National Television Awards taken over by X Factor

They might as well rename it the National Television X Factor Awards.

The ITV show took over the NTAs tonight, from host Dermot O'Leary to frequent shots of Simon Cowell, and from Jedward performing to Joe McElderry singing AND giving out an award. They even used the X Factor voiceover man, and of course the show was named best talent show.

But I still enjoyed tonight's show. Dermot was a breath of fresh air, not as polished as Stephen Fry or Jonathan Ross but so much more fun than staid Sir Trevor. He was even quite amusing with his jokes.

On the whole, the great British public did well with their choices. I'm really pleased Gavin & Stacey won Best Comedy, they deserved it - and Harry Hill's won quite enough.
As have Ant and Dec, though it didn't stop them picking up yet more gongs.

Lacey Turner and especially Craig Gazey were top choices. I loved the Corrie actor winning Best Newcomer - "I couldn't win a tombola before I joined the show" - and it was a nice touch dedicating his award to Maggie Jones.
It was only right that Corrie won best soap, it's been much better than EastEnders lately.