‘The boys are back in town’
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back working together the first time in almost a year at the first Britain’s Got Talent auditions for the new series.
The duo arrived at London’s Palladium on Friday afternoon and marked the occasion by tweeting a selfie from the back of the taxi on the way there, aptly captioned: ‘The boys are back in town!’
#BGT 2019.
Audition day 1.
The boys are back in town! pic.twitter.com/3SzTU5uLQH— antanddec (@antanddec) January 18, 2019
It’s the first time the Geordie pair have been seen working together since the last Britain’s Got Talent auditions, after which Ant McPartlin did not feature on the rest of the show due to his charge for drink-driving.
For the first time in its 16-year history, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! took place without him too, with Dec flying out to Australia to present the show with Holly Willoughby in Ant’s place.
Both Ant himself and ITV bosses decided it was best for the presenter to take some time off to focus on his sobriety after he admitted to an alcohol and prescription-drug addiction.
Their last appearance together onscreen took place in April 2018, when the last of the BGT auditions aired. This year’s series will air in April.
