Bafta TV Awards 2024: Wins for Strictly, Eurovision and Floella Benjamin
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Strictly hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly celebrated their big win
The Bafta TV winners for 2024 were revealed in a special award show on Sunday 12 May.
The Baftas are important awards in film and TV, given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
This year's winners included Strictly Come Dancing, TV presenter Floella Benjamin and 2023's coverage of Eurovision.
Read on for more about the highlights from the red carpet.
Strictly Come Dancing
2023's Strictly managed to impress the Bafta judges
Glitter and sequins were in full force at the Baftas after Strictly Come Dancing won best entertainment programme.
This year is the show's 20th year, so presenters Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly had a lot to celebrate.
Last year's series was won by actor Ellie Leech and her dance partner Vito.
Eurovision 2023
In 2023 there was a huge party in Liverpool as the city hosted Eurovision
Although some Eurovision fans might not be feeling so positive after UK entrant Ollie Alexander got zero points in the public vote on Saturday, Sunday's Bafta Awards meant there was something to celebrate.
Last year, the UK hosted Eurovision in Liverpool, after coming second place in 2022.
The winners had been Ukraine, but due to war in the country they couldn't host the competition so the UK was chosen as the host for the following year instead.
Thousands of people travelling to Liverpool from all across the world to watch the contest, and it was won by Sweden.
CBBC legacy
Floella Benjamin received a fellowship from Bafta, which is an extremely important award for someone who has spent their whole life working hard for television.
She also got a surprise message from Prince William, who gave her a special congratulations for the fellowship.
Floella Benjamin was a very important children's presenter on the BBC.
Before CBBC started, there used to be children's shows on BBC channels, for kids to watch at certain times of the day.
Floella presented a show called Play School for 12 years, between 1976 and 1988. Some of your parents might have watched her on the TV when they were growing up.
Here's Floella Benjamin presenting on another show, Play Away, in 1983
When she was a child, she moved to the UK from Trinidad, which is in the Caribbean.
Newsround spoke to Floella in 2018 about her experience growing up black in the UK.
She has starred in lots of different TV shows through presenting and acting, and has done a lot of work to support kids from all backgrounds have access to television.
In 2001, she was given an OBE, which is a special award given by the UK prime minister and the King. In 2010, she became the first Trinidadian woman to become a Baroness in the House of Lords.
What do you think of this year's awards? Did your favourite show win or were you backings another programme? Let us know in the comments.