Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] This award category was eliminated in 2014 and replaced by the gender non-specific category, Most Popular New Talent.^[4] 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)	Network	Ref
1999	Daniel MacPherson	Neighbours	Network Ten	[1]
	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	[5]
	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	[6]
	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	[7]
	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	[8]
	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	[9]
	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	[10]
	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	[11]
	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	[12]
	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	[13]
	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	[14]
	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	[15]
	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	[16]
	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	[17]
	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	[18]
	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

See also

• Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent
• Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent

References