National Television Awards 2026 Terms & Conditions Longlist
A. General guidelines:
You can vote at the Longlist stage via www.nationaltvawards.com (the ‘Website’)
No other voting options are available.
There are two stages to the voting. The first stage commences in May 2026. Viewers can vote for their favourite contender from amongst a long list of shows and stars (the “Longlist”) in 15 categories. The second stage is the “Shortlist”, featuring up to five contenders with the most votes in each category from the Longlist. Voting for the Shortlist will commence in August 2026, and votes from both stages will be added together to create the results that will be broadcast in the live National Television Awards show.
B. Voting Period:
The Longlist vote opens at 00.01 BST on Tuesday 19th May 2026 and closes at 23:00 BST on Friday 29th May 2026.
Votes made or received outside of these specified times will not be counted.
C. Voting restrictions:
For the Longlist stage, you may vote in as many categories as you wish, but within each category you are allowed to vote for one contender only and only the one time per email address. If you exceed the limit when voting your votes will not be counted. There is no charge for voting via the Website, although internet service provider fees may apply. For the purposes of the Longlist, Website votes received from IP addresses received from addresses outside of the UK, Eire, the Channel Isles and Isle of Man will not be counted.
The Producer of the programme (“the Producer”), ‘The National Television Awards 2025’ (the “Programme”), their sub-contractors, subsidiary and/or agencies are committed to operating viewer voting fairly, and to preventing abuse of its systems. The Producer reserves the right to disqualify votes if the Producer or their agents have reasonable grounds to suspect, having regard to all circumstances and information available to them at the relevant time, that fraudulent voting has occurred, such that it is designed to excessively manipulate the outcome of the vote or otherwise.
Contenders selected for the Longlist and or Shortlist Nominees are expected to uphold standards of conduct that reflect positively on themselves and the National Television Awards. This obligation applies to both current and past behaviour, including public actions, statements and activity on social media platforms.
Any contender or nominee who, in the reasonable opinion of the Producers, has engaged in conduct (past or present) that is unlawful, offensive, or otherwise deemed as inappropriate or likely to bring themselves, the Programme, the Producers, the Broadcaster, or associated partners into disrepute may be removed from the voting process and/or have their nomination withdrawn with immediate effect at any stage of the voting process.
The Producer’s decision in this regard is final
D. Voting Details:
(i) Voting via the Website:
Visit www.nationaltvawards.com and follow the instructions given on the Website. You may vote for one contender only in each category and you must provide your full name and your email address and pass through a Cloudflare smart CAPTURE security device in order to validate your vote and ensure the integrity of the voting process and the Awards.
There is no charge for voting via the Website, although internet service provider fees may apply.
E. Voting results:
The result of the vote will be based on the total of all valid votes received by the relevant closing date and time. Please note that votes that have been sent but not received or validated by the closing date and time will not be counted.
Up to five Longlist contenders with the highest number of votes from each of the 15 categories will go forward to be included in a shortlist of nominated contenders (the “Shortlisted Nominees”). In the event that two or more contenders receive the same number of votes, the tied contenders will all be put forward for the Shortlist stage of voting which will commence in August 2026.
The results from this, the Longlist stage, will be added to those votes received at Shortlist stage to determine the final result for each category with the results announced on the live National Television Awards Programme.
It is intended that The National Television Awards Programme will be broadast live on Tuesday 8th September 2026 at 8:00pm on ITV. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the Programme may be broadcast at an alternative time.
F. General:
In the event of a technical failure or other circumstance beyond the Producer’s reasonable control that affects the vote, or any other decision which the vote would have determined, the Producer will calculate the outcome of the vote having regard to all circumstances and information available to them at the relevant time.
Incomplete or illegible votes or those submitted by macros or other automated means together with votes which do not satisfy the requirements of these Terms & Conditions in full will be disqualified and will not be counted. If it becomes apparent that a voter is using computer(s) to circumvent this condition by, for example, the use of ‘script’, ‘brute force’, masking their identity by manipulating IP addresses, using identities other than their own or any other automated means in order to increase that individual’s votes in a way that is not consistent with these Terms and Conditions, that individual’s votes will be disqualified.
The Producer and their sub-contractors do not accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure, interruption or malfunction or any other problem with any telephone network or line, system, server, provider, software or otherwise which may result in any votes not being properly received, heard, registered or recorded, or for any votes incorrectly addressed, or lost in transit or for any irregularities, industrial action, or other disruption and the Producer will not be held liable in any such event.
If you attempt to compromise the integrity or the legitimate operation of this vote by hacking or by cheating or committing fraud in any way, the Producer may seek damages from you to the fullest extent permitted by law. Further, the Producer may ban you from participating in any of the Producer’s future award show voting, so please play fairly.
Any and all personal data supplied will be used solely for the purpose of voting by the Producer and/or by any sub-contractors or agents appointed by it to assist on behalf of the Producer and will not be disclosed to a third party for any other purpose unless your positive consent has been obtained. Your personal data will be handled in accordance with the Producer’s privacy policy, available at: www.nationaltvawards.com/privacy.
Nothing in these guidelines restricts your statutory rights as a consumer. For more details on your statutory rights you should contact your local Trading Standards Office or Citizen's Advice Bureau.
If any provisions of these Terms & Conditions are judged to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, this will not affect or impact the continuation in full force and effect the remainder of the provisions.
These terms and conditions are governed by English Law and their interpretation and application shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
If you have a query about your vote you may register your query by email at ntalonglist@indigotelevision.co.uk .You will need to provide the following information:
- Your full name
- The time(s) you experienced problems
- What problems you experienced when voting
- A contact telephone number
The Producer of the Programme and the Promoter of the Programme is: Indigo Television Ltd, 76 Marylebone High Street, London, W1U 5JU, United Kingdom (Registered number in England 2067726).
Updated 18th May 2026