Logie Awards of 2005

The 47th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 1 May 2005 at Crown Casino in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. In an historic first Andrew O'Keefe from the Seven Network, Eddie McGuire from the Nine Network and Rove McManus from Network Ten were all Master of Ceremonies. The special guest for this year's awards were Kathryn Morris from Cold Case, the US RnB singer Mario, Michael Bublé, Keith Urban and Urs Bühler's Il Divo. This article lists the winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 2005:

Gold Logie

;Most Popular Personality on Australian Television:"Winner:"::Rove McManus, "Rove (Live)", Network Ten (3rd straight win):"Nominated:"::Bridie Carter, "McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network (1st nomination)::Bec Cartwright, "Home and Away", Seven Network (1st nomination)::Georgie Parker, "All Saints", Seven Network (won twice, ?th nomination)::John Wood, "Blue Heelers", Seven Network (9th nomination)

Silver Logie

;Most Popular Actor:"Winner:"::John Wood, "Blue Heelers", Seven Network (first Logie win since 1989):"Nominated:"::Beau Brady, "Home and Away", Seven Network::Chris Hemsworth, "Home and Away", Seven Network::Aaron Jeffery, "McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network::Glenn Robbins, "Kath & Kim", ABC TV

;Most Popular Actress:"Winner:"::Bec Cartwright, "Home and Away", Seven Network:"Nominated:"::Jane Allsop, "Blue Heelers", Seven Network::Bridie Carter, "McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network::Gina Riley, "Kath & Kim", ABC TV::Magda Szubanski, "Kath & Kim", ABC TV

;Most Popular TV Presenter:"Winner:"::Rove McManus, "Rove (Live)", Network Ten:"Nominated:"::Andrew Denton, "Enough Rope with Andrew Denton", ABC TV::Jamie Durie, "Backyard Blitz", Nine Network::David Koch, "Sunrise", Seven Network::Andrew O'Keefe, "Deal or No Deal", Seven Network

Logie

;Most Popular New Male Talent:"Winner:"::Chris Hemsworth, "Home and Away", Seven Network:"Nominated:"::Ben Nicholas, "Neighbours", Network Ten::Dean O'Gorman, "McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network::Jason Smith, "Home and Away", Seven Network::Wil Traval, "All Saints", Seven Network

;Most Popular New Female Talent:"Winner:"::Natalie Blair, "Neighbours", Network Ten:"Nominated:"::Indiana Evans, "Home and Away", Seven Network::Rachel Gordon, "Blue Heelers", Seven Network::Natalie Saleeba, "All Saints", Seven Network::Samantha Tolj, "Blue Heelers", Seven Network

;Most Popular Sports Program:"Winner:"::"The NRL Footy Show", Nine Network:"Nominated:"::"Before The Game", Network Ten::"The Dream in Athens with Roy and HG", Seven Network::"The AFL Footy Show", Nine Network::"Sports Tonight", Network Ten

;Most Popular Light Entertainment or Comedy Program:"Winner:"::"Rove (Live)", Network Ten:"Nominated:"::"Dancing with the Stars", Seven Network::"Deal or No Deal", Seven Network::"Kath & Kim", ABC TV::"Merrick and Rosso Unplanned", Nine Network

;Most Popular Australian Drama Series:"Winner:"::"McLeod's Daughters", Nine Network:"Nominated:"::"All Saints", Seven Network::"Blue Heelers", Seven Network::"Home and Away", Seven Network::"Neighbours", Network Ten

;Most Popular Reality Program:"Winner:"::"Australian Idol 2", Network Ten:"Nominated:"::"Big Brother 4", Network Ten::"The Block 2", Nine Network::"My Restaurant Rules", Seven Network::"RPA", Nine Network

;Most Popular Lifestyle Program:"Winner:"::"Backyard Blitz", Nine Network:"Nominated:"::"Burke's Backyard", Nine Network::"Getaway", Nine Network::"The Great Outdoors", Seven Network::"Renovation Rescue", Nine Network

;Most Popular Overseas Program:"Winner:"::"The O.C.", Network Ten:"Nominated:"::"The Bill", ABC TV::"", Nine Network::"ER", Nine Network::"Friends", Nine Network

Outstanding Awards

;Most Outstanding Drama Series:"Winner:"::"Love My Way", FOX8, Foxtel:"Nominated:"::"Love Bytes", FOX8, Foxtel::"Fireflies", ABC TV::"Stingers", Nine Network::"The Secret Life Of Us", Network Ten

;Most Outstanding Actor In A Drama Series:"Winner:"::Sam Neill, "Jessica", Network Ten:"Nominated:"::Brendan Cowell, "Love My Way", FOX8, Foxtel::Abe Forsythe, "Fireflies", ABC TV::Tony Martin, "Jessica", Network Ten::Dan Wyllie, "Love My Way", FOX8, Foxtel

;Most Outstanding Actress In A Drama Series:"Winner:"::Miranda Otto, "", Seven Network:"Nominated:"::Rebecca Gibney, "Small Claims", Network Ten::Claudia Karvan, "Love My Way", FOX8, Foxtel::Asher Keddie, "Love My Way", FOX8, Foxtel::Leeanna Walsman, "Jessica", Network Ten

;Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie:"Winner:"::"Jessica", Network Ten:"Nominated:"::"The Alice", Nine Network ::"The Brush Off, Murray Whelan Series" Seven Network ::"Small Claims", Network Ten::"", Seven Network

;Most Outstanding News Coverage:"Winner:"::"", National Nine News, Nine Network:"Nominated:"::"Beslan", National Nine News, Nine Network::"Iraq Hostage", ABC News, ABC TV::"Victoria Ganglands", ABC News, ABC TV::"Tsunami Disaster", Ten News, Network Ten

;Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report:"Winner:"::"Into The Forest (Ivan Milat) Part 1", "Australian Story", ABC TV:"Nominated:"::"Beslan Prepares For A Funeral", "", ABC TV ::"", "60 Minutes", Nine Network ::"The Trials of Mamdouh Habib", "Dateline", SBS TV::"Taliban Country", "Dateline", SBS TV

;Most Outstanding Documentary or Documentary Series:"Winner:"::"The President versus David Hicks", SBS TV:"Nominated:"::"The Last Voices From Heaven Parts 1 & 2", Foxtel::"Moulin Rouge Girls", ABC TV ::"", ABC TV::"Tug Of Love", SBS TV

;Most Outstanding Comedy Program::"Winner:"::"The Chaser Decides", ABC TV:"Nominated:"::Derrick, Episode 2, The Comedy Channel, Foxtel::"John Safran vs God", SBS TV::"Kath & Kim", ABC TV::"", SBS TV

;Most Outstanding Sports Coverage:"Winner:"::Bob Jane T-Marts Bathurst 1000, Network Ten:"Nominated:"::AFL Grand Final, Network Ten::Athens Olympic Games, Seven Network::The Melbourne Cup, Seven Network::, Nine Network

;Most Outstanding Children's Program:"Winner:"::"", ABC TV:"Nominated:"::"Bambaloo", Seven Network ::"Hi-5", Nine Network ::"Noah & Saskia", ABC TV::"Wicked Science", Network Ten

Hall of Fame

After 20 years on Australian television, "Neighbours" became the 22nd inductee into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame.