Dr Chris Brown is a familiar face on the TV Week Logie Awards red carpet, but he confirmed that he would not replace Sam Pang, after he bowed out.
Following months of speculation, Sam told the Sydney Morning Herald that he “politely declined” the gig.
“I’ve had three great years, and it was wonderful, but I’m just not going to do it this year,” he told the publication.
“It was very amicable. I’m well aware I may never do it again, and whoever does it I’m sure will do a great job, but I just thought three was a nice number.”
Before this, the vet and My Reno Rules host confirmed that he would never host the award ceremony,
At the time of publication, the 2026 host has not been confirmed.
As for why he wouldn’t dream of hosting the awards show?
Speaking on Triple M Breakfast with Beau, Cat & Woodsy, he explained that it was a “tough room” to navigate.
“I mean, if they banned steel cutlery on ceramic plates, maybe,” he said.
“Because that’s all you can hear when you go out there. When you walk out to present an award, it’s very hard to get the attention.”
He then told the hosts about a disastrous experience he had presenting an award at the ceremony.
He explained that he was thrown into presenting an award at the pre-drinks after Shaun Micallef allegedly tried to put eye drops in his eyes, but had “mistakenly” put super glue in instead.
“So, I got the call up, and they said, ‘Look, it’s one of the first awards. Don’t worry, it’s all on autocue,'” he began about the experience that “scarred” him.
“And it’s true, it’s all on autocue. But I basically had barely read the script. I walked out onto the stage; this is a terrible situation to be in.”
While he spotted the autocue, which is a large screen at the back of the room, but there were tables in front of it.
“As I walk out, the entire Home & Away table stands up and has a conversation with someone from Neighbours, I think,” he continued.
“They came over to have a chat. And so they’re all standing, blocking the autocue.
“I haven’t seen the script, and now I’m trying to read between Toadie Rebecchi from Neighbours and Alf Stewart. It’s a room just waiting for disaster.”
Is Sam Pang going to host the 2026 Logie Awards?
While the host has not been revealed yet, TV Tonight reported that the Have You Been Paying Attention? star bowed out.
In response to the report, a Logies publicist told Mediaweek that “Confirmation on the date, location and host of this year’s TV WEEK Logie Awards will be shared in due course”.
