Davina McCall, English television host and actress
Davina Lucy Pascale McCall (born 16 October 1967) is an English television presenter. She was the presenter of the reality show Big Brother during its run on Channel 4 between 2000 and 2010. She also hosted Channel 4's Streetmate (1998–2001, 2016), The Million Pound Drop (2010–2015), Five Minutes to a Fortune (2013), and The Jump (2014–2017), as well as ITV's The Biggest Loser (2011–2012), Long Lost Family (2011–present), and This Time Next Year (2016–2019). From 2010 to 2014, McCall presented the Sky One dance competition show Got to Dance. Since 2020, she has been a judge on the ITV musical competition show The Masked Singer, and since 2021, a spin-off of the show, The Masked Dancer.
After a difficult childhood, in her early twenties McCall had pursued various jobs, including becoming a singer and a model, but later embarked on a career on television with a first job presenting for MTV in 1992. After further work on terrestrial channels, she became a household name thanks to Big Brother, while also continuing to work with other hosting vehicles on various channels, such as game shows and talent shows. She was a regular co-presenter of the Comic Relief annual telethons from 2005 to 2015.