The award recognises the popularity of a new talent in an Australian program.
[2] This award category was eliminated in 1999 and replaced by the Most Popular New Male Talent and Most Popular New Female Talent categories.
[5] From 2018, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular New Talent.
[6] The winner and nominees of Most Popular New Talent are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website.
[7] Neighbours and Home and Away have the most recipients of this award, with four wins each.