article_snippet.sent: Former X Factor host Dermot O'Leary, model Jodie Kidd and Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins have all been named as possible replacements for Clarkson.
article_snippet.sent: DERMOT O'LEARY (6/4) Bookmakers’ favourite O'Leary, 41, is currently being lined up to host a different prime-time BBC One motoring show - after ending DERMOT O'LEARY  eight-year stint as host of ITV's The X Factor last month.
article_snippet.sent: Presenter Dermot O'Leary, actor Philip Glenister, model Jodie Kidd and motorcyclist Guy Martin .
article_snippet.sent: CHRIS EVANS (8/1) BBC Radio 2 host Evans, 49, another well-known car enthusiast, has been tipped as a favourite - but told listeners last month that claims CHRIS EVANS ( would replace Clarkson were 'absolute nonsense'.
article_snippet.sent: Great British Bake Off host Sue Perkins, 45, was named as the favourite a fortnight ago, but this prompted a barrage of abusive tweets from ‘blokes wishing me dead’, which saw her quit Twitter.
article_snippet.sent: A tongue-in-cheek petition signed by more than 34,000 people is calling on BBC to hire fictional broadcaster Alan Partridge - played by 49-year-old Coogan - as the new presenter.
article_snippet.sent: Fifth to eight: CHRIS EVANS (, Sue Perkins, STEPHEN FRY and Steve Coogan are also said to be in the running .