Speaking of Holly... certain sources are claiming that she's set to replace Ant in the jungle this year.
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Really don't get why there is any speculation on who will replace Ant. I thought the statement made it pretty clear Dec would host solo as he did with BGT.
The statement is ambiguous. All you can take from it is that Dec will be going to Australia and ITV’s ‘plans for I’m a Celeb will be made in due course’.
Quote:
Ant McPartlin today announces he will continue to take a break from all television presenting roles until 2019.
Ant will not present ‘I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!’ in November this year.
In addition Ant and Dec have made the joint decision not to present a new series of ‘Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway’ in Spring 2019.
Production and filming for a ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ series in February would normally have already started, and continue throughout 2018 and early 2019.
Neither Ant & Dec nor ITV wanted to compromise the quality of the show and therefore felt it was better to rest the series next year. They will instead bring the show back in 2020, bigger and better than ever.
Ant says: “My recovery is going very well and for that to continue having spoken to Dec and ITV, I have made the decision to take the rest of the year off. I’d like to thank both Dec and ITV for their continued support and I look forward to getting back to work in the new year.”
Dec adds: “Whilst I am obviously sad at the thought of being without my best friend in Australia this year, I am proud of the work Ant has been doing privately and I am fully supportive of his decision. I’m looking forward to us both being reunited on screen in 2019.”
ITV Director of Television Kevin Lygo said: "ITV is completely supportive of Ant taking as much time as he needs in his recovery and of this mutual decision to rest Takeaway in 2019. Ant is clearly making good progress and we wish him all the very best and look forward to him returning to ITV next year. An announcement on I'm A Celebrity plans will be made in due course."
Well Dec proved already he is more than capable of hosting alone and that is a far safer bet than pairing him with someone where it will never work as well as Ant and Dec.
That's the issue here. Dec would be able to host perfectly on his own, but the style of the links have grown to become sketches where the two bounce of each other, I'm not sure how this could work of Dec hosted alone. The actual segments of the show going into the jungle and the bush tucker trials he would have no issue with.
I would say its a given he will host solo. Him, Ant, his management and ITV will not want mess up the brand of 'Ant and Dec' by placing Dec with someone else, for which could work out to be amazing.