Logie Award for Most Popular Factual Program

The Logie for Most Popular Factual Program was an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was given to recognise the popularity of an Australian factual program.

The award was first awarded at the 50th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 2008 when it was originally called Most Popular Factual Program.^[1] The award was discontinued after the 55th Annual TV Week Logie Awards in 2013,^[2] however the category was reinstated in 2016 at the 58th Annual TV Week Logie Awards.^[3] For the 2016 and 2017 ceremonies, it was renamed Best Factual Program before being permanently eliminated in 2018.^[4]

The winner and nominees of Most Popular Factual Program are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website.^[5] Bondi Rescue holds the record for the most wins, winning the category every year in the first six years it was awarded.

Winners and nominees[]

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

Key	Meaning
	Indicates the winning program

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2008	Bondi Rescue	Network Ten	[6]
	Border Security: Australia's Front Line	Seven Network
	The Choir of Hard Knocks	ABC1
	RPA	Nine Network
	RSPCA Animal Rescue	Seven Network
2009	Bondi Rescue	Network Ten	[7]
	Border Security: Australia's Front Line	Seven Network
	Find My Family	Seven Network
	RPA	Nine Network
	RSPCA Animal Rescue	Seven Network
2010	Bondi Rescue	Network Ten	[8]
	Border Security: Australia's Front Line	Seven Network
	Find My Family	Seven Network
	RPA	Nine Network
	RSPCA Animal Rescue	Seven Network
2011	Bondi Rescue	Network Ten	[9]
	Bondi Vet	Network Ten
	Undercover Boss Australia	Network Ten
	RPA	Nine Network
	Who Do You Think You Are?	SBS1
2012	Bondi Rescue	Network Ten	[10]
	Bondi Vet	Network Ten
	Border Security: Australia's Front Line	Seven Network
	RPA	Nine Network
	The World's Strictest Parents	Seven Network
2013	Bondi Rescue	Network Ten	[11]
	Bondi Vet	Network Ten
	Border Security: Australia's Front Line	Seven Network
	RPA	Nine Network
	Who Do You Think You Are?	SBS
2016	Gogglebox Australia	The Lifestyle Channel	[12]
		Network Ten
	Australian Story	ABC
	Bondi Rescue	Network Ten
	Bondi Vet	Network Ten
	Who Do You Think You Are?	SBS
2017	Gogglebox Australia	The Lifestyle Channel	[13]
		Network Ten
	Australian Story	ABC
	Bondi Rescue	Network Ten
	Bondi Vet	Network Ten
	Todd Sampson's Body Hack	Network Ten

Multiple wins/nominations[]

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