About Davina McCall
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall (born 16 October 1967) is an English television presenter. She rose to prominence as the host of Channel 4's Big Brother from 2000 to 2010 and Celebrity Big Brother from 2001 to 2010. She has also presented programmes including Streetmate, The Million Pound Drop, The Biggest Loser, Long Lost Family, This Time Next Year, The Jump, and My Mum, Your Dad. Since 2020, she has been a judge on The Masked Singer UK. After establishing herself in entertainment and reality television, McCall later became known for factual programming, particularly programmes centred on personal stories, health and relationships. In the 2020s, she presented Davina McCall: Sex, Myths and the Menopause, Davina McCall: Sex, Mind and the Menopause, Davina McCall's Pill Revolution and Davina McCall's Language of Love. Her later work has been associated with widening public discussion of menopause and women's health in the United Kingdom. McCall was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. She received the Special Recognition award at the National Television Awards in 2024. McCall's first career was as a singer, and she had been performing in a band, Lazy Bear, while at school. McCall hosted the celebrity version Celebrity Big Brother, the first series of which ran for eight days in March 2001. McCall co-presented the first series of Prickly Heat alongside Julian Clary on Sky1. McCall hosted the weekly live eviction show, where one contestant would be removed from the house, until the last housemate became the winner. McCall was a regular co-presenter of the Comic Relief annual telethons from 2005 to 2015.
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