Contestants Richard and Joey during an episode of The Amazing Race Australia. The show has been nominated for an award.
THREE Australian productions have been nominated for International Emmy awards.
It is believed to be the first time this many Australian works have been short-listed.
The Slap, from the ABC, is one of five nominees for the Drama Series award while The Amazing Race Australia, from Seven, is one of four in line for the Non-Scripted Entertainment award.
The Foxtel show SLiDE has been nominated in the Kids: Series for the first International Emmy Kids Awards.
The nominees were announced last night by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a press conference at the Mipcom entertainment content market in Cannes, France. There are 38 nominees in nine categories for the adult emmys.
Winners will receive their Emmys at the 40th International Emmy Awards Gala, on November 19 in New York.
The nominations cover 15 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain and The United Kingdom.
"At the first International Emmys in 1972, there were onlytwo categories: Fiction and Non-Fiction. Today, we have 20 categories presented over four different awards ceremonies." Bruce L. Paisner, president and chief executive of the Academy, said.
"We congratulate the 2012 Nominees for their outstanding achievements as their programs and performances enter into television history and look forward to celebrating them at our festival and 40th anniversary gala."
In celebration of the 40th anniversary, the International Academy will present Special Founders Awards to television legends Alan Alda (M*A*S*H) and Norman Lear (All In The Family). Both Alda and Lear had programs in distribution in 1972, the year of the first International Emmy Awards Gala.
Winners of the children category Emmys will receive their Emmys at the inaugural International Emmy Kids Awards, on February 8 next year in New York.
"One of the great success stories of international television in the last few years has been the explosion of high quality children's programming around the globe," Mr Paisner said.
"In recognition of this, the International Academy is pleased to have created these new awards and we look forward to the first International Emmy Kids Awards ceremony."
Disclaimer: The writer is a member of the Academy.
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