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Ant and Dec face tough competition from This Morning star to keep NTAs title – and it’s not Holly Willoughby-Sabrina Barr-Entertainment – Metro
Are Ant and Dec in for yet another win?
Are Ant and Dec in for yet another win? (Picture: Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
The shortlist for the National Television Awards nominations has been unveiled… and no surprise, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are up for yet another accolade.
However, the dynamic duo could face tough competition from a huge This Morning star – and it’s not Holly Willoughby, ahead of her return to the ITV programme.
For more than two decades, Ant and Dec have ruled the roost at the NTAs, winning 21 years in a row thanks to their presence on shows including I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Saturday Night Takeaway and Britain’s Got Talent.
So could they do it for the 22nd time at this year’s ceremony, which will be hosted by The Masked Singer’s Joel Dommett? Or could national treasure Alison Hammond come out victorious, ending their long-running, near-indestructible streak?
At this year’s NTAs, the shortlist for the TV presenter category includes the aforementioned Ant and Dec and Alison, in addition to The Chase’s Bradley Walsh, The Traitor star Claudia Winkleman and money-saving expert Martin Lewis.
All strong contenders for the recognition… but are we going to witness PJ & Duncan beat the rest of the competition yet again? Place your bets, people!
Holly and Phillip have both missed out on the TV presenter recognition (Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Perhaps Alison could finally knock Ant and Dec off the top spot (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Earlier this year, it emerged that there was a chance of former colleagues Holly and Phillip Schofield facing off at the NTAs, as they were both included in the longlist for the TV presenter category.
But alas, neither of them has made the final cut.
The late Deborah James is being honoured in the authored documentary category for her film Bowelbabe in Her Own Words, a film that aired on the BBC about her life following her terminal bowel cancer diagnosis, before her death in June 2022 at the age of 40.
The other nominees are singer Lewis Capaldi, for his programme How I’m Feeling Now, Busted’s Matt Willis for his film Fighting Addiction, and former professional rugby league player Rob Burrow’s Living with MND, having announced his motor neurone disease diagnosis in 2019.
Deborah James’ documentary has been nominated following her death (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Love Island is going head to head with breakout hit The Traitors for the best reality competition, while it could be a battle between the Netflix heavyweights as Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story and Wednesday both receive nods for best new drama.
Could Happy Valley defeat Stranger Things for returning drama, and which show will take home the coveted Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award? It’s all to play for!
The late Paul O’Grady, who died in March this year at the age of 67, has received a posthumous nomination for his cherished programme Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs in the factual category, going up against Clarkson’s Farm, Stacey Solomon’s Sort Your Life Out and The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.
So who else has been nominated this year? Cast your eyes on the full list below.
NTAs 2023 nominations: List in full
New Drama
Beyond Paradise
Blue Lights
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Wednesday
Reality Competition
Love Island
Race Across the World
SAS: Who Dares Wins
The Traitors
Authored Documentary
Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words
Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now
Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction
Rob Burrow: Living with MND
Returning Drama
Call the Midwife
Happy Valley
Stranger Things
Vera
TV Presenter
Alison Hammond
Ant & Dec
Bradley Walsh
Claudia Winkleman
Martin Lewis
Factual
Clarkson’s Farm
Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Sort Your Life Out
The Martin Lewis Money Show Live
Drama Performance
Brenda Blethyn, DCI Vera Stanhope, Vera
India Amarteifio, Young Queen Charlotte, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
James Norton, Tommy Lee Royce, Happy Valley
Judy Parfitt, Sister Monica Joan, Call the Midwife
Sarah Lancashire, Catherine Cawood, Happy Valley
The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Gogglebox
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The Masked Singer
Serial Drama
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
TV Interview
Louis Theroux Interviews…
Piers Morgan Uncensored
The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show
The Graham Norton Show
Serial Drama Performance
Charlotte Jordan, Daisy Midgeley, Coronation Street
Danielle Harold, Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders
Dominic Brunt, Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale
Maureen Lipman, Evelyn Plummer, Coronation Street
Quiz Game Show
Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
Richard Osman’s House of Games
The1%Club
The Chase Celebrity Special
Rising Star
Benjamin Chivers, Isaac, The Devil’s Hour
Bobby Brazier, Freddie Slater, EastEnders
Channique Sterling-Brown, Dee-Dee Bailey, Coronation Street
Lewis Cope, Nicky Milligan, Emmerdale
Comedy
Brassic
Ghosts
Ted Lasso
Young Sheldon
Talent Show
Britain’s Got Talent
Strictly Come Dancing
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Sewing Bee
The National Television Awards 2023 are due to take place on Tuesday September 5 and will air at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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