STRICTLY Come Dancing has been sensationally snubbed by the TV Baftas — receiving zero nominations.

BBC One’s jewel in the crown got a big fat zero from the judges for the first time in eight years, and it comes after a string of scandals and high-profile departures.

Former Strictly co-hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess DalyCredit: BBC
 

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Karen Carney and Carlos Gu with their trophy after winning the 2025 series of Strictly Come DancingCredit: PA
 

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Strictly has been snubbed by the TV Baftas, with this marking the first time in eight years the show has not been nominated for anythingCredit: PA
It was left out of the Entertainment Programme category, despite always featuring from 2019, and winning it as recently as 2024.

And the ballroom show is not even in the running for the Memorable Moment gong, which it has won twice in the past four years.

Bafta’s surprise decision follows the departure of long-standing hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, and a deluge of bad publicity, including a bullying probe.

Netflix drama Adolescence has been shortlisted for 11 gongs while BBC One’s The Celebrity Traitors got five nominations in the list released yesterday.

An industry insider said: “This is a spectacular turn of events for Strictly which was flying high at the Baftas just two years ago, as the show was also celebrating its 20th birthday.

“But since then it’s become mired in scandal and now, of course, two of its greatest assets – Tess and Claudia – are leaving and it feels like there’s less to celebrate about the show.”

Elsewhere, ITV juggernaut I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! was also snubbed from any category.

It was the same story for the network’s This Morning and Loose Women, neither even making it on to the Daytime nominations list.

Meanwhile, Aimee Lou Wood or Erin Doherty could take home the Leading Actress and Supporting Actress gongs as they are nominated in both categories for different shows — a first for the Baftas.

Aimee, 32, is up for Leading Actress for BBC comedy-drama Film Club — and Supporting Actress for edgy Sky drama The White Lotus.

Erin, 33, is nominated for the Leading Actress gong for A Thousand Blows on Disney+, as well as Supporting Actress award for Adolescence.

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Rising star Aimee Lou Wood could take home the Leading Actress and Supporting Actress gongsCredit: Getty
 

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Erin Doherty is also nominated for both Leading Actress and Supporting Actress gongsCredit: Getty
She is also in the running for most memorable moment with Adolescence, when snarling teenage criminal Jamie Miller lets rip at Erin’s psychologist character Dr Briony Ariston.

The groundbreaking drama, which has already swept the board at other major awards ceremonies, has dominated the Bafta nominations with 11, including Stephen Graham for Best Actor.

Next, with seven nominations, is gritty period epic A Thousand Blows.

It also stars Graham, and James Nelson-Joyce, who is also in the Best Actor category for his performance in BBC One’s crime drama This City is Ours.

Six nominations apiece go to Disney+ Star Wars spin-off Andor, and Trespasses, the Channel 4 drama about a romance across the dividing lines of religion in Northern Ireland.

Jennifer Saunders is nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy for BBC’s Amandaland, even though she made only a guest appearance in the Christmas special.

The show’s leading actresses Lucy Punch and Philippa Dunne are also nominated.

Channel 4’s show Virgin Island, following 12 adults on an “intimacy course”, is also in the Reality Category.

Of the 121 nominations in the main categories, 43 come from streamers or non-terrestrial TV providers and catch-up services.

However the BBC continues to dominate among the traditional channels.

BBC One’s Blue Lights is up for Best Drama while Michael McIntyre’s Big Show is in the running for Best Entertainment show, as is Prime Video’s breakout hit of 2025, Last One Laughing.

The awards will be handed out on May 10 at London’s Royal Festival Hall in one of television’s most glittering and prestigious events.

Members of the public have also been invited to vote on the Memorable Moment Award, from a shortlist of six.

They include Alan Carr winning The Celebrity Traitors, cops being warned of an ambush plot in Blue Lights, and Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade’s speed date on Last One Laughing.

Strictly, which was won last year by ex-footie star Karen Carney and pro dancer Carlos Gu, failed to make the most memorable list.

It won it in 2022 with deaf actress Rose Ayling-Ellis’s “Silent Dance” and again last year with blind comic Chris McCausland’s waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Other TV Bafta nominees include Amanda Holden and Alan Carr, up for the Entertainment Performance award for their Spanish Job renovation show on BBC One.

That sees them go up against Bob Mortimer on Last One Laughing and Claudia Winkleman for The Celebrity Traitors.

ITV’s Emmerdale has been left out of the nominations for Best Soap this year, with rivals EastEnders, Coronation street and Casualty on the list.

It comes after Emmerdale last year was forced to make a shock withdrawal.

The soap won acclaim for its handling of a domestic violence storyline then pulled out after writer Martin Fustes pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend.

Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, said: “2025 has been an exceptional year for television, reflected in 124 nominated programmes that highlight the strength and originality of British storytelling.”

She said it demonstrates a “medium at its creative peak”, adding: “It’s especially exciting to see so many first-time performance nominees, showcasing the vibrant new talent shaping the future of our industry.”

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