George Patterson Y&R Melbourne tops Aussie Lion tally at 2012 Cannes Festival of Creativity – Australia takes home a record 59 Lions
June 24 2012, 9:21 am | | 12 Comments
George Patterson Y&R Melbourne has topped the Aussie agency league table at the 2012 Cannes Festival of Creativity.
The agency, with 10 Lions, is ahead of second-placed shop Whybin TBWA, Sydney, with 8 Lions.
Overall, the Australian tally this year is 59 Lions, well ahead of the previous record haul of 45 Lions in 2009.
Pictured by Campaign Brief in Cannes is GPY&R Melbourne ECD Ben Coulson with Y&R worldwide chief creative officer Tony Granger.
GPY&R, Melbourne
72 points
Integrated – 1 (10 points)
GOLD – 4 (28 points)
SILVER – 1 (5 points)
BRONZE – 4 (12) points.
Finalists – 17 (17) points.
Whybin\TBWA, Sydney
45 points
GOLD – 2 (14 points)
SILVER – 4 (20 points)
BRONZE – 2 (6 points)
FINALIST – 5 (5 points)
12 Comments
Well done to everyone, great achievement.
The record tally is obviously due to the record number of categories.
It makes me proud to see Patts back on top at Cannes.
They have taken a kicking or two over the past few years, but never let there creative standards drop, and have emerged a powerful non-traditional agency.
It is a testament to the the determination and vision of their creative leadership.
I hope you are celebrating in the appropriate Cannes fashion.
Congratulations to all, very well deserved.
Great to see TBWA and George Patts smashing it in Cannes.
Coulson, Bowman and Burtan are three of the best talents this business has.
I love that they work at tough, unsexy agencies and turn them into genuine power houses, with Cannes winning work for real and difficult clients.
You guys do it the way it should be done.
All class.
Now, can I have a freak’n job please!
What were the full point tallies?
Meanwhile patts Melbourne are doing how well as a business?
Some great work and deserving of their metal, but this is an industry not a amateur sporting competition.
I think their spot at the top of this tally is very telling.
@planet reality… Well that didn’t take long to become snide, did it? I suppose they’re doing well enough to have been adnews australian agency of the year 2011 and convince the Heinz and Schweppes brands to consolidate there earlier this year. Yes, creative awards are an indulgence but let the winners enjoy their success for a few moments why don’t you?
So even former Patts CDs have difficulty with their, there and they’re.
Where does poor old Clems sit on this tally.
That’s great, well done guys. I know what it’s like to get good work out in big, bad places, you’ve got to work three times as hard as anywhere else.
And you’ve done just that.
Congrats.
We used to have an ex ECD from Patts Y&R Sydney who called himself ‘a writer’s writer’ yet couldn’t master basic grammar and perfunctionary punctuation.
The creative department had to correct his copy at FA to save the agency’s face.
Shocking what AWARD school churns out these days.
Patts for the win.
@MIA
Easy tiger, everyone can have an off year. I should know, I’ve been having them consistently for the last decade.