They excelled on Britain's Got Talent and are set to wow the crowds at the New Forest and Hampshire County Show.
The Bolddog Lings FMX motorcycle stunt team is the headline act at this year's show, which is expected to attract about 95,000 spectators over the next three days.
Visitors from across the south will start streaming through the gates at New Park, Brockenhurst, when the gates open at 8am today.
With forecasters predicting three days of good weather and the Forest full of holidaymakers, organisers are confident of delivering a highly-successful show.
The annual New Forest and Hampshire County Show is held on a 40-acre site at New Park, Brockenhurst (Image: New Forest Show)
Renowned for staging a spectacular array of mid-air acrobatics, Bolddog Lings will perform twice a day in one of the two main arenas.
The riders appear at shows across the UK and were semi-finalists on series 8 of Britain’s Got Talent.
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Other attractions include Motionhouse, whose gravity-defying dance circus production Wild explores humanity's "growing disconnect" with the natural world.
The line-up also includes live music, livestock competitions, and equestrian events featuring 2,000 horses.
Celebrity-spotters are likely to catch a glimpse of TV star Chris Biggins, who played Lukewarm in Porridge and also appeared in the original series of Poldark. Chris, 75, lives in London but has friends in the New Forest area.
David Exwood, deputy president of the National Farmers' Union, will tour the 40-acre showground and present prizes.
About 80 per cent of people who visit the event live within a 90-minute drive of Brockenhurst.
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Denis Dooley, chief executive of the New Forest Agricultural Show Society, is hoping for a good attendance after seeing a large increase in advance ticket sales.
"This year's show is a little later in the year. The schools are out, we're not competing with other events, and the campsites are full," he said.
"The BBC is forecasting temperatures of 25 degrees - personally I couldn't ask for better weather.
"Obviously the welfare of the animals and spectators is important. Ever tap will dispense free drinking water and we are providing extra shade marquees just in case it gets a bit hot."
The top-rated attraction has grown dramatically since it was first held in the early 1920s and currently costs about £2m to stage.
"Last year's event made a loss because the weather was so poor and we've made some back office savings to lower the cost of running the show," said Mr Dooley.
Ticket prices have risen - but only in line with inflation - and a family ticket has been introduced to help keep prices affordable.
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