{"id":59151,"date":"2025-08-11T04:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T04:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/59151\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T04:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T04:26:13","slug":"karl-stefanovic-slams-woke-and-beige-logie-awards-as-he-calls-for-the-return-of-drunken-tomfoolery-at-tvs-night-of-nights-after-his-infamous-2009-today-hangover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/59151\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Stefanovic slams ‘woke’ and ‘beige’ Logie Awards as he calls for the return of ‘drunken tomfoolery’ at TV’s night of nights – after his infamous 2009 Today hangover"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karl Stefanovic has slammed the \u201cwoke\u201d and “beige” Logie Awards as he called for the return of the rowdy atmosphere at TV’s night of nights.<\/p>\n

The Today host, 50, who was famously feeling the after-effects of the 2009 awards on Nine’s breakfast news programme, declared the Logies need to dial back the awareness and add in a good dose of tomfoolery.<\/p>\n

He made the observation at the 65th edition of the awards at Sydney’s The Star last Sunday after years of being a favourite face at the event.<\/p>\n

\"Karl<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have got a bit woke, the Logies, haven\u2019t they?” he told the Herald Sun on the red carpet.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is a bit conscious of doing the wrong thing, and that is TV in general.<\/p>\n

Stefanovic said although he loves the Logies, the night risks being too “beige”, before calling for the return of “drunk biffo buffoonery”.<\/p>\n

The TV presenter then implored other familiar faces of TV to loosen up, adding: “What is wrong with the world?”<\/p>\n

Karl won the coveted Gold Logie in 2011 when the long-running awards ceremony featured international artists Katy Perry and Maroon 5.<\/p>\n

Since then, the Seven Network and TV Week have shifted towards addressing gender imbalances and cultural diversity in nominations.<\/p>\n

Industry insiders are now doubtful the Logies could continue on the same trajectory and revealed this year’s ceremony could possibly be the last.<\/p>\n

“It’s just not viable anymore,” a very high-level TV insider\u00a0told Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

“No one wants to pay for it, no one’s watching, and the people behind it are already looking for an exit.<\/p>\n

\"\u2018Incredibly<\/p>\n

“You remember when the Logies had international stars, outrageous moments, drama?”<\/p>\n

The insider said the awards are now a far cry from those glory days, likening recent years’ ceremonies to a “glorified promo reel for local TV”.<\/p>\n

They said the Logies “rinse and repeat” the likes of Karl Stefanovic, Sonia Kruger, and Hamish Blake every year, with the audience bored and “tired”.<\/p>\n

Seven took over the broadcasting rights of the Logies from the Nine Network in 2023, following Seven’s last broadcast of the awards in 1995.<\/p>\n

The insider said Seven thought they were buying back a national treasure, but what they really got was a “very expensive nostalgia trip”.<\/p>\n

Lynne McGranger won the Gold Logie at the awards last Sunday evening, marking a celebrated end to the 72-year-old’s three-decade-long role playing Irene Roberts on the famed Australian soap Home and Away.<\/p>\n

Todd Woodbridge claimed the gong for Popular Presenter.<\/p>\n

Guy Montgomery won Best New Talent, and Magda Szubanski took home the Logie Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karl Stefanovic has slammed the \u201cwoke\u201d and “beige” Logie Awards as he called for the return of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,12304,34652],"class_list":{"0":"post-59151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-karl-stefanovic","13":"tag-logies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}