The Silver Logie for Most Popular New Male Talent was an award presented at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was first awarded at the 41st Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1999. The award is given to honour a standout performance of a new male talent on an Australian program. It may or may not be his first television appearance, however it is his first major television role. The winner and nominees of Most Popular New Male Talent were chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website. This award category was eliminated in 2014 and replaced by the gender non-specific category, Most Popular New Talent. Home and Away has the most recipients of this award, with a total of seven wins, followed by Neighbours with two wins.
Winners and nominees Key Meaning Indicates the winner
Year Nominees Program(s) NetworkRef 1999 Daniel MacPherson Neighbours Network Ten Paul Bishop Blue Heelers Seven Network Troy Dann Outback Adventures with Troy Dann Seven Network Graeme Squires Home and Away Seven Network 2000 Justin Melvey Home and Away Seven Network Rove McManus Rove Network Ten James O'Loughlin Inside the Arena Arena Cameron Welsh Home and Away Seven Network 2001 Jamie Durie Backyard Blitz Nine Network Beau Brady Home and Away Seven Network Chris Egan Home and Away Seven Network Ben Steel Home and Away Seven Network 2002 Ditch Davey Blue Heelers Seven Network Conrad Coleby All Saints Seven Network Martin Dingle-Wall Home and Away Seven Network Blair McDonough Neighbours Network Ten Danny Raco Home and Away Seven Network 2003 Patrick Harvey Neighbours Network Ten Jay Bunyan Neighbours Network Ten Daniel Collopy Home and Away Seven Network Michael Dorman The Secret Life of Us Network Ten Ben Mortley McLeod's Daughters Nine Network 2004 Kip Gamblin Home and Away Seven Network Dr. Chris Brown Harry's Practice Seven Network Daniel Frederiksen Stingers Nine Network Andrew O'Keefe Deal or No Deal Seven Network Luke van Dyck DIY Rescue Nine Network Renovation Rescue 2005 Chris Hemsworth Home and Away Seven Network Ben Nicholas Neighbours Network Ten Dean O'Gorman McLeod's Daughters Nine Network Jason Smith Home and Away Seven Network Wil Traval All Saints Seven Network 2006 Paul O'Brien Home and Away Seven Network Adam Hills Spicks and Specks ABC Dan O'Connor Neighbours Network Ten Jonny Pasvolsky McLeod's Daughters Nine Network Rhys Wakefield Home and Away Seven Network 2007 Dustin Clare McLeod's Daughters Nine Network Ben Lawson Neighbours Network Ten Bobby Morley Home and Away Seven Network Chris Sadrinna Home and Away Seven Network Andrew Supanz All Saints Seven Network 2008 Lincoln Lewis Home and Away Seven Network Jack Campbell All Saints Seven Network Sam Clark Neighbours Network Ten David Lyons Sea Patrol Nine Network Stuart MacGill Stuart MacGill Uncorked The LifeStyle Channel 2009 Hugh Sheridan Packed to the Rafters Seven Network Dean Geyer Neighbours Network Ten George Houvardas Packed to the Rafters Seven Network Matt Lee So You Think You Can Dance Australia Network Ten Jordan Rodrigues Home and Away Seven Network 2010 Luke Mitchell Home and Away Seven Network Charlie Pickering The 7pm Project Network Ten Matt Preston MasterChef Australia Network Ten James Stewart Packed to the Rafters Seven Network Josh Thomas Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation Network Ten 2011 Firass Dirani Underbelly: The Golden Mile Nine Network Charles Cottier Home and Away Seven Network Eddie Perfect Offspring Network Ten Manu Feildel My Kitchen Rules Seven Network Ryan Corr Packed to the Rafters Seven Network 2012 Steve Peacocke Home and Away Seven Network Dan Ewing Home and Away Seven Network Peter Kuruvita My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita SBS James Mason Neighbours Network Ten Tom Wren Winners & Losers Seven Network 2013 Joel Madden The Voice Australia Nine Network Alex Williams Underground: The Julian Assange Story Network Ten David Campbell Mornings Nine Network Robert Irwin Steve Irwin's Wildlife Warriors Network Ten Will McDonald Home and Away Seven Network
Multiple wins/nominations Number Program Wins 7 Home and Away 2 Neighbours Number Program Nominations 23 Home and Away 10 Neighbours 4 All Saints 4 McLeod's Daughters 4 Packed to the Rafters 2 Blue Heelers
See also George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent
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