Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent
The Silver Logie for Most Popular New Talent is an award presented at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award recognises the popularity of a new talent in an Australian program. It may or may not be their first television appearance, however it is their first major television role.
It was first awarded at the 22nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1980 and originally called Most Popular New Talent. This award category was eliminated in 1999 and replaced by the Most Popular New Male Talent and Most Popular New Female Talent categories. After a 15-year absence, the Most Popular New Talent category was reintroduced in 2014 to replace the gender specific categories. It was briefly renamed Best New Talent. From 2018, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular New Talent.
The winner and nominees of Most Popular New Talent are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website. Neighbours and Home and Away have the most recipients of this award, with four wins each.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Nominees | Program | Network | Ref |
| 1980 | Vera Plevnik | The John Sullivan Story | ||
| 1981 | Simon Gallaher | The Mike Walsh Show | ||
| 1982 | Gary Sweet | The Sullivans | ||
| 1983 | Stephen Comey | Sons and Daughters | ||
| 1984 | James Reyne | Return To Eden | ||
| 1986 | Peter O'Brien | Neighbours | ||
| 1987 | Jason Donovan | Neighbours | ||
| 1988 | Alex Papps | The Henderson Kids | ||
| 1989 | Nicolle Dickson | Home and Away | ||
| 1990 | Georgie Parker | A Country Practice | ||
| 1991 | Richard Huggett | Neighbours | ||
| 1992 | Kym Wilson | Brides of Christ | ||
| 1993 | Simon Baker | E Street | ||
| 1994 | Melissa George | Home and Away | ||
| 1995 | Lisa McCune | Blue Heelers | ||
| 1996 | Nic Testoni | Home and Away | ||
| 1997 | Tasma Walton | Blue Heelers | ||
| 1998 | Brooke Satchwell | Neighbours | ||
| 2014 | Bonnie Sveen | Home and Away | ||
| 2014 | Timomatic | Australia's Got Talent | ||
| 2014 | Abby Earl | A Place to Call Home | ||
| 2014 | Caren Pistorius | Offspring | ||
| 2014 | Caren Pistorius | Redfern Now | ||
| 2014 | Caren Pistorius | ' | ||
| 2014 | Johnny Ruffo | Home and Away | ||
| 2015 | Miranda Tapsell | Love Child | ||
| 2015 | Laura Brent | ANZAC Girls | ||
| 2015 | Laura Brent | ' | ||
| 2015 | Harriet Dyer | Love Child | ||
| 2015 | Samantha Jade | INXS: Never Tear Us Apart | ||
| 2015 | Olympia Valance | Neighbours | ||
| 2016 | Adam Dovile | Better Homes and Gardens | ||
| 2016 | Benson Jack Anthony | 800 Words | ||
| 2016 | Joel Jackson | Deadline Gallipoli | ||
| 2016 | Joel Jackson | |||
| 2016 | Pia Miller | Home and Away | ||
| 2016 | Dan Reilly | The Block | ||
| 2017 | Rob Collins | Cleverman | ||
| 2017 | Rob Collins | The Wrong Girl | ||
| 2017 | Shalom Brune-Franklin | Doctor Doctor | ||
| 2017 | Tiarnie Coupland | Love Child | ||
| 2017 | Hayley Magnus | The Wrong Girl | ||
| 2017 | Penny McNamee | Home and Away | ||
| 2018 | Dilruk Jayasinha | CRAM! | ||
| 2018 | Dilruk Jayasinha | Utopia | ||
| 2018 | Matty Johnson | The Living Room | ||
| 2018 | Sam Frost | Home and Away | ||
| 2018 | Sophia Forrest | Love Child | ||
| 2018 | Sophie Dillman | Home and Away | ||
| 2019 | Dylan Alcott | The Set | ||
| 2019 | Bonnie Anderson | Neighbours | ||
| 2019 | Courtney Miller | Home and Away | ||
| 2019 | Eddie Woo | Teenage Boss | ||
| 2019 | Joe Jonas | The Voice | ||
| 2019 | Tasia Zalar | Mystery Road |