‘And the Ant and Dec award goes to… Ant and Dec!’ NTA viewers slam duo winning Best Presenter gong for the 21st year in a row as ‘beyond boring’ – and demand they ‘bow out’
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have been criticised for winning the Best Presenter at the NTAs for the 21st year in a row.
Many have branded their continuous winning streak ‘boring’ and even encouraged the Geordie duo to ‘bow out’ of the category to give someone else a chance to win.
One viewer event Tweeted in response: ‘And the Ant and Dec award goes to Ant and Dec! The NTAs are a joke’.
Reaction: Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have been criticised for winning the Best Presenter at the NTAs for the 21st year in a row (pictured at last year’s show)
The pair were not at the glitzy awards ceremony on Thursday night held at the OVO Arena in Wembley, London as they both had Covid. Stephen Mulhern accepted the gong on their behalf.
This Morning star Alison Hammond was nominated in their category – with many saying she should have scooped the prize instead to freshen things up.
Others took to social media to criticise Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield for wining the Daytime trophy yet again – as the main winners followed the usual patterns.
Not happy: Many have branded their continuous winning streak ‘boring’ and even encouraged the Geordie duo to ‘bow out’ of the category to give someone else a chance to win (Stephen Mulhern picks up the gong on their behalf as they have Covid)
One tweeted in reaction: ‘Why are people acting like Ant and Dec are the only presenters in the entire UK that are worthy of winning the award every year.
‘They are NOT. Alison has interviewed some of the most famous people and they have all loved her. Why can’t she win for once!’
Another said: ‘Ant and Dec have won the same award for like 2/3 of my life and we’re meant to sit here and take this?!’
Change: One viewer event Tweeted in response: ‘And the Ant and Dec award goes to Ant and Dec! The NTAs are a joke’ (Stephen Mulhern poses with their award)
Someone else wrote: ‘Can Ant and Dec not step aside from nomination next year and give someone else the credit which they deserve too? Just a suggestion!’
Another wrote: ‘I love Ant and Dec, I really do, but it should of been Alison this year…them winning every year is getting beyond boring.’
A separate viewer wrote: ‘Ant and Dec win again oh that’s a surprise .surprise surprise they win again they are so old hat these days.’
Others congratulated the pair and said that they were worthy winners.
One said: ‘YES !!!!! @antanddec…Still the best in the game #GOAT.’
Another said: ’21 years in a row congratulations @antanddec on winning best Presenters of The Year award.’
Social media reaction: One tweeted in reaction: ‘Why are people acting like Ant and Dec are the only presenters in the entire UK that are worthy of winning the award every year’
Ant, 46, and Dec, 47, missed picking up their 21st consecutive Best Presenter trophy at the National Television Awards as they are ill with Covid.
Stephen, 45, stepped on stage to accept the gong on their behalf.
He said: ‘Well listen, Ant and Dec can’t be here for obvious reasons. They have given me some words to stay. But I’m not doing any of that drivel. Full respect to the guys, 21 years on the trot, come on.
‘But the reality is, this baby is coming home with me. I’ve had this made, it says the nation’s favourite presenter, Stephen Mulhern. Have a lovely evening everybody goodnight.’
Freshen it up: Another wrote: ‘I love Ant and Dec, I really do, but it should of been Alison this year…them winning every year is getting beyond boring’
Much-loved: Others congratulated the pair and said that they were worthy winners
The duo also won the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award at the ceremony in London’s Wembley Arena on Thursday.
The Bruce Forsyth gong went to I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, with Emmerdale actor Danny Miller, 31, who won last year’s series of the ITV show, accepting the gong along with several other competitors from the 21st season.
Danny said: ‘On behalf of Ant and Dec who have Covid so they can’t be here tonight, Stephen Mulhern is in the crowd so I’m not sure why he’s not accepting for them.
‘I’d like to say on behalf of the crew and castmates, although we had to have an evacuation, they managed to get us back on and we all got paid.
Not in attendance: Ant, 46, and Dec, 47, missed picking up their 21st consecutive Best Presenter trophy at the National Television Awards as they are ill with Covid (pictured last year)
‘A massive thank you to everyone who voted and everyone who made the show what it is. A massive thanks to the cast and crew and best of luck back in Australia.’
Ant and Dec’s repeated presenting wins have previously caused a row, with former Good Moring Britain host Piers Morgan hitting out at the decision year when they scooped their 20th win in a row.
He tweeted at the time: ‘Wow! What a shock! Congrats to Ant and Dec.
Popular: This Morning star Alison Hammond was nominated in their category – with many saying she should have scooped the prize instead to freshen things up
‘Thoroughly deserved 20th consecutive win – the way they held those jungle contestants to account during the pandemic was absolutely brilliant.’
Earlier in the evening, Piers, who was absent from the 2021 show, also told fans online about how he knew he was likely to lose: ‘UPDATE: The @OfficialNTAs asked me who would accept the award on my behalf if I won Presenter of the Year. If I’ve won, I’ll come down and accept it myself’, I replied excitedly, rapidly dusting off my Tux and tickling my speech. Since then, deafening silence.’
He also mocked the fact Ant and Dec win the sole presenter award each year, saying: ‘There are two of them and it’s a singular award, ‘Presenter of the Year’.’
Classic: Others took to social media to criticise Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield for wining the Daytime trophy yet again – as the main winners followed the usual patterns
THE 2022 NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS WINNERS
NEW DRAMA
Heartstopper
This Is Going To Hurt
Time
Trigger Point – WINNER
TALENT SHOW
Britain’s Got Talent
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
Strictly Come Dancing – WINNER
The Masked Singer
AUTHORED DOCUMENTARY
Julia Bradbury: Breast Cancer and Me
Kate Garraway: Caring for Derek – WINNER
Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next
Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism
Tom Parker: Inside My Head
RETURNING DRAMA
Bridgerton
Call the Midwife
Peaky Blinders – WINNER
The Split
TV PRESENTER
Alison Hammond
Ant & Dec – WINNER
Bradley Walsh
Graham Norton
FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Clarkson’s Farm
Gogglebox – WINNER
Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
The Great British Bake Off
DRAMA PERFORMANCE
Cillian Murphy, Thomas Shelby, Peaky Blinders – WINNER
Jonathan Bailey, Anthony Bridgerton, Bridgerton
Nicola Walker, Hannah, The Split
Vicky McClure, Lana Washington, Trigger Point
THE BRUCE FOSRYTH ENTERTAINMENT AWARD
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! – WINNER
Taskmaster
The Graham Norton Show
SERIAL DRAMA
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale – WINNER
Neighbours
EXPERT
Jay Blades
Kaleb Cooper
Martin Lewis – WINNER
Sir David Attenborough
SERIAL DRAMA PERFORMANCE
Mark Charnock, Marlon Dingle, Emmerdale – WINNER
Paige Sandhu, Meena Jutla, Emmerdale
Rose Ayling-Ellis, Frankie Lewis, EastEnders
QUIZ GAME SHOW
Beat the Chasers – WINNER
In for a Penny
Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
The 1% Club
RISING STAR
Charithra Chandran, Edwina Sharma, Bridgerton
Joe Locke, Charlie Spring, Heartstopper
Kit Connor, Nick Nelson, Heartstopper
Paddy Bever, Max Turner, Coronation Street – WINNER
DAYTIME
Loose Women
The Chase
The Repair Shop
This Morning – WINNER
COMEDY
After Life- WINNER
Derry Girls
Not Going Out
Sex Education
TALENT SHOW JUDGE
Anton Du Beke – WINNER
David Walliams
Mo Gilligan
RuPaul
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