The Daily Show correspondent Trevor Noah is now considered to be "the most likely candidate" to take over for Jon Stewart as host of the Comedy Central satirical news show.

Deadline reports that they received the tip from a source, but Comedy Central would only respond with, “We are not commenting or providing guidance on any speculation about any individuals.”Noah toured native South Africa, UK and US as a standup comedian before joining The Daily Show in December 2014 as a contributor. According to his website , Noah was the first South African comedian to appear on both The Tonight Show and the Late Show with David Letterman.

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Trevor Noah joins Stewart on The Daily Show.Stewart announced last month that he would be leaving The Daily Show after 15 years as host. A slew of potential replacements have been suggested, including Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, former Daily Show correspondents Jason Jones and Samantha Bee, as well as current correspondent Jessica Williams. Stewart took over from Craig Kilborn in 1999, and led the series to two Peabody awards and 18 Emmys.As the speculation game continues, check out a few names we thought could possibly succeed Stewart on the show.

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