Two Grands Prix for SA at Cannes Lions

Of the 4498 entries in the Outdoor category, 512 made it to the shortlist and 69 selected as winners. The Outdoor Grand Prix was awarded to TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg for The Zimbabwean campaign Fight the Regime, Cheaper than Money, Trillion Dollar Billboard, Z$250 000 000 and Wallpaper.

From a total of 1153 entries in the Radio category, there were 33 winners from a shortlist of 167. Net#work BBDO Johannesburg won the Radio Grand Prix for the Dancer, Dog and Ferret campaign for Virgin Atlantic Airline.

Grey South Africa's Bronze Radio Lion for its Shark Life spot comes hot on the heels of its recent One Show Silver Pencil and Clio Gold for the same ad. Commented Grey SA executive creative director Mike Barnwell, "We are extremely proud to be associated with such a worthy cause and the publicity this particular spot has received through the accolades it's won this year is a fantastic bonus."

The Media Jury shortlisted 211 entries out of the 1840 competing in the Media category and awarded 122 winners. JWT Japan, Tokyo took home the Media Grand Prix for Nestlé's Kit Kat Mail 2009.

NET#WORK BBDO, Johannesburg won the Radio Grand Prix for its Plain Insanity campaign for Virgin Atlantic Airline.

TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg won the Outdoor Grand Prix for its Trillion Dollar Campaign for The Zimbabwean .

All the South African winners

Media Agency of the Year was given to Dentsu Tokyo, Japan.

Also announced were the Gold winners of the Young Lions Media Competition, which went to the Australian team comprising Lauren Cassar, communications strategist and Tristan Burrell, media planner, both from Universal McCann.

Twenty Gold, 30 Silver and 71 Bronze Lions were awarded in the Media category. The Outdoor Jury awarded 11 Golds, 21 Silvers and 35 Bronze, while trophies in the Radio category reached one Gold, two Silvers and 11 Bronze.

The Media Jury was chaired by Nick Brien, president and CEO of Mediabrands; Outdoor was led by Akira Kagami, executive officer and global executive creative director of Dentsu; South African Matthew Bull, chief creative officer of Lowe Worldwide, was the jury president for Radio.

Outdoor Lions winners

Radio Lions winners

Media Lions winners

The winning work from these categories will be available to view online along with their credits at www.canneslions.com from 9am GMT.

Awards ceremonies:

• Monday 22 June: Promo, PR and Direct Lions Award
  
• Tuesday 23 June: Radio, Media and Outdoor Lions Awards and Opening Gala
  
• Wednesday 24 June: Press, Design and Cyber Lions Awards
  
• Saturday 27 June: Film, Titanium and Integrated Lions Awards and Closing Gala

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• Riaan Wolmarans on Twitter: @riaanw's Cannes Lions tweets [Wolmarans is the former editor of the Mail & Guardian Online and is now senior production editor of all print/online output of Cannes Lions ads awards and related ads festivals]
  
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