4 dozen!

NEW YORK, Yesterday: Agencies in Australia and New Zealand accounted for 48 finalist entries in The One Show 2022, announced today by The One Club for Creativity.

All finalists will win either a Gold, Silver or Bronze Pencil or Merit, to be announced on May 19 during Creative Week 2022.  

Of Australia’s 38 One Show 2022 finalists, CHE Proximity Sydney has seven, all for Samsung “Performance Enhancing Music”.  Also with seven is Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, including five for Carlton & United Breweries “VB Solar Exchange”.  

DDB Group Sydney has five finalists, all for “The Ad Break Championship – GTI Hijack” on behalf of Volkswagen Group Australia.  M&C Saatchi has four, including two for BWS “InstaPour”.

New Zealand’s 10 One Show 2022 finalists are split between FCB Auckland with six (five for Waka Kotahi “Toll Booth”), and Special Auckland with four, all for Motor Neurone Disease New Zealand (MND NZ) “David’s Unusables”.

Globally, Area 23 New York has the most One Show 2022 finalists entries with 48, followed by Leo Burnett Chicago with 44 and Ogilvy UK London is third with 36 finalists, including 11 for Dove “Reverse Selfie”.

A total of 1,591 entries from 44 counties are finalists this year.  The top five countries are the US with 656, Canada with 119, UK with 116, France with 106, and Germany with 103.

All of this year’s special awards, including Best of Show, Best of Disciplines, Fusion Pencil, Green Pencil, Sustainable Development Goals Pencil, Penta Pencil, Cultural Driver Pencil, CMO Pencil and top rankings, will be unveiled at The One Show 2022 in-person awards ceremony at the conclusion of Creative Week 2022 on Friday evening, May 20 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.  

This year’s One Show ceremony will be a grand coming together for the creative community, as it represents the first of the large global awards shows to gather in person and celebrate the best work from around the world with industry colleagues.

The complete finalists list for The One Show 2022 is available here