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Logie Awards of 1989

Australian TV award

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ6667568 ↗
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The 31st Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 17 March 1989 at the Hyatt on Collins in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Seven Network. The ceremony was hosted by Bert Newton and guests included Raquel Welch, Leslie Nielsen and Bryan Brown.

Winners

Gold Logie

Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

Winner: Daryl Somers in Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network)

Nominees: Kylie Minogue, Craig McLachlan, Jason Donovan

Acting/Presenting

Most Popular Programs/Videos

Most Outstanding Programs

Performers

"The Golden Girls" (Lorrae Desmond, Hazel Phillips, Pat McDonald, Jeanne Little, Denise Drysdale, Rowena Wallace)

John Farnham

Norman Gunston

Hall of Fame

After years in the Australian television industry, Bryan Brown became the sixth inductee into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame.

In popular culture

The 1989 Logie Awards was depicted in The Newsreader in the first episode of the third season, Night of Nights.

In this episode the fictional Dale Jennings was nominated for the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality in place of Craig McLachlan at the real event.

Jennings won the Logie in place of the real winner Daryl Somers.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Logie, Awards and Australian can be independently traced.
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