And hosting the US Wanna Bet? Pilot is...

[Brig Bother]

Ant and Dec.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/stor...2037662,00.html (requires registration)

[brianhenke]

[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'148624\' date=\'Mar 19 2007, 10:03 AM\']
Ant and Dec.

http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/stor...2037662,00.html (requires registration)
[/quote]

They're known in the US as two people who did a Punk'd-like prank on Simon Cowell during American Idol auditions a year or two ago.

Brian

[PYLdude]

[quote name=\'brianhenke\' post=\'148637\' date=\'Mar 19 2007, 02:56 PM\']
They're known in the US as two people who did a Punk'd-like prank on Simon Cowell during American Idol auditions a year or two ago.

[/quote]

Did I miss something? 'Cause I never heard of that.

(Seriously...although I would have loved to have seen it.)

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'brianhenke\' post=\'148637\' date=\'Mar 19 2007, 11:56 AM\']They're known in the US as two people who did a Punk'd-like prank on Simon Cowell during American Idol auditions a year or two ago.[/quote]More relevantly, they're the hosts of England's Pop Idol, which is why they'd be doing something like that.

[curtking]

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'148639\' date=\'Mar 19 2007, 02:19 PM\']
Did I miss something? 'Cause I never heard of that.

(Seriously...although I would have loved to have seen it.)
[/quote]
Chalk one up to Henke (never imagined I'd be saying that when I woke up this morning...)

Here's the YouTube link.

[cmjb13]

[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'148624\' date=\'Mar 19 2007, 10:03 AM\']
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Bugmenot.com

More people should know about it.

[ChrisLambert!]

While quite funny, that clip doesn't make them known in the US, as it aired on their UK show.

They are, however, known here for the two night "World Idol" special from a few years back.

[Brig Bother]

And I'm sure many of you are aware of UK's PokerFace. And I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.