Ant & Dec, seen in the above clip punking their countryman Simon Cowell in an inside joke on the last round of American Idol auditions (they hosted the original UK version of the show, Pop Idol, but we don't think Paula and Randy got the joke), are a peculiarly British taste, like Robbie Williams, David Beckham or Pete Doherty... which is why you've probably never heard of them and why if they stick it out they'll wind up divorced and in rehab.
No, they're not gay! Yes, one of them is married! Just because they're British-- Jeez!
Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly, both 31, have been stars in the UK since they were kids. They've starred in kiddie shows, had hit records, hosted lots of variety and game shows (including I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here featuring David Gest), played themselves in the movie Love, Actually and even have their wax figures on display in Madame Tussaud's museum in London.
But a Sunday Mirror poll a couple of years ago found that 70 percent of viewers couldn't tell them apart, So photographs are always taken with Ant on the left and Dec on the right. And they're part of that peculiar British tradition of cutesy, nonthreatening, asexual panto boys that hasn't caught on here in the States.
The producers of Wanna Bet? are the same ones who brought over old Anne Robinson with The Weakest Link. And we know how her American career flourished...
And we were pushing David Hasselhoff!
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Oh man, that was so funny. You could see the penny drop towards the end as Simon realised something was up.
He's right -- that actually was a fairly good audition!
Wish we could have seen the rest of the interview.
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Posted on March 20, 2007 12:02 PM