- Logie Awards of 1973
The
1973 Logie Award Ceremony was held on16 February 1973.Tony Barber won the Gold Logie for his appearances on Channel 7's "The Great Temptation"Sale of the Century premiered on the Nine Network in 1980 With Host: Tony Barber, and ran for 21 years, finishing in November 2001.
Number of questions answered correctly and consecutively: Virginia Noel in episode 851 — 14 out of 14.
Highest number of questions answered correctly in one episode: David Poltorak, in episode 1443 — 35 out of 55.
In episode 376 a contestant answered only one question correctly all night and still won.
Youngest person to win the lot was 16-year-old Andrew Werbik in episode 1493.
Lowest winning score: $20 in episode 30.
Highest winning score: $200 by David Poltorak in episode 1443.
Number of times a contestant has won cars on the first night: 13.
Largest cash jackpot: $508,000 to Rob Kusmierski.
Youngest champ and contestant: 15-year-old Justin Ford (Victoria). Appeared in episodes 129,130, 131 and 132.
Most number of questions answered correctly in 60 second fast money: David Poltorak, episode 1443, age 16.
The only contestant to have answered all the round one questions correctly is Leesa Selke.
Total cash and prizes given away at end 2001: $60,692,993.00
Total includes Cash: $16,343,619.00
Prizes: $44,349,374.00, over 350 cars
Number of episodes that went to air when Sale's final episode went to air on November 25, 2001: 4610 episodes
References
[http://tvweek.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=62239 The 15th Annual Logie Awards (1973)] ,
TV Week
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