The AACTA Awards have right this moment introduced finalists for the AACTA Viewers Alternative Awards.
Voted on-line by the general public these six classes are separate to conventional classes voted by AACTA / AFI membership, and are closely promoted in Information Corp and varied media.
This 12 months the AACTA Viewers Alternative Award for Favorite TV Present finalists are:
- Boy Swallows Universe
- Bridgerton
- Emily in Paris
- Heartbreak Excessive
- Heartstopper
- Outer Banks
Sure you learn accurately.
Not solely are there 4 worldwide titles, however they’re ALL Netflix titles (which should actually irk Free to Air networks, in addition to Foxtel which is a serious sponsor of the occasion).
An AACTA spokesperson has additionally confirmed voting for Viewers Alternative Awards is open to anybody. Australian-based addresses or cellphone numbers aren’t required. Organisers solely accumulate private knowledge if somebody needs to enter a contest which runs in conjunction.
Meaning anybody outdoors Australia may additionally enter, except the polling was geoblocked.
How else to elucidate how Outer Banks is abruptly considered one of Australia’s favorite TV exhibits?
Whereas awards exhibits like to lure worldwide stars down beneath by making them nominees I fail to notice how that is supportive of the native business?
These finalists ought to all be Australian, acknowledging the work of our native producers, writers, administrators, actors and crew.
They need to even be voted by Australian solely residents.
As an alternative solely two are Australian finalists: Boy Swallows Universe (which you’d hope takes it out) and Heartbreak Excessive.
Final 12 months they bizarrely gave the win to Ginny & Georgia from nominees together with The Kardashians, Younger Sheldon and The Summer time I Turned Fairly.
It’s fairly insulting, AACTA.
A part of me secretly hopes Outer Banks takes this out, simply to see an entire room of business collectively go “WTF?” with a voice-over telling us no one was in attendance to take residence a trophy.
The embarrassment could be sufficient to knock some sense into organisers about what they stand for and the way such a boneheaded class is left to go unchecked.
Listed here are the complete Viewers Alternative finalists.
AACTA Viewers Alternative Award for Favorite Movie
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Inside Out 2
- It Ends With Us
- Moana 2
- Twisters
- Depraved
AACTA Viewers Alternative Award for Favorite TV Present
- Boy Swallows Universe
- Bridgerton
- Emily in Paris
- Heartbreak Excessive
- Heartstopper
- Outer Banks
AACTA Viewers Alternative Award for Favorite Australian Actress
- Cate Blanchett
- Celeste Barber
- Chloé Hayden
- Margot Robbie
- Nicole Kidman
- Phoebe Tonkin
AACTA Viewers Alternative Award for Favorite Australian Actor
- Chris Hemsworth
- Hugh Jackman
- Jacob Elordi
- Liam Hemsworth
- Travis Fimmel
- Will McDonald
AACTA Viewers Alternative Award for Favorite Australian Media Persona
- Abbie Chatfield
- Dr Chris Brown
- Hamish Blake
- Jimmy Rees
- Robert Irwin
- Sophie Monk
AACTA Viewers Alternative Award for Favorite Australian Digital Creator
- Bridey Drake
- Chloé Hayden
- Esmé Louise James
- Indy Clinton
- Jiny Maeng
- Luke and Sassy Scott
- Maddy Macrae
- Olly Bowman
