EXCLUSIVE Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks share euphoric reaction to their first ever Podcast win at the TRIC Awards as the longtime pals pay tribute to their 'family of listeners'
The pair received the coveted gong at the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards, having previously admitted they'd 'never won anything' for the show.
After it was revealed that the pair had been voted the winners, footage showed the moment Sam eagerly leapt on top of his pal Pete before they took to the stage, having having beaten Begin Again with Davina McCall, Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed, and That Peter Crouch Podcast.
Admitting the win came as a huge surprise, Sam himself admitted he 'hadn't prepared a speech,' as they were so sure they wouldn't triumph.
He said: 'We didn't actually prepare anything because we're so used to losing, so I hope Pete is just going to riff for a second!'
Pete then added: 'All I'm gonna say is, we are a couple of absolute wallies as you can tell, but we started this a few years ago, we've now got a production company,'
Praising the Staying Relevant team Pete added: 'I'm just really blessed to win something with my best mate, because it's an absolute pleasure, and Sam I'm really proud of you!'
'I'm so proud of you, we're so lucky!' Sam added.
'We've got an amazing family of listeners and this is literally our dream come true being able to do this podcast.'
Following their speech, host Dan Walker then introduced a tongue-in-cheek clip that showed Pete and Sam's campaigning for the podcast win.
The duo certainly had high hopes of scooping a win this year, as they turned up the red carpet in a huge white limousine.
Meanwhile Stacey Solomon lost out on a career accolade once again after she missed out on the award for Social Media Broadcaster at awards.
The TV presenter was nominated alongside Eddie Hall (The Beast), Rob Beckett and LadBaby and it was the latter who received the honour.
The loss comes just months after Stacey, 35, was left disappointed when her show Sort Your Life Out lost out on the Factual Entertainment prize at the 2025 BAFTA Television Awards.
At the time the star let rip at the BAFTA judges in an online rant as she said her team were 'robbed' of the accolade, prompting backlash from fans who branded her a 'bad loser'.
And once again Stacey lost out on an accolade after this year's TRIC winners were decided by a million votes from the British Public from a list of pre-established nominations.
Taking to the stage to accept the award Ladbaby, whose real name is Alex, was joined by his wife Roxanne as he began: 'Thank you so much.
'We started in social media 10 years ago when we were in a very difficult place in life, we were struggling to pay our mortgage we had just had a kid, we were living on about £20 a week and it really changed our lives.'
Elsewhere Clarkson's Farm, which has just seen season four released, grabbed the gong in the Entertainment category over Gavin And Stacey, I'm A Celebrity.... Get Me Out Of Here! and The Traitors.
While Strictly Come Dancing and Loose Women were dealt a brutal blow, with both shows among a series of high profile snubs to not even be nominated.
In the Daytime category, A Place In The Sun secured the win as it triumphed over Escape To The Country, Richard Osman's House Of Games and This Morning.
Best Drama went to Call The Midwife as it won over All Creatures Great And Small, Baby Reindeer and Bridgerton.
24 Hours In Police Custody beat Freddie Flintoff's Field Of Dreams On Tour, The Martin Lewis Money Show Live and The Repair Shop in the Factual category.
While in the Food category fan favourite The Great British Bake Off came out on top in a strong category with Great British Menu, James Martin Saturday Morning and MasterChef.
As for the Game Show award, there's Ant & Dec's Limitless Win, Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, The 1% Club and The Chase were nominated and it was Lee Mack's The 1% Club which grabbed the gong.
Six Nations Rugby won best Live Sport and GB News Breakfast took home the prize in the news category.
Charlie Peters took home best News presenter as he went head to head with Dan Walker, Fiona Bruce and Susanna Reid.
As for the Radio Presenter award Jordan North was named number one against Ally McCoist, Simon Mayo and Vernon Kay.
The Radio Show category featured Capital Breakfast with Jordan North, Chris Stark & Sian Welby, Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden, Rylan on Sunday and White & Jordan.
But it was Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden that won the award.
The Soap Actor award went to EastEnders' Steve McFadden who plays Phil Mitchell while EastEnders also received the honour of Soap Of The Year.
He beat other nominees Barney Walsh who stars as Cam Mickelthwaite in Casualty, Beth Cordingly who plays Ruby Fox-Milligan in Emmerdale and Jack P Shepherd who portrays David Platt in Coronation Street.
TV Personality went to Bradley Walsh as he pipped Alison Hammond, Ant & Dec and Martin Lewis to the post.
As the stars gathered at London's Grosvenor House, the event was hosted by TRIC President Dan Walker and welcomed close to 1,000 guests and featured a show-stopping live performance by Magic Radio's Lemar.
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