NTA's - Who Gets Our Vote

Awards season is well and truly underway, but forget the Golden Globes and the SAG’s because it’s National Television Award time!

If you’ve voted, go you! (we hope you voted wisely) If you haven’t, don’t fret, there’s still time, albeit not very much of it. Voting closes Wednesday 22^nd at 12pm and the results are reveal live the same night on ITV at 7.30pm.

Simply follow this link to cast your vote

http://www.nationaltvawards.com/vote/

Here’s how WE voted.

Talent Show

The X Factor

Last year Strictly got our vote (nothing to do with our crush on Louis Smith, honest) but this year (technically last year) The X Factor upped it’s game and won us back. The gimmicks were few and far between, the staged drama was almost extinct and the real talent shone through. Definitely vote worthy.

Serial Drama

Hollyoaks

A wasted vote some of you may say, but alas it’s our favourite soap and we’re sticking with it! Yes the ITV soaps have had a wonderful year and we wouldn’t begrudge Emmerdale a cheeky win but our loyalty lays with the beautiful folks of Channel 4. If you don’t have a favourite soap (aka serial drama) here’s our reasons why you should give Hollyoaks a click. 1. The spectacular stunts. 2. The breathtaking and truly underrated acting. 3. Ashley Taylor Dawson. Vote The Oaks!

Comedy

Derek

We were slightly torn here between Derek and The Big Bang Theory but then we remembered even Sheldon Cooper couldn’t grip us like the beautifully written Derek. Funny, heart-warming, honest, it’s so much more than just a comedy.

Drama

Broadchurch

 Our vote in this category was a little harder than most years (normally we just close our eyes and click) as we spent a marathon week on Netflix catching up on every episode of Downton Abbey just to see what all the fuss was about, we were hooked within minutes. Then came along Broadchurch, easily the best piece of telly 2013 treated us to. In the end Broadchurch bagged our vote, it had us hooked from one episode to the next, sitting in our living room turning into armchair detectives. Just brilliant.

TV Detective

Olivia Colman

Sorry Suranne, normally it would have been you, we promise. Olivia Colman is lets face it, bloody brilliant, although perhaps not actually the best TV detective considering she was getting into bed with the murderer every night. We’re going to overlook that though and give her our vote.

Drama Performance

Maggie Smith

No brainer, we don’t watch Dr Who so it was obvious who was getting our vote. Maggie Smith is the star of Downton Abbey, stealing every scene she graces with her presence with just a single line or a subtle glance.

Factual Entertainment

The Great British Bake Off

 For once we actually love all the shows nominated in this category. For years we’ve hated Top Gear (without having ever seen it) but the trusty Netflix opened our eyes to it’s hilarity. An idiot Abroad is great, Karl Pilkington, is great, but this series wasn’t as unmissible as the previous (we’re not saying that has anything to do with Warwick Davis, honest). Paul O’Grady for the Love of Dogs is loved by everyone in our house, especially the dogs but sometimes there’s sad bits, we don’t like sad bits. Therefore GBBO got our vote, we hadn’t seen any of the previous series’ we definitely missed out, soggy bottoms, under-proved bread and Mary, it had it all.

Daytime

This Morning

Another no brainer here. We don’t mind a bit of Pointless but it doesn’t even come close to This Morning, in fact it’s almost unfair they’re even in the same category. For one This Morning

Newcomer

Anna Passey

No Hollyoaks bias from us here, it’s pure and simply down to the fact she’s fantastic. Since joining Hollyoaks we’ve hated Sienna, loved her, pitied her and cried for her. It’s about time someone on Hollyoaks were recognised for how talented they really are. Vote Passey!

Serial Drama Performance

Julie Hesmondhalgh

If Julie doesn’t win this it’ll be the equivalent of when that one with the face didn’t win on that show with the presenter. We don’t even need to explain why.

Documentary

Educating Yorkshire

This quite simply gets our vote for the episode where Mr Burton helped Musharaf find his voice. This documentary certainly deserves some recognition.

Entertainment Presenter

Ant & Dec

Yes, we know they’ve won it every year since the birth of the baby Jesus but it’s a fact that Ant & Dec should present every show on the telly, ever. Even amongst the screaming celebrities they’re the stars of Im A Celeb and make marathon Britain’s Got Talent shows bearable. Another award for their collection can’t hurt.

Entertainment Programme

Celebrity Juice

It was neck and neck with I’m A Celeb for our vote on this one but we decided Celebrity Juice made us laugh 0.4% more. Each week, no matter who the guests might be you can guarantee you’ll be laughing along to something crude and inappropriate. Perfect.