NEW This Morning host Cat Deeley has sacrificed a bumper pay day within the USA to entrance the ITV daytime present.
The Brummie broadcaster, 47, has given up her gig as host of So You Think You Can Dance? to crew up with Ben Shephard, 49, as everlasting replacements for Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.
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As a outcome she’s waving goodbye to the £43k per episode pay cheque.
But Cat will not be going empty-handed as we revealed she’ll take home an annual wage on This Morning of £555,000, a considerable sum greater than the £344k she will get per season of So You Think You Can Dance?
However the quantity if £150,000 lower than Holly and Phil.
ITV formally unveiled Cat and Ben of their new roles at this time.
Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary, who host the present on Fridays, gave the pair a heat welcome on the programme.
A photograph of Cat and Ben appeared on the display and Alison and Dermot defined they are going to host Mondays to Thursdays from March onwards.
Ben additionally featured in a teaser trailer which noticed him hanging his portrait on the wall backstage on the ITV studios.
He turned to the digicam and stated: “See you quickly!” earlier than the portrait of Cat flashed a wink.
Sharing the information with viewers, Alison stated: “We’re so, so joyful! The information is lastly out, it’s lastly out.”
And Dermot added: “Welcome to the household!
“You know the stunning factor, we all know them effectively and clearly I began out my profession with Ben at T4.”
Alison continued to gush over their new studio companions, saying: “Cat is simply the dream, I met her in LA, it was the primary time.
“We’re each Brummies… It was about 4 years in the past, we met in LA… We went to a celebration and it was the primary time these two Brummies collided, we’ve by no means separated.”
Good Morning Britain star Ben, who hosted with TV veteran Cat on the couch for at some point in December, confirmed that he had signed up completely in an announcement launched on Friday.
He stated: “This actually appears like a really particular second for Cat and I to be a part of the subsequent chapter of This Morning.
Whenever it’s on, it’s like having your pals over – humorous, sensible, foolish, heartfelt, informative and joyful – like all the best friendships!
Cat Deeley
“It’s an honour to be trusted with the reins, be a part of Alison and Dermot and all of the crew that work on and off display and do such an amazing job.
“For the final ten years I’ve been waking up with our ITV daytime viewers on GMB and I now look ahead to spending time with Cat, welcoming the viewers home after the college run or from their early morning routines, with a cup of tea and a mixture of all the things that makes This Morning so cherished.”
Cat, 47, added: “This Morning is a nationwide establishment.
“Whenever it’s on, it’s like having your pals over – humorous, sensible, foolish, heartfelt, informative and joyful – like all the best friendships!
“This Morning is and at all times would be the viewer’s present.
“Ben and I each know the way a lot folks like it, and with the assistance of an incredible crew of individuals, we’re going to do our greatest to maintain it.”
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It comes after weeks of wrangling over contracts and hypothesis over Cat was being pressured to stop her presenting function within the US.
She has hosted So You Think You Can Dance? since 2006.
The duo take over from Phillip who stop in May final 12 months after admitting to an affair with a younger colleague following weeks of on-air pressure with one-time finest mate Holly and subsequently stop his roles at ITV.
Five months later Holly — his Dancing On Ice co-star — additionally left after a plot to kidnap her got here to mild.
Cat shot to fame in 1998 when she hosted the youngsters’s programme SMTV Live, together with Ant and Dec.
She went to host Fame Academy on the BBC, and the 2004 Brit Awards.
Cat then turned the presenter of Stars In Their Eyes from 2003 to 2006, taking on from Matthew Kelly.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV1 & ITVX
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