From Kath and Kim carving it up; Delta making a comeback; Kylie winning Gold and Bert Newton almost getting beaten up ...
we take a look at some of the most memorable Logies moments. Bert Newton very nearly came to blows with world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali after the sporting icon mistook something the Aussie comedy legend said for a racist remark. A quick backpedal and some terse words later, the potential conflict was — thankfully — smoothed over by a rattled Newton.
With her ringlets bouncing and dressed in an uncharacteristically demure maroon frock, young soap starlet-turned-pop-wannabe Kylie Minogue took to the stage to accept her Gold Logie statuette. She was — and remains — the youngest person to take home the top gong, her portrayal of Ramsay Street favourite Charlene Robinson securing the win. The Logies has hosted stacks of big-name performers over the years, but no one brought the house down quite like Kath and Kim (Jane Turner and Gina Riley), whose rendition of the ’70s classic Lady Bump had audiences in the room, and at home, in stitches.
Their red carpet outfits over the years have also been iconic — we bow down. She’d been largely out of the public eye for 12 months due to treatment for her non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, which made Goodrem’s return to the spotlight at the 2004 awards all the more touching. She attended the show with then-boyfriend Mark Philippoussis, who looked on as she did an impromptu dance with visiting crooner, Mic.