Ant & Dec
Ant & Dec are a British presenter duo consisting of Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly from Newcastle upon Tyne .
Career
McPartlin and Donnelly first met on the set of the youth series Byker Grove . Subsequently, they were initially under the names of their roles in this series as the pop duo PJ & Duncan . Some of their songs landed well in the UK charts. Their most successful song was Let's Get Ready To Rhumble , which first landed at number 9 in 1994, after an appearance on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway , the song reached number 1 in the charts in 2013. They donated the proceeds from the renewed chart success to charity.
During their music careers, they began to moderate individual children's programs. Their final breakthrough on television was not until they switched to ITV . From 1998 onwards, together with Cat Deeley, they presented the two Saturday morning shows SMTV Live and CD: UK. In 2001, they left SMTV Live to host the talent show Pop Idol . In 2018 there will be a special for the 20th anniversary of SMTV Live.
From 2002 on, they had their own Saturday night show, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway . The show includes segments like Undercover Pranks , Ant vs. Dec and Little Ant and Dec . The program paused between 2009 and 2013. In early 2017, the 14th season was broadcast on ITV.
Also from 2002 they started the challenge show I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! showcase. Since 2007 they have also presented the talent show Britain's Got Talent .
Over the years Ant & Dec presented a few more game shows for ITV z. B. Ant & Dec's Push A Button . In 2016 they presented The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration and When Ant and Dec Met The Prince: 40 Years of The Prince's Trust .
In January 2017, Ant and Dec were awarded the Order of the British Empire by Prince Charles .
Awards
Ant & Dec have received a variety of awards. Among other things, they have won the National Television Award for Best Entertainment Presenter 16 years in a row . They have also received 16 more NTAs, 13 BAFTA Television Awards, 23 TV Choice Awards , 8 RTS Awards, and many other small awards.
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: Byker Grove
- 1995: Top of the Pops
- 1995-1997 The Ant & Dec Show
- 1998: Ant & Dec Unzipped
- 1998–2001: SMTV Live and CD: UK
- 2001-2003: Pop Idol
- 2002–2009 and since 2013: Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
- since 2002: I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
- 2003: Actually ... love (Love Actually)
- 2005: Gameshow Marathon
- 2005: Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05
- 2006: Alien Autopsy - The universe to make friends
- since 2007: Britain's Got Talent
- 2007: Dancing on Ice
- 2008: wanna bet?
- 2010–2011: Ant & Dec's Push The Button
- 2016: When Ant and Dec Met The Prince: 40 Years of The Prince's Trust
- 2016: The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration
Discography
Unless otherwise stated, the placements go under the name PJ & Duncan .
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
|
 UK
|
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| 1994 | psyche |
DE90 (3 weeks) DE |
UK5  (23 weeks)UK |
|
| 1995 | Top cat | - |
UK46  (9 weeks)UK |
|
| 1997 | The Cult of Ant & Dec | - |
UK15 (3 weeks) UK |
as Ant & Dec
|
Compilations
- 1999: The Very Best of PJ & Duncan
- 1999: Ant & Dec - Greatest Hits
- 2000: Ant & Dec - The Hits
- 2002: The Best of Ant & Dec
- 2008: The Essential Collection
- 2014: PJ & Duncan vs. Ant & Dec - The Collection
EPs
- 1994: Eternal Love EP
- 1995: Stuck On U EP
- 1995: Stepping Stone EP
- 1996: The Dance Singles Collection
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
UK
|
|||
| 1993 | Tonight I'm Free Psyche |
- |
UK62 (3 weeks) UK |
|
| 1994 | Why Me? psyche |
- |
UK27 (4 weeks) UK |
|
| Let's Get Ready to Rhumble Psyche |
- |
UK1  (15 weeks)UK |
Top ranking only achieved in 2013
|
|
| If I Give You My Number Psyche |
- |
UK15 (10 weeks) UK |
||
| Eternal Love Psyche |
DE37 (13 weeks) DE |
UK12 (9 weeks) UK |
||
| 1995 | Our Radio Rocks Psyche |
- |
UK15 (7 weeks) UK |
|
| Stuck On U Top Katz |
- |
UK12 (5 weeks) UK |
||
| U Krazy Katz Top Katz |
- |
UK15 (5 weeks) UK |
||
| Perfect top cat |
- |
UK16 (8 weeks) UK |
||
| 1996 | Stepping Stone Top Katz |
- |
UK11 (6 weeks) UK |
|
| Better Watch Out The Cult of Ant & Dec |
- |
UK10 (10 weeks) UK |
as Ant & Dec
|
|
| When I Fall in Love The Cult of Ant & Dec |
- |
UK12 (9 weeks) UK |
as Ant & Dec
|
|
| 1997 | Shout The Cult of Ant & Dec |
- |
UK10 (9 weeks) UK |
as Ant & Dec
|
| Falling The Cult of Ant & Dec |
- |
UK14 (7 weeks) UK |
as Ant & Dec
|
|
| 2002 | We're on the Ball The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup |
- |
UK3 (11 weeks) UK |
as Ant & Dec
|
Video albums
- 1994: Psyche - The Video (UK:gold)
- 1995: Top Katz
- 1996: Out On the Tiles - Live
- 1997: The Cult of Ant & Dec
Individual evidence
- ^ Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 30, 2017 (English).
- ↑ 'OM blummin' G! We're Number blummin '1!' Ant and Dec thank fans as Let's Get Ready to Rhumble tops the Official Top 40 singles chart . In: Mail Online . ( dailymail.co.uk [accessed April 30, 2017]).
- ↑ Glamor: Ant & Dec to give Let's Get Ready To Rhumble profits to charity . In: Glamor UK . ( glamourmagazine.co.uk [accessed April 30, 2017]).
- ^ Ant and Dec and Cat Deeley are all for an SM: TV reunion . In: Digital Spy . April 8, 2017 ( digitalspy.com [accessed April 30, 2017]).
- ↑ Ben Glaze: Ant and Dec say Birthday Honors OBEs make their mums 'the proudest ever' . In: mirror . June 10, 2016 ( mirror.co.uk [accessed April 30, 2017]).
- ↑ Ant and Dec become Dec and Ant as they are forced to reverse their order to collect OBEs at Buckingham Palace . In: The Telegraph . ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed April 30, 2017]).
- ^ National Television Awards: Roll call of winners 1995-2017. Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
- ^ Ant & Dec: Awards - About - Ant & Dec. Retrieved April 15, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK
- ↑ a b Music Sales Awards: UK