The 2009 Logie Award Budget Cuts Will Soon Hurt Your Favourite Stars!
As a general rule, I don’t really care about cutbacks or belt tightening unless it directly affects me. This is because I am, despite all the horrendous lefty posturing about equal rights for everyone and helping my brothers and sisters through this thing called life, incredibly selfish and only care about myself.
So it was weird when I actually found myself worried about the Logie Award fate of some of this country’s more rubbish celebrities after reading the following.
The budgetary axe is set to fall on this year’s Logies with the award’s show budget to be cut and the official invitation list trimmed for the 51st ceremony in May. Just who will be in and out remains to be discovered – but the likes of Jennifer Hawkins, Tim Campbell or Ajay Rochester could miss out if not nominated.
A Logies ceremony without the hotness of Jennifer “Hawko” Hawkins? No cabaret-a-rific Tim “Making The Yuletide Gay With My Tiny Lover Since 2008!” Campbell? It can’t be! Honestly, I’m not too concerned about Ajay Rochester not appearing (I’m rooting for Alison Braun to take over as host of The Biggest Loser) but the others? It wouldn’t be a half-arsed Australian awards ceremony without them!
TV Week’s editor goes into more horrific detail…
Event owner TV Week has its own list, and then allocates tickets to networks for stars and guests based on nominations. But even staff and guests from magazine owner ACP could be on the hit-list as they make up half the room of 1000-odd people. “So it will be interesting who gets cut – the stars, ACP staff or the newsagents and advertisers they traditionally invite,” one TV executive said.
TV Week editor Emma Nolan yesterday confirmed the tighter times.
“We are now in the process of reviewing the invitation list and are also looking at budget cuts,” she told Confidential. “But it’s a very important year for the Logies as they’re the 51st, representing a new era for the awards in terms of the event, coverage and actual show. So while there will be cuts, they will be minimal.”
Two event companies have been briefed to bid for the event to “take it to a new level” on less money.
As long as organisers have about $50 left in the budget to go on a white clothing binge at a local op shop, borrow a lawnmower, and convince the cast of Neighbours to appear in another surreal musical number (a la 2005’s onstage spacktacular), I think the night can be saved.
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I think that Ajay will not be invited. That will help keep the costs down as all of the cutlery will still be there at the end of the evening.
Oh and the food. Ajay loves the doggy bag/s.