Australia, there’s a great injustice that needs addressing.
Year after year, their respective TV networks (in charge of campaigning on behalf of their stars) have let this travesty slide. And we’ve let them. But no more.
It’s time Lisa Wilkinson and Leigh Sales were nominated for the Gold Logie.
And at Mamamia, we’re asking you to help us make it happen (even though neither of them work for us, we wish they did).
Look. Karl has won one. Waleed won last year (despite only having worked in TV for a few minutes) and someone from Home & Away is always nominated – as Lee Lin Chin was last year.
No disrespect to anyone who has been nominated or won a Gold Logie. But don't you think Lisa and Leigh should be among the handful of TV personalities nominated for the biggest TV award of the year? And the fact they NEVER HAVE is a bit odd?
They're two of the hardest working, most experienced, most talented, most respected people in television.
They're each absolutely on top of their game. Yet neither journalist has ever even received a nomination for the industry's top gong. WHAT INJUSTICE IS THIS?
That's despite the fact that this year, they'll complete a combined total of close to 1000 hours of LIVE television: Leigh as the formidable anchor of ABC's 7.30 programme and Lisa in the chair every day for 3.5 hours at Today on Channel 9.
But, of course, it's not just about quantity...
