It was a memorable ceremony, a very fugly production we’re sure voters would be proud. There will be photos and video up shortly.
But what is more important is that the 2008 winners have been revealed. Thanks to all to all voters for freely imparting their knowledge of all things bad tv. Your quality judgements when selecting these people and shows continues to be impeccable.
This year we had just over 5000 legitimate nominations submitted for the 2008 TV Fugly Awards.
We we have tallied them up and this is the list of nominees which can now be voted on at http://www.fugly.com.au/vote
Worst TV Show
Border Security (7)
Gladiators (7)
Monster House (9)
Out of the Question (7)
The Biggest Loser (10)
The Mint (9)
Power Of 10 (9)
Worst Male TV Personality
Andrew O’Keefe (7)
Daryl Somers (7)
David Koch (7)
Karl Stefanovic (9)
Kyle Sandilands (10)
Richard Wilkins (9)
Steven Jacobs (9)
Worst Female TV Personality
Ajay Rochester (10)
Anna Coren (7)
Catriona Rowntree (9)
Claire Hooper (10)
Jackie O (10)
Melissa Doyle (7)
Sonia Kruger (7)
Most Biased Sporting Commentator
Bill Lawry (9)
Bruce McAvaney (7)
Phil Gould (9)
Steve Quartermaine (10)
Tony Greig (9)
‘The Eddie’ for Australia’s Most Over Exposed TV Personality
Andrew O’Keefe (7)
Corey Worthington (Party Boy)
David Koch (7)
Grant Denyer (7)
Kyle Sandilands (10)
Most Spankable Female TV Personality
Julia Zemiro (SBS)
Myf Warhurst (ABC)
Natalie Bassingthwaighte (10)
Nicky Whelan (10)
Sonia Kruger (7)
Talitha Cummins (7)
Zoe Naylor (7)
Spunkiest Male TV Personality
Adam Hills (ABC)
Andrew Hansen (ABC)
Chas Licciardello (ABC)
Ed Kavalee (10)
Hamish Blake (10)
Matthew Johns (9)
Tom Williams (7)
Most Under Acknowledged TV Show
Newstopia (SBS)
RocKwiz (SBS)
Spicks and Specks (ABC)
The Librarians (ABC)
Wilfred (SBS)
Most Under Acknowledged TV Personality
Alan Brough (ABC)
Julia Zemiro (SBS)
Ryan Shelton (10)
Shaun Micallef (SBS)
Sonia Kruger (7)
TV Network Frenemies
Catriona Rowntree & Ben Dark (7)
Kyle Sandilands & Rove McManus (10)
Richard Wilkins & Karl Stefanovic (9)
Andrew O’Keefe & Grant Denyer (7)
Melissa Doyle & David Koch (7)
Most Sensational Current Affairs Story
Incest Gate (60 Minutes)
Corey Worthington (A Current Affair)
‘No Bingo’ Saga (A Current Affair)
Chaser Obsession (Today Tonight and A Current Affair)
Worst Advertisement on Television
Zoot Reviews
USA Made Commonwealth Bank Down Under
Mentos’ Chewing Gum Nipples
Kotex’s Beaver
Toohey’s Extra Dry Pod People Harvest
AAMI’s Annoying Twins
Trashiest TV Show You Secretly Love to Watch
Australia’s Next Top Model (10)
Dr Phil (10)
Entertainment Tonight (9)
Late Night Infomercials
Today Tonight (7)
The Biggest Loser (10)
It’s 3:38am and we’ve just finished sorting then counting the last 24 hours of nominations and are now putting the top nominees into our survey software for the proper vote which will be starting later this morning.
Now that all the hard work has done we can say that there is one category we can already declare a winner in and it’s the award for the Community TV Show You Want on Free-to-Air TV. In horse racing parlance the show which won, won only after every other runner was scratched from the race. Out of the 5000+ nominations for the 2008 Fuglies only 35 were entered for this category and only one show received more than two votes. Still, the congratulations go to a show which used to be on Melbourne’s Channel 31, Fishcam.
Yes, a show that is no longer even on community telly which was just the images captured by a camera pointed at a fish tank has been given the gong. I’m quite sure commercial network executives will be knocking on the producer’s door later today now that it has been recognised at The Fuglies. It will probably be brought out of hiatus and be back onto our screens within the week. Well done voters. You have again proved that your superior televisual judgement combined with online democracy is a wonderful mix.
Because we took the extra time to get started we have decided to extend nominations until midnight tonight. Voting will start before 9am Wednesday.
Time left to nominate:
You can now submit your nominations in the 2008 TV Fugly Awards.
Go to: http://www.fugly.com.au/vote to enter your choices for the various awards.
