Every year, Pedestrian has asked you – our loyal readers – to vote for your favourite bloggers and digital influencers in our Blogster Awards. But this year? This year is special. It’s the 10th anniversary of Pedestrian.TV, and to celebrate hitting the double digits, we’re doing a very special ~Best of the Best~ Blogsters.
We’re doing things a little differently this time around. Instead of getting you guys to vote, we recruited two of Australia’s most iconic figures to help us decide who the crème de la crème of Australia’s digital industry are.
So, without further ado, allow us to present you with our first judge: The Honourable Ms Lee Lin Chin.
It’s no secret that Lee Lin Chin is the unofficial queen of Australia. She reigns over the masses with a beer in hand, draped in couture, waited on by adoring hunks. A master of discerning taste, LLC’s been a fashionista for longer than most of our fashion nominees have been alive – the immortal goddess quite literally wears her eye for the artistic on her sleeve. She only allows the finest craft beers to quench her thirst, and she is a (self-proclaimed) future Gold Logie winner. As the host of her own Celebrity Chin Wag segment, it’s clear she’s up to speed on all things current in the world of pop culture.
Given her position as the fiercest woman in Australia, we knew she would be the only one worthy of passing judgement on this, our most important Blogster awards yet!
To celebrate Lee Lin blessing us with her presence, we collected 15 of the finest judgement calls she’s made on Twitter – her digital platform of choice.
When she judged herself next year’s Gold Logie Winner.
Just decided to win the gold next year, I deserve it #TVWEEKLogies
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) May 3, 2015
When she declared the beach “a cliché”.
I bet you’re at the beach for the #publicholiday. So cliche. I’m on a beach in Thailand. Much more original.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) October 5, 2015
When she declared the monarchy “outdated”.
Wish people would stop calling me their Queen. The monarchy is outdated, ‘Supreme Leader’ or ‘Holy One’ would work much better.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) September 7, 2015
When she judged art as a whole:
Art is essentially masturbation, ultimately useless and selfish.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) February 9, 2015
When she had no time for performance spaces:
If you name your venue a “performance space” be prepared to declare bankruptcy within a year.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) November 20, 2014
When she judged her childhood friends:
All my childhood friends have grandchildren, HAHA! What boring idiots!
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) February 20, 2015
…and their babies.
Your baby isn’t special, it’s just a poop machine that’s a drain on our resources.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) January 1, 2015
When she judged Karl Stefanovic:
I’m not sure why I don’t have more followers than @karlstefanovic. He’s not even half as pretty as me.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) April 6, 2015
When she spit harsh truth about TV presenters:
Let’s face facts, TV presenters and newsreaders are just people who wanted to be famous but couldn’t act or sing.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) February 15, 2015
When she knew you weren’t as thug as her.
Sometimes the thug life chooses you, sometimes you choose the thug life. Either way you’ll never be a thug like me.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) June 2, 2015
When she called every one of us a chump.
Work done for another week. 5 day work weeks are for chumps.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) August 23, 2015
When she called you forgettable.
If we ever meet you will remember it for the rest of your life. I will forget the moment you exit my gaze.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) June 10, 2015
When she judged you for even thinking this was a possibility:
I will never follow you.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) July 23, 2015
When she offered her followers advice for being a boss judge:
#ValentinesDayAdvice you don’t need anyone, you’re amazing & no one can compete. Drink a beer in the park by yourself & judge everyone else.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) February 13, 2015
And when she judged her Blogster Awards co-judge for, well… living the dream?
I find it a personal insult that @marcfennell has more followers than me. All he does watch movies, go to the gym and do his hair.
— Lee Lin Chin (@LeeLinChinSBS) August 5, 2015
judging panel is our digital jack-of-all-trades boss, Marc Fennell!
Aside from being the host of SBS’s The Feed, Marc is a champion in pretty much every area of arts, culture and tech. He’s been critiquing movies since he was 19, and is the disembodied voice of That Movie Guy, who 1.9 million people tune in to listen to every week. Not only does that make him the most listened to film critic, but he’s written two books: That Movie Book, and its follow up Planet According To Movies, to be released Christmas 2015. Movies aren’t the only thing he has a critical eye for, though. He’s also been a designer, an art director, a web developer, and he’s done it all without a ever having a hair out of place. In fact, he’s basically qualified to pass judgement on everything. Here’s 13 of his most flawless observations:
When he judged this man’s use of the word “exclusive”:
“Exclusive” in the sense that literally every other major media outlet in the world has interviewed them too. https://t.co/O4s9z59HSq
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) August 5, 2015
When he side-eyed this person for asking a silly question:
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) October 6, 2015
When The Grinder’s title and tagline combo caused him to raise an eyebrow:
“The Grinder: There’s No One He Can’t Get Off” The gay slash fan fiction just writes itself… pic.twitter.com/zvaSAuwhmb
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) September 27, 2015
When he was done with Apple’s nonsense:
Apple iOS 9 : Because we haven’t fucked with your fonts enough over the years
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) September 25, 2015
When his response to “man-braids” was a resounding “NOPE”:
Fuck right off, regards me https://t.co/DSY1HHRttV
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) September 25, 2015
When he couldn’t deal with the bachelors on The Bachelorette:
Why does every guy on #BacheloretteAU sound like he’s reading out his LinkedIn?
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) September 23, 2015
When he simultaneously judged the Dalai Lama and everyone who was shocked by his statements about women:
BREAKING: Ancient man with ancient belief system has ancient beliefs about women. Shocker. https://t.co/MqCx6D1pmR
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) September 22, 2015
When he rolled his eyes at sports culture down under:
If I put a preferred sportsball team in my Twitter bio do I become more likeable to middle Australia? Discuss. Team suggestions welcome
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) September 13, 2015
When he smirked at Double J’s generous use of the adjective “boys”:
Lol. “boys” https://t.co/Xg1iyIqUbd
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) September 10, 2015
When he spilled the truth about Blend 43:
Wait. It look them 43 goes to end up with this shit? What was Blend 1? Just some guy punching u in the mouth? pic.twitter.com/lW8kOxsVHH
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) September 2, 2015
When he scalped his high school bully with words:
When you get on a train, run into ur school’s biggest bully and blithely open with “Hey, cool, You Got Bald!”
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) July 28, 2015
When he low-key dragged everyone (except us!) who interviewed Amy Schumer while she was in Australia:
Hey look! an Australian Any Schumer interview where the interviewer *didn’t* call her a skank & she said great things http://t.co/tpCTLPzAD2
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) July 26, 2015
And when he couldn’t even deal with his co-judge, Lee Lin Chin’s look:
Can confidently say I have no idea what is going on here pic.twitter.com/BQrUB66uSx
— Marc Fennell (@marcfennell) September 29, 2015
