MELBOURNE—The late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin's daughter Bindi has picked up best new female talent at the Logie Awards - which have been dominated by the Seven Network and the ABC.
Bindi, just nine, received the award for her ABC show Bindi: The Jungle Girl at Melbourne's Crown Entertainment Complex tonight, beating talent like Home and Away's Charlotte Best and Neighbours' Adelaide Kane.
It was one of seven wins for the public broadcaster which came second, with just one less gong than the Seven Network.
Seven, however, dominated the awards thanks largely to Home and Away.
The soapie won most popular Australian drama, while former actor turned presenter Kate Ritchie won the Silver Logie for most popular actress, and Lincoln Lewis picked up most popular new talent.
Ritchie is also the favourite to win the Gold Logie for a second year running after her 20 year stint on Home and Away, with the coveted gong to be announced later in the evening.
The ABC's Chris Lilley, who wrote, acted in and created the mockumentary series Summer Heights High, was a big winner.
Lilley picked up the Silver Logie for most popular actor, while Summer Heights High won most outstanding comedy program.
Other ABC wins included the Australian Story program on Belinda Emmett, who died at the age of 32 in 2006 after a long battle with breast cancer.
Seven's Kath and Kim - formerly on the ABC - won most popular light entertainment program.
The Bathurst 1000 coverage, Dancing with the Stars, Better Homes and Gardens, and the Garuda plane crash story were among other winners for Seven.
Serial Gold winner Rove McManus edged out Spicks and Specks' Adam Hills, Andrew Denton, Grant Denyer and Melissa Doyle to win the most popular presenter award.
Ten and Nine each scored two wins.
The awards ceremony celebrated 50 years of the Logies.
Glitz and glamour dominated the red carpet, while the ABC added its own touch, with the team from its program The Collectors arriving in a vintage gold 1925 Studebaker, the only one in the world.
This year's ceremony had 35 guest presenters, including actors such as Rose Byrne and Underbelly's Les Hill and Gyton Grantley, and singers including Dannii Minogue.
Irish pop group Westlife entertained the crowd.
Satirist John Clarke, who created Kiwi icon Fred Dagg and the comedy The Games, was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Logies Winners
Winners at the 50th annual TV Week Logie Awards
- Silver Logie - most popular actress - Kate Ritchie, Home and Away, Seven
- Silver Logie - most popular actor - Chris Lilley, Summer Heights High, ABC
- Silver Logie - most popular presenter - Rove McManus, Rove, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader, Ten
- Most popular light entertainment program - Kath & Kim, Seven
- Most popular sports program - The Footy Show AFL, Nine
- Most popular new female talent - Bindi Irwin, Bindi: The Jungle Girl, ABC
- Most popular new male talent - Lincoln Lewis, Home and Away, Seven
- Most popular reality program - Dancing With the Stars, Seven
- Most popular factual program - Bondi Rescue, Ten
- Most popular lifestyle program - Better Homes and Gardens, Seven
- Most popular Australian drama - Home and Away, Seven
- Hall of Fame, John Clarke
- Silver Logie - most upstanding drama series, miniseries or telemovie - Curtin, ABC
- Silver Logie - most outstanding actor - Stephen Curry, The King, TV1
- Silver Logie - most outstanding actress - Alyson Whyte, Satisfaction, Showcase
- Most outstanding news coverage - Garuda Plane Crash, Seven
- Most outstanding public affairs report - Some Meaning In This Life: Belinda Emmett, Australian Story, ABC
- Most outstanding documentary - Constructing Australia: The Bridge, ABC
- Most outstanding factual series - Choir of Hard Knocks, ABC
- Most outstanding comedy program - Summer Heights High, ABC
- Most outstanding sports coverage - Bathurst 1000, Seven
- Most outstanding children's program - Lockie Leonard, Nine
- Graham Kennedy Award for most outstanding new talent - Tammy Clarkson, The Circuit, SBS
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