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Molly Pike

Coronavirus: Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Florida winners 'gutted' by cancellation

Winners of Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway trip to Florida have been left "gutted" by the cancellation.

ITV announced that the series finale, which was due to be filmed at Walt Disney World, has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Among the winners was Joe Morgan and his family, who said he found out the news on Friday 13th through an email from the show's producers.

Joe was planning to take his two children Lewis and Macey aged 13 and 15 on the once in a lifetime trip after winning the Place on the Plane poster competition.

Joe Morgan and his family won a place on the plane for the Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway to Florida (ITV)
Ant and Dec have announced the series finale is cancelled (ITV)

He told BristolLive : "We are absolutely gutted. But the kids are still excited because they know we will eventually get to go.

"There's nothing that can be done. It's just one of those things."

He added: "The kids understand."

The Place on the Plane winners will get to go to Florida on a later date (ITV)

The show had been due to fly out 300 fans for the live finale.

Disney parks, including Disney World, have been closed temporarily due to the spread of coronavirus.

An ITV spokesman said: "We will no longer be broadcasting the Saturday Night Takeaway finale from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Walt Disney World has made the decision to close, beginning on Monday 16 March until the end of the month.

"The wellbeing of all our prize winners, as well as our production team, is always our number one priority.

"All recipients of a 'Place on the Plane' prize will have their prizes honoured and flown by Virgin Holidays for a 5-night stay at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida at such later date when it is practical for Virgin Holidays and Walt Disney World Resort to fulfil the prize."

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