Ant and Dec's former career and stage names as unearthed viral clip leaves fans in stitches

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I'm A Celeb hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are beloved TV icons in the UK, boasting an impressive television career that has spanned over the past 30 years.However, what some may not know is that the Geordie pair first started out in a very different industry and were even known by different stage names before they launched their presenting careers.TikTok user @runningwithchurchie has unearthed an old music video of the presenters from the 90s when they were formerly known as 'PJ & Duncan' and had a successful music career as a pop duo before they rebranded as Ant & Dec.The clip, which has since gone viral on the platform, is captioned: "What in the Woolworths 99p bargain bin is going on here?!?!" with the pair's music video for their 1995 track 'Perfect' playing in the background.The Newcastle lads, who first met when they were just 13-years-old on the set of CBBC drama Byker Grove in 1989, went on to launch their music career together in 1993 with the release of their first single 'Tonight I'm Free'.Fans were left in stitches by the music video and rushed to the comments to have their say.

One wrote: "This surely must haunt them in the middle of the night." A second added: "This give me chills, not in a good way but skin crawls."Viewers were particularly amused by one part of the clip which showed Ant 'whispering' to the camera as he mimed the lyrics.

One user commented: "Ant whispering like a stalker on a ring doorbell camera", alongside a bunch of laughing face emojis.A second echoed: "Ant whispering his parts reminds me of the two fellas singing mysterious girl on X-Factor".

A third wrote: "I absolutely have to see them react to this."Ant and Dec released 16 singles, including their famous track 'Let's Get