THIS morning booed fans inside the NTAs tonight as Holly Willoughby watched the show lose out after the Phillip Schofield scandal.
The ITV daytime show was nominated alongside Loose Women, The Chase and The Repair Shop but did not win.
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Fans booed at the NTAs this morning as Holly Willoughby watched the show lose Credit: Splash
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Following the Phillip Schofield affair scandal earlier this yearCredit: Rex Features
Instead, the BBC’s workshop program took home the gong with Jay Blades leading the winner’s speech.
An audience member inside The O2 gave the Sun a video of the whistle, but only cheers could be heard on the ITV broadcast.
Drama has engulfed the program in recent months, with ITV bosses facing questions in parliament about alleged “toxic” backstage conditions following the Phillip Schofield scandal.
Viewers attacked Holly for her behavior in the saga at the time.
Now fans have instead voted bubbly Alison as TV’s best presenter, leaving Holly off the shortlist for the second year running.
Last year, Phil and Holly plus Friday presenters Dermot O’Leary and Alison took to the stage to collect the gong.
But Alison is done with the microphone.
Phil, 61, who quit his job after admitting to an affair with a young runner, is also out in the cold.
Instead, Alison, 48, will compete with Bradley Walsh, Claudia Winkleman, Martin Lewis and Ant and Dec — the Geordie duo have won the award 21 times.
A TV source said: “It’s hard to see a time when Ant and Dec don’t pick up the presenter gong at the NTA. But behind them, the shortlist has become a battleground in itself. Holly was last nominated in 2021, but she and Phil missed out in 2022.
“Holly would never have expected to beat Ant and Dec, but everyone hoped her loyalty to This Morning and resilience would pay off with the nod this year. After all, she didn’t do anything wrong.
“It will be a huge blow for her that Alison is the golden girl who came out shining from the wreckage of This Morning.”
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A member of the audience provided the Sun with a recording of the whistleCredit: The Sun
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The Repair Shop took home the gong with Jay Blades leading the winner’s speech Credit: Rex
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Holly and Phil pictured at the more successful NTA 2020. Credit: Rex
NTAs 2023: the winners
Serial drama
- Coronation Street
- EastEnders – the winner
- Emmerdale
- Hollyoaks
Talent show
- Britain has talent
- Strictly Come Dancing – Winner
- The Great British Bake Off
- Great British sewing bee
New drama
- Beyond paradise
- Blue lights
- Queen Charlotte: The Bridgerton Story
- Wednesday – Winner
Daily
- Relaxed women
- Pursuit
- Repair shop – winner
- This morning
Comedy
- Brassic
- Ghosts
- Ted Lasso
- Young Sheldon – the winner
Author’s documentary film
- Deborah James: Bowelbabe in her own words
- Lewis Capaldi: How I Feel Now – Winner
- Matt Willis: Fighting addiction
- Rob Burrow: Living with MND
Rising star
- Benjamin Chivers (Isaac, The Devil’s Hour)
- Bobby Brazier (Freddie Slater, EastEnders) – winner
- Channique Sterling-Brown (Dee-Dee Bailey, Coronation Street)
- Lewis Cope (Nicky Milligan, Emmerdale)
Factually
- Clarkson’s Farm
- Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs – Winner
- Get your life in order
- The Martin Lewis Money Show Live
TV host
- Alison Hammond
- Ant & Dec – Winner
- Bradley Walsh
- Claudia Winkleman
- Martin Lewis
Quiz show
- The Wheel by Michael McIntyre
- Richard Osman’s House of Games
- Club 1% – winner
- Chase Celebrity Special Series
Drama performance
- Brenda Blethyn (DCI Vera Stanhope, Vera)
- India Amarteifio (Young Queen Charlotte, Queen Charlotte: The Bridgerton Story)
- James Norton (Tommy Lee Royce, Happy Valley)
- Judy Parfitt (Sister Monica Joan, Call the Midwife)
- Sarah Lancashire (Catherine Cawood, Happy Valley) – winner
Serial dramatic performance
- Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley, Coronation Street)
- Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders) – Winner
- Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale)
- Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer, Coronation Street)
TV interview
- Louis Theroux interviews…
- Piers Morgan uncensored
- The Chris and Rosie Ramsey Show
- The Graham Norton Show – Winner
Reality Competition
- Island of love
- Race Across the World
- SAS: Who dares wins
- Traitors – Winner
Return drama
- Call the midwife
- Happy Valley – the winner
- Stranger Things
- Faith
Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award
- Ant & Dec on a Saturday night out
- Gogglebox – winner
- I’m a celebrity… Get me out of here!
- Masked singer
Special recognition
Sarah Lancashire
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