{"id":320740,"date":"2026-03-09T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/320740\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:16:08","slug":"ant-and-dec-have-their-say-on-blackpool-as-fans-go-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/320740\/","title":{"rendered":"Ant and Dec have their say on Blackpool as fans go crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ant and Dec have declared &#8220;We love Blackpool&#8221; after the famous Geordie duo took to the resort&#8217;s streets for a sightseeing tour as part of the latest series of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent.\u200b<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The TV presenters shared photographs from their trip on social media this weekend, the same day their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk\/news\/blackpool\/?ref=ed_direct\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Blackpool;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Blackpool<\/a> episode aired on ITV1 at 7pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the episode, Ant and Dec were seen aboard an open-top sightseeing bus touring Blackpool&#8217;s most famous landmarks alongside judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and new judge KSI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The bus passed Blackpool Pleasure Beach, where the pair reminded viewers that &#8220;two very famous people were here&#8221; back in 2018, and Madame Tussauds, where the duo jokingly claimed the attraction was &#8220;considering removing all of the other celebrities and having wall-to-wall Ant and Decs&#8221;.\u200b<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The tour ended with Ant and Dec giving KSI a musical education by introducing him to their 1994 number one hit &#8216;Let&#8217;s Get Ready to Rhumble&#8217;, performing the track on the top deck of the bus as it drove through the resort.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is the second year running that Britain&#8217;s Got Talent has filmed its judge auditions at Blackpool&#8217;s Winter Gardens, with the 2024 move from London proving so popular with audiences that producers decided to return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Judge Amanda Holden previously said the Blackpool crowds were &#8220;super-warm and brilliantly up for it&#8221;, adding: &#8220;I honestly think we won&#8217;t go back to London for the auditions&#8221;.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Blackpool lit up by 800 drones<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The resort has already featured prominently in the current BGT series after Somerset-based drone artists Celestial performed what was billed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk\/news\/25881122.blackpool-lit-800-drones-britains-got-talent-show\/?ref=ed_direct\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the largest drone show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the largest drone show<\/a> ever staged in the UK over Stanley Park.\u200b<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The display, which aired during the series premiere on Saturday, February 21, saw 800 drones fill the night sky above the park with images celebrating &#8220;the best of British&#8221;, including depictions of James Bond, Freddie Mercury and what some viewers thought was Marge Simpson, but turned out to be a guard&#8217;s blue hat.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">VisitBlackpool confirmed the Celestial display was the largest drone exhibition ever held in the UK and described it as the town&#8217;s &#8220;worst-kept secret&#8221;, having been widely speculated about on social media before the episode aired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The tourism body shared footage of Stanley Park &#8220;looking absolutely marvellous&#8221; 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