The Nine Shanghai leads Asia at finalist stage of 45th AWARD Awards followed by Banana Balloon

Finalists for the 45th AWARD Awards have been announced today with Asia recording 25 finalists. The Nine Shanghai leads Asia’s performance at the AWARD Awards with six finalists followed closely by Banana Balloon five.

TBWASMP and TBWAHAKUHODO have both scored four finalists each followed by Wolf BKK with three finalists, Ogilvy Group Thailand with two finalists and Mullenlowe TREYNA with one.

A full list of finalists can be accessed here.

By category, entrants with the most finalist entries include:

Advertising – VML Australia with 15; The Monkeys Australia, part of Accenture Song with 13; DDB Group Australia with 12; DDB Group Aotearoa with 11; Howatson+Company, Special Australia with 10.

Design – BMF and The Monkeys Australia, part of Accenture Song with 3; R/GA Australia, TBWAHAKUHODO and The Nine Shanghai all with 2.

Craft – Revolver with 15; FINCH with 14; The Sweetshop with 10; DIVISION with 8; ARC EDIT with 7.

Film & Entertainment – The Monkeys Australia, part of Accenture Song with 8; Special Australia, Howatson+Company with 4; DDB Group Australia and Wolf BKK with 3.

Innovation – The Monkeys Australia, part of Accenture Song, VML Australia with 2; HERO, Eleven, a division of TBWAAustralia, TBWAHAKUHODO all with 1.

Media – FCB New Zealand with 4; VML Australia, CHEP Network with 2.

Purpose – Special Australia, M&C Saatchi with 6, Dentsu Creative with 3, DDB Group Aotearoa, DDB Group Australia, Leo Burnett Australia and TBWAAustralia all with 2.

Strategy – BMF with 3; DDB Group Australia, Howatson+Company, Special Australia, The Monkeys Australia, part of Accenture Song all with 2.

The AWARD Awards ceremonies announcing Gold, Silver and Bronze winners will take place during This Way Up, Australia’s Advertising Festival of Creativity, from the 13-15 August – a three-day feast of events at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art that will celebrate the very best creative thinking in Australia and around the world.

The AWARD Awards Special Awards finalists will be announced in the lead-up to the festival, with winners announced during the three-day event.

Chairs for the AWARD Awards juries are:
Craft in Motion: Adrian Shapiro, Scoundrel
Culture: Asheen Naidu, TBWASingapore
Design: Lincoln Grice, BMF
Digital: Stan Lim, Dentsu Creative Singapore
Film: Hilary Badger, Ogilvy Australia
Impact: Brigid Alkema, Clemenger BBDO Wellington
Life-Changing: Avish Gordhan, Saatchi & Saatchi Australia
Media Thinking: Virginia Hyland, Havas Media Network Australia
Press, Poster and The Dark Arts: Katrina Alvarez-Jarratt, TBWAAustralia
Sound: Dan Higson, Smith & Western Sound
Strategy: Fran Clayton, DDB Group Australia

AWARD thanks all of this year’s judges for their time and dedication, and our sponsor Google.