ITV reveals the THREE newest stars in line to take over from Holly Willoughby and present this week’s This Morning as Alison Hammond steps back
Viewers have seen a host of presenters take turns presenting This Morning since Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield left the ITV breakfast show.
Alison Hammond, Dermot O’Leary, Rochelle Humes, Rylan Clarke, Josie Gibson, Craig Doyle, Cat Deeley and even Emma Willis are holding down the fort as ITV tries to find permanent replacements.
But with Alison taking a step back from presenting to a Christmas pantomime, channel bosses have found three new but old contenders for this week.
Saturday’s Mollie King, TV presenter Lisa Snowdon and Loose Women’s Christine Lampard are all lined up to share next week’s shows.
Although Lisa is already a familiar face on the show, the star has not co-hosted the two-and-a-half-hour program since 2018.
Viewers have seen a host of presenters take turns presenting This Morning since Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield left the ITV breakfast show
Alison Hammond, Dermot O’Leary, (both pictured) Rochelle Humes, Rylan Clarke, Josie Gibson, Craig Doyle, Cat Deeley and even Emma Willis hold down the fort as ITV tries to find permanent replacements
She will co-host the show on Thursdays and Fridays, while Mollie, who last co-hosted the show with former bandmate Rochelle in 2019, will host Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Viewers are used to the Christine panel hosting the ladies on Loose Women, but will appear on the show with Dermot on Monday.
Recently, Emma Willis co-hosted the show with Rylan – and it went very smoothly with viewers.
Viewers even begged producers to make Emma and Rylan Holly and Phillip’s full-time replacements.
The former Big Brother presenter, 47, and X Factor star, 35, took center stage on the show last week to the delight of excited viewers, who praised their on-screen chemistry.
Twitter users wrote: ‘What a fantastic week with @Rylan and @EmmaWillis. I haven’t enjoyed the show this much in a long time!!!…just announce @EmmaWillis and @Rylan as the main presenters! There is no one better’.
In October, Holly left the show after 14 years – months after her longtime co-star and close friend Phillip left in the wake of the shocking scandal surrounding his ‘ill-considered but not illegal’ affair with a younger colleague on the show.
But with Alison taking a step back from presenting to a Christmas pantomime, channel bosses have found three new but old contenders for this week.
Saturday’s Mollie King, TV presenter Lisa Snowdon and Loose Women’s Christine Lampard (pictured) all lined up to share next week’s shows (pictured on Loose Women)
Viewers are used to the Christine panel hosting the ladies on Loose Women, but will appear on Monday’s show with Dermot
Mollie will host the ITV breakfast show on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, while Lisa will present on Thursday and Friday
Mollie last fronted the show in 2019 together with regular presenter and former band member Rochelle Humes
Although Lisa is already a well-known face on the show, the star has not co-presented the two and a half hour program since 2018 (pictured on Lorraine in May)
This Morning fans were delighted on Monday when Emma, who replaced presenter Cat from last week, and Rylan reunited to present the ITV show.
Emma previously hosted Big Brother during its previous incarnation on Channel 5, while Rylan, 35, fronted sister show Bit On The Side, and the duo have co-hosted This Morning in the past.
On Friday, viewers quickly flooded Twitter with pleas to make the collaboration permanent, reaching out to the producers on the microblogging site.
Users wrote: ‘What a fantastic week with @Rylan and @EmmaWillis. I haven’t enjoyed the program this much in a long time!!! Please keep them!!!…Yes please, I can’t live without you and Emma presenting @thismorning…
“@Rylan &@EmmaWillis, you should be 100% full-time presenters. You have a natural chemistry and that is what is needed rather than a forced chemistry. @thismorning you know it makes sense and that it will bring you back to the top!…
“Please announce @EmmaWillis and @Rylan as the main presenters! There’s no one better… Omg please, please @thismorning can you give the lovely @Rylan and the lovely @EmmaWillis the job as hosts of the This Morning permanent…
“@Rylan and @EmmaWillis are the best pairing I’ve seen on @thismorning. Give them the gig… Love Emma Willis as presenter; she can be serious, friendly, funny and light-hearted and you really get the feeling that she cares about people…
“I absolutely loved @EmmaWillis & @Rylan this week!!! It’s one of the best duos… the best duo ever with @Rylan and @EmmaWillis, they need to be permanent… Dear producers of @thismorning, can we please keep @EmmaWillis…
Recently, Emma Willis co-hosted the show with Rylan – and it went very smoothly with viewers
In October, Holly left the show after 14 years – months after her long-time co-star and close friend Phillip left in the wake of the shocking scandal surrounding his ‘thoughtless but not illegal’ affair with a younger colleague on the show (Holly and Phil previous year depicted)
Twitter users wrote: ‘What a fantastic week with @Rylan and @EmmaWillis. I haven’t enjoyed the show this much in a long time!!!…just announce @EmmaWillis and @Rylan as the main presenters! There is no one better
Emma replaced Cat Deeley, who co-hosted This Morning with Rylan earlier this month
‘Who thinks @thismorning should give @Rylan and @EmmaWillis a permanent job on the show #ThisMorning @ITV I think you should give them a permanent job.’
However, it seems unlikely the duo will be permanent as Josie Gibson, who is currently on I’m A Celeb, is only a 50/1 chance to replace Holly.
The favorite to replace Holly is Loose Women’s Christine Lampard.
Holly left the show last month ‘for the sake of her family’ after discovering she was the target of a foiled kidnap and murder plot and has not been permanently replaced since.