ASTRA reveals awards shortlist
The finalists for this year’s ASTRA Awards, which celebrates the best in pay TV, have been revealed with XYZ Networks channels leading with 21 entries making it through.
Those shortlisted for the channel of the year award are Bio, The Lifestyle Channel, Fox8, Fox Sports and Nick Jr. The winner will be decided by the ASTRA board.
30 Seconds, the comedy show about the advertising industry, made it on the shortlist for most outstanding drama, while its actors Joel Tobeck and Kat Stewart were also nominated.
The show was created by Three Drunk Monkeys founders Justin Drape and Scott Nowell together and Prodigy’s Tim Bullock.
In the consumer voting category, those shortlisted for favourite personality include MTV’s Ruby Rose, Fox8’s Alex Perry and Sarah Murdoch, The Lifestyle Channels’ Brendan Moar and Andrew Winter, Fox Classics’ Bill Collins, Max’s Jimmy Barnes and Channel V’s Danny Clayton.
Consumer voting will start on May 24 until June 18.
| Category | Finalist | Channel |
| Most Outstanding Children’s Program Or Event | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Cartoon Network |
| Australian Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards | Nickelodeon | |
| Camp Orange: The Final Frontier | Nickelodeon | |
| Most Outstanding Music Program or Coverage | Big Day Out Li[v]e | Channel [V] |
| Sound Relief | Channel [V] & MAX | |
| MTV at the 2009 ARIA
Red Carpet |
MTV | |
| Most Outstanding Sports Program or Coverage | Pardon The Interruption | ESPN |
| Rugby Union: Wallabies v All Blacks – 2009 Bledisloe Cup Series | FOX Sports | |
| Monday Night Football (2009 NRL Season Round 21: Wests Tigers v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles) | FOX Sports | |
| Most Outstanding Documentary | For Valour | The History Channel |
| Forecast For Disaster: The Weather Behind Black Saturday | The Weather Channel | |
| One Small Step: The Australian Story | BBC Knowledge | |
| Sportstar Insider | Discovery | |
| Most Outstanding News Program or Coverage | The Weather Channel Coverage of The Sydney Dust Storm 22nd-23rd Sept 2009 | The Weather Channel |
| The Weather Channel Black Saturday Coverage: 4th-8th Feb 2009 | The Weather Channel | |
| Liberal Leadership Meltdown | Sky News | |
| The Back Page | FOX Sports | |
| Most Outstanding Lifestyle Program | The Barefoot Investor | CNBC Australia |
| The Best In Australia – Season 3 | The LifeStyle Channel | |
| Dry Spell Gardening – Season 2 | The LifeStyle Channel | |
| Selling Houses Australia – Season 2 | The LifeStyle Channel | |
| Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program | My First Gig | MAX |
| The Contender Australia | FOX8 | |
| Australia’s Next Top Model – Series 5 | FOX8 | |
| An Audience With Michael Parkinson | UKTV | |
| Australian Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards | Nickelodeon | |
| Most Outstanding Drama | Tangle | Showcase |
| False Witness | UKTV | |
| :30 Seconds | The Comedy Channel | |
| Most Outstanding Use Of Innovation In Programming | In The Womb: Extreme Animals | National Geographic |
| Big Day Out Li[v]e | Channel [V] | |
| 2009 JBWere Masters (2009 Australian Masters Golf) | FOX Sports | |
| Most Outstanding Performance By An Actor – Male | Matt Day – Tangle | Showcase |
| Ben Mendelsohn -Tangle | Showcase | |
| Dougray Scott – False Witness | UKTV | |
| Joel Tobeck – :30 Seconds | The Comedy Channel | |
| Most Outstanding Performance By An Actor – Female | Justine Clarke – Tangle | Showcase |
| Catherine McClements – Tangle | Showcase | |
| Kat Stewart – :30 Seconds | The Comedy Channel | |
| Most Outstanding Performance By A Presenter | Brendan Moar – Dry Spell Gardening | The LifeStyle Channel |
| Andrew Winter – Selling Houses Australia | The LifeStyle Channel | |
| Danny Clayton – Channel [V] VJ | Channel [V] | |
| Sarah Murdoch – Australia’s Next Top Model | FOX8 | |
| Brendon Julian – 2009 Ashes Series | FOX Sports | |
| Most Outstanding Performance By A Broadcast Journalist | Josh Holt | The Weather Channel |
| Ashleigh Gillon | SKY News | |
| Kieran Gilbert | SKY News | |
| Nick Bryant | BBC World News | |
| Best New Talent | Scott Pape – The Barefoot Investor | CNBC Australia |
| Eva Lazzaro – Tangle | Showcase | |
| Camille Keenan – Satisfaction Season 3 | Showcase | |
| Tara Colegrave – CBeebies | CBeebies | |
| Channel Of The Year | Bio – Foxtel
The Lifestyle Channel – XYZ Networks FOX8 – Foxtel FOX Sports – Premier Media Group Nick Jr. – Nickelodeon Australia |
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| Favourite Personality | Brendan Moar | The LifeStyle Channel |
| Andrew Winter | The LifeStyle Channel | |
| Jimmy Barnes | MAX | |
| Danny Clayton | Channel [V] | |
| Sarah Murdoch | FOX8 | |
| Bill Collins | FOX Classics | |
| Ruby Rose | MTV | |
| Alex Perry | FOX8 | |
| Favourite Program | Selling Houses Australia – Season 2 | The Lifestyle Channel |
| B430 | Channel [V] | |
| Sound Relief | Channel [V] & MAX | |
| Football Superstar – Series 2 | FOX8 | |
| Australia’s Next Top Model – Series 5 | FOX8 | |
| The Contender Australia | FOX8 | |
| Camp Orange: The Final Frontier | Nickelodeon | |
| Deadliest Catch – Season 5 | Discovery | |
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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