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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8053065/The-Pussycat-Dolls-raunchy-Saturday-Night-Takeaway-performance-receives-68-complaints.html

The Pussycat Dolls' raunchy Saturday Night Takeaway performance 'receives 68 Ofcom complaints from disgruntled viewers'  despite Ant and Dec's best efforts to keep it PG

By Niomi Harris For Mailonline

Published: 20:56, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 06:25, 28 February 2020

They always put on a sizzling display whenever they take to the stage.

However, it appears that the Pussycat Dolls' risqué performance and skimpy outfits proved too much for some Saturday Night Takeaway viewers over the weekend as '68 of them complained to Ofcom'.  The backlash comes after hosts Ants and Dec's best efforts to keep the girls covered up in a hilarious response to the 419 complaints the group's December X-Factor appearance received.  The girl group appeared on the first show of the new Saturday Night Takeaway series dressed in scantily-clad ensembles, where they performed a medley of their hits and new single react.  The performance took a funny turn, however, as the Geordie duo attempted to 'censor' the routine after begging the girls to tone down' the sex appeal.  Ant and Dec's reaction came following the band's 419 complaints from angry X Factor fans who accused their performance of looking like a 'strip show'.  But despite Ant and Dec's efforts to avoid a backlash, even though they flashed the flesh themselves, 68 people took to the media regulator to call out the Pussycat Dolls' routine, according to The Sun.  Complaints: The backlash comes after hosts Ants and Dec's best efforts to keep the girls covered up in a hilarious response to the 419 complaints the group's December X-Factor appearance received.  Mailonline has contacted Ofcom and Saturday Night Takeaway for comment.   Throughout the show Ant and Dec had joked that their performance would be 'family-friendly', so when the racy routine kicked off their sprinted down to the stage with a huge mock censor button.  Lead singer Nicole Scherzinger enjoyed the funny gag, before saying 'Ant and Dec, excuse me' as she continued to belt out Don't Cha.  The duo then held up a huge ITV 'disruption' sign to cover the screen, only for the girls to burst through it with the use of their hands and heels.  As the girls moved across the studio, Ant and Dec removed their suit jackets and tried to place them on Nicole Scherzinger and Kimberly Wyatt.  When that failed, the cheeky hosts started taking off their shirts as the audience cheered, before Dec got down on the floor so Ant could pull his trousers off over his shoes.  Both presenters were left wearing white vests and striped boxer shorts, with sock garters on their calves as the number came to an end.  Earlier in the show, Ant and Dec chatted to the entertainment act where they referenced their recent racy X Factor performance.  Dec said: 'They were practically in their underwear, it was raunchy, this is a family show - I'm worried about the kids, and the dads! Two were hospitalised last time.'  Simon Cowell hasn't recovered, he looks shocked all the time!'

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I've never been a Pussycat Dolls fan but they should have thought more carefully what to wear on a family show.