This Morning’s showbiz reporter Sian Welby will host the show this week alongside Dermot O’Leary as ITV continues its search for a replacement for Holly Willoughby.
Viewers were impressed by her debut when she took over on Monday, saying she “did a great job” and “made the show fun.”
ITV bosses are said to be impressed with Sian after a number of appearances on the program and have paired her with Dermot to present from Monday to Thursday.
Commenting on the change of hosts, one viewer said: ‘Great job @sianwelby’.
Another wrote: ‘I can’t believe @Sianwelby is hosting @thismorning! After listening to her on Capital for years, I always knew she was going to crush it.”
This Morning’s showbiz reporter Sian Welby will host the show this week alongside Dermot O’Leary as ITV continues its search for a replacement for Holly Willoughby
Viewers were impressed by her debut when she took over and said she was doing a ‘great job’
A third wrote: ‘I have to say I like @Sianwelby as a host. Makes the show fun to watch. #This morning.’
Sources at the channel say that 37-year-old Sian is a ‘rising star’ and want to give her the opportunity to show whether she can present the daytime show.
One told MailOnline: ‘Sian has many years of presenting experience under her belt, she is very much known as a star of the future.
‘She’s already done really well on This Morning, so bosses thought it was time to give her the reins of the whole show rather than just segments.’
They continued: ‘Viewers love a new, fresh face on the show, so everyone involved is very excited.’
Sian hosts Capital Breakfast alongside Roman Kemp and is also a regular reporter for This Morning.
She and Dermot were joined in the studio by Hollywood stars Kevin Hart and Gugu Mbatha Raw to talk about new action-packed heist film LIFT, and catch up with comedian and former Strictly winner Bill Bailey.
During an appearance on Wednesday’s This Morning, it was announced that Sian would be hosting the show, as she donned a chic shirt dress from Dancing Leopard.
Alison Hammond and Dermot will continue to host their Friday slot as usual.
Commenting on the change of hosts on This Morning, one viewer said: ‘Doing a great job @sianwelby’
She looked amazing in a denim jumpsuit that cinched at the waist as she made her hosting debut on the show
Sian presents Capital Breakfast alongside Roman Kemp and is also a regular reporter for This Morning, with show bosses calling her a ‘rising star’
Sian is the former presenter of Channel 5 News after being spotted by the broadcaster’s chiefs in 2010.
Between 2017 and 2020 she also presented a show on Heart Radio.
Sian’s role on This Morning comes three months after Ms Willoughby resigned after 14 years at the helm of This Morning after an alleged kidnapping plot was exposed.
Former security guard Gavin Plumb has also been charged with incitement to murder. Since then, ITV bosses have been looking for her replacement.
They were ‘gutted’ last month when Cat Deeley ruled herself out of the role after signing for US talent show So You Think You Can Dance.
The Chiefs also had their eye on The Voice presenter Emma Willis, but it is believed she turned down the job because she cannot commit to three days.
Christine Lampard would also not like working four days a week.
I’m A Celeb star Josie Gibson has hosted the show for the past two weeks.
Sian has been linked to Dermot to anchor Monday to Thursday next week as they continue to search for a replacement for Holly Willoughby (pictured in September)