Aussie Spots Take TV/Cinema, Craft Grand Prix at Spikes Asia

Aussie Entries Win Four Grand Prix, New Zealand Two in Spikes Asia 2010 Awards

The winners were handed out last night at the Spikes Asia Awards, and work from Australia and New Zealand stole the show.  

At a ceremony at which took place at Singapore's Esplanade Theatre, attended by SourceEcreative’s team of James Straker from London and Lee Michael from Melbourne, the jury awarded a total of 273 Spikes Asia trophies across the 11 different categories.

The Direct & Sales Promotion category was the strongest with a total of 48 winners, closely followed by Media with 45 and Digital with 39 awards. 29 trophies were given in the Design category, 26 in Outdoor and 25 in TV/Cinema.

In the Craft category there were 20 awards presented for TV/Cinema Craft and 11 in the Print Craft category. 15 winners were awarded in Print, 8 in Integrated and 7 in the Radio category.

To screen all the TV/Cinema winners, click here. To screen all the Craft winners, which includes TV as well as print, click here.

Clemenger BBDO in Melbourne won two Grand Prix, one of which was in the TV/Cinema category for the spot 'Slow Mo' for Fosters Group, produced by Plaza in Sydney and directed by Paul Middleditch.  The Craft Grand Prix, which was awarded in the TV/Cinema section, went to Leo Burnett Sydney for 'Monkey' for WWF, produced by Revolver in Sydney.

Dentsu Tokyo won the Digital Grand Prix for their Uniqlo work 'Lucky Switch.' Uniqlo was also named Advertiser of the Year.  There were no Grand Prix awarded in the Print, Integrated or Design categories.

DDB New Zealand, Auckland was honored with the Agency of the Year. Runners up were Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne, coming in second place, and Colenso BBDO, Auckland in third.  DDB was presented with the Network of the Year trophy, with Leo Burnett coming second, followed by BBDO.

Published 22 September, 2010