ITV confirm Oscars presenter after Jonathan Ross was slammed over ‘painful’ coverage

ITV person confirmed that Jonathan Ross volition beryllium BACK to big sum of this year's Oscars contempt being slammed for his "painful" coverage.

The Masked Singer prima and film enthusiast volition beryllium starring the solemnisation of each the champion successful Hollywood implicit the past 12 months.

The transmission is going each retired for the 97th variation of the movie awards by bringing unrecorded sum of some the ceremonial and the reddish carpet to screens with Jonathan taking up the blistery seat.

It is the 2nd twelvemonth moving that ITV volition beryllium the exclusive UK location for the glitzy contest, with sum having antecedently aired connected Sky.

The determination to support chat amusement big Jonathan arsenic the coverage's starring antheral is apt to origin a disturbance among fans who were near criticising his relation past year.

Last year, the prima was inundated with a flood of messages that branded his sum "painful".

One instrumentality said astatine the time: "Being successful the UK and watching the Oscars is truthful hard…i conscionable wanna ticker ppl winning awards but Jonathan Ross is gonna beryllium waffling distant for 4 hours…just shrrrupp man!"

As different said: "When I asked for ITV or the BBC to aerial the #Oscars, I meant conscionable the ceremony, not f**king Jonathan Ross playing bingo…"

Before a 3rd vented: "This Jonathan Ross ITV pre Academy Awards sum is utterly painful. Awful jokes, forced laughs from his fewer guests, HELL ON EARTH."

Set to aerial connected the nighttime of the 2nd of March, Jonathan volition beryllium keeping a adjacent oculus connected the stars connected the reddish carpet arsenic the A-list stars strut into Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.

Lorraine prima Ross King volition besides beryllium connected manus astatine the theatre to interrogation the actors arsenic they marque their mode down the infamous carpet.

Before the large day, ITVX volition beryllium starting their sum of the Oscars TODAY with a peculiar unrecorded nominations motorboat event.

ITV News stars Lucrezia Millarini and Nina Nannar volition big the Nominations Announcement astatine 1:10pm connected the streaming tract to spot who could beryllium successful with a accidental of winning the apical prizes.

They volition sermon those successful contention arsenic good arsenic undoubtedly addressing which films person been snubbed.