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Dermot would be great as the main sidekick to Holly, but I can't help but wonder if they might choose to go with someone completely outside of the current This Morning family... It feels like they need more reliable presenters in the pool to choose from outside of the stand-ins they have already.

Had Vernon Kay not just landed his new R2 gig, I would have said he would have been in with a decent shout. This might be a bit of an outside shot but I think Mo Gilligan would be a good fit - he's already on ITV through The Masked Singer, has his own C4 show, and has hosted The Big Breakfast comeback. He'd take a little while to settle in, but Holly, Dermot, Alison and Josie certainly did when they first started too. He might struggle with some of the more serious topics covered though. James Corden is also waiting for his big UK comeback... [this is a joke, btw]

Not sure about Mo Gilligan - pretty sure he has a lengthy tour coming up and he's not at the daytime TV stage of his career yet.

Poaching Gethin Jones from Morning Live might be an idea - always a bonus if you can weaken a rival show whilst boosting yours.   Is a danger though that at this moment in time such a move might be considered career suicide though.

Gethin is based in Manchester so I would imagine he’s more than happy at ML.

I think it’s more likely to be someone in the ITV daytime family or someone like Jake Humphrey