ITV Saturday Night Takeaway final episode in chaos as filming halted over Ant

The final episode of Saturday Night Takeaway was thrown into chaos as Ant McPartlin's uncontrollable laughter brought filming to a standstill.

Rehearsals were disrupted when host Ant was left in stitches by Jordan North's abysmal singing and dancing attempts. The new Capital FM presenter's efforts were so comical that a break was needed, with filming paused until Ant could regain his composure.

Even the expertise of a Strictly Come Dancing choreographer was called upon to help hapless Jordan clap in time, a fact he shared with Sian Welby and Chris Stark on this morning's radio show.

Jordan confessed: "I made the boys (Ant and Dec) promise me that I didn't have to sing...they did. I had to the sing at the end of the show."

Sian chimed in with: "Chris if you did miss this, he sort of takes it on as a musical theatre role. And so he sort of speaks it."

As they reviewed a clip of Jordan's performance, as reports the Mirror, Chris criticised: "It's not a chant! " To which Jordan responded: "Because I was nervous and I can't sing, so in rehearsal right on Friday, Ant couldn't stop, we had to stop one of the rehearsals because Ant couldn't stop laughing!

"He even said to a girl 'he can't even clap in time! ' I had to get some choreographer who usually works on Strictly, to stop the rehearsal to show me how to clap in time. Because everyone was clapping and I was on beat behind them, honestly. I have no rhythm at all."

After the final ever Saturday Night Takeaway episode wrapped up, Ant and Dec threw an epic afterparty that became the talk of the showbiz world over the weekend. The star-studded event saw a slew of ITV celebrities joining the celebration of the duo's 20th series milestone.

Both Ant and Dec were visibly moved during their heartfelt goodbye to the series, but as the studio audience departed, a galaxy of stars including Simon Cowell, Alison Hammond, Davina McCall, Rylan Clark, and Girls Aloud flocked backstage for a proper send-off.

Ant shared with the viewers: "Saturday Night Takeaway is the kind of show Dec and I watched every Saturday growing up, so it's been an honour and a privilege to have made the show and to have been part of your Saturday nights for over 20 years."

Dec chimed in with his own sentiments: "When we started this back in 2002, we thought we'd be lucky if we got to do this for maybe a couple of years, so what's happened has honestly been beyond our wildest dreams.

"We have truly adored every second of making the show, but there's one thing we've never ever forgotten, and that's the fact it's not our show it's your show. So we'd like to say a massive thank you to you, our incredible audience."

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