Ant and Dec
Anthony McPartlin was born on November 18th 1975 and Declan Donnelly was born on September 25th 1975. The two met each other whilst working on show Byker Grove on the BBC. Here they became firm friends and from Byker Grove they launched a pop career using their character names PJ and Duncan and in total released 15 singles and 3 albums, the last being the song for the 2002 World Cup.
The pair did some minor presenting roles for the BBC but were let go in 1998 however ITV saw their potential and immediately snapped them up to host SM:TV with Cat Deeley from there they went from strength to strength do present shows such as Pop Idol, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and more recently Britain's Got Talent
Awards
During the course of their career they have tallied quite a few trophies and always seem to do well in viewer vote competitions.
- 1994 Brit Award Nomination - Best Song
- 2002 National Television Awards :Special Recognition Award
- 2003 National Television Awards: Most Popular Entertainment Presenter
- 2003 National Television Awards: Most Popular Entertainment program
- 2003 National Television Awards: Special Recognition Award
- 2006 British Comedy Awards: Best Comedy Entertainment Personality
- 2006 British Comedy Awards: Best Comedy Entertainment Programme
