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Big Breakfast Denise Van Outen and Johnny Vaughan enjoyed a sweet reunion at TV Choice Awards at the Hilton Hotel on in London on Monday.
The presenter, 50, looked stunning in a bright red mini dress as she took to the glitzy red carpet, where she posed for striking snaps.
The DJ was joined by her former Big Breakfast co-host Johnny, 58, as the pair were captured larking around, looking closer as ever after sorting their twenty-year feud.
The presenting pair fronted the Big Breakfast show during the 90s, yet things turned sour after Denise’s relationship with Johnny broke down over a contract dispute which triggered her decision to leave the show in January 1999.
However, despite being embroiled in a 23-year pay dispute, the pair finally made up during the Covid-19 pandemic and made their first TV appearance in 20 years on Steph’s Packed Lunch in June 2023.
The duo will be back on our screens soon as they teased that they were ‘filming’ again back in July.
Big Breakfast Denise Van Outen, 50, and Johnny Vaughan, 58, enjoyed a sweet reunion at TV Choice Awards at the Hilton Hotel on in London on Monday
The presenter looked stunning in a bright red mini dress as she took to the glitzy red carpet, where she posed for striking snaps
The DJ was joined by her former Big Breakfast co-host Johnny, 58, as the pair were captured larking around, looking closer as ever after sorting their twenty-year feud over the summer last year
For the star-studded occasion, Denise put on a very leggy display in the laced garment, which she teamed with glam animal-print heels, while Johnny opted for a conventional suit co-ord with bow-tie.
British breakfast light entertainment television programme that was broadcast on Channel 4 from 1992 to 2002, and as a revival from 2021 to 2022.
The 2025 TV Choice Awards are back for another night of unmissable entertainment to celebrate the year’s most memorable shows and the stars who made them happen.
This year, the glitzy ceremony returns to The London Hilton on Park Lane and will be hosted by comedian Jason Manford.
Discussing his role, the stand-up star, who stars in nominated show Waterloo Road, said: ‘I’m really looking forward to making my TV Choice Awards debut.
‘It’s an event that brings together so many great shows and performers and knowing that one of my programmes has made it onto the shortlist makes it even more exciting.
‘I know it’s going to be a great night.’
The awards ceremony will not be broadcast live, but the winners are set to be announced online by TV Choice.
Denise put on a very leggy display in the laced long-sleeve garment
Nicola Coughlan is the sole performer up for one more prize, nominated for Best Drama Performance in Bridgerton and Best Comedy Performance in C4’s Big Mood (pictured)
She will battle it out with Michelle Keegan for the former category, with her rival up for her star turn in Sky Max’s Brassic
The TV Choice Awards encompass 18 competitive categories which are decided by the British public who were invited to vote on the event’s website.
The show will feature some exciting new updates, in particular a change in how the individual honours are divided up.
Gone are the Best Soap Actor and Best Soap Actress gongs, replaced by a Best Soap Performer award which is open to anyone who played a role in a recurring show.
Similarly, the Drama category has been streamlined into one award while the newly-added Comedy category has received the same treatment.
The Best Soap Newcomer award completes the list of new honours available to actors and actresses at this year’s show.
Nicola Coughlan is the sole performer up for one more prize, nominated for Best Drama Performance in Netflix’s Bridgerton and Best Comedy Performance in C4’s Big Mood.
She will battle it out with Michelle Keegan for the former category, with her rival up for her star turn in Sky Max’s Brassic.
Toby Jones is also nominated for his role in the hit ITV series Mr Bates Vs The Post Office
Luke Newton is up for Best Drama Performance too for his star turn in Bridgerton
Also nominated are David Mitchell for his role in Ludwig and Charlotte Ritchie, who put in a critically-acclaimed display in Ghosts.
In the Best Drama Performance stakes, the actress, 38, is competing against Brenda Blethyn in Vera, Toby Jones in Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, and Luke Newton in Bridgerton.
As for Best Soap Performance, the nominees are Peter Ash (Paul Foreman) for Coronation Street, Eden Taylor-Draper (Belle King) for Emmerdale, Angela Wynter (Yolande Trueman) for EastEnders, and Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle) for Emmerdale.
The Best Soap Newcomer nominees include Jack Carroll (Bobby Crawford) for Coronation Street, Beth Cordingly (Ruby Fox-Milligan) for Emmerdale, Isabelle Smith (Frankie Osborne) for Hollyoaks, and Sydney Martin (Betsy Swain) for Coronation Street.
There are no overlaps between the programme categories, meaning no series is up for more than one gong.
Meanwhile after their awards success at various other ceremonies last year, Netflix’s Baby Reindeer and ITV’s Mr Bates Vs The Post Office are set to go up against each other for Best New Drama.
They are nominated alongside Fool Me Once and Nightsleeper.
Contenders for Best Drama Series include All Creatures Great And Small, Bridgerton, House Of The Dragon, and Vera.
As for Best Entertainment Show, viewers chose between Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Gogglebox/Celebrity Gogglebox, The Graham Norton Show, and Race Across The World/Celebrity Race Across The World.
As for Best Soap Performance, the nominees include Peter Ash (Paul Foreman) for Coronation Street
Also up for the honour is Angela Wynter (Yolande Trueman) for EastEnders
When it comes to the Best Reality Show, Big Brother, First Dates or Claudia Winkleman’s nail-biting The Traitors could end the triumphant reign of Ant and Dec’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Another perennial favourite is Call The Midwife, which has dominated the Best Family Drama category over the last few years.
The BBC1 drama is up against Casualty, Doctor Who, and Waterloo Road.
Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, and Emmerdale, are all meanwhile vying for the Best Soap award.
Viewers were also asked to pick the show that made them laugh the hardest with Big Mood, Brassic, BBC’s Ghosts and E4’s Young Sheldon competing in the Best Comedy stakes.
Best Gameshow pits ITV’s The 1% Club, ITV’s The Chase/The Chase Celebrity Special, the BBC’s Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel and ITV’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? together.
Britain’s Got Talent once again leads the favourites in Best Talent Show but faces stern competition in the form of ITV’s The Masked Singer, the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing/Strictly It Takes Two and C4 hit The Great British Bake Off/The Great Celebrity Bake Off For Stand Up To Cancer/ Bake Off: The Professionals/Junior Bake Off/The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice.
Best Daytime Show is between the BBC shows Animal Park and Escape to The Country/I Escaped To The Country and their ITV rivals Loose Women and This Morning.
Mr Bates Vs The Post Office will have tough competition in the Best New Drama category because it’s going up against Netflix smash hit Baby Reindeer (Richard Gadd pictured)
Claudia Winkleman’s addictive show The Traitors is vying for the Best Reality Show crown
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway is up for Best Entertainment Show
Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted/Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted Showdown is up against Hairy Bikers Go West for the Best Food Show, with James Martin’s Saturday Morning and Saturday Kitchen also up for the gong.
ITV’s Long Lost Family/Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace is joined by The Martin Lewis Money Show Live in the Best Lifestyle Show category while Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (BBC2) and Sort Your Life Out (BBC1) also nominated.
Best Factual Show sees 24 Hours In Police Custody, Clarkson’s Farm, The Footage Detectives and Springtime On The Farm/Harvest On The Farm/Winter On The Farm all up for an honour.
And voters were also asked to pick their favourite channel or streaming service out of the BBC, iPlayer, Channel 5, Netflix and Talking Pictures TV.
