Bowden back to front second 'Idol'

TVNZ has confirmed Dominic Bowden will return to present the second series of NZ Idol.

Fellow personalities likely to return include judges Paul Ellis and Frankie Stevens.

A third judge, whom TV2 will not yet name, has been chosen to replace Fiona McDonald, who is pregnant and will not appear in series two of the hit TV show.

Auditions will be held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch in June, and the show begins on TV2 in July.