The Masked Singer has beaten Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and Strictly Come Dancing to win best entertainment programme at the Bafta TV awards.
Ant & Dec's ITV show Saturday Night Takeaway was nominated alongside Later... With Jools Holland: Jools' 30th Birthday Bash, The Masked Singer and Strictly Come Dancing.
Host of The Masked Singer Joel Dommett said in his speech: “I really didn’t expect this, Strictly normally wins everything.
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“Thank you so much to ITV firstly for believing in this silly show, it is so silly and it’s so wonderful, it has brightened up so many families and homes.
“It is such a joy to make. All of the crew love making it. Thank you to all of the celebrities who have been on the show.”
Judge Mo Gilligan said: “People tied to mock it when it first came out, and now it has won a Bafta. It is great escapism…people at home don’t want to watch something depressing.”
He joked: “We are just the faces of it, aren’t we Joel?”
The ceremony, which honours the best of British television, is being hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday evening.
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