Ant and Dec host the eighth series of Britain's Got Talent on TV3 at 7.15pm tonight. Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams return to give their verdict on the first batch of 2014's weird and wonderful auditions.

Fans of Strictly Come Dancing are in for a treat tonight when contestant Ben Cohen does a backflip off a trampoline.

Strictly Come Dancing winner Louis Smith, comic Ronnie Corbett and supermodel Elle Macpherson are among the guests who will take part in Graham Norton’s bid to set a new TV chat show record.

The battle between high street and high-end played out at London Fashion Week, with John Rocha and Mulberry vying for catwalk dominance against Whistles, Topshop Unique, and Rihanna for River Island, reports the Irish Examiner's Annmarie O’Connor.

Craig Revel Horwood has admitted he once gave the wrong score on 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

JLS star JB Gill let his jive do the talking as he was crowned the winner of the ‘Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special’.

Bruce Forsyth has no plans to retire from 'Strictly Come Dancing' because he still gets a huge "buzz" from the show.

Bruno Tonioli says the 'Strictly Come Dancing' final will be "sensational".

Sir Bruce Forsyth is "touch and go" to co-host 'Strictly Come Dancing' tonight after being struck down by illness.

JLS star Aston Merrygold dropped in on childhood pal Louis Smith to watch his Strictly Come Dancing semi-final rehearsals – and revealed they used to have “dance-offs” as youngsters.

Louis Smith has joined the 'Strictly Come Dancing' live tour.

'Strictly Come Dancing' hopeful Louis Smith has been frustrating his dance partner Flavia Cacace by having a lie down every quarter of an hour during rehearsals.

Strictly Come Dancing lit up Wembley Arena tonight with “jewel of the Nile” Denise Van Outen achieving the highest score of the series.

'Strictly Come Dancing' landed its biggest UK audience of the series so far as it continued to beat 'The X Factor', with an audience two million ahead.

Denise Van Outen topped the leaderboard on last night's 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

Strictly Come Dancing stretched its lead in the ratings war with X Factor by more than two million last night – its biggest for six years.

Denise Van Outen has waltzed back to the top of the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard.

Louis Smith thinks training for 'Strictly Come Dancing' is harder than the Olympics.

X Factor rivals Tulisa Contostavlos and Nicole Scherzinger both had cause for celebration after landing gongs at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards.

X Factor rivals Tulisa Contostavlos and Nicole Scherzinger both landed awards at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year tonight.

Gymnast Louis Smith accidentally gave away the result of the 'Strictly Come Dancing' elimination when he fired off an online message offering his commiserations to ousted Sid Owen.

The X Factor drew its smallest audience for a live show this series last night as Strictly Come Dancing was a step ahead once more.

Strictly Come Dancing's professionals have threatened to quit the live tour in a row over pay.

Victoria Pendleton is to play a corpse bride in this weekend’s Halloween-themed edition of 'Strictly Come Dancing' – just months before she is due to tie the knot herself.

Denise Van Outen topped the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard for the second week in a row tonight as the glitz and glamour of Hollywood ruled the dancefloor.

Colin Salmon is to get his 007 moment on 'Strictly Come Dancing' this weekend - by performing a routine to a Bond theme.

Victoria Pendleton broke down in tears after messing up her dance on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ last night.

Louis Smith has "blocked out" his 'Strictly Come Dancing' nerves.

'Strictly Come Dancing' contestants have been stricken by a flu bug.

Johnny Ball has welcomed the return of the dance-off on 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

Victoria Pendleton describes 'Strictly Come Dancing' as a "mental challenge".

Dappy wants to do 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

Denise Van Outen is worried she and 'Strictly Come Dancing' partner James Jordan are going to get into trouble - because they're both "mischievous".

Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton revealed she has "no expectations" of being crowned winner of the dancefloor in 'Strictly Come Dancing' as she prepared to take her first steps on the dance floor.

Kimberley Walsh claims Cheryl Cole bullied her into taking part in this year's 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

Olympic stars Victoria Pendleton and Louis Smith are set to take on their next challenge – doing the cha cha cha on 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

The 'Strictly Come Dancing' line up was revealed last night.

Olympic Games chiefs insisted that they had no regrets over dubbing London 2012 the “social media Olympics”, despite two athletes being expelled over remarks made on Twitter, a British teenager being arrested for abusing an athlete, and winning athletes warning that using social media would have disrupted their preparations.

A NEW body, Forás Orgánach, has been set up to drive forward the development of the organic sector in Ireland.

THE death last weekend of Sean Healy, the first general secretary of what is now the 86,000-member Irish Farmers Association, was noted with great regret by thousands of farmers countrywide.

GREATER legislative recognition of the country’s traditional and artisan methods of food production was demanded at an awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday.

Eurotoques Mushroom Hunt is on at Castle Leslie, Glaslough, Co Monaghan on October 15 at noon.

HEADS of major institutions, such as the IDA and Bank of Ireland, have wide and deep contact with the real world of business.