Ant and Dec are ditching 'Saturday Night Takeaway' competition 'Place on the Plane' for the final series.
Ant and Dec are ditching one of Saturday Night Takeaway's beloved competitions
The Geordie duo - who previously revealed the upcoming series of the ITV show will be their last one for a while after 20 years - are making some changes for the upcoming run, including swapping the fan favourite segment in favour of offering up a bunch of massive prizes.
An insider told The Sun newspaper's TVBiz column: "ITV decided alongside Ant and Dec that Place on the Plane wouldn’t be a feature on this series.
"The team working on 'Saturday Night Takeaway' wanted to shake up the show for the final series.
It is gearing up to be their most spectacular show yet.”
Meanwhile, the team behind the show are promising the "most spectacular" series of 'Saturday Night Takeaway' to date with "numerous surprises".
An ITV spokesperson told the outlet: "As such there will be numerous surprises, alongside the biggest viewer holiday give away in Takeaway history.
"The 2024 series will be a brilliant celebration of 20 amazing years on screen."
Meanwhile, the broadcaster recently revealed they are looking for a new Little Ant and Dec - mini me versions of the iconic presenters - to take over for the next series.
ITV said: “We are on the lookout for our new Little Ant and Dec to take part in the next series of ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’!
"We are looking for confident, cheeky chatty boys with a Geordie accent between the ages of 5-7 who think they could be the next Little Ant and Dec!”
Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly previously enlisted the talents of youngsters James Pallister and Dylan McKenna to be Little Ant and Dec in 2003.
The pair were nine years old, and they were later replaced Neil Overend and Haydn Reid, after the original twosome grew too old and too tall for the gig.
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