South Pacific Pictures people and productions have been nominated in key drama and entertainment categories in this year's TV Guide Best on the Box People's Choice Awards. And we've also got some of the sexiest talent on the telly!

Categories that include South Pacific Pictures' finalists (highlighted in bold) are:

BEST DRAMA
The Insider's Guide to Love
Maddigan's Quest
Outrageous Fortune
Shortland Street
Taonga
The Lost Children

BEST ACTOR
Antony Starr – Outrageous Fortune
David McPhail – Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
Frank Whitten – Outrageous Fortune
Renato Bartolomei – Shortland Street
Taungaroa Emile – The Market
Tim Balme – Maddigan's Quest

BEST ACTRESS
Alison Quigan – Shortland Street
Danielle Cormack – Maddigan's Quest
Jaime Passier-Armstrong – Shortland Street
Kate Elliott – The Insider's Guide to Love
Robyn Malcolm – Outrageous Fortune
Zoe Naylor – Orange Roughies

BEST REALITY/COMPETITION
Celebrity Treasure Island
Dancing with the Stars
Dragon's Den
Marae DIY
NZ Idol
The Great NZ Spelling Bee

BEST PRESENTER, GENERAL
Alison Mau – NZ's Top 100 History Makers
Dominic Bowden, NZ Idol
Jason Gunn – Dancing with the Stars
Judy Bailey – Anzac Day coverage, Maori TV
Kevin Milne – Fair Go
Mark Leishman – The Great New Zealand Spelling Bee
Petra Bagust – The Perfect Age

RISING STAR
Mark Ruka – Orange Roughies
Nick Kemplen – Orange Roughies
Rose McIvor – Maddigan's Quest
Ryan O'Kane – The Insider's Guide to Love
Te Awanui Reeder – Lips
Tom Hern – Shortland Street

SEXIEST MAN
Antony Starr – Outrageous Fortune
Benjamin Mitchell – Shortland Street
Dominic Bowden – NZ Idol
Michael Galvin – Shortland Street
Shane Cortese - Outrageous Fortune
Simon Dallow – One News

SEXIEST WOMAN
Alison Mau – Prime TV
Bernadine Oliver-Kirby – One News
Charlotte Dawson – Prime TV
Siobhan Marshall – Outrageous Fortune
Toni Marsh – 3 News

You can have your say by filling in a special voting form included in the TV Guide issues on sale October 5 and 12 or make your picks online at www.tv-guide.co.nz/BOTB. The Best on the Box Award results will be published in the TV Guide issue on sale November 9. For a full list of categories, visit: www.tv-guide.co.nz/BOTB