Ant and Dec ‘broke the internet’ in a bid to win their 17th National Television Award for Best Presenter.
The Geordie duo made a last minute plea to fans to vote for them over their rivals ahead of tonight’s ceremony.
They tweeted: “Less than 24 hours to vote for all your favourites at the @OfficialNTAs. Vote closes at noon tomorrow.”
But fans struggled to cast votes as they flocked to the site, causing it to crash, according to the Daily Star.
One user tweeted: “I can’t access the website to vote..... what am I doing wrong? (sic).”
Another posted: “The NTA website isn't working to vote x.”
Award winners: Ant and Dec with their NTAs in 2017 (Anthony Harvey/Getty )Anthony Harvey/GettyA third wrote: “Still trying vote but NTA site is still down!!! Is it a conspiracy!!”
Fans are determined to add more gongs to the duo’s awards haul with one claiming to have voted 143 times.
A spokesperson for the NTAs said: “There were some issues on certain operating systems but they were soon resolved.”
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Ant and Dec could bag four trophies at tonight’s bash having been nominated for Best Presenter, Challenge Show for I’m A Celebrity, Talent Show for Britain’s Got Talent, and The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment award for Saturday Night Takeaway.
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But they face new contenders in Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, who are also up for Best Presenter for the first time.
The pair, who present This Morning, have been nominated individually.
Schofield joked: “It could be a tense few weeks ahead for Holly and me.
“We’ve both found ourselves nominated in the same category at this year's National Television Awards. We’ve both been shortlisted for this year’s Ant & Dec Award…”
The National Television Awards are on ITV, tonight at 7:30pm