Britain’s Got Talent 2018: Ant McPartlin left in tears after emotional IVF story
BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT begins its twelfth season tonight and sees the return of the usual collection of judges, as well as hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
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Tonight’s episode of Britain’s Got Talent will see Ant and Dec presenting the first round of the auditions.
Judges Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden, and Alesha Dixon returned to decide who would be going through to the next round.
The auditions were recorded late last year, and spanned locations including London, Manchester, and Belfast.
Although the pair will be seen participating in the usual banter throughout the auditions, Ant will become a little emotional in tonight’s show.
In a clip from tonight’s forthcoming show, Ant can be seen listening to magician Marc Spelman’s story.
The contestant told the judges about the experience him and his wife have had with IVF.
Marc told an emotional story about his wife having seven rounds of IVF to become pregnant.
However, as she fell pregnant she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Thankfully, the story had a happy ending as Marc revealed that his wife Tessa overcame the illness and eventually had a baby - bringing their daughter Isabella into the world two years ago.
An onlooking Ant became a little misty-eyed listening to Marc’s tragic story.
The story seemed to hit the presenter hard, as he struggled to have a child of his own with his now estranged wife Lisa Armstrong.
Ant was with his partner for 23 years, eleven of which they were married.
They admitted they were “trying” to have children without much luck.
In 2013, Ant said: “We’d love to have kids. We’re trying. It’s tougher than you think when you get a bit older.”
Ant is currently in rehab following his crash early last month.
Due to his admission to rehab and his controversial crash, Dec will be hosting the Britain’s Got Talent live finals alone.
Dec’s solo BGT appearances follow Ant also being absent from the final two episodes of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway.
He was forced to present the finale in Florida, USA alone, after Ant put his presenting duties on hold to recover.
Find out if Marc Spelman gets through to the next round on tonight’s show.
Britain’s Got Talent begins tonight at 8pm on ITV.