The finalists for the Campaigns of the Year awards at the 2026 B&T Awards, presented by Rokt, have been revealed!
They are all here and they are all utterly glorious.
These are the campaigns resulting from agencies standing up and showing the world what they’re made of it.
The Agency of the Year finalists and Marketing & Leadership Awards finalists will be revealed tomorrow.
As a reminder: what you see printed below is based on what you submitted to us. It will be shown on the big screen on award night and printed on your trophy (should you win).
If there’s a mistake, you must let us know at [email protected] know ASAP.
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Best Consumer PR Campaign
- Adhesive, ‘TikTok – Catch, Check, Choose’, TikTok
- Belgravia Leisure, ‘A Soak in the Spotlight’, Hepburn Bathhouse and Spa
- Bumpp, ’84 Cents Is All It Takes: A small cost to end a geographic inequality’, The Shepherd Centre
- HBO Max X Special PR CKB, ‘HBO Max: Christmas Knight Bus’, HBO Max
- Hello, ‘Stan Can’, Brookvale Union
- Howatson+Company, ‘Petbarn Foundation Rescue Mission’, Petbarn Foundation
- Ogilvy Health, ‘St John Ambulance Australia – Pocket AED launch’, St John Ambulance Australia
- Ogilvy PR, ‘KFC Postie – Official Business’, KFC
- Paper and Spark x Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, ‘Cat No. 9 Eau de Purrfume’, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
- Thinkerbell, ‘Little Listings’, Mattel Brick Shop
- Thinkerbell, ‘Hellmann’s Mayo-Dispensing Bow Tie With Kalyn Ponga’, Hellmann’s / Unilever
- We Are Diferent, ‘I Can’t Wait: My First School Poo’, Kleenex
Best Creator-Led Campaign
- Connected Media Group, ‘Skinstitut | The Skin Check’, Skinstitut
- EssenceMediacom and WPP Media Influence, ‘Liquid Gold’, KFC
- EssenceMediacom and WPP Media Sport & Entertainment, Livewire, ‘Badge vs Buttons’, Queensland Police Service
- Hello, ‘Hello x Paramount+ Two Years Later’, Paramount+
- Howatson+Company, ‘Dirty Old Secrets’, Seasol International
- New Moon, ‘New Moon for H&M Seongsu’, H&M
- Ogilvy Australia x WPP Media x Those That Do, ‘Cadbury &MORE – House of Indulgence’, Mondelez International
- One Green Bean x UM, ‘The Roast’, Meat & Livestock Australia
- OPEN X and BRING, ‘Coke Studio: Uncovered’, Coca-Cola
- Poem, Droga5, Hearts & Science, SBS, ‘SBS World Cup Watchers’ Rights Association’, SBS
- Smiths Australia X Special PR, ‘No Smith’s, No Game’, Smith’s Australia – Pepsico
- This Is Flow, ‘Levelling Up Eye Care: How Murine Hacked The “Gamer’s Stare”, Murine (Care Pharmaceuticals)
- WiredCo., ‘Dream Garage: The show the creator community spent 25 years writing’, Honda
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Best CTV & Video Campaign
- amaysim, ‘The Comparison Story’, amaysim
- Droga5 ANZ, part of Accenture Song, ‘SBS Watchers’ Rights Association’, Special Broadcasting Service
- Droga5 ANZ, part of Accenture Song, ‘The Happiness List’, Meat & Livestock Australia
- GAME CREATIVE, ‘Mirvac, building the imagine nation’, Mirvac
- Hive Creative, ‘Australian Made – Made Right Here’, Australian Made Campaign
- Howatson+Company, ‘Adrift’, Allianz Australia
- Howatson+Company, ‘Vodafone brand campaign’, Vodafone
- Howatson+Company, ‘It’s Not For Everyone’, The Australian Financial Review
- Jack Nimble and Sparro by Brainlabs, ‘Home of 3D Printing’, Jaycar
- JimJam Ideas, ‘2000 Days in the Making’, NSW Department of Education
- WiredCo., ‘Boost Mobile: If nobody on screen was working their arse off, we didn’t buy it’, Boost Mobile
Best Digital Campaign
- AKQA Australia, ‘Bollywood Spin’, Google Gemini YouTube
