ITV This Morning 'signs up fresh-faced radio star' to replace Holly Willoughby
17.01.2024 - 15:52
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A new presenter is set to join the This Morning team with the ITV show welcoming regular guest Sian Welby as a main anchor. Sian, 38, frequently appears on This Morning after joining the team in 2023, and hosts a number of segments including Sian's What To Watch list.
However, it's now been revealed that she's been asked to take on a bigger role on the ITV show, and will present a number of episodes alongside host Dermot O'Leary. A source told MailOnline: "Sian has many years of presenting experience under her belt, she is very much ear marked as being a star of the future." They added: "She has done really well already on This Morning so the bosses thought it was time to give her the reins to the whole show rather than just segments.
Viewers love a new, fresh face on the show so everyone involved in it is really excited." Sian will host This Morning with Dermot, 50, beginning on Monday, 23 January.
The news was announced in an Instagram post on 17 January, with the This Morning team writing: "Join @dermotleary and @sianwelby next week on #ThisMorning! Tune in on Monday from 10am on ITV1, ITVX and STV." Sian is an experienced TV presenter but is arguably best known for her radio work. She used to host her own radio show on Heart every Monday to Thursday, and she now presents Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp and Chris Stark.
She joined Channel 5 News in 2010 and was the channel's main weather presenter until 2016. Sian previously presented cycling shows for BT Sport, Eurosport and ITV4, as well as Formula E's TV show, Street Racers, on Channel 5.
A number of guest presenters have been presenting This Morning following Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby's exits in 2023. Phillip, 63, quit in May following an 'unwise but
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