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Weather girl Sian's a breath of fresh air at This Morning: Holly Willoughby-lookalike Sian Welby wows ITV bosses who want to turn her into daytime's TV's next star and become the permanent host after trial with Dermot O'Leary


Sian Welby impressed in her four-day trial on This Morning with Dermot O'Leary this week and now ITV bosses think they might just have found their replacement for Holly Willoughby.

Her appearance comes as some senior executives at ITV are still hoping to pull out the stops to hire Cat Deeley to replace Ms Willoughby, who quit last October following an alleged plot to kidnap and murder her by former security guard Gavin Plumb. Ms Welby is also understood to have told bosses that she wanted to be paired with Rylan Clark rather than Ben Shephard (pictured) who ITV were hoping to move from Good Morning Britain into the role previously held by Phillip Schofield She is also understood to have told the network's bosses that she wanted to be paired with Rylan Clark rather than Ben Shephard who ITV were hoping to move from Good Morning Britain into the role previously held by Phillip Schofield.

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