46 Australian entries make the cut at shortlist stage of The One Show 2021 led by CHE Proximity

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46 Australian entries make the cut at shortlist stage of The One Show 2021 led by CHE Proximity

The One Club for Creativity has announced 54 entries from Australia and New Zealand have been selected as finalists by its global juries of top creative leaders for The One Show 2021.  Australia has scored 46 finalists, whilst New Zealand has 14.

 

From the One Show’s initial shortlist of 120 finalists, announced in April, the final shortlist sees 46 Australian finalists, that will go on to win a Gold, Silver, Bronze Pencil or Merit at this year’s One Show, to be announced on June 10 during the online Creative Week 2021.

CHE Proximity leads the way in Australia with 10 finalists in The One Show 2021.  The agency has five with Heckler Sydney for Samsung “Microcodes”, and three with DIVISION for “Give a Flybuys” on behalf of Flybuys.  CHE Proximity also has one with Mindshare, Thinkerbell and Revolver for IAG/NRMA Insurance “Sloways”, and another with Guilty and TAC for “The Booster Tag” on behalf of RACV.

46 Australian entries make the cut at shortlist stage of The One Show 2021 led by CHE Proximity

Saatchi & Saatchi Australia with Herd MSL has nine finalists, all for “Donation Dollar ” on behalf of The Royal Australian Mint.

Ogilvy Australia has six finalists, three with Wavemaker Australia for “Unscalpable” on behalf of Cadbury Caramilk and three with Ogilvy PR for KFC Australia “Secret Menu”.

DDB Sydney together with DDB Chicago has picked up four finalists for Coors Light & Coors Seltzer ‘The Big Game Dream’. Thinkerbell with Vimana, Honest Fox and Xailient Sydney has four for Bega B-Honey “The Purple Hive Project”.

Special Group Australia has picked up three finalists, one with Chee Productions, Revolver and The Glue Society for Uber Eats’ “Uber Eats No Repeats” and two with Special Group New Zealand for Tourism New Zealand “Good Morning World”.

Clemenger BBDO Sydney with PHD Content Sydney has two finalists for Rexona “Pitvertising”, and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne has one for “Rewrite The Rules” on behalf of Carlton & United Breweries – Carlton Zero.

With two finalists for The One Show 2021 is TBWA\Sydney with Eleven PR Sydney and AIRBAG for “Play NZ” on behalf of Tourism New Zealand.

One finalist goes to each of the following

  • – AIRBAG with TBWA, ARC Edit and Eleven PR, all in Sydney “Play NZ” for Tourism New Zealand
  • – Isobar Melbourne “Swintopia” for Swinburne University of Technology
  • – Leo Burnett Australia Southbank “Out Now” for Bonds
  • – McCann Melbourne with T&DA and EXIT Films “Senior Constable Laurie Fox” for Victoria Police
  • – Momentum Worldwide Australia with Red Havas, both in Sydney “Heineken Zer0.0 Contact Bar” for Heineken 0.0
  • – Squeak E. Clean Studios with The Works, ARC Edit and Scoundrel, all in Sydney “Aware Super Brand TVC” for Aware Super
  • – The Monkeys with Rabbit, Sonar Music and Arc Edit, all in Sydney “When will she be right?” for UN Women Australia
  • Wunderman Thompson Sydney with Collider Sydney for I Touch Myself Project ‘The Woman Behind The Voice’
  • Wunderman Thompson Perth for West Australian Ballet ‘Disappearing Dracula’

Special Group New Zealand with Sweetshop, both in Auckland, landed five One Show 2021 finalists: three for “Meddle in the New Zealand Election” on behalf of Every Kiwi Vote Counts, and two with Special Group Australia for Tourism New Zealand “Good Morning World”.

Saatchi & Saatchi with Starcom and MSL New Zealand, all in Auckland, and Passion Pictures London, has four finalists, all for “A Career-Limiting Campaign” on behalf of Global Women.  Three One Show finalists go to DDB Aotearoa New Zealand Auckland, including two for New Zealand AIDS Foundation, Body Positive, Positive Women “Sperm Positive: The Baby That Changed HIV” and one for “Reflections” on behalf of McDonald’s New Zealand.

With one finalist each are Colenso BBDO Auckland for “Friend-vertising” on behalf of Skinny, and Motion Sickness in Auckland, “Keep It Real Online” for New Zealand Government – Department of Internal Affairs.

Globally, Droga5 New York leads the way with 44 finalist entries. Other leading finalist agencies are FCB Chicago with 35, DDB Chicago with 30, and AMVBBDO London and TBWA\Media Arts Lab Los Angeles each with 29.

Woojer in Herzliya, Israel with Area 23 New York and Claire’s Place Foundation Redondo Beach, have The One Show 2021 entry with the most finalists selections: 27 for Woojer “Sick Beats”.  FCB New York has 26 finalists for “Michelob ULTRA Courtside” for Michelob ULTRA with Microsoft and the NBA.

In the lead up to the awards ceremony during Creative Week, The One Club will announce all Best of Discipline winners for The One Show 2021 on June 1.  Members of creative teams responsible for a select group of top winners will discuss the work with jury members in live streaming sessions on June 10.

Under the banner “Connect. Provoke. Inspire.,” Creative Week 2021 will include The One Show 2021, historic ADC 100th Annual Awards, Young Ones Student Awards and Type Directors Club special awards ceremonies, dozens of general programming panels and workshops across Awards, Agency, Main and Education Stages, and premium events on the VIP Stage including the Executive Creative Summit for agency principals and a day-long Creative unConference.

In addition to the awards and VIP events, other general session highlights of Creative Week 2021 are:

  • Five sessions hosted by leading interactive entertainment company Epic Games on how game technology is empowering creators and redefining pipelines for VFX, filmmaking, interactive experiences and more;
  • Health Pharm with McCann Health, examining everything a creative needs to know about health care advertising;
  • Global Media Talks, where top ad publications in 10 countries and regions host a week-long series of panels with leading creatives in their market to discuss creative trends;
  • Sessions on important Inclusion & Diversity and Gender Equality topics;
  • Virtual visits to offices of some of the industry’s hottest advertising and design agencies;
  • Educators Summit and student programming, including portfolio reviews and agency recruiting sessions.

Registration and ticketing for Creative Week 2021 is now open, with three tiers of pricing by region to make the festival more affordable.  Content on the Awards Stage, including all One Show, ADC, Young Ones and TDC awards ceremonies, is free.

Creative Week 2021 branding was created by Benny Gold, senior graphic designer, Goodby Silverstein Partners, San Francisco.

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