Finalists announced for the 2023 TikTok Young Lions Australia competition

The shortlist for the 2023 TikTok Young Lions competition has been announced.

The shortlisted contestants are one step closer to representing Australia in the global competition.

Finalists:

DIGITAL sponsored by TikTok
Annie Lim & Cindy Diep – Ogilvy
Bella Plush & Shaun Mcfarlane – Special
Billie Gurr & Francisco Phillips – M&C Saatchi
Casey Clarke & Zac Nairn – Dig
Riana McKenzie & Zoe Perrin – Clemenger BBDO Australia

DESIGN sponsored by Big Brothers Big Sisters
Ika Jumali & Maddy Merzvinskis – CHEP Network
Julijana Ilievska, AKQA-Millipede & Veronica Tran – AKQA
Lauren Maneschi & Rachel Tse – Cocogun
Lisa Lin & Nathan Brackenrig – Apparent
Rhodesia Saykao & Chanelle Nasser – VMLY&R

FILM sponsored by TikTok
Amanda Chen & Isabel Evans – VMLY&R
Austin Macfarlane, Serve Chilled & Lachlan Macfarlane – Khemistry
Dean Shein & Grace Hurley – Wunderman Thompson
Jeff Seeff & Joel Grunstein – Special
Kean Szczur & Monique Horsley – Dentsu Creative

MARKETING sponsored by The Pyjama Foundation
Alana Keegan & Zara Gross – Supercheap Auto
Christopher Devenish-Meares & Elyse Killingback – AMP
Daniella Popovic & Victoria Vrettos – JCDecaux
Harrison Thornton & Jade Murphy-Silver – Commonwealth Bank
Keira Spencer & Laura Currie – Google

PR sponsored by RedKite
Abbey Farlow & Josh Bell – Red Havas
Annabel Begeng & Lily Lazzarotti – Thinkerbell
Bella Hayes & Millie Clout – Howatson+Company
Fiona Sinclair & Isabel Anderson – Ogilvy
Julian Canola Botero & Zoe Victor – Ogilvy PR

MEDIA sponsored by The Trade Desk
Ally Thompson & Sophie Gallagher – Slingshot Media
Ben Breden, Rufus & Olivia Coxon – Initiative
Ciaran Campbell & Viviane Dorp – Havas
Emma Le, OMD & Taylah Barrett – News Corp Australia
Lauren Corner, Initiative & Tyler Duncan – Matterkind

Key dates for round two:
18 April – Finalists to attend a live briefing session
19 April – Live judging for Design, Digital, Media, Marketing and PR categories
20 April – Virtual deadline for the Film category
20 April – Winners are announced at a cocktail party (woohoo!)

The winners will travel to France for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity where they will compete on the global stage in the world’s largest annual gathering of the creative community for five days from 19 – 23 June 2023.

All submissions were assessed by over 60 high-profile industry judges, with five teams shortlisted in each category. These finalists will now participate in a second round of judging where they will be briefed and required to present a response 24 hours later. Film finalists are given 48 hours and are not required to present live.

For more information, head to the TikTok Young Lions website here.