Live: Stars hit red carpet ahead of 2026 Logie Awards

The 2026 Logie Awards are underway, with the stars of Australian television gathering for a night of celebration, including ABC's Lisa Millar, who is up for the Gold Logie.The red carpet has kicked off ahead of the award ceremony at 7:30pm AEST.Sun 16 Aug 2026 at 5:49pmSun 16 Aug 2026 at 5:49pmThe red carpet is underway!It's not Australian TV's night of nights without some stunning looks on the red carpet.Tonight's host, Robert Irwin, has arrived in a dapper and interesting take on the tux, while My Brilliant Career co-stars Philippa Northeast (nominated for The Family Next Door) and Christopher Chung (shoutout to other Slow Horses fans) are looking very suave.Irwin is hosting tonight's awards. (ABC: Floss Adams)(ABC: Floss Adams)And, of course, have to include Costa because - what a sight!(ABC: Floss Adams)Take a peek at all the best looks below:Sun 16 Aug 2026 at 5:37pmSun 16 Aug 2026 at 5:37pmWhen time do the Logies start tonight?The Logies red carpet arrivals are on tonight from 7pm AEST on Channel 7 and 7plus, with the ceremony kicking off at 7:30pm AEST.It'll likely be a long one, usually the awards don't wrap up until around 11pm....if we're lucky. Last year Gold Logie wasn't given away until around midnight.We'll be here all night so stick around for all the action!Sun 16 Aug 2026 at 5:26pmSun 16 Aug 2026 at 5:26pmWelcome to the 2026 Logie Awards Hello and welcome to our 2026 Logies Award live blog!I'm Arts journalist Velvet Winter, I will be bringing you all the action from tonight's ceremony, alongside Screen reporter Georgia Hitch.We'll be keeping you up to date with the broadcast but we have very special guests joining us live from all the glitz and glamour of the red carpet. Then, once we kick off Arts Journalist Hannah Story will be feeding us all the behind the scenes action from the media room.Our comments are open and we want to hear from you! Send us any and all thoughts, questions and winner predictions and you might just find yourself featured on this very blog.Let's get the Logies party started!