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[dededom]

Seven, Ten dent Nine's Logies party
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7th May 2007, 11:45 WST


The most entertaining Logies show in years handed the Nine Network a convincing ratings win last night but Seven's overseas drama did its best to steal the limelight.

The 2007 TV Week Logie Awards featured "key presenters" - comedians Adam Hills and Dave Hughes with radio star Fifi Box - in the place of hosts, and the move proved to be an inspired choice for the average 1.72 million viewers.

A Hall of Fame tribute to Steve Irwin was touching and Gold winner Kate Ritchie was widely regarded a deserved winner after 19 years on the soapie Home and Away.

The international guests, including NCIS star Michael Weatherley and Fantastic Four actress Jessica Alba, were good value while musical performances from Damien Leith, Avril Lavigne and James Morrison added colour and balance to the evening.

The show has been widely praised, even though it was the lowest rating Logies since 1995.

Nine won Sunday night with a 38 point share ahead of Seven on 25.6 points. But its arrivals show was down 32 per cent on last year while the awards itself had dropped by 15 per cent.

This can most likely be attributed to Seven's impressive American drama line-up.

The audiences for Ugly Betty (seventh with 1.15 million) and Grey's Anatomy (sixth with 1.3 million) were lower than usual for the spearheads of Seven so-called "beautiful Sunday" but impressive enough to damage Nine's Logies numbers.

Network Ten's first Big Brother eviction was also hit by the big guns of its rival.

The end of lawyer Kate's stay in the Gold Coast compound was watched by a disappointing 1.04 million viewers and helped Ten to a share of just 18.9 points for the night.

The glitzy Logies red carpet arrivals (1.541 million) finished behind Seven News (1.544 million) to be the night's third most watched show while Seven's Where Are They Now? (1.506) was fourth.

Nine's premiere of adventure reality show Lost Tribes also returned a disappointing audience of just under one million viewers.

AAP

[olddantucker]

astrokath said:

I'm blonde............................. ;D

Well, helloooooooo

[thebraff (Braffy)]

G'day Cranky. Where have you been hiding?

[Mi chiamano Kami]

olddantucker said:

astrokath said:

I'm blonde............................. ;D

Well, helloooooooo

*grabs all Damien merchandise, digs very deep hole, dives in it and drags very large rock over the top*

[winterlong]

kamitsuki said:

olddantucker said:

Well, helloooooooo

*grabs all Damien merchandise, digs very deep hole, dives in it and drags very large rock over the top*

aaaw..theres no need to hide in a hole

..just cover your eyes and hum LOUDLY to yourself. That should save you the trauma

[astrokath]

olddantucker said:

astrokath said:

I'm blonde............................. ;D

Well, helloooooooo

I'm also exceedingly happily married, and have been for 28½ years

Also I'm not a bit dizzy and have an IQ of more than 100 ;D

[thebraff (Braffy)]

I have just rewatched this about 8 times in a row. It is so beautiful. When Damien was on the red carpet he was asked what he was going to sing and he said Waiting on an Angel and it was going to be difficult. Can you imagine how Damien was feeling knowing that Terri Irwin and Rove were in front row tables and he was having to sing a tribute to their lost spouses. No wonder he said it was going to be difficult. It just shows how truly magnigficent his performance was. i would really love to know both Terri's and Rove's opinions of it. If the performance reduced us all to tears how did they cope?

[zeeta]

On Entertainment News on Arena last night there was a bit about the Logies they showed Damien singing and said, there was barely a dry eye in the house when Damien Leith sang a moving tribute to the talent we have lost.

[Roxy]

zeeta said:

On Entertainment News on Arena last night there was a bit about the Logies they showed Damien singing and said, there was barely a dry eye in the house when Damien Leith sang a moving tribute to the talent we have lost.

Hey Zeeta, I saw that this morning on Arena too (repeats on Fox are a bonus sometimes)

and they were right too....who wouldn't of needed a tissue after that emotional, moving performance! ;D

[thebraff (Braffy)]

Thank you for that report Zeeta and Roxy. It was good to hear of that recap. Part of me was wondering if they would pan to Rove or Terri but the biggest part of me was plesed that they didn't. I am sure they would have been told in advance though of what was going to be on.
I have watched it again twice this morning and it just doesn't stop being a fantastic performance. So understated and elegant.

[Roxy]

Hey Braffy, I too was pleased that they didn't show Terri or Rove while that was on....it was hard enough for (us) to watch, can't even imagine how they must of felt....and how hard it would of been for Damien to sing.

There was, however an article in our paper yesterday, about Terri leaving the awards early, because of the footage shown when Ray Martin was accepting an Award. It was of her interview (after Steves death) that was on the Ray Martin show, and apparently Terri hadn't seen alot of those particular clips or interview and was upset at seeing them for the first time and that the cameras kept panning to her, which of course she didn't like.
At first I had thought they were referring to the Hall of Fame tribute...but it wasn't. Obviously Channel 9 and the Logie organisers didn't think it necessary to let her in on what they were showing.

[OzBrat]

Really Roxy?? That makes sense you know, because I read Terri's expression as somewhat pissed off! I actually felt bad for her that Channel 9 and RAY FRIGGEN MARTIN used her and her ordeal to get yet another Logie. It took away from the meaning of it all and turned it into a show rather than the serious issue it really was.

Poor Terri

[Roxy]

I know, Ray Martin recieved that award because of her LOSS and then...they still used her grief for extra Ratings and focused the cameras on her while showing the clips. I don't think he should of received that award either. John Stainton was furious that Channel Nine did that.

I'm so glad they didn't do it while Damien was singing.

[Selestial]

I remember taking particular notice of Terri's expression during Ray Martin's acceptance speech. i don't think he should have even won that award and I myself found it an upsetting experience seeing that footage and knowing Terri saw it. MORE IMPORTANTLY Bindi saw it. Some years ago I attended a talk from a woman who experienced a trauma, which her 11-year old daughter attended the talk also, and as the mother was getting upset telling her story, her daughter was inconsolable, and that was very upsetting.

[Mi chiamano Kami]

Yeah... that part made me extremely uncomfortable. I watched that whole interview with Terri and I could barely sit through it, so I can't even imagine how horrible it would be for her to have to be reminded of it. And Ray Martin's acceptance speech was probably the most nauseating part of the night. He should have just thanked Terri for doing the interview and left it at that. The only person who deserved an award was her - as if it was about the freaking quality of the camera work or the music anyway?

I am glad they at least showed some respect for the families and friends during the tribute, but it seems it was more of an attempt to distract from what they were really planning.