- Dentsu Creative Experience, ‘How Charles Sturt Won the Audience Higher Ed Forgot’, Charles Sturt University
- HERO x Mastercard, ‘Transit Tales’, Mastercard
- ICON Agency, ‘If Sextortionists Were Honest’, eSafety Commissioner
- Jack Nimble, ‘See What Others Miss’, Samsung Australia
- Mindshare, ‘Tourism NZ: Come Play For Real’, Tourism New Zealand
- Saatchi & Saatchi Australia x Herd MSL x Spark Foundry x TikTok x Animal Welfare League NSW, ‘AdopTok’, Animal Welfare League NSW
- Special w/ Initiative and oOh!media, ‘The Ashes Unmissable First Ball’, Cricket Australia
- Starcom x IGA, ‘IGA Local Grocers: Lightening the load,’ IGA
- VML, ‘Magnif-eye’, 1001 Optometry
- Yango, ‘Scape: The Gen Z Intent Engine’, Scape
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Best Direct Response Campaign
- Crystalbrook Collection, ‘Rest is Rational: Pausing Pays Off’, Crystalbrook Collection
- dentsu, ‘The Drop That Didn’t Stop: How eBay Turned Live Shopping into a National Event’, eBay Australia
- Droga5 ANZ, part of Accenture Song, ‘SBS Watchers’ Rights Association’, Special Broadcasting Service
- EssenceMediacom, Livewire, Special Group, ‘Backseat Arcade’, Uber
- Hatched x Nightjar for Jack Links, ‘Jack Link’s x Mr Beast WTF (What’s The Flavour)’, Jack Links
- Ogilvy Health, ‘Call healthdirect’, NSW Health
- Ogilvy Health, ‘Kids Will Be Kids’, NSW Health
- Smith St, OM Content, Coles, ‘Coles Goals’, Coles
- Special, ‘The Pepsi Recycle Rethink’, Pepsi
- The Mix Agency & The Connect Agency, ‘Monopoly x FIFA World Cup 26 Campaign’, Monopoly / Hasbro Games
- Thinkerbell, ‘Little Listings’, Mattel Brickshop
- Thinkerbell, ‘inclusivelymade.ai’, Inclusively Made
- Yango, ‘Scape: The Gen Z Intent Engine’, Scape
Best Integrated Ad Campaign
- BMF, ‘Off Season: Become A Winter Person’, Tourism Tasmania
- Droga5 ANZ, part of Accenture Song, ‘SBS Watchers’ Rights Association’, Special Broadcasting Service
- Havas Host x Mindshare, ‘IKEA 50 Years’, IKEA
- Hearts United, ‘The Integrated Campaign Behind SBS’s Biggest World Cup Ever’, SBS
- HERO x Mastercard, ‘Transit Tales’, Mastercard
- Howatson+Company, ‘Dirty Old Secrets’, Seasol International
- Lyka x Alchemy One, ‘The Brutal Pickup’, Lyka
- Mindshare, WPP Motion Entertainment, Octagon and Foxtel Group, ‘Rexona Rivals: The New Playbook for Branded Entertainment’, Unilever
- OpenX led by Ogilvy Australia & BRING, ‘Coke Studio Uncovered’, The Coca-Cola Company
- Special, ‘Go Full Chicken’, KFC
- WiredCo., ‘When the brand idea worked it arse off to became the media’, Boost Mobile
- WiredCo., ‘Muttiholics: We bet a premium brand on what its fans would confess. It grew fifteen times faster than its category’, Mutti
- WPP Media OpenBeautyLab, ‘L’Oréal Paris: Glass Skin’, L’Oréal Paris
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Best Media Campaign
- Atomic 212° x Special, ‘All Kinds Of Useful’, Origin Energy
- BOQ Group, ‘Bank of Queenslanders’, Bank of Queensland
- dentsu, ‘Dan Murphy’s Eye for Value’, Dan Murphy’s
- EssenceMediacom, Livewire, Special Group, ‘Backseat Arcade’, Uber
- Hearts United, ‘The Integrated Campaign Behind SBS’s Biggest World Cup Ever’, SBS
- Mindshare, WPP Motion Entertainment, Octagon and Foxtel Group, ‘Rexona Rivals: The New Playbook for Branded Entertainment,’ Unilever
- OMD, ‘The Mystery of the Missing Golden Slipper’, Australian Turf Club
- RCJ Media Group, ‘NBL 26: Play It Loud’, National Basketball League
- This Is Flow, ‘Detour Dishes’, Southern Cross Travel Insurance
- Wavemaker, ‘Cadbury Biscoff x MAFS’, Cadbury
