July 1st, 2009 by Lynn. Tags: Davina McCall, Holly Willoughby, This Morning
According to the Daily Mail, presenters Holly Willoughby and Davina McCall are “battling it out” in the bid for Fern Britton’s job on This Morning.
The paper claims that ITV has “narrowed down” a long list of possible replacements for Fern which included high profile presenters such as Fiona Phillips, Mel Sykes and Gabby Roslin to leave Big Brother star Davina and Dancing On Ice host Holly.
An ITV source is quoted in the paper as saying, “There are good reasons for having either one of them – they appeal in different ways. Read more & comment »
June 25th, 2009 by Lynn. Tags: Big Brother 2009, Big Brother 2010, channel 4, Davina McCall
Big Brother presenter Davina McCall has revealed on her Twitter page that there will be another series of BB next year.
This is what her announcement said: “Message to all. There is another BB next year. I am presenting it.”
What she didn’t say was whether she means that the summer season will be back or if she was referring to a Celebrity edition in the New Year but we’ll keep you updated if Davina adds any further announcements.
June 22nd, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Davina McCall
On Friday night’s Jonathan Ross show, Davina McCall revealed that she gets lots of abuse from posh people about presenting Big Brother.
Jonathan had described watching the show as a ‘guilty pleasure’ and Davina went on to say:
“It is a bit of a guilty pleasure. I’m really in the firing line because whenever I go out, if I go out to a posh dinner party, I literally just get abuse from start to finish about presenting Big Brother.
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June 10th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Davina McCall
Davina McCall is a mere mortal after all and even she has been on the wrong end of a utilities provider.
Davina recently received an electric bill for a whopping £35,000 caused by her power provider wrongly estimating her bill for seven years. The Sun reports that the company were basing her bill on the average usage of a three-bedroom semi – not realising she lived in a £1.75million mansion.
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June 8th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Davina McCall
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Davina McCall has sympathised with Big Brother fans who are protesting about the axing of the show’s live feed.
On her Twitter page McCall said she understod why people were so upset but said that not enough people were using the feature.
McCall said: “Just spoke to the powers here. Live feed gone coz people not watching. Check out website for up-to-date clips and YouTube, Bebo etc.
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June 3rd, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Davina McCall
Davina McCall has insisted that she did not say that Big Brother would end after two series and claims that she was misquoted by the press.
“There has been so much stuff written about Big Brother that isn’t true and I definitely didn’t say that,” she told Heat.
“I said that the contract that Channel 4 has with Endemol lasts two more tears and that I’m sure if this series goes well they’ll renew it for longer.
“I would never say it’s over – thank God my producers know me well enough… It could have been hugely damaging to my career.”
May 26th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Davina McCall
Davina McCall has insisted that she will not be stepping down as presenter of Big Brother and hopes that the show will run and run.
McCall was recently reported as saying that the show would be ending after the 2010 series, however yesterday she told The Sun:
“I’m staying with the show. I don’t want to leave.
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May 13th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Davina McCall, George Lamb
Big Brother’s Little Brother presenter George Lamb has said that it’s time to move on from Big Brother, arguing that Channel 4 should make this years series its last.
“I think they’d knock it on the head after this [series], the 10th anniversary, if they could,” he told The Sun.
“The show has made people a lot of money and it’s entertained viewers at home but now it’s time to move on and find the next Big Brother.”
Last week the show’s host Davina McCall, who has always championed the show ferociously, admitted that next years’ 11th season would be the last in the UK.
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May 7th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Davina McCall
Big Brother host Davina McCall, has confirmed the rumours and admitted that the Channel 4 reality TV show is being axed.
The Sun report Davina as saying:
“It’s definitely only got two years left.”
That could explain why she’s angling for the This Morning job then……
March 26th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother 2009, Big Brothers Big Mouth, channel 4, Davina McCall
Channel 4 have made some changes to its Big Brother coverage this year and have reduced the amount of Big Brother’s Big Mouth shows from four per week to just one.
The show will air on E4 straight after the main eviction show and this summer the show will no longer be fronted by Jack Whitehall, instead Davina McCall will take over the role.
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March 10th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother 2009, Davina McCall
Davina McCall and other Channel 4 presenters are rumoured to be facing a large pay cut.
The cash strapped channel is said to be aiming to cut 30% off it’s wage bill this year and bosses Andy Duncan and Kevin Lygo yesterday took the unprecedented step of cutting their own salaries.
Chief executive Duncan currently earns up to £895,000 but will take home less than £600,000 this year.
Kevin Lygo who is Director of TV and content, will see his salary drop from £772,000 to £575,000.
March 8th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Davina McCall
Big Brother presenter Davina McCall is said to be considering adopting an African child.
McCall and her husband Matthew Robertson are rumoured to have asked Guy Ritchie for advice knowing that he had adopted Malawian child David Banda with Madonna in 2006.
A source told The People: “Davina wanted to know if there were any pitfalls to the process of adoption.
“Ritchie was very complimentary about his experiences with David. It was very reassuring for Davina to hear.
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February 23rd, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Big Brother 2009, channel 4, Davina McCall
Big Brother presenter Davina McCall has poured cold water on rumours that the Channel 4 reality TV show is to be cancelled, saying that it has the potential to “run and run.”
Davina told The Daily Star: “I think it will run and run. The show has a timeless quality.
“As long as it’s attracting viewers and making money for Channel 4 I don’t see why it should stop.
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January 20th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Celebrity Big Brother 2009, dannii minogue, Davina McCall, X Factor 2008
Big Brother presenter, Davina McCall has revealed that she felt sorry for Dannii Minogue on this year’s X Factor series.
After saying that she would love Dannii to appear on Celebrity Big brother next year Davina told Celebs On Sunday magazine: “Dannii Minogue. She’s lovely. She was given the cold shoulder on X Factor – she had the Kate Thornton treatment.”
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January 18th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Celebrity Big Brother 2009, Coolio, Davina McCall
Davina McCall has always been a woman after my own heart, no time more so than when she defended Big Brother housemate Coolio this week.
Coolio is being blasted from all sides for being a sexist bully, but show host Davina believes that people have the wrong idea about the rapper.
She said: “I don’t think he hates women at all. I think he has a great respect for certain types of women.
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