Home and Away: Ray Meagher is shocked to be nominated for a Gold Logie

Ray Meagher was as stunned as anyone to find himself nominated for a Gold Logie again at the age of 77.

One of the longest-serving actors in the business, who has appeared in every season of Home and Away since it began in 1988, Ray figured his ‘golden days’ were over after his last big win in 2010.

The star, who has played Alf Stewart for 34 years, shocked the industry that year when he beat a slew of favourites, including Rebecca Gibney and Rove McManus, to win the top prize.  

Flamin’ heck! Ray Meagher (pictured on June 30, 2019) was as stunned as anyone to find himself nominated for a Gold Logie again at the age of 77

Now he finds himself nominated for the main award again and will go into the June 19 awards ceremony on the Gold Coast as a hot prospect alongside Sonia Kruger and Tom Gleeson.

Julia Morris and Hamish Blake will also contend for the gold statuette.

‘It felt pretty good but it’s also a bit of a surprise,’ Ray told TV Week of his nomination, which was announced back on May 15.

‘It felt pretty good but it’s also a bit of a surprise,’ Ray told TV Week of his nomination

Icon: Ray has appeared in every season of Home and Away since it began in 1988

‘I sort of thought my golden days were over 12 years ago when I won it.

‘I don’t see myself as a Gold Logie sort of a nominee. There are always plenty of people more deserving.’

And as self-deprecating as ever, the soap stalwart insists he will be quietly backing Sonia Kruger when it comes to who he wants to see holding the Gold Logie aloft.

Nominee: Sonia Kruger (pictured on May 15) is up for her first-ever Gold Logie

Sonia, who who has never been nominated for a Gold Logie previously, expressed her own shock upon hearing she was in the running in early May.

Appearing on The Morning Show with hosts Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur, the Big Brother host said she was genuinely blindsided by the nomination – 30 years after first rising to fame as Tina Sparkle in Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom.

‘It was really quite bizarre, I literally went into shock when heard the news. I had to be placed in the recovery position, and for me, that’s lying on my daybed with an Aperol Spritz in my hand,’ she said.

‘Apparently in the sporting bets odds I’m about 100 to one [of winning the Gold Logie] – a rank outsider.

‘So what I’m thinking is, can I bet on myself, right? And then somehow jig the system, is this wrong is this like insider trading?’

Stunned: ‘I literally went into shock when heard the news,’ Sonia said of her nomination