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Mia O'Hare & Aaron Morris

Ant and Dec return to pop roots with booming Britain's Got Talent opening performance

Ant and Dec have returned to their humble pop roots with a happenin' rendition of Havin' a Party for this year's season of Britain's Got Talent.

The beloved hosts launched the first round of auditions for the new series by delivering a funny sketch, before bursting into song and dance in a pungent performance.

In which, the pair of presenters wake up in twin beds with an alarm clock ringing, announcing: "I'm ready," for the new saga. They then rush out the door, boombox in hand, into a Union Jack lined street - before dancers join them along the way.

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The Mirror reports that the pair mime along with the song beside a postman, street cleaner and school children, as they make their way through the London streets, joined by more and more people.

The sketch then hilariously ends with Ant and Dec arriving to the auditions in a taxi and Dec waking up - believing the performance was all just a dream.

The hit ITV show is set to return on Saturday night with Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and new judge Bruno Tonioli on the judging panel.

Ant and Dec had a budding musical career after meeting on the set of Byker Grove, going on to perform under the stage name 'PJ and Duncan'.

They would go on to release hits such as Let's Get Ready to Rhumble, Falling and Stuck On U.

Britain’s Got Talent launches on Saturday 15th April, 20:00 and continues on Sunday 16th April, 19:45 on ITV1 and ITVX.

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