’s been along road from the bottom to the middle,” he joked.
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“One thing I’ve learnt in all my losses is to remember to cherish the nomination because that still means things like – you’re still relevant, people are enjoying your shows, someone has physically made an effort to support you and acknowledge you so that’s kind of quite humbling and touching really.
“I never really expected game shows to evoke that kind of emotion, I didn’t think people felt strongly enough about game shows, so to be nominated for Gold three years in a row is pretty unbelievable ... I’m blown away to be honest.”
Mr Denyer has also been nominated for Most Popular Presenter for Family Feud/All Star Family Feud which was axed by Network Ten last month.
After 1200 episodes of hosting the show, he says he has taken some solace from known that the show’s viewers helped him towards the nomination.
Mr Denyer said thanks to the public voting he expected this year’s Logies to be “slightly more unpredictable”.
I’ve notched up 20 years in the game last year … so it’s been a really fortunate run, I’ve had a lot of lucky breaks along the way.
- Grant Denyer
“People kind of vote with their remotes anyway when they watch the show and that’s how the ratings are made so yeah it’s kind of nice that people can have a say about their favourite TV shows,” he said.
Mr Denyer was first nominated for a Logie 2007
“I’ve notched up 20 years in the game last year … so it’s been a really fortunate run, I’ve had a lot of lucky breaks along the way,” he said.
“There’s not too many careers around in this day and age that are that long so I’m pretty blessed.”
Voting opens on Monday, June 25 and will continue until the end of the red carpet telecast.
To cast your vote visit the TV Week Logie Awards online.
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Bathurst is home for Denyers
THIS August, Mr Denyer and his wife Cheryl ‘Chezzi’ will have called Bathurst home for five years, and he said it was a move that changed his life for the better.
“Bathurst is my real home … I just love the town, it’s a beautiful town full of great people. It’s small enough that it has a really warm community feel but it’s big enough that is has everything that you need,” he said.
“We’ve got family here so we have that sentimental attachment to the place, my wife’s a Bathurst girl, my kids go to school here.
“We made it our home and it’s been a wonderful choice, we don’t want to live anywhere else. You can have the big smoke, it’s just hectic and it’s a battleground – you battle for space on the footpath, you battle for space on the road and you battle to afford to live.
“There’s a lot of unhappy people there … when I cross the Blue Mountains it’s like everything nasty just washes off.”
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- VIDEO: Grant Denyer in the Celebrity Esky Charity Challenge at the 2018 Royal Bathurst Show
Ok, it’s time to get voting
HE might be full of confidence on the television and his weekday radio program, but Mr Denyer said he is finding it difficult asking people to vote for him.
“I do a radio show in Sydney and I do it from here in Bathurst … they want me to talk about it all the time, but I just don’t know how to. I’m not a politician so I find it very difficult to pump myself up so a lot of people do some talking for me,” he said.
“We busted my mother-in-law the other day with the Bathurst phone book open on the bench just calling random strangers out of the phone book and asking them to vote … that’s hardcore commitment from the mother-in-law.
“We don’t make tele to win awards, but there’s also that nice aspect of every now and then you do have to stop and kind of realise that you’ve done alright.”
The 60th anniversary awards show will take place at The Star Gold Coast on Sunday, July 1.
Voting opens on Monday, June 25 and will continue until the end of the red carpet telecast.
To cast your vote visit the TV Week Logie Awards online.
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The full list of 2018 nominees
TV WEEK GOLD LOGIE – MOST POPULAR PERSONALITY ON AUSTRALIAN TV
- Amanda Keller (The Living Room, Network Ten)
- Andrew Winter (Love It Or List It Australia/Selling Houses Australia,
- Foxtel – Lifestyle)
- Grant Denyer (Family Feud/All Star Family Feud, Network Ten)
- Jessica Marais (Love Child, Nine Network; The Wrong Girl, Network Ten)
- Rodger Corser (Doctor Doctor, Nine Network)
- Tracy Grimshaw (A Current Affair, Nine Network)
MOST POPULAR ACTOR
- Aaron Jeffery (Underbelly Files: Chopper, Nine Network)
- Erik Thomson (800 Words, Channel Seven)
- Luke McGregor (Rosehaven, ABC)
- Ray Meagher (Home And Away, Channel Seven)
- Rodger Corser (Doctor Doctor, Nine Network)
MOST POPULAR ACTRESS
- Asher Keddie (Offspring, Network Ten)
- Celia Pacquola (Rosehaven/Utopia, ABC)
- Deborah Mailman (Cleverman, ABC)
- Jessica Marais (Love Child, Nine Network; The Wrong Girl, Network Ten)
- Julia Morris (House Husbands, Nine Network)
