IFTA and Gala Retail have today announced the Nominees for the Gala TV Rising Star award.

The exciting new Award for Television recognises the skill, talent, and professionalism of Ireland’s leading young broadcasters and brightest rising stars who are blazing a trail across Irish and international TV screens.

The six Nominees have been selected by a panel of industry experts, and the winner will now be decided through a people’s choice vote as the public can vote online over the coming weeks for who they feel should win this prestigious Award.

The six bright young guns in Irish television are ‘Robot Wars’ and ‘Getaways’ presenter Angela Scanlon, alongside Comedian and Republic of Telly’s Kevin McGahern; Bear Grylls winner and ‘Wildgirls’ presenter Vogue Williams as well as fashion guru and TV presenter Darren Kennedy; Bilingual Rugby presenter and Movie Show host Máire Treasa Ní Dhubhghaill as well as comedian Al Porter from ‘Live at the Apollo’ and ‘The Al Porter Show’.

The online Voting app will be live at 9am Tuesday; the public can vote online by logging onto www.facebook.com/GalaRetail

The Gala TV Rising Star will be presented at this year’s annual IFTA Gala Television Awards Ceremony which takes place on Friday 7 October at the Double Tree Hotel in Dublin and will be broadcast on TV3.

The full line-up of Nominees across all 25 Television categories will be announced on Wednesday 14 September.