National Television Awards 2020 pits dance show sisters Oti and Motsi Mabuse one against the other
OTI and Motsi Mabuse will be going head-to-head – not on the dancefloor but at the National Television Awards.
The glamorous sisters are both contenders in the TV Judge category, Motsi for her debut on Strictly Come Dancing and Oti for rival BBC1 talent show, The Greatest Dancer.
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They will be vying for the viewers' votes to try to dethrone new NTA host David Walliams, who won last year for Britain’s Got Talent.
Strictly will face stiff competition from BGT: The Champions, as well as the X Factor’s celebrity version in the Talent Show category at the event in January. The Sun is the awards' official newspaper partner.
Serial winners Ant & Dec are, of course, contenders for TV presenter, alongside Holly Willoughby, who filled in for Ant on I’m A Celeb last year. There are some new faces in this category, including Rob Rinder.
I’m pleased BBC1’s World On Fire, ITV's A Confession and Sky Atlantic’s Chernobyl have been recognised for New Drama.
The Categories
- Challenge Show
- New Drama
- Talent Show
- Drama
- TV Presenter
- Factual
- Drama Performance
- The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award
- Serial Drama
- Serial Drama Performance
- Comedy
- Newcomer
- Live Magazine Show
- TV Judge
FRESH from her haul at the Emmy awards, Phoebe Waller-Bridge could add to her collection with nominations for Fleabag and Killing Eve.
I’M pleased to see Ricky Gervais’s Netlix hit After Life nominated for a Comedy Show award after a hilarious debut. I can’t wait for its second run.
THE reintroduced Challenge category will see The Great British Bake Off, Love Island, The Circle and Race Across The World compete. My money is on Love Island.
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Hair we go again, Sarah
WRITER Jack Thorne got a feeling of dread while pitching a role to Sarah Lancashire in new drama, The Accident.
He realised her character, Polly, a hairdresser in the show, was one of the many jobs taken on by Raquel Watts, the Coronation Street role which made Sarah famous back in 2000.
But after the actress recently played a megalomaniac tycoon in BBC2’s MotherFatherSon, Jack felt it was actually a healthy contrast for his new drama, which starts on Channel 4 on October 24. He said: “She’s played a lot of strident strong people and, in Polly, she has to sit back and not be like that.
“I didn’t have Raquel in mind when I wrote the part but, as soon as she did pop in my head, I thought she’d turn the role down. But we’ve never mentioned it.”
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KATIE Price is joining the next series of brutal reality TV programme Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. She will start filming the Channel 4 show, which sees stars receive tough military training, on Thursday.
Beeb in a Lottie trouble
BBC bosses are facing a major crisis after FOUR contestants on The Apprentice formally complained about Lottie Lion.
The objections include further allegations of remarks which may have been racist.
It comes after Lottie told fellow contestant Lubna Farhan in a WhatsApp group to “Shut up, Gandhi” and “I’ll f*** you up”.
A source said: “Producers are concerned that it is now impossible to erase her from the pre-recorded show.
“They are holding crisis talks and are petrified of being labelled as racists.”
Even Lord Alan Sugar’s adviser and Sun columnist Karren Brady admitted: “Lottie is so condescending at times, bearing in mind she’s only 19. She’s what I call a young fogey.”
Lottie said: “I categorically deny being a racist. I have no further comment.”
An Apprentice spokesman said: “We are currently looking into the circumstances regarding a complaint.”
bizbit
RUSSELL Tovey leads the cast of ITV thriller, Because The Night, by Luther creator Neil Cross. The new four-part drama, which will air next year, also features Doctor Foster actor Bertie Carvel.
must watch
WHAT? Saving Lives at Sea, BBC2, 8pm.
WHY? RNLI volunteers at Lough Ree Lifeboat Station race to the rescue of the last inhabitant of a remote island. While in London, a dog is trapped by the tide on the River Thames.
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So Berry grateful
MARY Berry may be 84 but she shows no sign of slowing down – in fact, she reveals she is grateful to keep busy.
The former Great British Bake Off judge said: “I have an enquiring mind. I’m really lucky to be the age I am and to be so well.
“I see friends lose their memory. I have a very close friend, she worked with me a lot, she was always organising me and doing things I couldn’t, like crosswords.
“When you see friends who aren’t as well as you, I am very grateful.”
Sharp cookie.
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