Ant and Dec reveal ANOTHER fantastic win off the back of the NTAs
They've won it 18 years in a row
Last updated 24th Jan 2019
Ant and Dec's win at the National Television Awards earlier this week has caused controversy among fans of the pair and other viewers of the show. Although many were over the moon that they'd won for the 18th year in a row, others questioned whether it was fair, considering that Ant had taken most of last year off to recover from his addiction struggles.
However, the pair have remained unperturbed by the critics, even subtly taking to Twitter to hit back at naysayers with a simple retweet from a fan account which read, 'To those of you who are hating: Ant McPartlin hosted all 6 of the @BGT audition episodes last year & 3 of the @ITVTakeaway live shows, so he is eligible & they both deserve it. #NTAs.' sic
Now, the 43-year-olds have taken to Twitter to reveal that they've had even more happy news on top of their NTA win, as they've been awarded a Guinness World Record for the most National Television Awards for Best Presenter won consecutively.
Sharing a photo of themselves holding the awards backstage at the Britain's Got Talent auditions at the London Palladium, they wrote, 'The folks from @GWR came down to #bgt auditions at @LondonPalladium today and surprised us with these! How lovely! Thank you.'
The pair proudly presented their awards, which read, 'Guinness World Record Certificate - The most National Television Awards for Best Presenter won consecutively is 18 and was achieved by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (both UK) as of 22 January 2019.'
Fans were utterly overjoyed for the pair, and took to the comments to share their joy. One wrote, 'Congratulations @antanddec still one of my favourite duos. Great to see Ant back, hope you are feeling better. So nice to see you both back together again.'
Missed the National Television Awards 2019? Here's the full list of NTA 2019 winners:
Factual Entertainment
WINNER: Paul O'Grady: For The Love Of Dogs
The Great British Bake Off
Gogglebox
Ambulance
DIY SOS: The Big Build
New Drama
WINNER: Bodyguard
Killing Eve
Girlfriends
The Cry
A Discovery Of Witches
Daytime
WINNER: This Morning
Good Morning Britain
The Jeremy Kyle Show
Sunday Brunch
Loose Women
Newcomer
WINNER: James Moore as Ryan Stocks in Emmerdale
Ricky Champ as Stuart Highway in EastEnders
Aedan Duckworth as Oliver Morgan in Hollyoaks
Alexandra Mardell as Emma Brooker in Coronation Street
Neet Mohan as Dr Rashid 'Rash' Masum in Casualty
TV Judge
WINNER: David Walliams on Britain's Got Talent
Simon Cowell on Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor
Robert Rinder on Judge Rinder
Robbie Williams on The X Factor
Louis Tomlinson on The X Factor
Comedy
WINNER: Peter Kay's Car Share
Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father
Benidorm
Mrs Brown's Boys
The Big Bang Theory
Drama Performance
WINNER: Richard Madden as Sgt David Budd - Bodyguard
Michelle Keegan as L.Cpl Georgie Lane - Our Girl
Jodie Comer as Villanelle - Killing Eve
Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor - Doctor Who
Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby - Peaky Blinders
Quiz Show
WINNER: The Chase
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Pointless
A League of Their Own
Catchphrase
The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award
WINNER: I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
All Round To Mrs Brown's
The Graham Norton Show
Love Island
Serial Drama Performance
WINNER: Danny Dyer as Mick Carter in EastEnders
Lucy Pargeter as Chas Dingle in Emmerdale
Bonnie Langford as Carmel Kazemi in EastEnders
Jack P Shepherd as David Platt in Coronation Street
Emma Atkins as Charity Dingle in Emmerdale
Special Recognition
WINNER: David Dimbleby
Drama
WINNER: Peaky Blinders
Doctor Who
Our Girl
Casualty
Call The Midwife
TV Presenter
WINNER: Ant & Dec
Holly Willoughby
Phillip Schofield
Graham Norton
Bradley Walsh
Talent Show
WINNER: Strictly Come Dancing
Dancing On Ice
The Voice UK
The X Factor
Britain's Got Talent
Serial Drama
WINNER: Emmerdale
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Hollyoaks
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