MOST POPULAR PRESENTER
- Amanda Keller (The Living Room, Network Ten)
- Andrew Winter (Love It Or List It Australia/Selling Houses Australia,
- Foxtel – Lifestyle)
- Carrie Bickmore (The Project, Network Ten)
- Grant Denyer (Family Feud/All Star Family Feud, Network Ten)
- Tracy Grimshaw (A Current Affair, Nine Network)
GRAHAM KENNEDY AWARD FOR MOST POPULAR NEW TALENT
- Dilruk Jayasinha (CRAM!, Network Ten; Utopia, ABC)
- Matty Johnson (The Living Room, Network Ten)
- Sam Frost (Home And Away, Channel Seven)
- Sophia Forrest (Love Child, Nine Network)
- Sophie Dillman (Home And Away, Channel Seven)
MOST POPULAR DRAMA PROGRAM
- Doctor Doctor (Nine Network)
- Home And Away (Channel Seven)
- Love Child (Nine Network)
- Offspring (Network Ten)
- Wentworth (Foxtel – Showcase)
MOST POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
- Anh’s Brush With Fame (ABC)
- Family Feud (Network Ten)
- Gogglebox Australia (Foxtel/Network Ten)
- Hard Quiz (ABC)
- The Project (Network Ten)
MOST POPULAR COMEDY PROGRAM
- Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten)
- Here Come The Habibs (Nine Network)
- Hughesy, We Have A Problem (Network Ten)
- Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (ABC)
- True Story With Hamish & Andy (Nine Network)
MOST POPULAR REALITY PROGRAM
- I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! (Network Ten)
- Married At First Sight (Nine Network)
- My Kitchen Rules (Channel Seven)
- The Block (Nine Network)
- Travel Guides (Nine Network)
MOST POPULAR LIFESTYLE PROGRAM
- Better Homes And Gardens (Channel Seven)
- Gardening Australia (ABC)
- Selling Houses Australia (Foxtel – Lifestyle)
- The Checkout (ABC)
- The Living Room (Network Ten)
MOST OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
- A Place To Call Home (Foxtel – Showcase)
- Doctor Doctor (Nine Network)
- Harrow (ABC)
- Top Of The Lake: China Girl (Foxtel – BBC First)
- Wentworth (Foxtel – Showcase)
MOST OUTSTANDING MINISERIES OR TELEMOVIE
- Romper Stomper (Stan)
- Safe Harbour (SBS)
- Seven Types Of Ambiguity (ABC)
- Underbelly Files: Chopper (Nine Network)
- Wake In Fright (Network Ten)
MOST OUTSTANDING ACTOR
- Damon Herriman (Lance Gowland, Riot, ABC)
- Ewen Leslie (Ryan Gallagher, Safe Harbour, SBS)
- Hugo Weaving (Alex Klima, Seven Types Of Ambiguity, ABC)
- Lachy Hulme (Blake Farron, Romper Stomper, Stan)
- Rodger Corser (Hugh Knight, Doctor Doctor, Nine Network)
MOST OUTSTANDING ACTRESS
- Elisabeth Moss (Robin Griffin, Top Of The Lake: China Girl, Foxtel – BBC First)
- Kate Atkinson (Vera Bennett, Wentworth, Foxtel – Showcase)
- Kate Box (Marg McCann, Riot, ABC)
- Leeanna Walsman (Bree Gallagher, Safe Harbour, SBS)
- Pamela Rabe (Joan Ferguson, Wentworth, Foxtel – Showcase)
MOST OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Aaron Pedersen (Frank Gibbs, A Place To Call Home, Foxtel – Showcase)
- Alex Dimitriades (Doc Tydon, Wake In Fright, Network Ten)
- Anthony Hayes (Mitch, Seven Types Of Ambiguity, ABC)
- David Wenham (Jago Zoric, Romper Stomper, Stan)
- Hazem Shammas (Ismail Al-Bayati, Safe Harbour, SBS)
MOST OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Celia Ireland (Liz Birdsworth, Wentworth, Foxtel – Showcase)
- Elsa Cocquerel (Michelle, Wolf Creek, Stan)
- Jacqueline McKenzie (Gabe Jordan, Romper Stomper, Stan)
- Jenni Baird (Regina Standish, A Place To Call Home, Foxtel – Showcase)
- Nicole Chamoun (Zahra Al-Bayati, Safe Harbour, SBS)
MOST OUTSTANDING CHILDREN'S PROGRAM
- Crash The Bash (Foxtel – Nickelodeon)
- Get Arty (Channel Seven)
- Grace Beside Me (NITV)
- Little J & Big Cuz (NITV)
- Mustangs FC (ABC ME)
MOST OUTSTANDING SPORTS COVERAGE
- 2017 AFL Grand Final (Channel Seven)
- 2017 Australian Open Men’s Final (Channel Seven)
- Bathurst 1000 (Network Ten)
- Jeff Horn v Manny Pacquiao (Foxtel – MAIN EVENT)
- The 2017/2018 Ashes (Nine Network)
MOST OUTSTANDING NEWS COVERAGE OR PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT
- “Don Burke Special” (A Current Affair, Nine Network)
- “Escape From Salt Creek” (60 Minutes, Nine Network)
- “Haiti Uncovered” (Sunday Night, Channel Seven)
- “Pumped” (Four Corners, ABC)
- “The Siege” (Four Corners, ABC)
MOST OUTSTANDING FACTUAL OR DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM
- Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar (Channel Seven)
- Struggle Street (SBS)
- The Queen & Zak Grieve (Foxtel – Crime + Investigation)
- War On Waste (ABC)
- You Can’t Ask That (ABC)
To cast your vote visit the TV Week Logie Awards online.
Nadine Morton
Nadine Morton covers emergency services and breaking news for the Illawarra Mercury. She takes pride in regional journalism which she believes is crucial to informing our towns and cities. Have a story? Email her at nadine.morton@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Nadine Morton covers emergency services and breaking news for the Illawarra Mercury. She takes pride in regional journalism which she believes is crucial to informing our towns and cities. Have a story? Email her at nadine.morton@austcommunitymedia.com.au
