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Maxine Harrison

Who is on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway tonight on ITV and what to expect from the first episode?

Ant and Dec’s popular Saturday night Takeaway show returns tonight for its 19th season.

The show will have classic fan-favourite sections of the show and host a whopping 18 special guests for this new season.

There will also be some new segments on the show. This will also be the first season, since the pandemic, where the audience of the show will be returning in person.

The series will be available to watch on ITV at 7 pm as well as on ITV hub shortly after airing.

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Who is on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway tonight?

The hour and a half show will continue its tradition of having a different celebrity introduce each segment of the popular game show from a box in the audience. Previous guests who have introduced segments on the game show include Gordon Ramsay and Romesh Ranganathan.

The first special guests who will appear on the first episode of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway are RuPaul with Drag Race UK winners The Vivienne, Lawrence Chaney and Krystal Versace also set to perform on the live show.

What to expect from the first episode?

Last year’s series of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway had a virtual audience due to the coronavirus restrictions. Its first episode of the series will return tonight with an in-person audience will return tonight.

Speaking to This Morning, an emotional Dec admitted he 'choked up' about the audience returning in person.

You can also expect a few new segments including Polter Guys – a weekly miniseries that will see the Ant & Dec become ghostbusters – and “Kiddi-eoke”.

Celebrity guests who are set to appear in this new segment include radio presenter Roman Kemp, comedians Rob Delaney and Jo Brand, parasport athlete Kadeena Cox, comedian Tom Allen and TV personality Fred Siriex.

Classic segments of the show will also make a return to this new series, including Ant Vs Dec, On Air Dares, Singalong Live and The End of the Show Show.

The new series of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway is available to watch on Saturday, February 19 on ITV.

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