THE BAFTAS dealt a killer blow to murder mystery game The Traitors as it was snubbed from all their awards.
This Sunday, hundreds of TV favourites flocked to London’s Royal Festival Hall in order to celebrate the biggest and best of British TV.
However, despite becoming a must-watch favourite, The Traitors, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, failed to take home any of the awards it was up for.
The show had three nominations, but faced stiff competition in the Comedy Performance, P&O Memorable Moment, and Reality categories.
Unfortunately, this faithful TV show was banished into the world of snubbed telly favourites.
Reality was won by The Jury: Murder Trial, which recreated a real-life murder trial using transcripts from those involved, with two public jurys giving their verdict.
For P&O Memorable Moment, The Traitors were given a nod for Diane Carson’s iconic “Paul isn’t my son... but Ross is”;; during the second series.
However, the fan-vote award ultimately went to Strictly Come Dancing’s Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell for their emotional performance of You’ll Never Walk Alone.
Finally, Claudia Winkleman, who was up for Best Entertainment Performance as the show’s host, was bested by Joe Lycett and his series Late Night Lycett.
Lycett nabbed the win over favourites Ant and Dec, as well as Claudia, Graham Norton, Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett, and Stacey Solomon.
Fans were less than impressed with the move, saying that the smash-hit series –which is set for a Celebrity spin-off and a fourth series –was “robbed”;;.
Sharing a clip of Claudia in the audience, one fan wrote: “The look of someone who’s programme has been robbed.”;;
“The traitors not winning best reality tv... ummm what ?!?!”;; shocked another.
‘The Baftas are Traitors to The Traitors How did it not win!,”;; wrote another.
“The Jury over The Traitors !?! Hell naww!”;; added a fourth on X.
The complete snub was made even more awkward considering the numerous references made throughout the ceremony to the show.
On top of Claudia being present in the audience, Alan Cumming –who hosts the US version of the show –was presenting the evening.
Siobhan McSweeney, who will make her debut as the host of the Irish version of the series, also had a moment with Alan as he cracked jokes with the guests.
