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"Homeland, Strictly Come Dancing, the Olympics Opening Ceremony, Great British Bake Off, Game of Thrones and Call The Midwife will go head-to-head for this year&amp;#039;s TV BAFTA Audience Award. Fans can vote for their favourite at radiotimes.com/bafta and during the build up to the awards on May 12, Digital Spy&amp;#039;s writers will be campaigning for their own picks from the shortlist. First up... it&amp;#039;s Strictly.  2012 belonged to Strictly Come Dancing. It was the year that the nation&amp;#039;s dancing shoes were reignited and the glitterball shined brighter than ever before. Hopping on the back of the Olympics spirit with Louis Smith and Victoria Pendleton, the BBC talent show rode a wave of feel-good enthusiasm and swept up the nation at the end of last year. Brucie defied his years and reeled out his one-liners with more spark and character than TV presenters a third his age. With Denise Van Outen, Louis Smith and Kimberley Walsh, the show had talent oozing out of every jazz-hand and quick-step and thanks to Michael Vaughan and Lisa Riley, it also had a healthy traditional British serving of heartwarming underdogs as well. While X Factor felt tired and hackneyed, Strictly looked slick and fizzed with energy. It used charm and fun rather than staged drama and blubbering contestants.  Darcey Bussell was as graceful on the judging panel as she was on the dancefloor, quickly side-stepping a few teething problems in her opening week to looking like a full-time member of the Strictly family by the end of the series. Alesha who? If the BAFTA Audience Award is about finding a show that captures the nation and that makes an impact, surely there can be no other winner. Strictly has kept Britain dancing for 10 series and last year, there were more toes tapping to the show&amp;#039;s tune than ever before. So if you&amp;#039;re going to vote for anyone at this year&amp;#039;s TV BAFTAs, go on, vote Strictly.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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