{"id":2102188,"date":"2025-10-19T17:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2102188"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:42:04","slug":"vernon-kay-ant-and-dec-and-stephen-fry-win-at-variety-club-showbusiness-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/vernon-kay-ant-and-dec-and-stephen-fry-win-at-variety-club-showbusiness-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernon Kay, Ant and Dec and Stephen Fry win at Variety Club Showbusiness Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TV presenters Vernon Kay, Sir Stephen Fry, and Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are among the winners at the 2025 Variety Club Showbusiness Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kay was given the Silver Heart award for outstanding contribution to radio, while McPartlin and Donnelly were awarded the gong for outstanding contribution to television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sir Stephen was honoured for outstanding contribution to film and theatre, at the ceremony at the Londoner Hotel .<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Singer Olly Murs won the Silver Heart award for outstanding contribution to music, ITV was honoured for outstanding contribution to British broadcasting, and The Last Leg presenter Adam Hills was given the gong for outstanding contribution to comedy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] 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Awards 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/J2h4Z4XBneMIjRWYPOuVjQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTE0NDI7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/snappa_entertainment_819\/23e3ccfa925d8ee0f01b94b6fe5aa6ed\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 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Just For One Day, was given the Silver Heart award for outstanding contribution to musical theatre, and entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Lloyd Dorfman was given the international humanitarian award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reality TV star Mark Wright and TV presenter Katie Piper, who hosted the event, were also honoured with the outstanding contribution to entertainment and the Spirit of Variety Silver Heart award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Julia Morley, chief executive of the Miss World Organisation, was given the Gold Heart Legacy Award for outstanding global vision and philanthropy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ceremony, which celebrates its 75th anniversary with the 2025 awards, received a letter from the King, who is the event\u2019s patron, in which he sent \u201cwell wishes\u201d for a \u201cmost memorable event\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The awards are also a fundraising event, with proceeds going to Variety, a children\u2019s charity which aims to change the lives of disabled and disadvantaged children in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV presenters Vernon Kay, Sir Stephen Fry, and Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are among the winners at the 2025 Variety Club Showbusiness Awards. Kay was given the Silver Heart award for outstanding contribution to radio, while McPartlin and Donnelly were awarded the gong for outstanding contribution to television. 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