There are 83 finalists in the Cannes Lions Entertainment shortlist, which is dominated by US entries and accounts for just over half of them. The US has 42 shortlisted entries.
Strong contenders are:
- DDB Chicago, Broadway The Musical for Skittles with 4 finalist spots
- Mc Cann New York, The Team That Wouldn’t Be Here for Verizon x 3
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- 360i New York & HBO, Westworld The Maze for HBO x 3
Australia’s finalist is Clemenger BBDO Sydney, with Extra Support Acts for Wrigley’s Extra
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View all finalists here: Cannes Lions 2019-Entertainment-Shortlist
Australia has 3 of the 73 finalists in the Cannes Entertainment Lions for Sport, again dominated by the US with 39.
Australia’s finalist is:
Special Group Sydney, for Uber Eats Australian Open Ambush, with Revolver/Will O’Rourke, The Glue Society, MediaCom, Channel 9 and Tennis Australia, for Uber Eats Australian Open Ambush.
View all finalists here: Cannes Lions 2019-Entertainment-Lions-for-Sport-Shortlist
Surprisingly, The US has less than one-third of the finalists in Entertainment for Music, 12 of 44. Brazil is a strong contender for a Lion with 10 finalists.
Australia’s finalists are:
- Clemenger BBDO Sydney, Extra Support Acts for Wrigley’s Extra
- VMLY&R Melbourne, Change It, for Monash University
- Australian director, Airbag’s Angie Bird, has been shortlisted for Gillette First Shave via Grey Canada.
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View all finalists here: Cannes Lions 2019-Entertainment-Lions-for-Music-Shortlist






