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FINALISTS FOR THE 10TH ANNUAL ASTRA AWARDS ANNOUNCED
17/04/2012
The Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) has announced the finalists for the
10th Annual ASTRA Awards today, with 95 entries selected across 21 categories including the five
Subscribers' Choice award categories selected by consumer vote. The finalists reflect the diversity of talent in
Subscription TV, both on and off screen, with a combination of familiar names and newcomers.
Popular showcase mini-series Tim Winton's cloudstreet, joins TV1's Killing Time and W Channel's Spirited as
a finalist for Most Outstanding Drama. cloudstreet cast members Essie Davis and Kerry Fox and Spirited star
Claudia Karvan plus Killing Time's Diana Glenn are included in the Most Outstanding Performance By An
Actor - Female category; cloudstreet's Geoff Morrell and Hugh Johnstone-Burt, Killing Time star David
Wenham and Steve Le Marquand from Movie Extra's Small Time Gangster are finalists in the Most
Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male category. Johnstone-Burt is also a finalist in the Best New Talent
category where he joins cloudstreet cast mate Lara Robinson, and Nat Geo Wild's Ben Britton.
The Most Outstanding Lifestyle Program category features new shows including LifeStyle FOOD's Planet
Cake and The LifeStyle Channel's Donna Hay - Fast, Fresh Simple. The Most Outstanding Light
Entertainment Program includes new productions such as The Comedy Channel's Balls of Steel Australia and
FOX8's ROVE LA while host Rove McManus joins hosts including Andrew Winter of The LifeStyle Channel's
Selling Houses Australia Extreme and Sarah Murdoch, of FOX8's Australia's Next Top Model, in the category
of Most Outstanding Performance by a Presenter. Rove is also a finalist in the Favourite Personality - Male
category, joining Channel [V]'s Danny Clayton and Australia's Next Top Model's Alex Perry among others.
Recognising the increasing popularity of drama programs with subscription TV audiences the category of
Favourite Program - International Drama has this year been introduced in addition to Favourite Program -
International. Finalists in the new category are some of the most talked about programs of recent years,
including showcase's Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and True Blood, UKTV's Torchwood: Miracle Day,
13th Street's Haven and FOX8's Falling Skies. Finalists for Favourite Program - International include LifeStyle
YOU's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, Discovery Channel's Man Vs. Wild, Deadliest Catch and Gold Rush: Alaska,
The LifeStyle Channel's Grand Designs, long-running British soap UKTV's EastEnders and the world's most
widely watched event of last year, UKTV's The British Royal Wedding 2011.
A reflection of subscription TV's commitment to providing in depth news and current affairs programming, the
Most Outstanding News Program or Coverage category includes some of Australia's most defining moments
in 2011. Finalists include The Weather Channel's Tropical Cyclone Yasi Coverage and SKY NEWS'
broadcasts Qantas Grounded and Gillard V Rudd. In the category of Most Outstanding Performance by a
Broadcast Journalist, SKY NEWS presenters David Speers and Kieran Gilbert, both winners in years past, join
presenter and 2011 winner, Ashleigh Gillon.
Voting for the Subscribers' Choice categories will run from May 1st to 31st with audiences encouraged to vote
for their favourite programs and personalities online at astraawards.com, via SMS, at Channel 333 on
FOXTEL or AUSTAR, and for the first time this year, through the ASTRA Awards Facebook page.
The 10th Annual ASTRA Awards will be held at Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay on Thursday 21st June.
