{"id":639090,"date":"2026-08-15T18:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/639090\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T18:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T18:56:14","slug":"its-a-jungle-at-the-logies-hosted-by-wildlife-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/639090\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a jungle at the Logies hosted by wildlife warrior"},"content":{"rendered":"

With wildlife warrior, reality TV champ and sometime underwear model Robert Irwin hosting the 2026 Logies, anything could happen.<\/p>\n

The 22 year old is the youngest ever host of the Australian television industry’s night of nights, from a generation more into TikTok than free-to-air broadcasting.<\/p>\n

Irwin has just under 10 million Instagram followers, due partly to a viral salsa routine on the US version of Dancing With The Stars in late 2025, during which he ripped his shirt off and then went on to win the competition.<\/p>\n

Ahead of his Logies hosting duties, Irwin explained the Australian television awards to his many American followers.<\/p>\n

“For all my mates in the States, it’s kinda like our version of the Emmys,” he explained in a video.<\/p>\n

The multi-hyphenate TV host and son of the late crocodile hunter Steve Irwin is also one of six nominees for the coveted Gold Logie – and the only one with the animal kingdom on his side.<\/p>\n

Who knows, he might even stand on the podium, tear open the envelope containing the secret of the 2026 winner … and read out his own name.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n Poh Ling Yeow and Julia Morris are both in the running for the top gong at the 2026 Logies. (Steve Markham\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

In the 66th year of the Logies, Irwin has been nominated for the little golden statue alongside his I\u2019m A Celebrity \u2026 Get Me Out Of Here! Australia co-host Julia Morris, making it the fifth time Morris has been been in the running for the top gong.<\/p>\n

Channel 10 axed the reality TV staple I’m a Celebrity earlier in 2026 after a 12-season run, before it was picked up by Seven, with the network reportedly on the hunt for fresh hosts.<\/p>\n

Could there be anything more representative of the jungle that is the Australian television industry, than the hosts of an axed show competing for a Gold Logie?<\/p>\n

Maybe that time at the 2003 Logies, when Channel 10 sports reader Tim Webster was bitten by a snake handled by Steve Irwin, leaving him with puncture marks and a bruise, and regretting his front row seat at the glamorous awards night.<\/p>\n

Logies host for the past three years Sam Pang is also up for the Gold, and it’s widely agreed his zinger-filled hosting stint will be a tough act to follow.<\/p>\n

But Robert Irwin’s day job in between television gigs is still catching crocodiles, so even following Sam Pang shouldn’t scare him too much.<\/p>\n

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\n The Logies will also feature an inaugural Bruce McAvaney Award for Most Popular Sports Presenter. (Regi Varghese\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

The other nominees for the Gold are Nine’s Ally Langdon and Todd Woodbridge, the ABC’s Lisa Millar, and Ten’s Poh Ling Yeow.<\/p>\n

The 2026 Logies will also present the inaugural Bruce McAvaney Award for Most Popular Sports Presenter.<\/p>\n

It’s one race McAvaney can’t call, especially since the veteran presenter is also one of the nominees – which might be awkward if he doesn’t win.<\/p>\n

Multiple Logies winner Deborah Mailman will meanwhile become the first Indigenous Australian ushered into the awards’ Hall of Fame along with two other inductees yet to be named.<\/p>\n

The winner of the Gold will be chosen by public vote, and Irwin has encouraged people to vote for his popular co-host.<\/p>\n

The awards night will be held at The Star in Sydney on Sunday night and broadcast on the Seven network, with public voting for the Gold Logie closing at 10pm.<\/p>\n

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