- WiredCo., ‘Boost Mobile: If the media ain’t working its arse off, we ain’t buying it’, Boost Mobile
- WPP Media OpenBeautyLab, ‘La Roche-Posay: Owning Summer by Owning Trust’, L’Oréal, La Roche Posay
- WPP Media OpenBeautyLab, ‘L’Oréal Paris: Glass Skin’, L’Oréal Paris
Best Out of Home Campaign
- ABEL, ‘The Life Saving Skin Scan’, Westfund
- Akcelo, ‘Halloween Hijack’, Doritos
- Akcelo, ‘You Know Where’, McDonald’s Australia
- BMF, ‘Eye for Value’, Dan Murphy’s
- BMF and Starcom, ‘The Off Season: Become A Winter Person’, Tourism Tasmania
- GAME CREATIVE, ‘Mirvac, building the imagine nation’, Mirvac
- Hello, ‘Two Years Later’, Paramount+
- HERO x Mastercard, ‘Transit Tales’, Mastercard
- Howatson+Company, ‘If You Can Take It, It’s Yours’, Selleys
- Initiative, ‘Cricket Australia’s Unmissable First Ball’, Cricket Australia & Initiative
- Mindshare, ‘Bowled Out! How IKEA won Australia’s Summer of Cricket’, IKEA
- Special, ‘Get Almost Almost Anything – In The Bag’, Uber Eats
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Best Pro-Bono Campaign
- 3rdspace + Vantica, ‘The Unliveable Listings’, Parramatta Mission
- Convenience Advertising, ‘Expanding the pathway to support for new parents’, Beyond Blue
- Droga5 X Accenture Song, ‘No Place to Grow’, Mobilise
- Howatson+Company, ‘Incommon’, Sydney Jewish Museum
- Ogilvy, ‘Officially Unsponsored’, Wheelchair Rugby Australia
- Ogilvy Australia x UnLtd x PHD, ‘From a crisis Australians looked away from to a campaign that turned avoidance into action’, YFoundations
- Paper + Spark x Asthma Australia, ‘She Needs to Breathe’, Asthma Australia
- Saatchi & Saatchi Australia x Herd MSL x Spark Foundry x TikTok x Animal Welfare League NSW, ‘AdopTok’, Animal Welfare League NSW
- Thinkerbell, ‘inclusivelymade.ai’, Inclusively Made
- This Is Flow, ‘The Rhythm of Real Impact’, Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF)
Siren Award for the Best Radio/Audio Campaign
- HERO x Mastercard, ‘Transit Tales’, Mastercard
- INNOCEAN AUSTRALIA, ‘Play Away’, Carnival Cruise Line
- Mediahub Australia x ARN, ‘Hasbro Kid-Approved Christmas’, Hasbro
- OPEN X and BRING, ‘Coke Studio: Uncovered’, Coca-Cola
- OpenX led by Ogilvy Sydney & Singapore, ‘Sound Of Home’, The Coca-Cola Company
- Saatchi & Saatchi Australia x Initiative x Clockwork x Stuiotonic x Youfoodz, ‘PHAARC’, Youfoodz
- Special, ‘Feed Your Wild Side’, Jack Link’s
- Thinkerbell, ‘Australia’s Deadliest Predator’, Transport Accident Commission (TAC)
- Today the Brave & Mosaic, ‘Dogs are Gonna Dog’, Elanco
- Wavemaker, ‘Allianz Seat Belters’, Allianz
- WiredCo., ‘Muttiholics: We put a confession line on the tomato aisle, then got the country to read the answers out loud’, Mutti
- WPP Media OpenMind, ‘Backyard Beginnings: How MILO proved that big dreams start in small backyards’, MILO
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Best Regional Media Campaign
- ABEL, ‘The Life Saving Skin Scan’, Westfund
- Campaignifi, ‘Stop the Ambition Tax’, It’s Simple Finance
- Dentsu Creative PR, ‘The Great Shout’, Great Northern, Asahi
- The Media Store, ‘CSC – Made For Me’, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC)
- WPP Media New Zealand x TVNZ, ‘The Swede As Road Trip’, IKEA New Zealand
Best Retail Media Campaign – Sponsored by Rokt
- 2045 Agency, ‘SlamPay’, NBA Store
- MixIn Media by Endeavour Group, ‘Mxin & Aperol BWS Cool Room’, Mixin Media / Aperol
- Rexona x Cartology x Woolworths x Octagon, ‘Rexona Rivals’, Unilever Rexona
- RocketAMS, ‘Inside Job’, Nutra Naturals
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Best Social Media Campaign
