Australia/NZ dominates Direct Lotus gongs

Australia and New Zealand shops dominated the Direct Lotus Awards at Adfest, presented last night in Pattaya Beach, Thailand.

After going through extremely tough judging, only one Gold, three Silver and six Bronze Lotus were awarded – and there was no Best of Show.

Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne won Silver for their Four’N Twenty Meat Pies ‘Magic Salad Plate’ campaign and Bronze for Starburst ‘Leftover Sugar’, BMF Sydney won Silver for their Wonder Performance Bread ‘Not for Ducks’ campaign, and M&C Saatchi/Mark, Sydney won Bronze for Animal Rescue Shelter ‘Throw us a bone’.

AIM Proximity, Auckland won Silver for Yellow Pages ‘iPhone Jonny’ campaign and Bronze for The Warehouse ‘The Love Conspiracy’.

During the ceremony, the top 6 Young Lotus teams were announced, which included the Australian team Iggy Rodriguez and Justin Carew from Saatchi & Saatchi Australia (seen here with Young Lotus Australian sponsor Patsy Peacock from FBI Recruitment). Later in the evening, they were eventually pipped for the top prize by the team from Sri Lanka.