Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s Saturday Night Takeaway is shaking things up for Saturday’s final episode.
The ITV variety show will broadcast a live two-hour finale with its biggest audience yet and a star-studded line-up.
Girls Aloud will serve as star guest hosts during the episode leading up to their upcoming tour.
There will also be appearances from Simon Cowell, Davina McCall, Rylan, Oti Mabuse, Amanda Holden, Dermot O’Leary, Craig David and Alison Hammond.
There will also be a super-sized Singalong with S-Club, Tony Hadley and Kaiser Chiefs and show favorite Ring my Bell will return for one final outing.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly’s Saturday Night Takeaway is shaking things up for Saturday’s final episode
The ITV variety show will broadcast a live two-hour finale with its biggest audience yet and a star-studded line-up.
Andi Peters will host her final SNT competition, while Jordan North, Josie Gibson and Scarlett Moffatt will bring joy to the unsuspecting public.
Last year, Ant and Dec, both 48, announced they would be leaving Saturday Night Takeaway ahead of the 20th series, surprising fans across the country.
The couple will continue their exclusive working relationship with ITV, hosting hit shows including I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Britain’s Got Talent and Limitless Win, all of which air on ITV1 and ITVX.
Ant said at the time: “We love doing Saturday Night Takeaway, but hitting the 20 series milestone seemed like the perfect time to pause for a moment and catch our breath.”
Dec added: ‘We still have a momentous 20th series to look forward to first, so we’ll do our best to go out (for now) with a bang in 2024!’
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, produced by Lifted Entertainment (part of ITV Studios) and Miter Studios, will return next year for its 20th series.
The series has spawned numerous iconic segments, including Win the Ads, Undercover, Get Out Of Me Ear, The End of Show Show and The Happiest Minute of the Week.
The latest series launched in February to the biggest overnight audience of the year on ITV1, attracting 6.4 million viewers and the biggest entertainment audience on any channel.
Girls Aloud will serve as guest stars during the episode leading up to their upcoming tour.
There will also be appearances from Simon Cowell, Davina McCall, Rylan, Oti Mabuse, Amanda Holden, Dermot O’Leary, Craig David and Alison Hammond.
The show’s combination of live fun, high energy and good feeling has seen the format win multiple BAFTAs and National Television Awards since its launch in 2002.
Kevin Lygo, ITV’s managing director of Media and Entertainment, said: “When you think of Saturday night television, you think of Saturday Night Takeaway.”
‘Over 20 series, the show has become a cultural phenomenon, and while we eagerly anticipate what Ant & Dec have up their sleeves for the 2024 series, we completely understand their desire to pause, take stock and think about what the next incarnation will be. what the program would look like.”
Ant and Dec, who initially found fame in Byker Grove in the late 1980s, first fronted the show from 2002 to 2009 and then again from 2013, when it returned.