The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Newcomer, also known as the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer, was an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was created in honour of Graham Kennedy following his death in 2005. The award was first presented at the 48th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, held in 2006 when it was originally called Most Outstanding New Talent. It was given to honour an outstanding performance of a new talent on an Australian program. It may or may not be their first television appearance, however it is their first major television role. The winner and nominees of this award was chosen by television industry juries. It was last presented in 2017.
Winners and nominees Key Meaning Indicates the winner
Year Nominees Program(s) NetworkRef 2006 Chris Lilley We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the YearABC TV Heath Franklin The Ronnie Johns Half HourNetwork Ten Adam Hills Spicks and SpecksABC TV Matt Shirvington Beyond TomorrowSeven Network Kat Stewart SupernovaUK.TV 2007 Emma Lung StrandedSBS TV Emily Barclay The SilenceABC TV Aaron Fa'aoso RAN Remote Area NurseSBS TV Sam Parsonson Love My WayW. Channel Alex Tilman Answered by FireABC TV 2008 Tammy Clarkson The CircuitSBS TV Adelaide Clemens Love My WayShowtime Nicole da Silva DangerousFox8 Sean Keenan Lockie LeonardNine Network Zoe Ventoura KickSBS TV 2009 Jessica Marais Packed to the RaftersSeven Network Lauren Clair UnderbellyNine Network Hanna Mangan-Lawrence Bed of RosesABC1 Hugh Sheridan Packed to the RaftersSeven Network Ashley Zukerman RushNetwork Ten 2010 Matt Preston MasterChef AustraliaNetwork Ten Anastasia Feneri My PlaceABC3 Anna Hutchison Underbelly: A Tale of Two CitiesNine Network Camille Keenan SatisfactionShowcase Eva Lazzaro TangleShowcase 2011 Firass Dirani Underbelly: The Golden MileNine Network Emma Booth Underbelly: The Golden MileNine Network Ryan Corr Packed to the RaftersSeven Network Richard Davies OffspringNetwork Ten Sarah Snook Sisters of WarABC1 2012 Chelsie Preston Crayford Underbelly: RazorNine Network Melissa Bergland Winners & LosersSeven Network Anna McGahan Underbelly: RazorNine Network Hamish Macdonald Network Ten Hamish Michael CrowniesABC1 2013 Shari Sebbens Redfern NowABC1 Annabel Crabb Kitchen CabinetABC2 Brenna Harding Puberty BluesNetwork Ten Jason Montgomery Underbelly: BadnessNine Network Natasa Ristic Danger 5SBS One 2014 Remy Hii Better ManSBS One Anna Bamford WonderlandNetwork Ten Shareena Clanton WentworthSoHo Caren Pistorius Paper Giants: Magazine WarsABC1 Meyne Wyatt Redfern NowABC1 2015 Miranda Tapsell Love ChildNine Network Silvia Colloca Made In Italy with Silvia CollocaSBS One Harriet Dyer Love ChildNine Network Troy Kinne Kinne7mate Brandon McClelland ANZAC GirlsABC 2016 (Male) Joel Jackson Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next DoorSeven Network Joel Jackson Deadline GallipoliShowcase Rahel Romahn The PrincipalSBS 2016 (Female) Melina Vidler 800 WordsSeven Network Hannah Monson GlitchABC Sara West Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next DoorNine Network 2017 Elias Anton BarracudaABC Tilda Cobham-Hervey The Kettering IncidentShowcase Rob Collins ClevermanABC Geraldine Hakewill WantedSeven Network Hunter Page-Lochard ClevermanABC
See also George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent
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