BBC launch reality show to find new presenter days after axing Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker volition extremity his stint arsenic Match of the Day big travel this season's finale arsenic the BBC look for their output to entreaty to a younger procreation and hunt for caller talent

BBC person launched a world amusement arsenic they statesman a hunt for a caller shot expert.

The broadcaster volition nutrient a bid that sees candidates vie successful the physique up to the Women's Euro 2025 tournament, with Radio 1 besides covering the competition. The victor volition nutrient integer contented for BBC Sport and look connected television, radio, integer and social, including connected programmes specified arsenic Football Focus and BBC Radio 5 Live.

BBC Creator Lab has teamed up with societal media level TikTok successful a bid to observe the United Kingdom's champion shot creators. The level volition purpose to beforehand and observe imaginable candidates' efforts and supply training.

Fiona Campbell, BBC controller of younker audience, said: "This is our biggest creator accidental to date. A accidental to enactment with the BBC’s apical Sport squad and look connected immoderate of the country’s biggest shot shows arsenic good arsenic to look connected Radio 1 and a integer series.

"We cannot hold to uncover and collaborate with the astir breathtaking shot creators successful the UK."

Director of BBC Sport, Alex Kay-Jelski, said: "There can’t beryllium galore amended jobs than moving with the BBC's shot team, truthful if you deliberation you cognize the crippled amended than anyone, get applying. This could alteration your life."

The amusement has launched for applications successful the aftermath of the quality that Gary Lineker volition no longer big Match of the Day beyond this season. The programme's longest serving big volition proceed to enactment with the broadcaster until the of the 2026 World Cup however.

It has been suggested that Match of the Day could spot a revamp of sorts with Kay-Jelski said to beryllium lining up Roman Kemp up for a 'digital role' arsenic portion of those plans. There is an ambition to entreaty to a younger audience.

Speculation has mounted implicit who volition regenerate Lineker successful the hotseat. Mark Chapman appears to beryllium among the candidates to instrumentality connected the position, arsenic Lineker steps distant up of a woody with the Premier League which enables BBC to amusement lucifer enactment earlier their accepted 10.30pm time-slot.

"It has been an implicit joyousness and privilege to contiguous specified an iconic amusement for the BBC, but each things person to travel to an end," Lineker said connected The Rest Is Football. "It came astatine a constituent wherever truly the BBC and Match Of The Day, they've got the rights for different 3 years, the rhythm starts from adjacent play truthful it felt similar if I conscionable bash 1 much twelvemonth it would beryllium a spot weird."

The 63-year-old added: "I bowed retired successful my shot vocation erstwhile I felt it was the close time. I consciousness this is present the close time. I deliberation the adjacent declaration they're looking to bash Match Of The Day somewhat differently, truthful I deliberation it makes consciousness for idiosyncratic other to instrumentality the helm."

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