ASTRA Awards 2012 Sponsors:
CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
The LifeStyle Channel
showcase
FOX SPORTS
SKY NEWS
SUBSCRIBERS' CHOICE
Favourite Program - Australian
Foo Fighters: Wasting Light On The Harbour Channel [V] & MAX
Wife Swap Australia LifeStyle YOU
Selling Houses Australia Extreme The LifeStyle Channel
Spirited Season 2 W Channel
Australia's Next Top Model Series 7 FOX8
Project Runway Australia Series 3 Arena
Kalgoorlie Cops Crime & Investigation Network
On The Couch FOX SPORTS
Favourite Program - International
Grand Designs Series 9 The LifeStyle Channel
Deadliest Catch Discovery Channel
Big Fat Gypsy Weddings LifeStyle YOU
The British Royal Wedding 2011 UKTV
Gold Rush: Alaska Discovery Channel
EastEnders UKTV
Man Vs. Wild Discovery Channel
American Idol Series 11 FOX8
Favourite Program - International Drama
Game of Thrones Season 1 showcase
Haven 13th Street
Boardwalk Empire Season 1 showcase
Torchwood: Miracle Day UKTV
Breaking Bad Season 4 showcase
Falling Skies FOX8
True Blood Season 4 showcase
Favourite Personality - Female
Jane Gazzo Channel [V]
Charlotte Dawson FOX8
Donna Hay The LifeStyle Channel
Sarah Murdoch FOX8
Megan Gale Arena
Lee Furlong FOX8
ASTRA Awards 2012 Sponsors:
Favourite Personality - Male
Danny Clayton Channel [V]
Andrew Winter The LifeStyle Channel
Jason Dunstall FOX SPORTS
Andrew 'ET' Ettingshausen Discovery Channel
Rove McManus FOX8
Billy Russell Channel [V]
Alex Perry FOX8
Phil Kearns FOX SPORTS
PROGRAMMING & PRODUCTION
Most Outstanding Children's Program or Event
The Amazing World of Gumball Cartoon Network
Move It Mob Style® NITV
Camp Orange: Wrong Town Nickelodeon
Most Outstanding Music Program or Coverage
Foo Fighters: Wasting Light On The Harbour Channel [V] & MAX
Smoke & Mirrors STUDIO
The Riff Channel [V]
Most Outstanding Sports Program or Coverage
Rugby World Cup 2011 FOX SPORTS
Aussies Abroad: 2011 World Ironman Championship ESPN
KFC T20 Big Bash League FOX SPORTS
The Code - Life With The Waratahs FOX SPORTS
Most Outstanding Documentary
Forecast for Disaster: La Nina Strikes The Weather Channel
Tony Robinson Explores Australia The History Channel
Australia's Great Flood National Geographic Channel
Kalgoorlie Cops Crime & Investigation Network
The Bombing of Darwin: An Awkward Truth The History Channel
Most Outstanding News Program or Coverage
Qantas Grounded SKY NEWS
Tropical Cyclone Yasi Coverage The Weather Channel
Gillard V Rudd SKY NEWS
ASTRA Awards 2012 Sponsors:
Most Outstanding Reality Program
Cricket Superstar FOX8
Project Runway Australia Series 3 Arena
Australia's Next Top Model Series 7 FOX8
Kalgoorlie Cops Crime & Investigation Network
Most Outstanding Lifestyle Program
Selling Houses Australia Extreme The LifeStyle Channel
B430 Season 3 Channel [V]
Donna Hay - Fast, Fresh, Simple The LifeStyle Channel
Planet Cake LifeStyle FOOD
Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program
The Riff Channel [V]
Balls of Steel Australia The Comedy Channel
ROVE LA FOX8
Most Outstanding Drama
Spirited Season 2 W Channel
Killing Time TV1
Tim Winton's cloudstreet showcase
Most Outstanding Use of Innovation in Programming
FOX FIELD FOX SPORTS
WTF! Channel [V]
SLiDE FOX8
THIRD EYE FOX SPORTS
TALENT
Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Male
David Wenham TV1
Hugo Johnstone-Burt showcase
Steve Le Marquand Movie Extra
Geoff Morrell showcase
Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor - Female
Essie Davis showcase
Diana Glenn TV1
Kerry Fox showcase
Claudia Karvan W Channel
ASTRA Awards 2012 Sponsors:
Most Outstanding Performance by a Presenter
Sarah Murdoch FOX8
Andrew Winter The LifeStyle Channel
Rove McManus FOX8
Luke & Wyatt Nickelodeon
Most Outstanding Performance by a Broadcast Journalist
Ashleigh Gillon SKY NEWS
Kieran Gilbert SKY NEWS
Josh Holt The Weather Channel
David Speers SKY NEWS
Best New Talent
Lara Robinson showcase
Ben Britton Nat Geo Wild
Hugo Johnstone-Burt showcase