- Asahi Beverages 1house, ‘FOMO’, Hard Rated, Asahi Beverages
- Bounce, ‘The Solar Inheritance’, Green.com.au
- Emotive, ‘Google Pixel x Oscar Piastri Switcher Story’, Google Pixel
- Hello, ‘Stan Can’, Brookvale Union
- Hello, ‘AFC Women’s Asian Cup’, Paramount+
- Hello, ‘Two Years Later’, Paramount+
- Howatson+Company, ‘Dirty Old Secrets’, Seasol International
- Howatson+Company, ‘If You Can Take It, It’s Yours’, Selleys
- ICON Agency, ‘If Sextortionists Were Honest’, eSafety Commissioner
- Poem, Droga5, Hearts & Science, SBS, ‘SBS World Cup Watchers’ Rights Association’, SBS
- Today the Brave, ‘Ultimate Airport Dad’, Bargain Car Rental
- WPP Media OpenBeautyLab and WPP Media Influence, ‘Sounds of Summer’, La Roche-Posay
- WPP Media OpenBeautyLab and WPP Media Influence, ‘Democratising the Glow: How 700 Creators Turned a Niche Ritual into a mainstream Movement’, L’Oréal Paris
Best Sponsorship Campaign
- Hello, ‘AFC Women’s Asian Cup’, Paramount+
- WPP Media OpenMind, ‘Backyard Beginnings: How MILO proved that big dreams start in small backyards’, MILO
- Today the Brave & We are Different, ‘Jack’s Rides’, Brown Forman
- 2045 Agency, ‘The No Board’, Bupa
- Howatson+Company, ‘Adrift’, Allianz Australia
- Thinkerbell, ‘Tooheys Trogan Stag’, Tooheys / Lion
- EssenceMediacom and WPP Media Sport & Entertainment, Seven Network, ‘Google AI Finds Its Voice’, Google
- Unilever x Octagon, Motion Entertainment, WPP, ‘RIVALS : Sport vs Sport’, Rexona, Unilever
- Herd MSL, ‘TikTok Awards Hack’, Nescafe
- Starcom, ‘Beyond the Game’, HBF
- The Media Store, ‘ENGIE Stadium x Sydney Royal Easter Show’, ENGIE Australia & New Zealand
- dentsu, ‘eBay Live trending with Vogue Vintage Market’, eBay Australia
- Gemba, ‘GIO: Going Blue For The Blues’, GIO Insurance
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Best Tech and AI Campaign
- AKQA Australia, ‘Bollywood Spin’, Google Gemini YouTube
- amaysim, ‘Comparison Story’, amaysim
- Captify, ‘Perscription Diet’, Hills
- Emotive x AiCandy Australia x Emotive Productions, ‘Rise of the STI’s’, Four Seasons Naked Condoms
- HERO x Mastercard, ‘Transit Tales’, Mastercard
- ICON Agency, ‘If Sextortionists Were Honest’, eSafety Commissioner
- MC&V, ’60 Days of Prepmas’, Kitchen Warehouse
- Nova Entertainment, ‘Lifeblood Dynamic Blood Supply Audio Campaign’, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
- Plus Also Studios, ‘Plus Also Studios x Endeavour Group’, Endeavour Group
- The Media Store, ‘ENGIE Stadium x Sydney Royal Easter Show’, ENGIE Australia & New Zealand
- Thinkerbell, ‘The Last Order’, Menulog
- VML, ‘Magnif-eye’, 1001 Optometry
Best TV Campaign
- Akcelo, ‘Go All Out’, World Rugby
- BMF, ‘ALDI Prices’, ALDI Australia
- Droga5 ANZ, part of Accenture Song, ‘The Happiness List’, Meat & Livestock Australia
- Hive Creative, ‘Austra-lee-an Made Week’, Australian Made Campaign Limited
- Howatson+Company, ‘Adrift’, Allianz Australia
- Howatson+Company, ‘Vodafone brand campaign’, Vodafone
- Ogilvy Australia x UM, ‘Turning private confusion into public recognition’, Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
- RCJ Media Group, ‘Dream Escape with Seven Network’, Dilmah
- Saatchi & Saatchi Australia x OpenMind x FINCH x Mighty Sound x Herd MSL, ‘NESCAFÉ Masterbrand: Make Your World’, NESCAFÉ
- Special, ‘Can’t Do That If You’re Driving’, Uber
- Special, ‘Get Almost, Almost Anything with Jim Courier, Courier’, Uber
- Special, ‘Let The World Wait’, Gippsland Dairy
- WPP Media New Zealand x TVNZ, ‘The Swede As Road Trip’, IKEA New Zealand
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