On Wednesday night the biggest stars of the small screen will gather at London's O2 arena for the National Television Awards, hopeful that at the end of the night they will walk away with a coveted NTA trophy.Ahead of those all-important announcements, we can reveal some of those tipped to win big at this year's ceremony.Over the past 12 months, Virgin Media's The Hotlist has been analysing viewing figures — measuring sentiment, audience figures and tweets — to predict who is set to take home a trophy in popular categories like Best Soap, Comedy, Presenters and Drama.
CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE And the results are in.
Ant and Dec look set to continue their reign as the nation's favorite entertainment presenters, and are expected to walk away with the NTA trophy for their 13th year running.The big upset on the night will be in best soap category.
Emmerdale will end the dominance of rivals EastEnders and Coronation Street and win the coveted trophy, according to Hotlist.
Miranda Hart is predicted to pip Mrs Brown's Boys to the post in the comedy category, pushing last year's winner into second place.
Doctor Who is up for an award in the Best Drama category
And the Christmas Day Doctor Who special is set the steal the show in the best drama category from ITV rivals Downton Abbey and Broadchurch.
When it comes to the battle of the reality shows, there will be disappointment for Simon Cowell. His shows Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor look set to be pushed into second and third place respectively by Strictly Come Dancing.
Strictly Come Dancing stars will be out in force at tonight's award ceremony to support the show
There is another fiercely fought battle between two very different audiences in the Factual Entertainment category. Currently The Great British Bake Off is tied with Top Gear, making those last few hours of voting all the more important.
National Television Awards 2014: The predictions
- ComedyMiranda - 7.67Mrs Brown's Boys - 7.00Derek - 6.67The Big Bang Theory - 1.67
- DaytimePointless - 5.33The Jeremy Kyle Show - 4.33This Morning - 3.00The Chase - 2.33
- Documentary SeriesEducating Yorkshire - 6.00Penguins - 5.00Paul O'Grady's Working Britain - 4.67Inside Death Row - 4.00
- Drama Doctor Who - 8.00Downton Abbey - 7.00Call the Midwife - 7.00Broadchurch - 6.67
- Entertainment PresenterAnt & Dec - 8.33Graham Norton - 6.00Dermot O'Leary - 4.67Alan Carr - 4.00Keith Lemon - 3.33
- Entertainment ProgrammeAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway - 7.67I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here - 6.33The Graham Norton Show - 5.00Celebrity Juice - 4.33
- Factual Entertainment Great British Bake Off - 8.00Top Gear - 8.00Paul O'Grady: For the love of dogs - 5.00An Idiot Abroad - 3.67
- Serial DramaEmmerdale - 6.67EastEnders - 6.00Coronation Street - 5.00Hollyoaks - 4.33
- Talent ShowStrictly Come Dancing - 7.33Britain's Got Talent - 7.00The X Factor - 6.33The Voice UK - 6.00Dancing on Ice - 5.67