text: The 43-year-old is the first presenter of the BBC dance contest to be nominated for the awards . When Claudia Winkleman replaced Sir Bruce Forsyth as co-host of Strictly Come Dancing, sceptics thought she would struggle to fill his shoes. Now, she has proved them wrong with a Bafta nomination for her first season on the show. The 43-year-old is the first presenter of the BBC dance contest to be nominated for the awards, something both Sir Bruce and co-host Tess Daly failed to achieve. It comes even though she was absent for almost a month while daughter Matilda, eight, recovered after her Halloween costume accidentally caught fire. The mother-of-three will compete in the entertainment performance category at next month’s awards with Ant and Dec, Graham Norton and Celebrity Juice host Leigh Francis. Meanwhile, Sir Bruce, 87, has said he does not miss his time hosting Strictly, admitting: ‘It was never the show I thought it would be.’ The veteran entertainer said he wished he had been allowed to interact more with the celebrities. Other Bafta hopefuls include Broadchurch star Olivia Colman, 41, who is nominated in the female performance in a comedy category for her role in BBC2 comedy Rev. Miss Winkleman’s nomination has led the programme into its most successful ever year at the Baftas, after it won a total of three nominations, including for Entertainment Show and Audience Choice. The nominations have been voted for by 4,000 Bafta members. It has again come out on top against ITV rivals X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, both of which have again been snubbed. The shortlists mark the continuation of a disappointing run for Simon Cowell’s duo of talent shows. Both Sir Bruce (centre) and co-host Tess Daly (right) have failed to receive a nomination from the show . X Factor’s six-year run of nominations ended in 2011 and Britain’s Got Talent has failed to make the cut since 2010. BBC bosses were recently reported to be considering dropping Miss Winkleman before Strictly’s return later this year, describing her first run as a ‘trial shift’. However, with the nomination now in her corner, her case for staying is compelling. She has won the recognition despite being absent from the show for almost a month while her daughter, Mathilda, eight, recovered from a horrific Halloween accident in which her costume caught fire. In the interim, her post was covered by Zoe Ball, 44, who fronts Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two. The nominees for this year's Baftas: Hopefuls include Broadchurch star Olivia Colman, 41, who is nominated in the female performance in a comedy category for her role in BBC2 comedy Rev . Before taking on the role she spoke of her nerves at filling such a primetime slot. She said: ‘I am going to be Tess and she is going to be Bruce. I just want to be useful. If I am useful... it will be fine.’ This is the fifth time Strictly has been nominated in the Entertainment Programme category but it has so far never won the award. This year it is competing with The Voice, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and Dynamo: Magician Impossible. Its third nomination is for the Audience Choice Award, which is decided by a public vote. The other contenders are The Great British Bake Off, The Missing, Game of Thrones, Eastenders, Sherlock and Cilla. Strictly  has again come out on top against ITV rivals X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent, both of which have again been snubbed .
target: After one series on the show Claudia Winkleman is nominated for a Bafta .
  Neither Sir Bruce Forsyth nor Tess Daly were nominated for the awards .
  She will compete against Ant and Dec, Graham Norton and Leigh Francis .