Last year was a tough year for award-winning TV presenter Ant McPartlin. Not only did he divorce from his wife Lisa Armstrong, he was arrested and later charged with drink driving, and then checked himself into rehab, before stepping down from all TV duties. However, following reports that Ant will RETURN to TV in the New Year, the good news has now been confirmed by Good Morning Britain's Richard Arnold.
Richard told the audience on this morning's show, "I can officially announce that after a year off Ant will start filming on the new series of BGT. Can you believe it's come around again? Oh how the time flies.
He continued, "They're reuniting on Friday for the auditions of course, getting underway in London on Friday before the rest of the BGT continue their search for talent next month."
Co-host Susanna Reid then added, "And he'll [Ant] still clean up next week at the National Television Awards," referring to the nomination that Ant has received for Best Presenter at the awards ceremony.
Ant and Dec have been crowned the winners of the National Television Award for Best Presenter award since the show first started way back in 2001, but now, after nearly a year without Ant presenting, Dermot O'Leary has spoken out about Ant's nomination saying, "If Ant and Dec win it this year, we should just not do it anymore. If they win it, we may as well just chuck in the towel."
He told the Daily Star, "With the greatest respect to the boys, I think Holly [Willoughby] has had such a great year, and Graham [Norton]."
The award show's host later explained that Ant and Dec made the decision to be put up for the award together.
Auditions for the new series of Britain's Got Talent return this month, where thousands of contestants will hope they can follow in the footsteps of last year's winner, Lee Ridley AKA Lost Voice Guy.
Now take a look at previous Britain's Got Talent winners:
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1 of 13Paul Potts
Paul Potts won the very first show in 2007 with his hugely impressive singing abilities.
2 of 13George Sampson
Break dancer George Sampson won the show in 2008 at the age of just 14-years-old.
3 of 13Diversity
Dance group Diversity won the show in 2009, with Ashley Banjo going on to become a TV presenter.
4 of 13Spellbound
The 2010 series also saw a dance group win in the form of Spellbound, pictured here performing with singer Katherine Jenkins that year.
5 of 13Jai McDowall
Singer Jai McDowall won the show in 2011.
6 of 13Ashleigh and Pudsey
Dog performing act Ashleigh and Pudsey were winners of the 2012 series. However, Pudsey sadly passed away in July 2017.
7 of 13Attraction
Another dance group won over the public in 2013, as Attraction used shadows and puppets to create beautiful spectacles - pictured here with Terry Crews.
8 of 13Collabro
Singing group Collabro wowed viewers in 2014 with their performances of musical theatre songs.
9 of 13Jules and Matisse
Britain's Got Talent saw its second dog act winner in 2015 with Jules and Matisse.
10 of 13Richard Jones
Magician Richard Jones won the hearts of the nation in 2016.
11 of 13Tokio Myers
Pianist and music producer Tokio Myers won the show in 2017, pictured here with BGT judge Amanda Holden.
12 of 13Lost Voice Guy
Lost Voice Guy, real name Lee Ridley, won in 2018.
13 of 13Colin Thackery
Colin Thackery won Britain's Got Talent in 2019.
Britain's Got Talent will return to our TV screens later this year.
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