Grant Denyer was the surprise winner of this year's Gold Logie award after a last-minute campaign run by comedian Tom Gleeson.
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Denyer credited his axed show Family Feud with getting him through a tough time as he accepted the gong at the annual Logie Awards on the Gold Coast on Sunday night.
"I was pretty sad I was a bit lost and Family Feud came along and in fact I was very unwell, I was very unwell at that particular time. And Family Feud gave me a ladder out of that hole and I'm very lucky to have had it. It gave me my mojo back," Denyer said on stage.
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A Current Affair's Tracy Grimshaw was expected to win the award but Gleeson started the #denyerforgold campaign which even had the support of Hollywood star Russell Crowe.
Earlier in the night, TV veteran Bert Newton made an off-colour joke about mentoring which he later shrugged off as an innocent remark.
Other winners on the night included Home and Away actor Ray Meagher, Hugo Weaving, Jessica Marais, shows Wentworth and Romper Stomper, while TV show 60 Minutes was inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame.
Full list of winners:
- Gold Logie, Most Popular Personality on Australian TV: Grant Denyer (Family Feud, Network Ten)
- Gold Logie, TV Week Logie Hall of Fame: 60 Minutes
- Most Popular Actor: Ray Meagher (Home and Away, Channel Seven)
- Most Popular Actress: Jessica Marais (Love Child, Nine Network; The Wrong Girl, Network Ten)
- Most Popular Presenter: Grant Denyer (Family Feud, Network Ten)
- Most Popular Drama Program: Wentworth (Showcase)
- Most Popular Entertainment Program: Gogglebox Australia (Foxtel/Network Ten)
- Most Popular Comedy Program: Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten)
- Most Popular Reality Program: The Block (Nine Network)
- Most Popular Lifestyle Program: The Living Room (Network Ten)
- Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent: Dilruk Jayasinha (Utopia, ABC)
- Most Outstanding Drama Series: Wentworth (Showcase)
- Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie: Romper Stomper (Stan)
- Most Outstanding Actor: Hugo Weaving (Seven Types of Ambiguity, ABC)
- Most Outstanding Actress: Pamela Rabe (Wentworth, Showcase)
- Most Outstanding Supporting Actor: Hazem Shammas (Safe Harbour, SBS)
- Most Outstanding Supporting Actress: Jacqueline McKenzie (Romper Stomper, Stan)
- Most Outstanding Children's Program: Little J & Big Cuz (NITV)
- Most Outstanding Sports Coverage: Bathurst 1000 (Network Ten)
- Most Outstanding News Coverage or Public Affairs Report: “The Siege” (Four Corners, ABC)
- Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program: War on Waste (ABC)
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