Holly Willoughby is backing Alison Hammond to win the TV Presenter prize at this year’s National Television Awards.
Holly Willoughby wants Alison Hammond to take home the TV Presenter gong at the NTAs
The ‘This Morning’ presenter – who is currently on her summer holiday from the ITV daytime show – wants her 47-year-old colleague to take home the coveted gong at the ceremony later this year.
Re-sharing a video of the former ‘Big Brother’ housemate running on a treadmill, the 41-year-old presenter wrote on her Instagram Story: “There is only one @alisonhammond55… come on babe! This year is our year… congratulations… love you!!! #NTA. (sic)”
Alison was revealed to be up for the award alongside other nominees, ‘The Chase’ host Bradley Walsh, comedian Graham Norton, and Geordie duo Ant and Dec, who have taken the honour home for the last two decades running.
Holly – who along with her co-host Phillip Schofield were not recognised in the category – has a nod via This Morning’s Daytime category nomination. The programme will do battle with ‘Loose Women’, ‘The Chase’, and ‘The Repair Shop’ for the accolade.
Since Holly and Phil’s ‘This Morning’ summer holiday kicked off in early July, there have been a whole roster of stars taking to the famous sofa to front the show, such as regular Friday presenters Alison and her co-host Dermot O’Leary, who did the honours for two weeks before passing the baton to Josie Gibson and Craig Doyle.
Vernon Kay, Rochelle Humes and Andi Peters have also stepped in, and Ruth Langsford assumed her position back on the show this week, for the first time since her husband Eamonn Holmes, 62, departed the programme for his GB News breakfast show.
The 62-year-old presenter – who regularly appears as an anchor on ‘Loose Women’ – has been joined by Rylan Clark to co-host this week’s episodes.
In June, Eamonn claimed ITV “left” him, denying it was the other way around.
He said: “The department of disinformation at ITV can put out all the lies they want. I wish somebody would show me the email or the letter or that I was sent to say, ‘Eamonn, this is why this is coming to an end’. But to tell lies, that I left them to go to GB News… I didn’t – they left me.
“Let’s get it straight. They left me. I don’t care, because our audience is only up.”
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