Direct Lions triumph for Australia: six Gold Lions, four Silver Lions and four Bronze Lions; Grand Prix goes to Special, Auckland

Australia had a triumphant night tonight at the Direct Lions ceremony, snaring a record six Gold, four Silver and four Bronze Lions, while New Zealand took out the Grand Prix for the Orcon Broadband ‘Orcon + Iggy’ campaign via Special, Auckland.
Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney scored three Gold Lions, all for its Toyota 4WD ‘Nothing Soft gets in’ work, while Leo Burnett Sydney won one Gold Lion plus a Silver and two Bronze Lions, all for the Canon ‘Photochains’ campaign. Droga5 Australia scored a Gold Lion and a Silver Lion, both for V Australia ‘4320 LA/SYD’. Clemenger BBDO Melbourne won a Gold Lion for Guide Dogs Australia ‘Support Scent’.
A Silver Lion went to George Patterson Y&R Melbourne for Picnic ‘It’s no picnic’ and Three Drunk Monkeys, Sydney scored a Silver Lion for The Cancer Council ‘Sun Sound’. BMF Sydney won a Bronze Lion for Tooheys Extra Dry ‘Six beers of separation’ and DDB Sydney won a Bronze Lion for AWARD ‘Call for Entries’.
The full list of winners is available here:
AUSTRALIA
GOLD LIONS
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NOTHING SOFT GETS IN
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
4WD RANGE
SAATCHI & SAATCHI AUSTRALIA SYDNEY
NOTHING SOFT GETS IN
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
4WD RANGE
SAATCHI & SAATCHI AUSTRALIA SYDNEY
NOTHING SOFT GETS IN
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
4WD RANGE
SAATCHI & SAATCHI AUSTRALIA SYDNEY
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PHOTOCHAINS
CANON AUSTRALIA
EOS DSLR CAMERA
LEO BURNETT SYDNEY
4320 LA/SYD
V AUSTRALIA
AIRLINE
DROGA5 AUSTRALIA SYDNEY
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SUPPORT SCENT
GUIDE DOGS AUSTRALIA
SUPPORT FOR THE BLIND
CLEMENGER BBDO MELBOURNE
SILVER LIONS
IT’S NO PICNIC
CADBURY
PICNIC CHOCOLATE BAR
GEORGE PATTERSON Y&R MELBOURNE
PHOTOCHAINS
CANON AUSTRALIA
EOS DSLR CAMERA
LEO BURNETT SYDNEY
SUN SOUND
THE CANCER COUNCIL
SKIN CANCER PREVENTION
THREE DRUNK MONKEYS SYDNEY
4320 LA/SYD
V AUSTRALIA
AIRLINE
DROGA5 AUSTRALIA SYDNEY
BRONZE LIONS
PHOTOCHAINS
CANON AUSTRALIA
EOS DSLR CAMERA
LEO BURNETT SYDNEY
6 BEERS OF SEPARATION
LION NATHAN AUSTRALIA
TOOHEY’S EXTRA DRY BEER
BMF SYDNEY

CALL FOR ENTRIES
AWARD
ADVERTISING AWARD
DDB SYDNEY
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PHOTOCHAINS
CANON AUSTRALIA
EOS DSLR CAMERA
LEO BURNETT SYDNEY
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NEW ZEALAND
GRAND PRIX
ORCON + IGGY POP
ORCON BROADBAND
BROADBAND
SPECIAL GROUP AUCKLAND
GOLD LIONS
LIVE RESCUE
COASTGUARD NZ
SEARCH & RESCUE SERVICES
DDB NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND
ORCON + IGGY POP
ORCON BROADBAND
BROADBAND
SPECIAL GROUP AUCKLAND
SILVER LION
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LIVE RESCUE
COASTGUARD NZ
SEARCH & RESCUE SERVICES
DDB NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND
BRONZE LION

MISSING PICTURES
TOWER INSURANCE
INSURANCE
AIM PROXIMITY Auckland
Left: DDB New Zealand’s Sandy Moore and Toby Talbot with their Gold and Silver Lions.

7 Comments
Do Nobby’s “dark arts” know no bounds? No jury is safe. Thanks god he’s on our side.
Congrats Special. That is bloody brilliant.
Saatchi’s is back! Well done boys.
Go steve jackson, you’re a bloody good creative and a bloody good guy. see you again at the rocks cafe and sushi shop
Is dat choo Vinnie?
Well done champion.
J
Well done Hawko! Good work mate
Iggy got an award? Did the guy who created “In Bb” get one too?