The shortlist for the 2025 National Television Awards has been revealed, with scandal-hit Strictly Come Dancing landing a surprise trio of nominations.
The glitzy ceremony, which sees the best and brightest of British TV celebrated at London’s O2 Arena, will take place on Wednesday, September 10, and will once again be hosted by Joel Dommett.
And despite battling a string of controversies, including Wynne Evan’s controversial departure and claims two of its stars had used cocaine while on the show, Strictly received a nomination for Talent Show.
Host Claudia Winkleman, also recognised for her work on The Traitors, landed a nod in the Presenter category, while professional dancer Amy Dowden is up for Authored Documentary for her moving film depicting her battle with breast cancer.
The nominations no doubt mean more to BBC bosses, given the NTAs winners are solely chosen by public vote.
Amy is up against a string of big names in the Authored Documentary category, including Freddie Flintoff, Molly-Mae Hague, Rob Burrow and Boyzone.
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The shortlist for the 2025 National Television Awards has been revealed, with Strictly Come Dancing landing a trio of nods (winners Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell pictured)
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Elsewhere in the shortlist, former Match Of The Day star Gary Lineker received a surprise nod in the Presenter category
Elsewhere in the shortlist, former Match Of The Day star Gary Lineker received a surprise nod in the Presenter category, against Claudia, Alison Hammond, Stacey Solomon, and veteran winners Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
Gary departed the iconic show at the end of last season after 26 years at its helm, after sharing a post about Zionism featuring a depiction of a rat on social media, which has anti-Semitic connotations. He apologised but said it was ‘best for all concerned’ if he left completely.
Ant and Dec are once again favourites to scoop the prize, although their beloved series I’m A Celebrity will face stiff competition for the Reality Award, going head-to-head with BBC’s The Traitors.
This year has seen the Reality Competition category introduced for the first time, with Love Island and Race Across The World also nominated.
One noticeable snub comes in the form of BBC Breakfast, who has been left out of the Daytime category following a string of claims of bullying on the show.
Back in June it was revealed that star Naga Munchetty, who joined the morning programme in 2014, was facing ‘bullying claims’.
Sources revealed Naga could face a probe from BBC bosses, and has been placed ‘under review’ amid claims she bullied a junior colleague on the flagship morning show, just weeks after it was reported that its editor Richard Frediani, was at the centre of a misconduct row.
New Drama once again remains a hotly-contested category, with Netflix megahit Adolescence vying for the prize alongside racy Jilly Cooper drama Rivals, gangster favourite MobLand, as well as Code of Silence and Ludwig.
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One noticeable snub comes in the form of BBC Breakfast, who has been left out of the Daytime category following a string of claims of bullying on the show
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Strictly host Claudia Winkleman landed a nod in the Presenter category, while pro dancer Amy Dowden is up for Authored Documentary for her film depicting her battle with breast cancer
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He will battle it out with Claudia Winkleman, Alison Hammond , Stacey Solomon , and veteran winners Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (pictured)
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New Drama remains a hotly-contested category, with Netflix megahit Adolescence up for the gong, while stars Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham nominated for Drama Performance
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Stacey has also landed a trio of nods, including two in the same category Factual Entertainment, for Sort Your Life Out and her fly-on-the-wall series Stacey and Joe
Adolescence has also been recognised in the Drama Performance, with stars Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper battling it out.
Stacey has also landed a trio of nods, including two in the same category Factual Entertainment, one for her series Sort Your Life Out, and another for her fly-on-the-wall documentary Stacey and Joe.
Gavin and Stacey’s acclaimed final episode has been nominated for Comedy, opposite Brassic, Mrs Brown’s Boys and Michael McIntyre’s 25th Year Stand-Up Special.
Michael McIntyre also has his own trio of nominations, The Wheel, his big show and his 25th Year Stand-Up Special.
Up for Returning Drama category are Call the Midwife, Gangs of London, Heartstopper, Slow Horses and Vera.
Viewers now have the chance to vote for their favourites in each category, before stars take to the stage to accept their gongs next month.
