Nuclear Winter at ASTRA Awards
Selling Houses Australia presenter Andrew Winter was crowned the king of Australian pay TV at last night’s ASTRA Awards, picking up awards for Most Outstanding Performance by a Presenter and the audience-voted Favourite Personality.
Meanwhile, his Lifestyle Channel show was named Most Outstanding Lifestyle Program and the public voted it Favourite Program. To top an excellent night for the XYZ Networks-owned Lifestyle Channel, it was named Channel of the Year.
Another big winner for the night was also owned by XYZ Networks, with The Weather Channel picking up two awards – Most Outstanding Documentary for its follow-up on the Black Saturday fires and Most Outstanding News Program for its coverage of the disaster.
Meanwhile, Showcase dominated the acting categories. Tangle picked up best male and female actor awards for Ben Mendelsohn and Justine Clarke. And Satisfaction’s Camille Keenan won Best New Talent.
ASTRA is the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association
The winners:
Best New Talent
- Camille Keenan – Satisfaction Season 3 Showcase The Premium Movie Partnership
Most Outstanding Documentary
- Forecast For Disaster: The Weather Behind Black Saturday The Weather Channel XYZnetworks
Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program
- Australia’s Next Top Model – Series 5 FOX8 FOXTEL
Most Outstanding Performance By A Presenter
- Andrew Winter – Selling Houses Australia The LifeStyle Channel XYZnetworks
Most Outstanding Use Of Innovation In Programming
- In The Womb: Extreme Animals National Geographic Channel
Most Outstanding Performance By A Broadcast Journalist
- Kieran Gilbert SKY News Australian News Channel
Most Outstanding Performance By An Actor- Male
- Ben Mendelsohn -Tangle Showcase The Premium Movie Partnership
Most Outstanding Music Program or Coverage
- Sound Relief Channel [V] & MAX XYZnetworks
Most Outstanding Lifestyle Program
- Selling Houses Australia – Season 2 The LifeStyle Channel XYZnetworks
Most Outstanding Performance By An Actor – Female
- Justine Clarke – Tangle Showcase The Premium Movie Partnership
Favourite Program
- Selling Houses Australia – Season 2 The Lifestyle Channel XYZnetworks
Most Outstanding News Program or Coverage
- The Weather Channel Black Saturday Coverage: 4th-8th Feb 2009 The Weather Channel XYZnetworks
Most Outstanding Drama
- False Witness UKTV BBC Worldwide
Favourite Personality
- Andrew Winter The LifeStyle Channel XYZnetworks
Most Outstanding Children’s Program or Event
- Camp Orange: The Final Frontier Nickelodeon Nickelodeon Australia
Most Outstanding Sports Program or Coverage
- Monday Night Football (2009 NRL Season Round 21: Wests Tigers v Manly Warringah Sea Eagles) FOX Sports Premier Media Group
Channel Of The Year
- The LifeStyle Channel XYZ Networks
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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As well as an excellent night for the winners, it was an excellent event. The whole awards presentation was very sleek and stylish just like the MC, David Spears (even though he had been working straight for 24 hours!).
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I love watching Selling Houses and The Lifestyle Channel. Good to see they are getting recognised for their great work.
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