In a preemptive strike against winner leaks, Wil Anderson and ridicule, The Logies have banned mobile phones and by extension Twitter from this year’s ceremony. Spurred by Anderson’s crushing running commentary and a premature Dannii Minogue tweet which announced last year’s Gold Logie winner before Nine’s delayed telecast, invitations to this year’s event carried a small print caveat urging attendees to leave their phones at home: “Please note, mobiles will not be permitted. Your co-operation is appreciated,”. A Logies source confirmed that Twitter was to blame for the ban: ‘It is because of the tweeting…I think we saw the tweeting in the past as being a bit mean-spirited and felt it detracted from the evening.”
You know what else detracted from the evening? That cauldron of awful known as The Logies. Instead of banning Twitter maybe organizers could try to revamp the formula. Then people would use Twitter to praise how far the ceremony had come and how funny the jokes were and what fun it all was and how talented and deserving the winners were. Then we’d wake up, realize it was a dream and try to not kill ourselves.
Via SMH
